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Sunday, 17 November, 2013

President U Thein Sein receives former British Prime Minister

Nay Pyi Taw, 16 Nov—President U Thein Sein received a delegation led by Mr Tony Blair, former British Prime Minister, and party at the Credentials Hall of the Presidential Palace, here, this morning.

At the call, they discussed inflow of foreign investment for development of socio-

economy of the people, job opportunities, development of tourism industry, electrification in rural areas and more foreign investment in electricity sector.

Also present at the call were Union Ministers U Wunna Maung Lwin, U Soe Thane and U Khin Yi, Deputy Minister U Ye Htut and officials.

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President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar U Thein Sein poses for documentary photo together with Mr Tony Blair, former British Prime Minister. mna

Japan, Myanmar to boost economic cooperation through business seminars Yangon, 16 Nov— Under the arrangement of Myanmar-Japan Friendship Association and with the sponsorship of Shin Ye Htut Group and MORI Co Ltd, Business Seminar titled “How To Invest In Myanmar” took place at the meeting hall of City FM in Bahan Township this morning.

At the seminar, Yangon Region Electricity and Industry Minister U Nyan Tun Oo said he takes

pride for Japan’s investment in SMEs and pledges that the region government will provide necessary assistance.

Japan is 11th largest investor in Myanmar and its investment will be from 2nd to 5th position within five years, according to Mr. SAWADA HIDEO, Chairman of Asian Business Leader Association from Japan. General Secretary U Ye Htut of the Association expressed his belief that

holding of business seminar will promote not only amity but economic sector between the two countries.

Departmental officials explained investment and tourism industry.

The officials gave clarifications on queries raised by the Japanese entrepreneurs. It was also attended by Union Minister for Construction U Kyaw Lwin, departmental officials, the Japanese entrepreneurs and guests.—MNA

Japanese government grants US$ 727,387 for five projects Nay Pyi Taw, 16 Nov— Japanese Ambassador Mr Mikio Numata and chairmen of committees for five projects on 14 November signed the grant contracts under Grant Assistance for Graddroots Human Society Projects (GGP) Scheme, totally amounting to US$ 727,387.

The GGP will spend US$ 153,379 on construction of Kyindwe Village Basic Education High School in Kanpetlet Township, US$ 112,346 on BEHS No 1 in Letpadan Township, US$ 120,907 on construction of Agricultural Produce Transport Road between Noe Koe Ywar Ma Village and Noe Koe San Pya Village in Loikaw Township, US$ 218,915 on extension of

Pekhon Township Hospital and US$ 121,840 on construction of bridge at Pay Si Kyun Village in Nyaungdon Township.

These assistance will improve educational, social and economic environment and future strengthen exist-

ing friendly relations between Japan and Myanmar through these projects.

Japanese government has helped 646 various grass-roots projects in Myanmar under GGP scheme since 1993.

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Khin Swe Oo, Aung Thin, Theikpan Hmu Tin win Lifetime Achievement National Literary Award for 2012 Yangon, 16 Nov — As a gesture of acknowledging those who have dedicated to promoting literary in the country during their life, the National Literary Award Scrutinizing Committee of the Ministry of Information announced that Sayamagyi Daw Khin Swe Oo (Khin Swe Oo), Sayagyi U Aung Thin (Aung Thin) and Sayagyi U Tin Maung (Theikpan Hmu Tin) have been honoured with the Lifetime Achievement National Literary Award for 2012.

Based on a proposed list submitted by the 95-member National Literary Award Scrutinizing Committee, the Lifetime Achievement National Literary Award winners were chosen in an open and transparent way in the presence of the literati who are responsible for approving the winners of National Literary Award.

Lifetime Achievement National Literary Award winners have been announced since 2011. Sithu U Hla Kyaing (Paragu) (deceased), Sithu U Htin Phat (Maung Htin) (deceased), Sithu U Htay Maung (Htay Maung), Sithu U Lay Mya-

ing (Lay Myaing), Sithu Daw Yin Yin (Saw Mon Nyin) (deceased), Sithu Daw Kyan (Ma Kyan), Sithu U Kyi Aye (Hsinbyukyun Aung Thein), Sithu Dr Kyaw Sein (deceased), Sithu Dr Khin Maung Nyunt, Sithu Dr Thaw Kaung and U Win Maung (Min Yu Wai) had been given National Literary Awards. Altogether three literati were recognized with the Lifetime Achievement National Literary Award for excellence in the field of literary and promotion of literary during their lifetime.

The National Literary Award Scrutinizing Committee also announced the winners of National Literary Award for 2012 today.

Writers Htet Naing (Talok Myoth), Khin Mya Zin, Ko (Thekkatho), Dr Khin Latyar, Steven Nikiyo, Shwe Myaing Pyone Lei Maw, Maung Myint Kywe, Tin Maung Myint, Maung Hon Won (Kahtika), Kyaw Oo, Dr Khin Sann Maw, Kyaw Win and Myint Aung won National Literary Award for the year 2012 in the genres of novel, collective short stories, (See page 6)

Presentation of GGP assistance to officials in Letpadan Township in progress.—nlm

INSIDE Japan to boost support for Cambodia in peacekeeping, healthcare

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Philippine typhoon survivors begin to rebuild

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Japan team renews world record of EV travel distance

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UN Security Council urges final peace deal between DRC gov’t, M23 Page-12

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New Light of Myanmar LOCAL NEWS

Two aircrafts to fulfill need of public transportation arrive at Illegal timber logs, unlicensed cattle and vehicles seized in Mansi Yangon International Airport

Yangon, 16 Nov— Two American-made CESSNA GRAND N8 1530, N8 153k aircrafts worth K 2.5 million each arrived at Yangon International Airport, here, yes-

terday.

The two aircrafts will operate in border areas and places lack of smooth transportation as of December.

“Now, they are be-

ing kept at Chanmyathazi Airport and would be used to ply the places where big flights face difficulties in landing. It charges about K 700,000 for one hour per flight,”

Members of self-drive tour in classic cars arrive in Monywa

said an official of the Department of Civil Aviation.

Each aircraft has 12 passenger seats.

Kyemon-Kay Thein Swe, photo-Khin Maung Win

Nay Pyi Taw, 16 Nov—It was learnt that according to the tip-off, the local military columns raid the site near Rekhu Mankham Village in Mansi Township and seized about 200 tons of illegal timber logs and 21 vehicles on 11 November evening. The seized timber logs and vehicles were sent to Forest Department in Bhamo.

The timber smugglers have illegally exported precious teak and cattle to neighboring country in cooperation with illegal migrants from other country with the help of local armed

forces in Bhamo, Mansi, Momeik and Momauk regions. During the period from 5 August to 12 November, the local military columns seized 934.302 tons of illegal timber logs, 92 kinds of vehicles, cattle and 53 timber smugglers including one foreigner.

With the aim of protecting the precious natural resources of the State, the local battalions raided Mansi, SiU, Namtlinpa, Kaungja, Maingkhaung, Majiguam and Momeik regions in search of illegal timbers smugglers.

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25 acres of maize boost 80 baskets per acre in MyinmuTsp Myinmu, 16 Nov— Sagaing Region Chief Minister U Tha Aye and officials concerned looked round the maize grain plantation at farmer educative model plot of Farm No. (337) in Kanpya Village of Myinmu Township

on 10 November.

Pre-monsoon green bean, maize and wheat crops are grown in the plot by three cultivation seasons. It can boost 80 baskets of maize per acre after harvesting 25 acres of maize in the second cul-

tivation season.

Head of Township Agricultural Department U Hla Moe Kyaw reported to them on cropping plans for coming growing seasons.

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Stimulant tablets, raw opium seized in Namhkam, Nawnghkio Townships

Monywa, 16 Nov — Local people in Monywa had a chance to see a fleet of classic cars that arrived in Monywa via Mandalay recently.

As soon as the convoy of old cars, numbering six, driven by those from Belgium, French, Russian and Switzerland arrived at Win Unity Hotel in Monywa, local people who are car crazy thronged to the hotel to get a glimpse of the machine parts of classic cars.

“These cars are old, but their engines are in good conditions. A company

man said a combination of three engines can almost work as a turbo engine. We have seen such kinds of classic cars in movies. Now we have an opportunity to see the cars outside,” a local car crazy said. Ma Khine Zarni who took part in the Yangon-Toungoo-Nay Pyi Taw-Pindaya-InlayKalaw-Popa-Bagan-Mandalay-PyinOoLwin-Monywa-Bagan-MagwayPyay-Yangon journey said that Destination Unlimited Travel and Tour Co., Ltd in Brussels of Belgium and Essence Myanmar (inspiration Myanmar) Travel and

Tour Co., Ltd of Myanmar jointly-organized a 23-day journey. A total of 18 foreigners accompanied by six support staffs and 10 Myanmar citizens began the self-drive tour in a fleet of classic cars, numbering nine, from Yangon on 23 October.

During their stay in Monywa, members of the convoy of classic cars visited Po Win Taung region, enjoying Buddha Pujaniya festival in Monywa and the scenic beauty of rural areas in Myanmar.

Kyemon-Myo Min Tun (Monywa)

Educative talks on taking census, human trafficking given in Singaing Tsp Singaing, 16 Nov— Singaing Township Information and Public Relations Department and Immigration and Population Department jointly conducted an educative talks on taking census and human trafficking at The Shwe Pyi Library in Kathekon Village of Singaing

Township in Mandalay Region at 10 am on 14 November.

At the event, the Head of Township Land Record Department shared knowledge about taking census process in 2014 and public participation in taking census and its advantages, and Head of Township In-

formation and Public Relations Department Daw Tin Tin Htwe, on human trafficking.

The township Information and Public Relations Department distributed pamphlets to the attendees.

Kyemon-Tun Tun Naing (Kyaukse)

Nay Pyi Taw, 16 Nov—Acting on a tip-off, a combined team comprising members of No. 101 Anti-Drug Squad (Nay Pyi Taw) and No. 22 Anti-Drug Squad (Muse) together with the witnesses intercepted a motorbike driven by Phon Swe Phain (32 years old) near the jetty of Naungtain Village in Namhkam Township, Shan State on 12 November.

They founded K 221.7 million worth of 10850 red brown stimulant tablets and 470 gm raw opium in his bag.

The suspect is charged under Sections 15/19 (A)/ 21 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law by Namhkam Myoma

Police Station.

Similarly, a combined team comprising members of No. 102 and No. 24 Anti-Drug Squads searched a motorbike heading from Lashio to Mandalay driven

by Maung Ban (25 years old) with two others at entrance of Nawnghkio

Yangon, 16 Nov — “Livestock Myanmar 2014 Expo” will be held at Tatmadaw Convention Hall, here, from 23 to 25 January. It is intended to make breeders know the opportunities that will be brought about by the establishment of ASEAN Economic Community in 2015.

Deputy DirectorGeneral Dr Khin Zaw of Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department commented that the expo will help develop livestock breeding sector in Myanmar with oil and gas and natural resources in abundance which is said by IMF “A Rising Star”.

Township in Shan State.

They seized K 30.4 million worth of 3.8 kg raw opium in the bag of Tint Swe, 50, who was on the motorbike.

Nawnghkio Myoma Police Station filed a lawsuits against them.

Kyemon (Police IPRD)

Livestock Myanmar 2014 Expo on 23-25 January Booths covering the whole livestock valuechain will be on display at the expo.

Moreover, the expo will provide economic opportunities of livestock breeding and fishery sector and technology transfers to breeders.

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Brazil orders convicted ruling party officials to begin prison time Sao Paulo, 16 Nov — Brazil’s Supreme Court on Friday ordered former leaders of the ruling Workers’ Party to begin serving sentences following landmark convictions over a congressional vote-buying scheme in a country with a long history of political corruption.

Jose Dirceu, a party founder and former chief of staff to former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, turned himself in to federal police on Friday evening to begin serving a prison sentence of more than 10 years.

He is one of 12 ordered

to serve time over a scandal that nearly toppled the government during the first of the left-leaning party’s three administrations.

Jose Genoino, a former party president and a congressman on leave because of poor health, also turned himself in to start a nearly seven-year sentence.

Delubio Soares, a former party treasurer who faces an eight-year sentence, was expected to appear as well.

