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Volume XVIII, Number 311 8th Waning of Tabodwe 1372 ME Saturday, 26 February, 2011
The 13th-day regular session of First Pyidaungsu Hluttaw in progress at Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Hall.—MNA
NAY PYI TAW, 25 Feb—The 13th-day regular Director-General U Myint Thein of the The Speaker of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw announced
session of the First Pyidaungsu Hluttaw was held Hluttaw Office acted as master of ceremonies. that although an announcement was issued for
at Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Hall of Hluttaw Building, After taking position, Speaker of Pyidaungsu Pyidaungsu Hluttaw representatives to raise objection
here, at 11 am today, attended by Speaker of Hluttaw U Khin Aung Myint announced the validity with clear evidences that the nominees do not meet
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw U Khin Aung Myint, and start of the session as 655 out of 658 Pyidaungsu the qualification prescribed in Sub-section (b) of
Speaker of Pyithu Hluttaw Thura U Shwe Mann, Hluttaw representatives who have right to attend Section 398 of the constitution of the Republic of
and representatives of Pyithu Hluttaw and today’s session were present, accounting for 99.54 the Union of Myanmar regarding nomination
Amyotha Hluttaw. per cent. of members of Union Election Commission
(See page 8)
Study seeks to dispel stress Health Tip: Does acne need a doctor’s
myth in IVF treatment care?
If your acne is well controlled by gently washing with soap
LONDON, 25 Feb—Women trying to get pregnant and water, and by using over-the-counter lotions or creams, you
via IVF or other assisted reproduction techniques may not have to visit your doctor.
do not reduce their chances of success if they are On the other hand, the University of Michigan Health System
emotionally distressed, according to a large scale says you should see your doctor if:
analysis published on Friday. Women smoke in a Times Square * Your acne keeps getting worse.
In a review of data covering more than 3,500 pedestrian island in 2010 in New York * You have large, fluid-filled pimples that may feel hard to the
women undergoing in vitro fertilization or other City. New York City Mayor Michael touch. This is called cystic acne.
fertility treatments, British researchers found no Bloomberg signed a law Tuesday * Your acne keeps you from social activities, such as parties or
difference in pregnancy success rates of women banning smoking in parks, beaches dates.
who were stressed and those who were not. and busy gathering places like Times * You are depressed or very embarrassed because of acne.
“These findings should reassure women that Square, the health department said. * Either or both your parents had severe acne that caused
emotional distress caused by fertility problems or INTERNET permanent scars.—Internet
other life events co-occurring with treatment will
not compromise their chance of becoming
Hot flashes, night sweats tied to heart risks
pregnant,” said Jacky Boivin of Cardiff University’s CHICAGO, 25 Feb—Women who have hot flashes and night
school of psychology, who led the study. sweats at the start of menopause may be less likely to have a
Infertility is a worldwide problem that affects 9 heart attack later in life, US researchers said on Thursday.
to 15 percent of the childbearing population, experts But women who develop these symptoms later in menopause
say. More than half of those affected will seek may have higher heart disease risks, the team reported in the
medical advice in the hope of eventually being able journal Menopause.
to become a parent. “Our study provides reassurance that the classic symptoms
IVF involves fertilizing an egg with sperm in a of early menopause, experienced by the majority of women at Indian labourers at work at the
lab before implanting the embryo into a woman’s mid-life, are not a marker of an increased risk of heart attack or
Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata
womb, and can cost a patient many thousands of stroke in the future,” Dr JoAnn Manson of Brigham and Women’s
on 27 Jan. India’s Eden Gardens
euros or dollars. Hospital, who worked on the study, said in a statement. The
findings come from a new analysis of the large clinical trial stadium in Kolkata is drawing up
In research published last month, fertility
specialists said that in the United States and Britain, called the Women’s Health Initiative in 2002 that showed plans to offer free medical check-
IVF is successful in about a third of women under hormone replacement therapy raised the risk of breast and ups to fans in a bid to fill the
35 years old, but in only five to 10 percent of ovarian cancers and strokes in older women, and doctors now ground during the World Cup.