A spokesman for the Federal Police said the detainees would be flown to the capital Brasilia over

Jose Dirceu (C), chief of staff during the government of Brazil’s former President Inacio Lula da Silva, gestures to supporters as he turns himself in to federal police after an arrest warrant was issued for him to begin a jail sentence for corruption, in Sao Paulo on 15 Nov, 2013.

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US quietly offered $10 million reward for Benghazi attackers Washington, 16 Nov — The State Department on Friday said it has quietly offered a $10 million reward since January for information leading to those behind the 11 Sept, 2012 attack that killed the US Ambassador to Libya and three other Americans in Benghazi.

The men died when militants believed to have ties to al-Qaeda affiliates attacked a loosely guarded US diplomatic compound and a nearby CIA annex in the eastern Libyan city on the anniversary of the 2001 attacks on the United States.

The attacks touched off political warfare on Capitol Hill, with Republicans accusing US President Barack Obama’s administration of telling shifting stories about who was behind the attacks.

Democrats accuse Republicans of politicizing a tragedy.

The State Department said Secretary of State John

Kerry had confirmed that the US government had offered the reward — part of the department’s so-called Rewards for Justice program — in a letter to lawmakers on Friday.

Kerry disclosed the reward in a letter to Representative Michael McCaul, a Republican who chairs the House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee and who had written to the secretary of state asking why the State Department had not offered one.—Reuters

the weekend to start serving sentences that in some cases involve only night-time incarceration.

While the trial wrapped up last year, the court only now has begun imposing the first of the sentences for crimes ranging from corruption to racketeering to money laundering.

The scandal emerged after an embittered Workers Party ally, who is also one of those convicted, spoke out about the scheme, which involved monthly payments to lawmakers in exchange for support in Congress.

Despite the delays, not uncommon in a country with a notoriously slow judicial system, the imprisonments are being applauded by many Brazilians because they are considered a sign of at least partial progress against a culture long tolerant of corruption.

Along with bad public services and a sluggish economy, disgust with corruption was one of the many factors that led hundreds of thousands of Brazilians to take to the streets in a series of mass protests in June.

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (L) meet in Phnom Penh on 16 Nov, 2013.—Kyodo News

Japan to boost support for Cambodia in peacekeeping, healthcare Phnom Penh, 16 Nov— Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged Saturday that Japan will boost its support for Cambodia in the fields of peacekeeping operations and healthcare services during talks with his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen in Phnom Penh.

As part of bilateral security cooperation, Japan will provide know-how on peacekeeping activities to Cambodia, the first country where a Japanese mission consisting of Self-Defense Forces, police officers and election observers joined

UN peacekeeping operations since a relevant law was enacted in 1992, Japanese officials said.

Abe also vowed that Tokyo will increase official development assistance and private-sector investment in Cambodia to improve the developing country’s public health and medical sector and to promote the building of key infrastructure such as roads and railway systems, they said.

The Japanese leader is visiting Cambodia on the first leg of a two-day trip that will also take him

to Laos to build closer ties with the two Southeast Asian countries. It is the first visit to Cambodia by a Japanese prime minister in 13 years.

After flying to Vientiane on Sunday, Abe is scheduled to hold separate meetings with Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong and President Choummaly Sayasone.

With the trip, Abe will have visited all 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations since taking office last December.—Kyodo News

Philippine typhoon survivors begin to rebuild Manila, 16 Nov — Survivors began rebuilding homes destroyed by one of the world’s most powerful typhoons and emergency supplies flowed into ravaged Philippine islands, as the United Nations more than doubled its estimate of people made homeless to nearly two million.

But the aid effort was still so patchy that bodies lay uncollected as rescuers tried to evacuate stricken communities on Saturday, more than a week after Typhoon Haiyan killed thousands with tree-snapping winds and tsunami-like waves.

After long delays, hun-

Photo shows The US Consulate in Benghazi was seen in flames.—Reuters

dreds of international aid workers set up makeshift hospitals and trucked in supplies, while helicopters from a US aircraft carrier ferried medicine and water to remote, battered areas where some families have gone without food and clean water for days.

“We are very, very worried about millions of children,” UN Children’s Fund spokesman Marixie Mercado told reporters in Geneva.

A UN official said in a guarded compliment many countries had come forward to help.

“The response from the international community has not been overwhelming compared to the magnitude of the disaster, but it has been very generous so far,” Jens Laerke of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs told the Geneva news briefing.

Captain Victoriano Sambale, a military doctor who for the past week has treated patients in a room strewn with dirt and debris in Tacloban, which bore the brunt of the storm, said there had been a change in the pace in the response.

Civilians exit a Sea Hawk helicopter from the Golden Falcons of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron after being airlifted from an area of the Philippines affected by Typhoon Haiyan in Eastern Samar, Philippines in this 15 Nov, 2013 picture provided by the US Navy.

Reuters “I can see the international support coming here,” he said.

But he is still overwhelmed. “Day one we treated 600-plus patients.

Day two we had 700-plus patients. Day three we lost our count.”

President Benigno Aquino, caught off guard by the scale of the disaster, is scheduled to visit typhoon-affected areas on Saturday. He has been criticized for the slow pace of aid distribution and unclear estimates of casual-

ties, especially in Tacloban, capital of hardest-hit Leyte province.

A notice board in Tacloban City Hall estimated the deaths at 4,000 on Friday, up from 2,000 a day before, in that town alone.

Hours later, Tacloban mayor Alfred Romualdez apologized and said the toll was for the whole central Philippines.

The toll, written on a whiteboard, is compiled by officials who started burying bodies in a mass grave on Thursday.—Reuters

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Sc i e nc e & Te ch no l o gy

Smart coat that gives weather updates, charges phones

New York, 16 Nov — The world’s first smart trench coat to charge your cell phone and also pro-

vide weather information is being developed in the US. The coat, dubbed as M, comes with a smart-

phone app that monitors the weather and advises you if and when you should wear the garment. To charge a phone, users simply slide their handset into the coat’s breast pocket and connect it to the charging dock.

Though having a charging station in your coat sounds uncomfortable, its makers at Motiif, a New York-based company, claim it will remain fairly invisible. To recharge the coat users will be able to simply hang it on a hanger with its included wireless charging pad.Motiif founder Rafael Balbi told LaptopMag that though the coat is still in development, it should be ready to launch

by February 2014.

Balbi sees the M as the first step to creating a complete smart wardrobe.

This isn’t just a coat with

charging and Wi-Fi, it’s about the future of clothing...and how clothing will communicate with each other and the end user,” Balbi said. While pricing for the M has not yet been announced, Balbi said it shouldn’t cost more than an average trench coat.

Motiif is currently accepting applicants for an alpha tester programme.

Participants will get a behind the scenes look at how the coat is made, speak with engineers and attend events where they can try the M on. ventually, Motiif will select a handful of alpha testers to wear the coat for one to two weeks at a time, after which they will give the company their impressions of the M based on their experiences.

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Twitter introduces self-serve ads outside US San Francisco, 16 Nov — Twitter Inc said on Thursday it would introduce self-serve ads for small- and medium-sized businesses in three countries outside the United States, marking one of its first moves to expand revenue as a publicly listed company.

Businesses in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada will be able to buy “promoted” ads that can be shown to targeted Twitter users beginning this week, the company said.Twitter held a successful initial public offering last week that raised $1.8 billion.

Its stock price has since soared, implying a market capitalization of more than

A person holds a magnifying glass over a computer screen displaying Twitter logos, in this picture illustration taken in Skopje on 10 Sept, 2013.—Reuters $24 billion.

Twitter, which made $317 million in revenue in 2012, generates the majority of its sales through selling ad packages directly

to large companies and international brands such as Verizon Communications Inc or Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. But analysts believe it has the potential

Japan sets new greenhouse gas emissions reduction target of 3.8% Tokyo, 16 Nov — The Japanese government decided on Friday to aim at a 3.8 percent reduction from fiscal 2005 in its greenhouse gas emissions target for fiscal 2020, assuming the country’s nuclear power plants remain offline.

The new target could draw international criticism as it represents an increase of about 3 percent from the Kyoto Protocol base year of fiscal 1990.

The government also suggested it may upgrade the target if it turns out to be able to steadily depend on atomic power generation.

Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara will announce Japan’s new target next week in Warsaw during the ongoing 19th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP19) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Under the previous government led by the Democratic Party of Japan, the country proposed a 25 percent cut by fiscal 2020 from the fiscal 1990 level, but the goal turned out to be unrealistic as the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis led to an increase in thermal power generation.”

The new target is

aimed at making our greatest possible contribution to the issue of global warming,” Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told his Cabinet ministers. “I want everyone to do their best to achieve our goal.”

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said the previous goal set by the DPJ-led government was “completely baseless,” while adding the new target is only a plan “at present, not considering the possible effect of nuclear power generation in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.”

Kyodo News

to greatly boost sales by letting smaller businesses buy automated ads without the help of Twitter salespeople.

Google Inc, for instance, became an online advertising powerhouse by automating its ad-buying capabilities for small- and medium-sized business.

Twitter gave US businesses early access to the selfserve programme earlier this year. The company has said it intends to eventually roll out the program around the world. Analysts expect Twitter to make more than $1.1 billion in 2014 revenue, according to Thomson Reuters data. — Reuters

Taninthayi Region The following is the reproduction of Myanmar Hotels & Tourism Guide 2013. Visit www. tourismguide.com.mm for further information.—Ed

Dawei

Dawei, which the British called Tavoy, is one of the oldest ports in Myanmar and was mentioned by the merchant traveller Ralph Fitch, who in 1583 became the first Englishman to set foot on Myanmar soil. There are plans for a deep sea port and special economic zone at Dawei involving Myanmar and Thai investors.

Paya Gyi Thein Wa Kyaung This famous monastery houses many Buddha images as well as a figure of the Guardian of the Earth that devotees worship for their good health.

Shin Motehti Pagoda One of the most revered by Dawei pilgrims, this pagoda is reputed to be more than 600 years old.

Myeik Myeik (Mergui) is on a peninsula between the sea and low hills with pagodas, monasteries and government buildings. It is a busy port town and a centre for the fishing, the cultured pearl, preserved and dried fish, birds’ nest and rubber industries.

The Salon People Also known as the Moken (and sometimes as sea gypsies), they live among the hundreds of islands of the Myeik Archipelago. They only gather by hand what they need and do not use nets to fish. They live on boats as they prefer a life of freedom. They carry only a few possessions, such as cooking utensils, clothing and spears for catching fish. The Salon people have no greed for property.

Kawthoung At the southernmost tip of the country is Bayint Naung Point, known during colonial times as Victoria Point. The adjoining seaport of Kawthoung is opposite the Thai town of Ranong. Kawthoung is a busy trade centre. Apart from kayaking, fishing, scuba and deepsea diving, there are fishing villages to explore and Salon people to visit.

Japan team renews world record of EV travel distance

Members of a Japanese team, including Kenjiro Shinozuka (2nd from R), who became the first Japanese driver to win the Dakar Rally in 1997, pose in Ogata, Akita Prefecture, on 15 Nov, 2013, after the team set a new world record for distance traveled by an electric vehicle on a single battery charge, running 1,300 kilometers on a course in the prefecture in northeastern Japan. The vehicle with which the team set the new world record is seen behind them. — Kyodo News

Akita, 16 Nov — A Japanese team set a new world record on Friday for distance traveled by an electric vehicle on a single battery charge, running 1,300 kilometres on a course in Akita Prefecture in northeastern Japan.

The four-driver team included Kenjiro Shinozuka, 64, who became the first Japanese driver to win the Dakar Rally in 1997.

The team said it plans to file a request with Guinness World Records for recognition of the feat, which eclipsed the previous mark of 1,003.2 km.

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Handy gene test kit can find risk of disease

Photo taken in October 2013 shows genetic test kits offered by Tokyo-based Genesis Healthcare Co. The kits, 5,800 yen each, examine gene sequences and determine the likelihood of a user’s developing a specific disease using past data. — Kyodo News Tokyo, 16 Nov — Discovering whether you are at risk of developing a certain disease once required going to hospital and sitting around in a waiting room. Now, however, it can be done with a simple test conducted at home or at a drugstore.

Keiko Suzuki, 43, a company employee from Tokyo, bought a genetic test kit in April to discover whether she is at risk for diabetes. Her father had suffered from the disease and often needed insulin injections, and Suzuki (not her real name) had long

worried about developing diabetes too. Every time she took a health checkup, she first checked her blood glucose levels.

Suzuki decided to take the genetic test at age 43 as that was when her father became diabetic. The test was positive. “It does not mean that I will be diabetic for sure, but it feels like I cannot get away from it,” she said.

“Now I am preparing myself (for the disease) and eating healthy food and exercising.” A genetic test kit created by Genesis Healthcare Co, the largest in the industry in Japan, examines gene

Women may have harder concussion recovery than men New York, 16 Nov — After a concussion, women tend to have worse symptoms than men. That’s the case even when athletes were injured playing the same sport, according to a new study of young soccer players. Some recent studies have found gender differences in memory and other symptoms after concussions, with women generally doing worse.

The new results support findings that women take longer to recover than men, Tracey Covassin said. She led the study at Michigan State University in East Lansing.

“Results from this study may impact sports medicine clinicians on being more cautious when returning female concussed soccer athletes back to participation,” Covassin told Reuters Health. “Moreover, healthcare professionals need to be aware that females could report more

total concussion symptoms compared to male concussed athletes,” she added.

The researchers looked at 39 male and 56 female soccer players who sustained a concussion. All were in high school or college. The athletes took computer tests that measured their learning and memory skills, reaction time and physical symptoms before the soccer season started and again eight days after their concussion.

On the preseason tests, men and women scored fairly similarly.

But eight days after their concussions, women scored lower on a test that measures a person’s ability to remember visual images — 69 percent, on average, compared to 77 percent among men. Scores on other thinking and memory tests were still comparable.

Women also reported more total symptoms post-concussion than men.

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Japan, Canada exchange views on intellectual property in FTA talks

sequences and determines the likelihood of a user’s developing a specific disease based on past data. Anyone aged 18 or older can take the test. In the test, a user at home takes samples of mucous membrane from the mouth and saliva with cotton swabs included in the kit and sends them back to the Tokyo-based company.

Similar kits are available to test for other diseases and conditions such as obesity and osteoporosis. Each test costs 5,800 yen. The results take at least several weeks and when results are positive the company includes advice on measures to prevent the disease. A more detailed test is also available for 29,800 yen that checks for 37 kinds of diseases such as heart attack and rheumatoid arthritis as well as diabetes in one go.

The test screens 68 kinds of genes.

Genesis Healthcare said it deals carefully with the information, encrypting identification numbers in gene samples so that users cannot be identified. Since users may suffer distress at the results, the company confirms in a letter of consent in advance whether they really wish to go ahead with the test.—Kyodo News

Tokyo, 16 Nov — Japan and Canada have deepened understanding of each other’s views in their talks on a bilateral free trade agreement, especially in the areas of intellectual property, services and competition policies, a Foreign Ministry official said on Friday.

The two sides had

Beijing, 16 Nov — Lenovo Group Ltd — the world’s largest personal computer manufacturer — has recently acquired a new title. The company successfully made a foray into the global smartphone market and became the third-largest smartphone maker in the third quarter of the year, according to a Gartner Inc report. Lenovo surpassed South Korea-based LG Electronics Inc to become the world’s third-biggest smartphone vendor in the quarter ended 30 September, according to research firm Gartner.

This is the best position for Lenovo since the company focused on the smartphone business in 2009.The Beijing-based Lenovo shipped 12.9 million smartphones — representing a 5.1 percent share of the global smartphone market — in the third quarter, Gartner said in a mobile phone industry report.

Lenovo’s quarterly smartphone sales rose 84.5 percent year-on-year. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

and Apple Inc are still the top-two industry players, after selling 80.4 million and 30.3 million smartphones, respectively, in the same period. Lenovo also moved up the ranks to the No 7 spot in the more general global mobile phone market.” Lenovo continues to rely heavily on its home market, which represents more than 95 percent of its overall mobile phone sales.

This could limit its growth after 2014, when the Chinese market is expected to decelerate,” said Anshul Gupta, a research analyst at Gartner.

Lenovo, already the world’s top PC maker, announced plans to expand in the mobile phone sector only about three years ago.

In 2008, the company sold its mobile business to “concentrate on the PC sector” but bought it back a year later. Liu Jun, senior vicepresident of the company, said in a previous interview that Lenovo is the smartphone brand with the fastest growth rate worldwide.

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productive discussions in those areas, the ministry said in a statement issued after Japan’s chief delegate and Canada’s assistant deputy minister for trade met in Ottawa for the fourth round of free trade talks held from Tuesday through Thursday, but declined to elaborate further.

There were no discussions on eliminating tariffs on farm products, the official added. Japan and Canada decided to enter free trade talks in March 2012. It has yet to be decided when they will have the next round of negotiations.

Kyodo News

Russia’s Aeroflot rules out buying, or aiding, Alitalia Moscow, 16 Nov — Aeroflot (AFLT.MM), the state-controlled Russian airline, on Friday ruled out buying or aiding stricken Italian carrier Alitalia, which is seeking a cash injection to keep flying.

“Aeroflot does not plan to buy Alitalia, nor will it par-

ticipate in any way in its financing,” a representative of the Russian flag carrier told Reuters.

Alitalia’s top shareholder, Air France-KLM (AIRF.PA), on Thursday spurned a plea for cash to rescue Alitalia, saying a new business plan would

An Aeroflot Airbus A330 plane heading to the Cuban capital Havana is taxied at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport on 27 June, 2013. — Reuters

be insufficient without a write-off of some of its huge debts. Alitalia, which was privatized in 2008, has been unprofitable for more than a decade and has been stuck in a months-long tussle with Air France-KLM over whether to keep their strategic and financial partnership alive.

Aeroflot has repeatedly been named by Italian officials as a potential backer of Alitalia, but has never publicly confirmed its interest. Italian officials say they hope they can still find another international airline to invest and save the carrier, but time is running out after Air France-KLM walked away from the 300 million euro ($403 million) call for more cash. — Reuters

Lenovo moves up the ranks more emerging countries by the end of the year. By then, the company will have realized its goal of covering 80 percent of emerging markets worldwide,” Liu said.

More meaningful moves are in store for the first half of next year, when Lenovo plans to introduce its smartphones to mature markets such as the United States and Europe, Liu said.According to Sino Market Research, Lenovo has been the second-largest smartphone

vendor in the domestic market for 16 consecutive months, behind Samsung.

Lenovo aims to become the top smartphone player in China within two years, according to Liu. Li Yanyan, an analyst with research firm Analysys International, pointed out that “Lenovo’s close ties to Chinese telecom operators have been a major reason for its success in the domestic market.”

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OIC delegation assures Government of principled position of OIC, OIC institutions and member states not to discriminate on basis of race, ethnicity and religion in provision of humanitarian assistance Joint Communiqué between Central Committee for Implementation of Stability and Development in Rakhine State of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and OIC 1. Upon the invitation of the Government of Myanmar a delegation consisting of the OIC Secretary General, Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Djibouti and Turkey, and high level representatives of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia paid a visit to Myanmar from 14-16 November 2013.

2. The visit provided a unique opportunity to the OIC delegation to be appraised of and observe first-hand the political, economic and administrative changes that Myanmar is going through under the leadership of President U Thein Sein towards ensuring peace, stability, rule of law and socioeconomic progress, consistent with the aspirations of the people of Myanmar.

3. The delegation expressed support to the Government’s efforts to further promote inter-communal recon-

ciliation, tolerance and peaceful-co-existence in all sectors of society by, inter alia, encouraging interfaith and inter-communal dialogue and understanding and by supporting community leaders in this direction.

4. The delegation welcomed various statements and assurances of the Government of Myanmar to put an end to all acts of violence and protect the civilian population from violence and to ensure full respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, including in Rakhine State.

5. The delegation particularly took note of and found exceptionally important the statements of President U Thein Sein, including his statement of 28 March, 2013, in which he guaranteed all perpetrators of violence would be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and noted the establishment of the Central Committee for Implementation of Stability and Develop-

Khin Swe Oo, Aung Thin,... (from page 1) collective poems, bellesletters, culture and arts, children’s literature, translation (general knowledge), translation (aesthetic), general knowledge (art), general knowledge (science), general knowledge (applied science), political and Englishlanguage book (general knowledge).

Of the genres including English-language book (general knowledge) and (aesthetic), the missing awards for this year were youth literature, drama and English-language book (aesthetic).

The National Literary Award Scrutinizing

Committee formed with 95 intellectuals and intelligentsia from the fields of literary and printing and publishing selected the winners by screening 2329 books published in 2012 in three stages.

The list of the names of Sarpay Beikman Manuscript Award winners are also announced by Sarpay Beikman Manuscript Award Scrutinizing Committee today.

In novel category, writers Soe Myint Maung (Tharawaw), Thwet Htar Nyo and Thu Thein won first, second and third prizes respectively. Maung Nay Chi (Pyay) won first prize in collective short stories category while second and

ment in Rakhine State, as well as his message of 1 October, 2013 to the Conference of the Leaders of Five Faiths.

6. The delegation underlined its appreciation for the invitation addressed by the Government of Myanmar to the Delegation and the Government’s readiness to engage with the OIC and its member states in line with its cooperation with the international community. The Delegation appreciated the facilitation during the visit, of the engagement with the Central Committee, headed by VicePresident Dr Sai Mauk Kham and overseeing the Working Committees tasked to promote integrated social and economic development.

7. The delegation appreciated the ongoing efforts of the Government aimed at reviewing legislation, including the Constitution, in a compatible manner with the international standards and democratic principles. The

Delegation called upon the Government to continue legal reforms, including repealing laws restricting fundamental freedoms.

8. The delegation took note of the explanations of the Myanmar authorities about their determination and efforts to address the challenges relating to human rights, citizenship, economic opportunities and development affecting ethnic and religious minorities, including the situation in Rakhine State.

9. The delegation expressed the readiness of the OIC member states to be able to further contribute to the ongoing humanitarian and rehabilitation assistance provision from the OIC member states and institutions, including from the civil society organizations in full coordination with the Government, and to support Government’s efforts to address the humanitarian, rehabilitation and development needs of the communities in

the country including in Rakhine State. The OIC delegation assured the Government of the principled position of the OIC, OIC institutions and its member states not to discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity and religion in the provision of humanitarian assistance. Based on this principled position, both parties agreed to ensure that humanitarian assistance will be provided on a nondiscriminatory basis through the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.

The delegation ex10. pressed satisfaction by the confirmation of the Permanent Representative of Myanmar in his address to the UNGA stating that “The Government stands ready to provide access and facilitate humanitarian and other assistance from any sources, including the Member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) if the assistance is non-discriminatory

and meant for both affected communities.”

The Government and the delegation expressed their common desire to continue the Government’s engagement with the OIC in all aspects and exchanged of information to enable the OIC to provide all sorts of support to the Government in tackling all challenges, where its support would be relevant and needed, in the spirit of common humanity and in full respect for the principle of avoidance of interference in the internal affairs of the country, and of the national unity and sovereignty of the Union of Myanmar.

11. The Government of Myanmar acknowledged the delegation and OIC member states for their interest to help Myanmar promote national reconciliation and continue its progress towards full democracy and welfare in peace and stability. *****

third prizes went to Thaung Myint Oo (Kunchankone) and Lieutenant Lwin Bo Bo Aung. Khin Phone Kyi (Mongpun), Kaung Nyunt Wai (Yezagyo) and Myat Phone (Tatkon) stood first, second and third in collective poems category.

U Tun Lwin (Meiktila) and Maung Nwe Than were chosen as first and second prize winners of general knowledge (art) category.

National Literary Award winner Aung Soe (Agriculture-107) and Thaung Nyunt Thit recognized with second and third prizes in general knowledge (science and applied science).

Dr Maung Maung, Min Shin Aung (Twantay) and Maung Yin Hlaing (Pyinma Myaing) secured first,

second and third prizes in belles-letters category. First, second and third prizes for Myanmar Culture and Arts category went to Myat Wai Toe (Institute of Education), Hlaing Win Swe and U Ye Dwe (Amyint Thabin).