women over the age of 40.—Reuters prescribe it sparingly.—Reuters INTERNET
Volvo to invest $11 bln in next five Japan’s CPI drops 0.2% in January
TOKYO , 25 Feb— Japan’s core year. The government said the decline in
years consumer price index dropped 0.2 percent
from a year earlier in January, marking
January was predominantly attributed to
lower prices for durable goods such as
that growth coming from China, the the 23rd straight month of decline, the consumer electronics on sale in the post-
world’s biggest auto market, Jacoby Ministry of Internal Affairs and holiday period and ongoing drops in high
said in an interview. Communications said in a preliminary school tuition fees after state subsidies
“We’re in the middle of a big report on Friday. kicked-in last April. The ministry also
transition — a big transformation. We The CPI reading in the recording highlighted rising energy costs in Japan,
are redefining the brand,” Jacoby said period, which excludes volatile fresh food which increased 0.7 percentage point in
ahead of a news conference in Beijing prices, was less than median economists’ January over a month earlier to 4.7 percent.
later Friday at which Volvo and Geely forecasts for a 0.3 percent retraction, but In the Tokyo Metropolitan area
will officially announce the strategic the government report noted that the pace specifically, energy costs jumped 1.4
A vehicle manufactured by Chinese
plan. of the decline had slowed from a 0.4 percent in February, although the pace
car firm Geely is seen at the
Internet percent drop logged in December last had slowed from the 2.8 percent on year
company’s headquarters in eastern
leap logged in January, the ministry
China’s Zhejiang Province.—INTERNET US home loan giants Fannie, Freddie post losses said.—Xinhua
B EIJING , 25 Feb—Swedish car in Q4
maker Volvo hopes to become a
global luxury brand and turn China WASHINGTON, 25 Feb— Two US housing finance giants Fannie Mae and
into a major manufacturing base by Freddie Mac Thursday announced huge losses in the fourth quarter of last
investing $10-$11 billion over the year, fresh evidence of the still struggling US property market.
next five years, a report said on Friday. Fannie Mae registered a net loss of 2.1 billion US dollars in the fourth
Volvo, which was bought by quarter last year, and requested an additional 2.6 billion dollars in federal aid,
Chinese group Geely last year, plans the Washington-based company said Thursday in a statement.
to build a new assembly plant in the Freddie Mac posted a net loss of more than 1.7 billion dollars in the same A candy seller walks past a suburban
southwestern City of Chengdu as it period, and asked for an additional 500 million dollars in federal aid, train at a railway station in Mumbai on
expands its China operations, chief according to a statement released by the company on Thursday. 25 Feb, 2011. India’s railways minister
executive Stefan Jacoby told the Wall The Obama administration earlier this month unveiled a report to Congress Mamata Banerjee vowed to support the
Street Journal. on reforming the US housing finance market, aiming to wind down the two “common people” as she unveiled her
third annual budget on Friday that
The company wants to boost government-sponsored enterprises, while giving the private sector a bigger
promised to invest 576.3 billion rupees
annual sales to 800,000 cars globally say on the multi-trillion-dollar market. ($12.68 billion) in the network in the
by 2020 — more than double the The two companies played a major role in the run-up to the severe financial year 2011-12.
373,000 sold last year — with half of financial crisis.—Xinhua INTERNET
permission of the State, and Kyunhla railway roads with gravel and 55
Honda-Myanmar Co of station. A sub-power roads as the earth one. A
Mandalay and Than station is contributing to total of 74 roads are
Myan Thu Co of supply of electricity to the stretching 47.4 miles
Mandalay are producing town round the clock. In long. The town has been
crude oil in Mawkei, addition, the township has facilitated with ten
Naungkauk, Yayshin and been equipped with one concrete bridges and
Hekin region, he said. auto-telephone exchange eight wooden bridges.
Kyunhla Township installed with 545 After visiting
has one town hall of the telephones. Moreover, the downtown area of
Township Development local people can use Kyunhla, we the news
Affairs Committee, CDMA telephones. As crew of Kyemon Daily
Thityamyaing Market and part of efforts to develop left for Thaphanseik
Padaukmyaing Market, the town, seven main roads Dam.
one guest house, a sports of the town have been Translation: TTA
ground and a gymnasium repaved with asphalt, 12 Kyemon: 24-2-2011
Photo shows Tatkon Creek Bridge at the entrance to Kyunhla.