The winners of children’s literature were Zaw Myo Han (Ngathaingchaung), Shwe Yin Hnit and Kantbalu Khin Maung Swe. Kyunsinmyay Saw Khet won the second prize in Youth literature category. Zin Min (Thamein Htaw) and Maung Soe Htaik (Thonze) were second and third prize winners in the genre of drama. Tin Aung Chit stood first in translation category. Of 13 categories of Sarpay Beikman manuscript award, no manuscript

in political literature category was presented and the missing award for the year was the best Englishlanguage book.

The Sarpay Beikman Manuscript Award Scrutinizing Committee formed with 36 intellectuals and intelligentsia from the fields of literary and printing and publishing examined 165 books published in 2012 in three stages to select the winners.

The winners are invited to contact administrative and supportive committee and admin section of Sarpay Beikman (Ph: 01 376569 and 01 381449) at No. 529/531 on Merchant Street in Yangon as soon as possible and send two 5''x7'' color photos and two passport size

photos each together with a letter of biography.

The literary house that published the prizewinning books will be invited to attend the prize presentation ceremony.

Lifetime National Literary Award and National Literary Award winners will be awarded at the National Literary Award and Sarpay Beikman Manuscript Award presentation ceremony to be held at National Theater on Myoma Kyaung Street in Yangon on 3 December, 2013 (1st Waxing of Nadaw, 1375 ME). to be held National Theater on Myoma Kyaung Street in Yangon on 3 December, 2013 (1st Waxing of Nadaw, 1375 ME).

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LOCAL NEWS Drawing development plan of universities Myanmar, ILO sign MoU on collecting discussed workforce statistics

Nay Pyi Taw, 16 Nov— Acting Union Minister for Education Dr Myo Myint delivered an address at coordination meeting on drawing development plan of universities at the Ministry, here, yesterday afternoon.

Those attendees

responded to remarks discussed by Director Daw Khin Mar Aye from the Ministry of National Planning and Economic Development and Director-General Dr Soe Win of Higher Education Department (Upper Myanmar).

In the afternoon, the Acting Union Minister met Education Manager Mr Nguyen Thuong Hai of Intel Vietnam Company Ltd and discussed matters related to giving ICT Training to teachers from the basic education level.

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Director-General of Labour Department U Myo Aung and ILO Liaison Officer Mr. Steve Marshall exchange notes of MoU.—mna

Acting Union Minister receives Education Manager Mr Nguyen Thuong Hai of Intel Vietnam Company Ltd.—mna

Construction Station hospital handed over in Thabeikkyin Thabeikkyin, 16 Nov—A ceremony to hand over new building of 16bed station hospital was held in Twinnge Village of Thabeikkyin Township in Mandalay Region on 10 November.

Thabeikkyin Township

Administrator U Ko Ko Hlaing, Station Hospital medical officer Dr Chan Tha Tun, Village Administrator U Aung Moe and Hospital Construction Committee U Khin Thaung formally opened the hospital.

At first, the township

Taungtha-Natogyi intertownship road completed Taungtha Township Development Affairs Committee is giving priority to roads and bridges which are basic needs for the rural development in the township of Mandalay Region.

The committee constructed 21 miles and seven furlongs long Ngathayauk-ZagyanBannwegon gravel road, one mile and two furlongs long Kanywa-Ywathit gravel road and 2105 feet long WelaungYwathit Bridge gravel road in 2011-12 fiscal year.

At present, the committee expanded the shoulders of 18 miles and one furlong long TaungthaNatogyi road as of July 2013.

The committee formed the special groups for construction of TaungthaNatogyi Road, spending K 500 million of its fund.

So far, the road has been completed by cent per cent.

In the past, Taungtha-

Myingyan-NatogyiMandalay asphalt road was 35 miles section.

The road has now been upgraded to the new one which is 17 miles shorter than the old one.

That is why, the local people could save travel time along the road.

However, the local people take care of avoiding carts with iron wheel along the road, said an Assistant Engineer.

Taungtha-Natogyi Road is contributing to development of 8120 houses from 41 villages along its route with betterment of education, health and agricultural sectors.

In the future, the local people can transport their domestic products to other regions enjoying smooth and swift flow of commodities.

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administrator delivered a speech.

The chairman of the hospital construction committee handed over documents related to the hospital to Township Health Officer Dr Kyaw Zin Oo and Station Hospital medical officer Dr Chan Tha Tun. The hospital, 128 feet long and 75 feet wide, is located on 2.3 acres of land. It was built with K 164.9 million contributed by Mandalay Region government and local people.—MMAL-432

Nay Pyi Taw, 16 Nov—A MoU signing ceremony on collecting workforce statistics of Myanmar in 2014 between the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security and International Labour Organization (ILO) took place at Hotel Amara, here, yesterday morning, attended by Union Minister

U Aye Myint.

At the ceremony, Director- General of Labour Department U Myo Aung and ILO Liaison Officer Mr. Steve Marshall signed the MoU. The MoU includes the processes of establishment surveys, occupational wages surveys, informal wages surveys, child

Agricultural loans disbursed for cold season crops in Pyapon P y a p o n , 16 Nov— Myanma Agricultural Development Bank of Pyapon District in Ayeyawady Region will disburse agricultural loans for cold season crops to farmers by December this year.

The bank will disburse K 100,000 per acre for cold season paddy. Last year, the

bank disbursed K 80,000 per acres for cold season paddy, said bank branch manager Daw Khin Saw Wady Myint.

The bank had coordinated with responsible persons of village committees on 7 November. They discussed disbursements of loans to the farmers under the law.

The loan supervisory

Falam with sweet smell of pine British stationed on Vancao mountain range in 1889. British established Falam on the mountain range as the city of Chin Special

labour surveys and schoolto-work transition surveys.

Moreover, it will include labour and employment policies, laws, assessments on undertakings according to Myanmar’s reasonable job creation programmes and scrutinizing for research and securing job index.

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Division in 1892.

Now, Falam is a town of 120 years old. It is home to over 7780 population of 1724 buildings and houses

and it is a district level town where various national race staff are discharging duties at many departmental offices.

Agriculture committee will supervise the staff not to collect any fee from the farmers and to issue the loan to the farmers who are really to grow cold season paddy.

MMAL-Thuzar Nwe (Pyapon) Falam is located among pine plants on Vancao mountain range. In cold season, the whole town is covered with cherry flowers capped with snow.

It has two Basic Education High Schools, one BEHS branch, one 200bed hospital and nursing training schools. Falam is linking with Haka.

Falam Township is formed with four wards and 160 villages. The local people consume fresh vegetables and potable water from the spring. Ngasitva hydropower station geneates electricity to the local people round the clock.

With the assistance of the Union government, the people of the township are striving for progress and prosperity of the town.

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The sooner the better After taking office in 2011, the government initiated a peace process to end the more than 60 years of conflict in the country. The government held peace talks with each ethnic armed organization individually first. Recently the government hosted all groups, sitting together at the negotiating table for two days, for signing a nationwide ceasefire deal in Myitkyina, Kachin State.

The peace talks produced an agreement to hold a political dialogue as soon as possible. A joint statement was released and the two sides have agreed on the three points—to sign a nationwide ceasefire accord, draw up a framework for and hold a political dialogue—to be realized for reaching political agreements.

Some analysts said the landmark meeting between the government and ethnic armed organizations failed to nail down a ceasefire and agree on the point that which one—ceasefire deal and political dialogue—should begin first.

In fact, the peace talks showed progress as the two sides exchanged their proposals for nationwide ceasefire during the peace talks. But others pointed out that the progression of the peace process can be retarded by differences between the two proposals if no prospect of compromise is taking shape.

Nonetheless, we believed both sides will be prepared to realize the three points they have agreed on and to compromise their principles at the next meeting in Hpa-an, the capital of Kayin State, in December. After the years of armed conflicts, the entire people is longing for a lasting peace. So, a strong desire for peace is a must for all stakeholders. Only a compromise agreement could bring a mutually better outcome for both sides. The sooner the two sides have a common good, the sooner they can fulfill the people’s wish for peace.

All in all, we would like to urge all stakeholders to seek a compromise to be able to avoid possible clashes of ideological differences. The acceptable compromise would pave the way for peace which is desperately needed to delete the woes of the persons with feelings of insecurity, whatever compromise both sides made.

Yin May Myo stands third in 6th Singha golf championships-2013 Yangon, 16 Nov— Myanmar youth golf team led by Joint Secretary General U Myo Tun of Myanmar Golf Federation participated in the 6th Singha Thailand Junior world golf championships-2013 held at Royal Hua Hin Golf Club of Thailand from 7 to 11 November.

A total of 117 participants from ten countries including 12 Myanmar golfers—nine men and three

women—competed in the championships.

Yin May Myo won the third prize in Girl Class AG, Thin Wai Khaing, the fifth prize in Girl Class CG, Kaung Myat Kyaw, the fourth in Boy Class DB, Pyae Phyo Thu, the fifth in Boy Class CB, and Thiha Myo Set, the seventh in Boy Class CB. The Myanmar youth golf team arrived back here by air on 11 November.—NLM

Tazaungmon Fullmoon commemorates Sāmaññaphala Sutta Day It was on the fullmoon night of Tazaungmon [November] that Lord Gotama Buddha preached Sāmaññaphala Sutta at the behest of Prince Ajātasattu.

Sāmaññaphala means the benefit of becoming a Buddhist monk.

The background history of Sāmaññaphala Sutta is as follows:Prince Ajātasattu, the only son of King Bimbhisara was unfortunately misguided by his mentor-teacher Devadatta who was an out and out opponent of Lord Gotama Buddha. Assuming himself as “real Buddha” Devadatta preached infidel doctrine. Ajātasattu happened to be one of staunch followers of Devadatta who ill advised the Prince to usurp the throne by killing his royal father Bimbhisara. The Prince daringly committed patricide and several other evil unwholesome deeds. Soon he was overwhelmed by grief, remorse and repentance for all his sins and misdeeds.

His body became weakened and enfeebled and his mind always unstable. Looking for the ways and means of atoning for his sins and misdeeds he became restless and could not sleep for days and months.

As advised by his ministers the Prince went to seek cure for his troubles from six hermits but got no satisfactory answer.

At last, Jivaka the physician at the Court advised him to go to Lord Gotama Buddha who at that time was residing in a Vihara [Monastery]. Jivaka had built in the Mango Park near the Capital of Rajagaha.

It was on a fullmoon evening of Tazaungmon with the big full round moon was ascending in the sky, shedding its cool silvery rays onto the earth. From the palace to the Vihara torch lights were lit brightly along the royal road on which Prince Ajātasattu was progressing with his royal entourage. It is said that the light festival held on the fullmoon evening of Tazaungmon is to commemorate his visit to Lord Buddha.

Knowing full well of what had happened to the Prince. Lord Buddha, after heaing the Prince’s explana-

tion of his visit, preached to him Sāmañña Phala Sutta.

The full text of this Sutta is found in Dasanikaya Silakkhanda Vagga. This Sutta is about the benefit of becoming a Buddhist monk. After the Prince heard and understood this Sutta from Lord Gotama Buddha, embraced Buddha’s dhamma as he convincingly believed in it, thereby he becoming the most devoted Buddhist layman. He regained sleep, his body and mind improved.

He now found Gotama Buddha his real teacher who guided him to real truth.

For atonement of his past misdeeds Prince Ajātasattu carried out ceaselessly wholesome deeds such as convening of the First Buddhist Council, collecting scared relics of Lord Gotama Buddha and storing

inscription on durable material-stone slabs, totalling 729 slabs—three Treatises of Sutta [Discourses] on 410 slabs, five Treatises of Vinaya [monks’ discipline] on 111 slabs, and seven Treatises of Abhidhamma [Buddhist philosophy] on 208 slabs. There inscribed marble slabs forming like a book stand each in a separate man built cave like temple in the spacious precincts of Maha Loka Marazein Pagoda in Mandalay. Then the fifth Buddhist council was held lasting over five months.

Over 2400 learned Buddhist monks from at home and abroad participated reciting the edited Tipitaka orally.

The sixth Buddhist Council was convened eighty three years after the fifth Buddhist Council. It took place in Yangon in

Maha Saddhamma Jotika dhaja Sithu Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt all of them in a big museum marking the Buddha Sasana year and promoting. Pariyatti Sasana, Patipati Sasana and Pativeda Sasana. In later centuries five Buddhist Councils were held. The first Buddhist Council convened by Prince Ajātasattu took place three months after the demise of Lord Buddha in the Sattapanni Grotto in Vebara Hill in Rajagaha in India. The Second Buddhist Council took place 100 years after the First Council, at Velukayan Monastery in the kingdom of Vesali in India. The third Buddhist Council was convened, over 100 years after the Second Council, at the Asokayama Monastery in the Kingdom of Pataliputta in India. Over two hundred years after the third Buddhist Council, the fourth Buddhist Council was convened in the Aloka Cave in Malaya village in Sri Lanka [Lankadipa]. It was at this Fourth Buddhist Council that Tipitaka and commentaries [Buddha’s teachings and scriptures] were for the first time put to writing [on palm leaf].

The fifth Buddhist council was convened at Mandalay in 1871 A.D. in the region of King Mindon who was the promoter of Buddhist Sasana and donor of the fifth Buddhist council for the first time Buddha’s teachings Tipitaka were recorded in

1954. In the colossal man made cave named Maha Pathana Grotto, Heads of State eminent monks from Theravada Buddhist countries such as Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and Sri Lanka and delegates from Korea, Tibet, China, India, Nepal and Japan participated in the Council.

Thanks to the first convenor of the first Buddhist Council Prince Ajātasattu, five similar Council followed in later centuries and Buddha Sasana to flourish till to-day. Buddha’s teachings [Dhamma] exist in origin. The sacred relics of Gotama Buddha which the Prince collected and stored in a museum hall were later discovered by Emperor Asoka who distributed them to nine countries and nine places to where he dispatched Buddhist missions.

At these places Emperor Asoka built 84000 stupas in which Buddha’s sacred relics were enshrined to mark the 84000 bodies of Buddha’s teachings.

Because of his wholesome deeds [Kusala] the Prince was not east into Maha Awizi hell. But he had to pay for his sins in Lohakombi hell. After the suffered punishment in that hell, he would be released and be born human to become a saint monk.

To become a Buddhist

monk needs a strong will power, good moral character, strict observance of Vinaya [monks’ disciplines] and diligent performance of monks’ duties-learning, preaching, educating, propagating and meditating monks have to teach and educate, give moral instruction carry out religious and social welfare works. Monks are duty bound to guide laymen to truth and make them shun falsehood and all evil deeds.

The benefits of being a Buddhist monk are expounded in the Sāmaññaphala Sutta as follows:(1) Servicemen are free from punishment (2) Immunity from tax and forced labour (3) Due to observance of moral precepts (Sila) free from being cast into apaya planes (4) Due to avoidance of misdeeds, free from troubles and tribulations (5) Due to avoidance of amusements, gamblings, ill speech, all talks, free from worries, troubles and ill health and keep moral precepts (6) Due to abstaining intoxicants, have a sound mind with a sound body and can live a good life (7) Good character and good behaviour (8) Can always have mindfulness (9) Can always have reasoning power and (10) Contentment Just as the fullmoon day of Kasone (may) is commemorated as the Buddha’s Day because the Buddha because enlightened on that day under the shade of the Bodhi Tree and attained Buddhahood, and also just as the fullmoon day of Waso (July) is commemorated as the Dhammacakya Day (or the Dhamma Day) since Gotama Buddha preached his first sermon to the five forest recluses in the deer park [Miga Wanana], so also the fullmoon day of Tazaungmon [November] is commemorated as Sangha Day as Gotama Buddha gave his Sutta (Discourse) on the benefits of Sangha (Holy order or Assembly of all monks) in the form of Sāmaññaphala Sutta.

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Inlay Lake ... (from page 16) He viewed round lifestyle and cottage industries of villages in the region by boat. After inspecting Inlay

Hotel Zone, the Vice-President heard reports on reclamation of hotel zone by state ministers. Hotel Zone is located on 620 acres of land between Kanbe and Chaungpa villages, 15

miles south to Nyaungshwe and east of NyaungshweNampan-Loikaw Road.

The Vice-President viewed documents related to Shan Sawbwa (Chieftains) at Cultural Museum

(Nyaunshwe) in Thazi Ward of Nyaungshwe.

At night, he attended the Mathoe robe weaving contest at Sulamuni Pagoda in Taunggyi.

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Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker receives former British PM Nay Pyi Taw, 16 Nov—Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann received a delegation led by former British Prime Minister Mr Tony Blair at the Hall of Pyithu Hluttaw

Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann shakes hands with former British Prime Minister Mr Tony Blair. mna

Artistes who performed in “mini book corners” TV programmes honoured Yangon, 16 Nov— Deputy Minister for Information U Pike Htwe attended ceremony to honour the artistes namely Academy film director Zaw Myint Oo, Academy Khant Sithu, Academy May Thinza Oo, Academy Khin Moh Moh Aye, Academy Zeya and musical conductor Academy Khin Maung Gyi who performed in “mini book corners” TV

Violence of ... (from page 16) Two police vehicles bound for the scene to take necessary measures were also under attack of some villagers with catapults who had been in the west side of Pathein-Monywa road in advance. Although the police gave warnings to disperse and not to terrorize, some rioters rushed there and joined the mob. About 150 catapulted the police at close quarters.

As police got wound-

programmes at the meeting hall of Central Printing House of the Printing and Publishing Enterprise here this morning.

Deputy Minister U Pike Htwe, Chairman of Myanmar Libraries Foundation U Maung Maung, Chairman of Myanmar Journalist Association U Tin Hlaing (Ledwintha Saw Chit) and Director-General of IPRD ed in the violence, warning shots were fired as a first stage. But, rioters approached to wrestle with the police, shouting that police did not dare to shoot them.

So, police fired 38 shots with the use of anti-riot shotgun and rubber bullets and detonated 18 firecrackers. They then went back to the village and catapulted the police from the distance, shouting abuse words. In the incident, front windscreen and rearview mirrors were broken and nine police members wounded. The injured police

Police L/Cpl Tun Hlaing with injury at right eye. mna

U Ye Tint presented medals and gifts to the artistes.

On behalf of the artistes, Director Academy Zaw Myint Oo spoke words of thanks.

It was also attended by the chairmen and executives of Myanmar Motion Picture Organization and Myanmar Music Association and officials of the ministry, artistes and guests.

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Five villagers who committed violence sustained injuries. Although arrangements have been made for the injured villagers at the people’s hospital in Salingyi, they received treatment at the people’s hospital in Mandalay under their own arrangements.

It is learnt that the police on security duty in the project area where section 144 is imposed used the anti-riot shotgun and rub-

Building, here, this morning.

During their meeting, they friendly exchanged views on bilateral ties and cooperation between the two countries.

Present at the call together with the Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker were Pyithu Hluttaw International Relations Committee Chairman U Hla Myint Oo, Legal Affairs and Special Cases Assessment Commission member Daw Aye Aye Mu and officials from the Hluttaw Office.

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The Eighth month of Myanmar calendar Tazaungmon coincides with November The Scorpion stands for its zodiacal sign Creeper species Kha-we grows wild.

Sky is clear, revealing all the stars The Asterism Kyattika gracefully appears In conjunction with the brightest moon With Kha-we flowers, Tazaungmon is adorned.

Netkhat Thabin is embellished by lights Buildings are beautifully lit at nights Began as a Stellar Festival Netkhat Thabin has become traditional.

It took place before the Buddha’s Enlightenment To make the people peaceful and pleasant With heavenly bodies, the blue sky is clear It’s the brightest month of the year.

Communal groups offer “Kathina” robes “Bon-Kahtein” processions are seen on the roads Mathoe Robe contests start when night falls Tazaungdaing Festival is rejoicing for all.

“Kyee-ma-noe-pwe” is still all the rage Its performance is done before crows awake Tradition has been maintained since ancient days We feel happy and gay nowadays.

Maung Swe Ngae

Press conference on selection of literary awards held

Nay Pyi Taw, 16 Nov — A press conference on selection of Lifetime Achievement National Literary Award, National Literary Award and Sarpay Beikman Manuscript Award winners for 2012 took place at the assembly hall of the Ministry of Information, here, this morning.

It was attended by ber bullets in accord with the right of self-defence as they were faced with a lifethreatening situation. It was planned to have some media there and to launch mob attacks at night.

Regarding the incident, Police Inspector Kyaw Min Naing filed a lawsuit against those who launched physical attacks on the police, staging demonstrations against the law and destroyed police vehicles at Myoma police station in Salingyi at 11 pm on 14 November.

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Police Pvt Kyan Aung of Police Battalion No 16 with injury at upper lip.—mna

Managing Director of Printing and Publishing Enterprise U Aung Myo Myint, Director U Win Kyi of Myanma Radio and Television, Deputy General Manager (Admin) U Maung Win of PPE and officials and local media persons.

First, Director U Win Kyi, leader of information team, extended greetings and the deputy GM gave an account of the matters related to selecting winners and holding the prize presentation ceremony.

Next, officials answered the queries raised by media men.

The 95-member National Literary Award Scrutinizing Committee and 36-member Sarpay Beikman Manuscript Award Scrutinizing Committee screened the works of the writers to choose them as winners.

Three literati— Sayamagyi Daw Khin Swe Oo

(Khin Swe Oo), Sayagyi U Aung Thin (Aung Thin) and Sayagyi U Tin Maung (Theikpan Hmu Tin)— were chosen as Lifetime Achievement National Literary Award winners for 2012.

National Literary Awards for 13 categories will be handed over to 13 authors and Sarpay Beikman Manuscript Awards for 13 categories to 26 authors.

Lifetime National Literary Award winners will be presented K 1.5 million and National Literary Award winners K 1 million. Winners of Sarpay Beikman Manuscript Award who stood first, second and third will be given K 500,000, K 300,000 and K 200,000 each.

National Literary Award and Sarpay Beikman Manuscript Award-giving ceremony will be held at National Theater on Myoma Kyaung Street in Yangon on 3 December, 2013.—MNA

Damages of police vehicle in incident of Letpadaung on 14 November.—mna

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LOCAL NEWS Bawkyo Pagoda to be offered 10000 oil lights Sacred Buddha tooth relic chamber opened in on fullmoon day of Tazaungmon Pyay for 114th ceremony Pyay, 16 Nov—A ceremny to open the chamber of sacred Buddha tooth relic was held for the 114th ceremony on the platform of Shwehsandaw Pagoda in Pyay of Bago Region on 13 November.

Also present on the occasion were Presiding Abbot of Zawtikayon Pali Tekkatho Monastery State Ovadaçariya Shwehsandaw Pagoda Board of Trustees Abhidhaja Maha Rattha Guru Agga Maha Pandita Agga Maha Saddhamma

H sipaw , 16 Nov—A plan is underway to offer 10000 oil lights to ancient Bawkyo Muhtaw Pagoda, five miles to Hsipaw of

Shan State (north) at 6 pm on 17 November.

Under the supervision of Pagoda Board of Trustees, the devotees and local

Jotikadhaja Bhaddanta Kundalajoti and members of the Sangha, Chief Minister fo Bago Region U Nyan Win and wife, Deputy Speaker of Bago Region Hluttaw U Win Myint Soe, Bago Region Minister for Planning and Economic U Kyaw Myint, Commander of Regional Control Command (Pyay) Col Myint Aung, Amyotha Hluttaw representatives, departmental heads, wellwishers and local people.

Sayadaw Bhaddanta

Kundalajoti administered the Five Precepts.

The Chief Minister supplicated on religious affairs, member of Pagoda Board of Trustees U Htein Lin and Chairman of Tooth Relic Committee U Khin Maung on matters related to sacred Buddha tooth relic.

Officials offered alms to members of the Sangha.

The Sayadaw delivered a sermon, and the congregation shared merits gained.—Kyemon-Myo Yan Paing Win

people near and far plan to ignite the oil lamps at the pagoda.

Kyemon-Hsipaw Ko Latt

Region level authorities, pagoda board of trustees and wellwishers pay homage to sacred Buddha tooth relic at Pyay Shwehsandaw Pagoda.

Nay Pyi Taw Myoma Market in Zabuthiri Township of Nay Pyi Taw Council Area conveys Padethabin works for 6th Kathina robe offering ceremony along Pyinmana-Taungnyo Road.

Kyemon-Min Min Latt (Mann Tekkatho)

Monsoon paddy thriving in Meiktila with irrigation of Meiktila Lake Meiktila, 16 Nov—At present, paddy plantations irrigated by Meiktila Lake (North) are thriving in Meiktila Township.