Indonesia’s Bali to hold heritage Toyota recalls more than two million
festival vehicles
JAKARTA, 25 Feb — the spirit of learning, Growing in size and WASHINGTON, 25 Feb —
Indonesia’s most collaboration and recognition every year Japanese automaker
prominent resort island, celebration of our since 2008, the much- Toyota has recalled
Bali, is scheduled to hold creative and spiritual admired festival another 2.3 million
a festival presenting diversity,” the event’s showcases Indonesia’s vehicles to fix floor mat
Balinese traditional media coordinator Kezia rich indigenous cultures and carpet defects that
heritage that combines Winny said in a Press and attempts to merge could jam the accelerator,
yoga, music and dance statement. East and West. the latest in a spate of recalls
from 23 to 27 March, to Combining over 95 Proceeds from to hit the firm.
be participated by inspiring kinds of yoga, festival ticket sales will Pressed by US
international performers, music and dance, the support AYO! Kita authorities, Toyota
local media reported on five-day event will have Bicara HIV/AIDS (Let’s announced the recall of
Friday. more than 100 Talk about HIV/AIDS), 2.17 million vehicles in A row of Toyota vehicles are seen on display at a
The Bali Spirit workshops, master an HIV/AIDS prevention the United States to fix car dealership in Oakland, California.—INTERNET
Festival 2011 will classes and nightly world and education initiative. flaws in its Lexus GS, RX Toyota’s Highlander, announcements were
assemble the island’s music performances. Xinhua and LX models and 4Runner and RAV4 linked to “sticking” in
largest and most diverse
Handcraft works are SUVs. It also called in accelerator pedals caused
collection of yoga 147,000 vehicles in by jammed floor mats or
masters, musical talent displayed at the
Canada, bringing total carpets. The US National
and dance genres from Berlin exhibition hall
worldwide recalls to more Highway Traffic Safety
around the world. in Berlin, Germany, than 12 million vehicles Admini-stration (NHTSA)
“This event brings to on 24 Feb, 2011. worldwide since late said it had asked Toyota to
Bali a wealth of talented 2009, which have carry out the move, after a
Handwork fans meet
and respected creative battered the firm’s 10 month probe which
masters from around the in Berlin from 24 to
previously stellar ruled out problems with
world, merging the 26 Feb to share their reputation for safety. the vehicles’ electronic
indigenous and rich handcrafts. Like those earlier control systems.
cultures of Indonesia in XINHUA recalls, Thursday’s Internet
Men face charges after cow When pigs fly.. well their
head prank frozen knuckles anyway
Police in Pennsylvania said two men are facing The police joked he’d After pulling over he
charges after a prank involving the placement of a caught lunch and the found a frozen pork knuckle
cow’s head on the doorstep of some friends. autobody repairman will be had penetrated the bumper
Ebensburg police Chief Terry Wyland said a couple glad of the business, but a of his car. “We’ve seen many
returned from a trip Saturday to discover a cardboard German driver was shaken odd cases but a flying pork
box bearing their name and address on their doorstop, up when a frozen pig’s knuckle is something new,”
The (Johnstown) Tribune-Democrat reported. knuckle collided with his car a police spokesman in the
“They opened it up and it was a cow’s head,” on the high speed autobahn. town of Hagen said on
Wyland said. “They’re very upset,” Wyland said. “It The piece of frozen pork Thursday. The car suffered
This undated handout, a computer-generated image flew from a truck and 200 euros (171.11 pounds)
provided by Chinese scientist Liu Jianni shows the really caused the victims, especially the wife, stress.”
Wyland said an investigation revealed two suspects, damaged the unnamed of damage, police estimated
probable appearance of the remarkable 520 million and joked that the man,
year old fossil Diania cactiformis in life discovered in friends of the couple, and the men came into the police man’s car in the Ruhr region
of western Germany before although unlucky, had
southwest China’s Yunnan Province. The legs are station and confessed Tuesday.
he could swerve to avoid it, caught himself some lunch.
partially jointed and the front of the animal, with the The chief said he will not identify the men until they
German police said on
projecting proboscis, is to the left. The research was
published on Nature Magazine on 24 Feb.
are charged with harassment and disorderly conduct
later in the week. Thursday.