The local farmers from various villages in Meiktila Township grew monsoon paddy with irrigation of Meiktila Lake. Now, the paddy plants will be harvested in early December.

Officials and staff of Township Agriculture De-

partment made field trips to the farmlands and gave advice to farmers to do early harvest and to prepare cultivation of summer paddy.

Last year, the farmers could not grow summer paddy. This year, the heavy rain filled Meiktila Lake. So, they have the opportunities to grow summer paddy with the supply of water from the lake.—Kyemon-Thein Myint Kyaw (Meiktila)

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Shan State IPRD holds coord meeting Taunggyi, 16 Nov— With the aim of uplifting work proficiency of staff in serving the people, Shan State Information and Public Relations Department held a coordination meeting at the hall of the department on 13 November morning.

Head of Shan State

department U Sai Sam Tit made a speech.

Heads of Township and Sub-Township IPRDs reported on progress of tasks and matters related to Myanmar Libraries Foundation.

The head of State IPRD reviewed their reports.

The meeting was at-

tended by heads of 11 district IPRDs and officials.

In Shan State, a total of 466 village libraries on self-reliant basis have been equipped with facilities meeting six points standards.

Kyemon-Shan State IPRD

Head of Shan State Information and Public Relations Department and heads of 11 district IPRDs meet in coordination meeting.

Clothes stolen suspect arrested Mandalay, 16 Nov— SIP Pyone Cho and members of Mandalay City Traffic Police Corps checked Daw Khin, 74 of Sulegon Vil-

lage in Kyaukse Township on ground floor of Mann Myanmar Plaza on 12 November and seized 18 pieces of clothes and one plastic

basket she stole. The police station No 6 filed lawsuit against Daw Khin under the law.—Kyemon-Thiha Ko Ko (Mandalay)

Anti-Narcotic Drives

WY brand stimulant tablets seized in Myeik Myeik, 16 Nov—Policemen from Myeik District Special Crime Combating Squad and those of No 4 outpost of Myeik Myoma police station together with witnesses raided the house of Han Lin Aung (a) Han Lin of Mingala Street in Kyaungnge Ward of Myeik on 11 November.

The police squads seized 997 stimulant tablets with WY brand weighing 88.7 grams worth K 4,985,000.

Myeik Myoma police station opened a file of lawsuit against Han Lin Aung (a) Han Lin under Sections 15/19(a)/20(a)/21 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Subtances Law. Kyemon-Moe Hein (Myeik)

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Prince Mikasa discharged from hospital Tokyo, 16 Nov — Prince Mikasa, uncle of Emperor Akihito, was discharged from hospital on Saturday as no abnormalities were found in checkups he had after he partially lost consciousness earlier this week, the Imperial Household Agency said.

The 97-year-old youngest brother of the late Emperor Hirohito temporarily fell into a semiconscious state Tuesday evening at his home and was taken to St Luke’s International Hospital in Tokyo.

The prince underwent heart surgery in July last year and has been rehabilitating at his home since then.—Kyodo News

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Cambodian defence minister visits China to further strengthen ties Phnom Penh, 16 Nov — Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Gen Tea Banh on Saturday left for Beijing for an unofficial visit to further enhance bilateral ties and cooperation. “My visit is to discuss some tasks with the Chinese counterpart in order to further promote military relations and cooperation,” he told reporters at the capital’s airport before departure. “We need some help from the Chinese friend in order to develop capacity for Cambodian armed forces.”

Cambodia and China have constantly maintained and further developed military ties through the visit exchange of both sides’ senior military officials and China’s assistance for military human resources development.

China has helped Cambodia since 2002 to build the Infantry Institute in Kampong Speu Province, about 90 kilometres west of capital Phnom Penh. Earlier this year, some 160 Cambodian military students had completed training courses in China.—Xinhua

Chinese and US soldiers cooperate in a joint exercise in Hawaii, the United States, on 14 Nov, 2013. —Xinhua Honolulu, (United and 26 officers and soldiers States), 16 Nov — The first of the People’s Liberation China-US Humanitarian Army of China at Bellows Assistance and Disaster Re- Air Force Base. lief (HA/DR) live troop ex“This is the 9th huercises ended on Thursday manitarian assistance and in a US Marine Corps train- disaster relief academic ing area on the east side of exchange between China OAhu in Hawaii. and the US and also the first The games, designed to Joint Live Troop Exercise maximize “side by side” in- of its kind,” said Zhao Kaiteraction and communica- zeng, deputy political comtions, involved about 47 US missar of Chengdu Military soldiers and representatives Area Command. The US-

between the two militaries and will contribute to the enhancement of militaryto-military as well as stateto-state relationship,” Zhao said. Ji Li, deputy chief of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Ministry of National Defence of China, told Xinhua, “If I use one word to describe this event, that is cooperation. If I use more words, I will use ‘team spirit and friendship’.”

Col Bill Florig, chief of civil military operations for US Army Pacific, also lauded the event.

“This is one step closer to being able to work together and I am hoping that it goes into other aspects of the mutual relationship as well,” he told Xinhua.

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Tokyo, 16 Nov — Residents of a small island south of Tokyo held a memorial gathering on Saturday to offer prayers for 35 people who died due to mudslides triggered by a powerful typhoon a month ago.

Mayor Masafumi Kawashima and senior officials of the Oshima town government on Izu Oshima Island held the memorial at 12:30 pm in the town hall, while people who lost their loved ones grieved at the disaster sites.

The island, 120 kilo-

According to the Oshima town and Tokyo metropolitan governments, at least 202 houses were completely or partially destroyed by mudslides. The island is administered by the metropolitan government.

The town, which covers the whole island with a population of about 8,300, plans to build makeshift housing by March for over 100 residents who are taking refuge in houses owned by the metropolitan government or the homes of their relatives.—Kyodo News

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (L) holds a welcoming ceremony for Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in Beijing, capital of China, on 15 Nov, 2013. Li held talks with Mark Rutter on Friday.

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Two arrested after huge quantities China-US joint live troop exercises close in Hawaii of explosives seized in northeast China HA/DR academic exchanges began in 1997.

“The joint exercise India helps improve mutual trust

New Delhi, 16 Nov — Indian police on Friday recovered huge quantities of explosives, including RDX, and arrested two people in connection with it in the northeastern state of Assam, said police.

The seizure took place in the Kamrup District

after police got a tip-off and launched an operation.

The seized explosives included two kilograms of TNT, approximately five kilograms of RDX, 20 kilograms of ammonium nitrate, 64 detonators and 12 bundles of fuse wire.

Explosives were fre-

quently recovered in Assam, a restive state haunted by some militant groups. It was also hit by incidents of communal violence last year.

Police did not reveal names of the arrested people, or which group they belonged to.—Xinhua Children smile from a destroyed house in Tacloban City on Leyte Island on 15 Nov, 2013, a week after Typhoon Haiyan devastated islands in the central Philippines.

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Floods triggered by Storm Podul kill 15 in Vietnam Hanoi, 16 Nov — Floods triggered by Storm Podul which hit Vietnam on Friday have left at least 15 people killed and one missing in central Vietnam, according to Vietnam’s National Committee for Search and Rescue on Saturday.

Of the total death toll, seven people were in Quang Ngai, five in Binh

Dinh, one each in Quang Nam, Gia Lai and Phu Yen, said the committee.

Rainfall recorded in several parts of Quang Ngai province, some 750 km south of capital Hanoi, reached nearly 700 mm on Thursday and Friday, while other provinces also reported rainfall of 300600 mm, causing river water in some localities to

hit peak level.

Vietnam has experienced a record number of 19 storms and tropical depressions so far in 2013, according to the Vietnam National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting (NCHF). The average number of storm recorded during 1964-2013 was 10-13 storms per year.

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Izu Oshima Island residents hold memorial for mudslide victims metres south of Tokyo, was badly hit by the year’s 26th typhoon, Wipha, on 16 October, with heavy rain triggering massive mudslides that destroyed buildings and homes and buried many residents, leaving 35 dead and four still missing.

While searches for the missing people by police, firefighters and SelfDefence Forces personnel were discontinued last week, local fishermen and nonprofit organization members have been continuing search operations.

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a d v e r tis e m e nt & Ge NERAL Claims Day Notice MV ninos voy No (1007)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV ninos VOY NO (1007) are hereby notified that the vessel will be arriving on 17.11.2013 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 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 china shipping (malaysia) agency sdn bhd Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

UN Security Council urges final peace deal between DRC gov’t, M23 United Nations, 16 Nov — UN Security Council on Thursday called for a final and comprehensive outcome to be reached between the Congolese government and M23 rebels, urging all concerned to address the root causes of the conflict in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

In a presidential statement, the council “welcomes the announcement by the M23 to put an end to its rebellion, the government of DRC’s acceptance of this announcement and the cessation of hostilities between the DRC and the M23.”

The council members said the 19-month-long insurgency by the M23 group had resulted in a significant number of deaths, including of UN peacekeepers, and the displacement of hundreds of thousands of civilians. On 5 November, M23 rebels declared an end to the rebellion it launched since April 2012 in the DRC and the Congolese

government had confirmed the development. A peace deal which was expected to be signed on Monday between the two sides was postponed after Congolese officials asked for more time to study the document.

“The Security Council calls for the swift conclusion and implementation of a final, comprehensive and agreed outcome, in line with the Kampala talks, that provides for the disarmament and demobilization of the M23 and accountability for human rights abusers,” said the statement.

Reiterating its strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of the DRC as well as of all countries of the region, the council stressed that “the government of DRC bears primary responsibility for security, protection of civilians, national reconciliation, peacebuilding and development in the country.”

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Children play on the Rennell Island, Solomon Islands, on 30 Oct, 2013. Children here live a simple and original life. East Rennell, the largest raised coral atoll in the world and the third to the south of Rennell Island, was listed as an endangered world heritage by the UNESCO in 2013.—Xinhua

Photo taken on 12 July shows that the main passage of the Yinchuan Bonded Area is well under construction. Yinchuan is now promoting the development of construction, hoping the test running would begin on time.—Xinhua

Asian cultural development relies on diversity, in-depth exchange Hong Kong, 16 Nov — The Asian cultural development relies on more diversity and in-depth exchange among all the nations to foster mutual understanding and respect and to achieve mutual enrichment and prosperity, China’s Culture Minister Cai Wu said here on Thursday.

Addressing the “Asia Cultural Co-operation Forum (ACCF) 2013” held by the Home Affairs Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government, Cai said Asian countries have enjoyed faster economic growth in the world since the latter half of the last century, with

increasing social awareness of and investment into their cultural sectors.

Cai said fast advancement of economy, science and technology in modern times has given room to the mushrooming of new ideas and inventions, which provided new materials and inspirations for literature, creating new opportunities for the growth of Asian culture.

Along with opportunities, the Asian culture is also facing new challenges, Cai said, citing that as the difference between economies widens, culture is taking different courses in different nations, and the diversity will very much likely

remain for a long time or even become greater.

In addition, there is also increasing integration as well as competition between different countries in terms of culture, and the speed, scope and degree of mutual influence is unprecedented, he said.

Cai noted the standoff and conflict are not right choices for mankind to cope with new opportunities and challenges, “Our strategy should conform to the trend of time and the overall development of Asia, adhere to the promotion of cultural diversity and civilization dialogue.”

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Two injured in light plane crash in Croatia

Zagreb, 16 Nov — Two people were severely injured when a singleengine Cessna 172 plane crashed in a mine-suspected area in eastern Croatia on Thursday, local media reported.

Rescuers have established contact with one of the two people, the aircraft’s pilot and one passenger, onboard the plane, but have not been able to reach them, according to local authorities. The agricultural

spraying aircraft allegedly took off from Serbia.

It is not immediately known what had caused the crash, but dense fog and continuous rain might have led to the accident.

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Pipeline explosion prompts evacuation in Texas; no injuries Houston, 16 Nov— A gas pipeline exploded on Thursday in rural Milford, the US state of Texas, prompting a whole town nearby to evacuate, but no injuries were reported, local media reported.

The blast happened about 9:30 am local time (1530 GMT) when crews working at a Chevron drill rig site near Milford, about 80 km south of Dallas, punctured a liquid petroleum gas line. TV footage showed flames shooting into the air and columns of black smoke billowing from the site.

All personnel working on the site have been accounted for, and only some vehicles damaged, local officials said, adding that gas through that line has been cut off.

Emergency coordinators were waiting for the fire to subside before they could approach it.

Authorities said the whole town of Milford was evacuated as a precaution, clearing a 2.4 km radius around the blast. The small town has a population of around 700.

While initial tests by the US Environmental Protection Agency showed the air was not toxic, officials recommended that no one return to the area for 24 hours.

The Red Cross was ready to provide shelter for anyone who could not return home overnight.

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Kenya unveils security measures to curb cross border incursions Nairobi, 16 Nov—The Kenyan government on Thursday announced drastic security measures at border points and all entry points across the East African nation to curtail cross border incursions, fraud and corruption.

Cabinet Secretary in charge of internal security Joseph Ole Lenku said the government will digitize all security registries and link all border entry points through broadband to ensure that data to and from entry points can be ac-

cessed in real time. “The next phase in technology modernization process will be the installation of CCTV cameras at all border entry points and major cities in the country,” Lenku told journalists in Nairobi.

The enhanced security measures came following the 21 September attack on Westgate Shopping Mall which left at least 67 people dead and more than 200 others injured. Al-Qaeda allied militants, Al-Shabaab, have claimed responsibility for the heinous act, terming it as

part of a revenge mission for cross border incursion into Somalia by Kenyan soldiers.

Lenku said the registries ranging from passports, birth certificates, national identity cards, work permits and Occurrence Books (OB), will be digitized in an ambitious exercise that will go along way in improving security.

Lenku said all border entry points in the country are now linked through broadband, which ensures that data to and from the areas can be accessed in a

real-time at a central point, adding that the exercise is a continuous process especially in the area of analytics. Lenku said enhancing security along the porous borders with some countries that had no government for many years remain the main challenge in the fight against terror.

Principal Secretary for Interior Mutea Iringo said four new border patrol bases and a specialized unit have been formed to deal with the security issue in the areas.—Xinhua

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Kareena: Kapoor girls not allowed to act is an outdated thought Mumbai, 16 Nov — Kareena Kapoor’s romance and marriage with Saif Ali Khan made headlines but the actress says she prefers to stay away from the limelight. The 33-year-old actress, who married longtime partner Saif, 43, last year, says she never concentrated on image building and gets completely foxed when people talk about public relation skills.

“I don’t know why people feel that I am snooty. I am not a person who has ever given an interview on image building. I have never been that person as I am very confident of what I do.

People do PR but I get completely foxed. I don’t know how to do it. I stay away from the limelight as I think my work should speak on my behalf,” Kareena told PTI in an interview.

Kareena has made a mark in Bollywood by starring in films like Aso-

Kareena will next be seen in Gori Tere Pyaar Mein ka, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Chameli, Omkara, Jab We Met and Talaash.

The actress said she always nurtured the dream of becoming an actress and her parents, Randhir Kapoor and Babita, supported her decision. The actress said it was an old thought that women in Kapoor clan were not allowed to act.

“My parents are very modern. My father is a cosmo-

politan person. He always supported the fact that I will be an actress. There is nothing else I would do rather than being an actor. I am passionate about acting.

Girls in our family are not allowed to act is quite an outdated thought to have.

They did it till my mother but now no more,” she said.

Kareena is all geared up for her upcoming romantic release Gori Tere Pyaar

Mein, where she is teaming up with Imran Khan after Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu. “It was lot more fun this time to work with Imran. I got to know him during the making of Ek Main aur Ekk Tu but with this film, I had fun because we share a great comfort level now. He is growing as an actor with his each film,” she said.

Directed by Punit Malhotra and produced by Karan Johar, Gori Tere Pyaar Mein will hit theatres on 22 November .

The actress says the film is close to her heart because she went back to Bhuj, where she shot her debut Refugee. “I started my career with Refugee in Bhuj. Now, it has become a full-fledged city. The town has changed completely. I am so happy that I got the opportunity to go back to the same place. I gave my first shot there,” she said.

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Independence Day 2 to open 20 years after original

A still from the movie Independence Day

Los Angeles, 16 Nov — The sequel to Roland Emmerich’s 1996 blockbuster Independence Day will now release on 1 July, 2016, almost exactly 20 years after the original movie hit the screens.

The original movie released on 3 July, 1996.

It grossed $817 million worldwide. 20th Century Fox had earlier thought of releasing the sequel on 3

July, 2015, but the date has now been pushed to 1 July, 2016, reports variety.com.

Emmerich has been working on the sequel with Independence Day co-writer Dean Devlin and White House Down writerproducer James Vanderbilt.

Actor Will Smith, who played a pivotal role in the original, may not be seen in the sequel.

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Jennifer Hudson gets star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Los angeles, 16 Nov — Actress-singer Jennifer Hudson was honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame here.

The 32-year-old received the star on Wednesday, reports eonline.com.

Hudson wore a fitted white dress with a pair of white pointed toe pumps and some silver jewellery.

She later took to the stage and thanked god for her success and her fans for their support. “I

knew I would get emotional and I’m sure my mom is in heaven like ‘Jenny stop crying’ but now’s the time to cry mama, it is,” she said.

“This is an amazing honour as we all know and I did not see this coming.

I’m so honoured to be here with so many that I love and I feel as though we’re all a family,” Hudson added.

She also posted a picture of herself posing with her star and honorary plaque on video-sharing website Instagram.

“Just got my star on the Walk Of Fame!!

Such an honour,” she captioned the photograph.

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Aamir Khan postpones Dhoom: 3 event to watch Sachin Tendulkar bat

Harsha Bhogle tweeted this picture of himself with Aamir Khan Mumbai, 16 Nov—Su- take place at 4.30 pm at perstar Aamir Khan is such YRF studios but it will now an ardent fan of master begin at 6 pm. blaster Sachin Tendulkar The actor left the studio that he let his his profes- when he heard that West Insional commitments take a dies is all out as he did not back seat to watch the leg- want to miss India batting by endary batsman play his any chance, a statement said.

200th and final Test here to- Aamir requested producer day against the West Indies. Aditya Chopra to postpone Aamir had a promo- the event and said that he tional event of his upcom- will leave Wankhede staing film Dhoom: 3 to attend dium by 4.30 pm when the where he would be dedicat- match gets over.The actor ing the Dhoom Machale was seen wearing his blue Tsong to Sachin. The event shirt which according to him was earlier scheduled to is lucky. — PTI

Actor Alec Baldwin apologizes for slur, talk show suspended

Actor Alec Baldwin shoves a photographer and tells him to move out of his way after he arrived in his SUV at the building where he lives in New York on 15 Nov, 2013.— Reuters Los Angeles, 16 Nov — Actor Alec Baldwin said his late night talk show on cable news network MSNBC will be taken off the air on Friday and next week and apologized for comments that a gay rights group called homophobic epithets.

Baldwin, 55, announced the decision in a statement, saying that his comments were “offensive and unacceptable.” His talk show “Up Late with Alec Baldwin” began last month.”I did not intend to hurt or offend anyone with my choice of words, but clearly I have — and for that I am deeply sorry,” Baldwin said in the statement, adding that he was trying to protect his wife and daughter in

New York.Earlier this week, the actor tearfully testified at the trial of a woman who was sentenced to 210 days in jail after being found guilty of stalking and harassing him and his wife, Hilaria.

In a video posted on celebrity website TMZ.com on Thursday, Baldwin confronts a photographer filming him in a New York street and calls him a homophobic slur that drew the ire of gay rights group GLAAD, which has previously defended the actor when he was accused of homophobic language.” Mr. Baldwin can’t lend his support for equality on paper, while degrading gay people in practice,” GLAAD spokesman Rich Ferraro said in a statement.

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France in danger, Ronaldo edges Portugal towards finals London, 16 Nov — France’s hopes of reaching the World Cup finals are hanging by a thread after a 2-0 first-leg defeat away to Ukraine in their playoff on Friday while Cristiano Ronaldo’s late winner gave Portugal the edge against Sweden. Ten-man Iceland battled to 0-0 home draw

with Croatia in Reykjavic to keep alive their dream of qualifying for a first major tournament while Greece will be confident of finishing off Romania next week after a 3-1 victory in Athens. Of the eight European nations in the last-chance saloon after missing out on automatic passage to next

Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo (L) celebrates beside team mate Nani after scoring a goal against Sweden during his 2014 World Cup first leg qualifying playoff soccer match at Luz stadium in Lisbon on 15 Nov, 2013.

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year’s tournament in Brazil, France are the worst placed going into next week’s second legs after a miserable night in Kiev.

Second-half goals by Ukraine’s Roman Zozulia and Andriy Yarmolenko and a red card for France defender Laurent Koscielny made it a night to forget for Didier Deschamps’ side who need a vast improvement in Paris on Tuesday to repair the damage.”It’s obviously a very bad result.

We have to believe (we can go through) but Ukraine are the team in the best position to qualify,” he said.

France last failed to reach a major tournament in 1994 but Deschamps, who was past of that squad, remained defiant.”We still have 90 minutes at home,” he added.

FIFA Ballon d’Or nominee Franck Ribery was shackled closely as

Karlsson and Stadler surge in weather-hit Mexico Mayakoba, (Mexico), 16 Nov — Swede Robert Karlsson and American Kevin Stadler pushed their way to a three-shot lead in Friday’s rain-interrupted second round of the PGA Tour’s OHL Classic at Mayakoba in Mexico. Only 29 players completed the second round at El Camaleon Golf Club in Playa del Carmen as rain and lightning interrupted play for a second straight day.

Stadler produced a blistering bogey-free eight-under 63 to back up his opening 67, while Karlsson, the leader after the first round was completed earlier in the day, carded a 67 following his opening 63.

The duo share the lead at 12-under-par, while South African Rory Sabbatini is on nine-under through 17 holes of his second round tied with American Chris

Robert Karlsson of Sweden lines up a putt on the fourth hole during the final round of the Wells Fargo Championship PGA golf tournament at the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina on 5 May, 2013.

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Stroud after 15. Sabbatini opened with a 68 and was six-under in the second round when play was suspended due to darkness, while Stroud opened with a 66 and is four-under for his second round. Venezuelan Jhonattan Vegas (66,68) and Americans Ryan Moore (67,67), Pat Perez (66, three-under through 14) and Jay McLuen (67, four-under through 14) shared fifth at eight-under.

Karlsson, an 11-time winner on the European Tour, is only in the field courtesy of his top 10 finish in last week’s McGladrey Classic, where he was a sponsor’s invite. Having gone through a rough patch over the last few years, the former world number six has no status on the PGA Tour and has slipped to 287th in the world.

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Les Blues toiled at the Olympic Stadium. A draw would have been a satisfactory result to take home but just past the hour Zozulia squeezed a shot under Hugo Lloris from close range to spark wild celebrations.

Koscielny then fouled Zozulia in the box to allow Ukraine to double their lead and the Arsenal man’s frustration boiled over when he slapped Kucher in the face to earn a red card that will keep him out of the return match in Paris. Ukraine also finished with 10 men after Kucher was dismissed for a second yellow card for a foul on Ribery.

Ronaldo overshadowed Sweden’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic in their playoff match — billed as a clash between two of Europe’s hottest strikers - pouncing late on a tense night in Lisbon. By a quirk of the draw for the playoffs, one of the

Ukraine’s Roman Zozulya (front) celebrates his goal with team mates during their 2014 World Cup qualifying first leg playoff soccer match against France at the Olympic stadium in Kiev on 15 Nov, 2013. — Reuters biggest names in the world woodwork shortly aftergame will be missing next wards as Portugal sought year in South America - a the comfort of a second blow for neutrals and spon- goal. As it is, a workmanlike Swedish side still sors alike.

However, the odds harbour high hopes of look slightly shorter on swinging the tie their way.

Ronaldo gracing the stage “We created a great early after the Real Madrid man, chance and Sweden hit so often the dazzler, proved back. But in the second he will also put his head half it was one way for us,” in the line of danger for Portugal coach Paulo Benhis country by stooping to to told reporters. “It was an score an 82nd minute win- important step to reach the World Cup but not yet dener.

He also struck the cisive.” —Reuters

Chile too hot to handle as Alexis sinks England London, 16 Nov — Chile confirmed they are likely to pose a serious threat at the World Cup with a 2-0 win over an experimental England side thanks to an Alexis Sanchez double as the visitors largely dominated Friday’s friendly at Wembley. Alexis scored with a superbly timed header after seven minutes and added the second in stoppage time to

stretch Chile’s unbeaten run to 10 games and inflict fellow finalists England’s first defeat for a year and a day after 10 matches undefeated.

“It will make everyone in Chile very happy and it was a memorable performance from Alexis Sanchez.

He showed tonight he can be a real star of the World Cup,” Chile coach Jorge Sampaoli said of the Barcelona man’s

Chile’s Alexis Sanchez (C) scores a second goal past England’s goalkeeper Fraser Forster while England’s Chris Smalling (L) looks on during their international friendly soccer match at Wembley Stadium in London on 15 Nov, 2013.— Reuters

possible impact next year in Brazil. “A performance like this at Wembley tonight stands him in good stead to have a really good tournament. He showed his class tonight.”

England coach Roy Hodgson gave debuts to Celtic keeper Fraser Forster and Southampton team mates Adam Lallana and Jay Rodriguez. With his captain Steven Gerrard and other regulars missing, England played well in patches but lacked the harmony of the South Americans. Hodgson, though, was not too disheartened, telling reporters: “It is going to be hard to make too many immediate judgements, but it was very positive because of what we learnt from the game. One thing we learnt was that we have to play better against Germany on Tuesday.”

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China’s Zheng Zhi nominated for 2013 AFC Player of the Year

Chinese national football team skipper Zheng Zhi.

Kuala Lumpur, 16 Nov — Chinese national football team skipper Zheng Zhi was been nominated for the AFC Player of the Year award for the second consecutive year shortly after his Chinese giant Guangzhou Everguande won the Asian club title.

According to the nomi-

nees announced by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on Friday, the 33-year-old midfielder will be contesting with South Korea footballer Ha Dae Sung from FC Seoul as well as Iran and Esteghlal ace Javad Nekonam.

Guangzhou Everguande’s victory in the AFC

Champions League final has given Zheng an edge over his two opponents, but he was held back by the poor performance by the Chinese national team.

Zheng’s two teammates at Guangzhou Everguande, Luiz Guilherme Da Conceicao (Muriqui) from Brazil and Argentine playmaker

Dario Leonardo Conca are leading the race of AFC Foreign Player of the Year award. The third nominee is FC Seoul’s Motenegro striker Dejan Damjanovic.

Japanese international Yuto Nagatomo of Inter Milan and his national team teammate Keisuke Honda of CSKA Moscow are in

the fray for the Asian International Player of the Year honour with South Korean player Son Heung-min of Bayer Leverkusen.

The awards will be presented at a grand ceremony at the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur on 26 Nov, 2013.

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TEPCO to start fuel removal from Fukushima No 4 unit on Monday

File photo shows the cooling pool for spent nuclear fuel on the fifth floor of the No 4 reactor building of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on 6 Nov, 2013. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co said 15 Nov it plans to start removing the spent fuel from the pool at the No 4 reactor building on 18 November.

Kyodo News Tokyo, 16 Nov — Tokyo Electric Power Co said Friday it will start removing nuclear fuel from the spent fuel pool of the No 4 reactor building at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant from Monday.

“Full-scale removal (from the accident-stricken

unit) is a very important process in moving ahead with the plant’s decommissioning,” TEPCO spokesman Masayuki Ono told a Press conference, adding that the experience will be useful in dealing with the three other units that were damaged in the 2011 nuclear crisis. The

No. 4 unit spent fuel pool contains 1,331 spent fuel assemblies and 202 unused ones. Workers will begin with the removal of unused fuel assemblies, which are easier to handle.

The work on Monday will begin with the placement of a transportation container inside the spent fuel pool. Workers will then use a crane to take each fuel assembly out of the storage rack and put it into the container.

Once the container is filled with 22 fuel assemblies, it will be put on a trailer and taken to another pool in a different building about 100 meters away, which is expected to provide more stable conditions for keeping the fuel cool.

It is expected to take about two days to fill the container with fuel assemblies, and about a week until the container is transported to the other pool, Ono said.

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Member of Italian mafia arrested in Ecuador Quito, 16 Nov — Ecuador’s Ministry of Interior said on Friday that an Italian citizen wanted for criminal association in Italy was arrested in the country.

The ministry said in a statement posted on its website that Valentino Alampi was arrested on Thursday in Guayaquil (southwest) by agents from the Ecuadorian

section of the International Police (Interpol) together with the national AntiCrime Intelligence Unit.

Alampi was transferred to Quito, the capital of Ecuador, after the arrest and will be extradited to Italy.

Alampi has an international warrant issued by Interpol to face a four-and-ahalf-year sentence imposed

by the Appeal Court from Reggio Calabria, in southern Italy. He is convicted on the crime of mafia association, according to the statement. The sentence came after Alampi was found to be a member of a mafia group called Cosca Alampi, which controlled the public service contracts for waste disposal.—Xinhua

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Beckham lines up long shot — founding a Miami football team

Miami, 16 Nov — From his tattoos to his finely chiselled physique and Armani underwear ads, football icon David Beckham oozes Miami-style sex appeal. Blending charisma with a smart business plan, Beckham intends to launch his own professional football team in Miami, a multicultural market that has defied major league owners twice before. But Beckham is known for making long shots. Expectation is high that the former captain of the England team, who retired as a player in May, will exercise a $25 million (£15.5 million) option in his Major League Soccer (MLS) player contract to start a new team later this year and base it in Miami.

The league has confirmed it is in discussions with Beckham but is awaiting a formal bid, including details of the city, the ownership group, and a stadium plan, which is expected before the end of the year. A source close to the negotiations described a financial plan that is well advanced if incomplete. Beckham declined requests for an interview, but he has been touring Miami and recently said the city was ripe for a new football team.

Finding the right location for a stadium and financing is not easy in Miami. Taxpayers have soured on publicly financed stadium deals after a $500 million baseball stadium with a retractable roof for

the Miami Marlins failed to draw fans.

The state legislature rebuffed the Miami Dolphins’ request for public funding of a $350 million renovation of its privately owned American football stadium. Instead, Beckham is assembling a group to invest $150-200 million in private financing for a new football stadium in Miami’s urban core by 2018-19, according to the source, who divulged financial details that have been under wraps until now.

The same person stressed that the plans are still in the early stages and the cost could vary according to the final site choice.

“He will not be asking for taxpayer money,” the

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source added, noting that Beckham was well aware of local resistance to public financing.

“That is very encouraging, a big boost,” said Chip Iglesias, Miami-Dade County Deputy Mayor who met with Beckham this week after a tour of possible stadium sites. He said the commitment to private financing was bound to cre-

ate local goodwill. Beckham envisions building the team with veteran players, international stars who, following his own lead when he moved from Real Madrid to Los Angeles, will hang up their cleats in other established markets to finish their careers in America, the frontier of football.

“David realizes he needs to create a club in the region

that is going to become an international destination for the city that is going to attract the best players.

It’s going to be a bridge between Latin America and North America and Europe,” the source close to Beckham’s management said.Beckham has said he has no interest in coaching but will run the team.

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Inlay Lake with significant geographical features, ASEAN heritage park Nay Pyi Taw, 16 Nov—The Union government manages pleasantness and conservation of Inlay Lake as a national duty, said Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Khan at PhaungdawU Pagoda Sasana Beikman in Nyaungshwe this morning.

Inlay Lake is narrowing and silting day by day, so it needs to seek the ways for its durability, he added.

Only when all the people join the tasks, will the good nature of lake be handed down to the next generation, he said. He urged all to constitute the committees with Union government, state government and

local people in harmony for keeping the lake pleasant, durable and clean for prevention against environmental deterioration and traditions.

The Vice-President and party paid homage to Inlay PhaungdawU Pagoda at Sasana Beikman Sankyaung of Nyaungshwe.

Inlay Lake with significant geographical conditions is an ASEAN heritage park. A total of 66919 tourists visited the Inlay Lake region up to October compared with 29872 in 2011.

Due to growing population, land utilization, de-

Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham views domestic products of Inlay region. mna

Hot air balloons in sky of Taunggyi nights Tazaungdine hot air balloon releasing contest kicked off at the Awaiya Konthaya ground in Taunggyi on 10 November evening.

National races in Taunggyi have been organizing the contest for 60 years.

On the third night of the contest, Shwe Inntha youth group released the 16.6 feet high white gourd shaped hot air balloon in eight colours weighing 10 viss along with 1500 small colourful lanterns. On 15 November

night, a news crew comprising reporters Ko Ko Nay, Ko Zaw Myo Naing and Ko Myo Zeyar covered the news on releasing of hot air balloon by youths.

It was reported that the Maha Bonkahtein procession and Miss Tazaungdine Contest will be held on 16 November, the lighting procession contest on 17 November and the closing ceremony on 18 November evening.

By Zaw Myo Naing; Photo: Ko Myo (Shwepaukkan)

Hot-air balloon with series of lanterns in various colours of lighting releasing to mark Taunggyi Tazaungdine lighting festival in progress in Taunggyi of Shan State.

Violence of some villagers in Latpadaungtaung copper mining project against the rule of law Loss and grievance should be settled within framework of law Nay Pyi Taw, 16 Nov— About 85 villagers from Moegyopyin Middle Village arrived at a police outpost near mile post No (440/4) on Pathein-Monywa road in Latpadaungtaung copper mining project area at 10 am on 13 November. They shouted for removal of a double bunker and barbed wires and barrier gate and withdrawal of the police deployment there. At about 4.55 pm, they left for the village as police officers told them that carts, cattle and

passersby were allowed to pass through the gate.

On 14 November, around 65 villagers from Moegyopyin South Village, 40 from Moegyopyin Middle Village and 30 from Ton Village arrived there and repeatedly shouted for removal of the double bunker and barbed wires and barrier gates and withdrawal of the police deployment.

So, the minister for security and border affairs of Sagaing Region government and the Sagaing Region police

commander and party made clarifications that they can present their loss and grievance to the liaison office or stage demonstration after applying for permission in accord with the law; that it is required not to occur unwanted problems due to instigations; that they should handle their loss and grievance within the framework of the law; that those heading to their farmlands, with cattle and passing through the gate in an honest way are allowed, but entry of the

mob staging protest against the law is prohibited; and that the double bunker was built in the area of PatheinMonywa road without damaging any croplands. But, the local people rejected the clarifications and catapulted and threw the stones at the police on security duty at 7.45 pm.

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clining of watershed forest area and erosion, the lake is narrowing and silting gradually.

Inlay Lake is the second largest inland freshwater lake in Myanmar.

The area of lake declined from 104 square miles to 24 square miles, 36 miles long to 11 miles, eight miles wide to four miles and 20 feet deep to 12 feet. It was reported that Inlay Lake Authority will be formed for its conservation.

The Vice-President offered Kathina robes to Shwebontha Pariyatti Monastery Sayadaw at Ywama Monastery.

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Peace building among different faiths difficult but possible; Former British PM Tony Blair Yangon, 16 Nov— Peace building among different faiths which is the main challenge in the period of democratization in Myanmar is difficult but possible, said Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair at the meeting with political parties and religious organizations at Myanmar Peace Center, here, yesterday.

With regard to opposing extremism and building of trust among different faiths, he said that combination of differences is democracy. It needs to build good relations among different races and culture.

They must exchange views

and learn from each other by cooperating among them to face the 21st century challenges, he added. They must go ahead together in a peaceful manner. They have to forgive each other and listen to one’s feelings, he said. He suggested that building of peace could take times but possible.

He discussed building of good relations and peace among different faiths, giving explanations to Northern Ireland, Palestine and Israel.

The Former British Prime Minister then answered the questions of Dr Kyaw Yin Hlaing from Myanmar Peace Center.—MNA

Smooth and speedy company registration process available Delays happened to company registration process due to rules and regulations needed to be carried out step by step. In order to reduce the delay times, one-stop service is available and company registration certificate (temporary) is replaced with the original one when the process of rules and regulations is over as of 18 May 2013.

As a result, businessmen could start their businesses with the use of temporary certificates, but they have to wait for the original

certificates for about two months.

For ensuring private sector development and facilitating businesses, company registration process will be done within three days as of 25 November, 2013 and no company registration certificate (temporary) will be issued. Only the original certificates will be issued within three days after applying for company registration.

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