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Stumped ICC so sorry after Tree-planting world record set
South Africa anthem cut short in Philippines
Organizers apologised to the South African team Philippine environ- Joneil Cordova, spokes-
for a technical snag that led to an abrupt end to their mentalists have set a world woman for El Verde (The
national anthem before their World Cup match against record for the most trees Green) project. “We had
West Indies, the team manager said on Thursday. planted simultaneously, 64,096 trees planted in
“The International Cricket Council has apologised kickstarting an enormous 15 minutes. This was
to the team on behalf of the host union and have reforesteration pro- certified by the Guinness
stressed that this will not happen again going forward,” gramme, organizers said Book of World Records
team manager Mohamed Moosajee said in a statement. on Thursday. that everything was
“We also realized that the anthem was of a poor Nearly 7,000 people accurate and correct,”
quality and we will make sure that a better quality helped in the mass Cordova said. Residents plant seedlings during a tree planting
version is used for all of our matches going forward.” planting of saplings in The effort beat the organized by the provincial government
The incident took place in the pre-match ceremony denuded forest and previous Guinness world conservation project in Pili, Camarines sur
at Feroz Shah Kotla even though skipper Graeme grassland in the eastern record of 50,033 trees Province, south of Manila. The effort beat the
Smith and his team mates ignored it to complete the Province of Camrines Sur planted in India last year, previous Guinness world record of 50,033 trees
anthem. on Wednesday, said Mara she said. planted in India last year.
Anne Hathaway trains for catwoman, preps Liu Yifei cites “Up” as her influence for new film
has helped her gain the right starring Joey Wong and
for Oscar feeling for her character in Leslie Cheung being widely
LOS ANGELES, 25 Feb— The Oscar team is the fantasy thriller, “A regarded as a classic.
These days, Anne helping Hathaway and Chinese Fairy Tale” (“Qian But Liu Yifei was
Hathaway is a busy Franco find their funniest Nv You Hun”). confident to outdo previous
woman. Or make that a material, she said, and the In her new film, Liu versions, and said her
busy catwoman. producers “are making it Yifei plays a leopard cat performance would be
The 28-year-old as easy as possible on me.” that takes a human form. refreshing.
actress is training for the “It’s all been kind of “The director thinks animals Actor Yu Shaoqun
physical demands of her wonderful and jovial,” she respond to things by from “Forever Enthralled”
lead role as catwoman said. “It turns out it takes a instinct, and I was advised plays the man who is
(and its sleek, physique- village to host the Oscars.” to observe Ellie’s instinctive attracted to Liu’s character.
revealing catsuit) in “The Hathaway’s biggest Actress Liu Yifei stands in features,” Liu said 23 Feb, Other stars in the film
Dark Knight Rises” as she Anne Hathaway. challenge this week? front of a film poster as 2011 in Beijing. include Louis Koo, Kara
flexes her comedy Navigating Los Angeles’ she promotes her new “A Chinese Fairy Tale” Hui, and Lin Peng.
INTERNET
muscles alongside James famous freeways and movie “A Chinese Ghost is director Wilson Yip’s take The film is slated for
Wednesday. “I feel like I Story” in Beijing, capital
Franco as co-hosts of making it to all her on a short story by 17th- release in China on 22 April.
of China, on 23 Feb,
Sunday’s Academy have a big fight coming appointments on time. But century writer Pu Songling, Its overseas rights have been
2011.—XINHUA
Awards. up and everyone’s giving the New York City about the love between a sold to 12 countries and
“There’s a lot going me the thumbs-up and the resident has that one BEIJING, 25 Feb— human and a non-human regions in Asia, Europe and
on, but it’s all really super- ‘you’ll-rock-it’ fist pump. covered: “Luckily my Actress Liu Yifei says the spirit. The fairytale has North America, according
duper positive,” Hathaway I have unbelievable assistant is a really good tomboy Ellie in Disney- spawned films and TV to the film’s production
said between fittings support.” driver— Internet Pixar’s animated film “Up” dramas, with a 1987 film com-pany.—Xinhua
In this 14 Sept, 2010 file
photo, broadcaster Larry Elizabeth Taylor said to be recovering
King is shown in Los BEIJING, 25 Feb—A spokesperson, on about two weeks ago
Angeles. King who retired spokesperson said that Wednesday. because of an ongoing
last year after 25 years at Elizabeth Taylor’s doctor Cadwell added that “congestive heart failure.”
CNN will be taking the is encouraged by her Taylor, 78, will continue The actress had a heart
stage in seven improving health, to stay in the hospital so
communities to dish about surgery to get her “leaky
according to the Press that she can be closely Elizabeth Taylor (R).
his storied career in a one- Association. observed. valve” repaired in 2009,
INTERNET and she twittered
man show. ‘Larry King: “She is in good spirits The spokeswoman
Stand Up’ kicks off 14 and continues to feel clarified that the legendary stroke. The Oscar winner afterwards: “It is like
April, 2011 in Torrington, stronger every day,” said actress had suffered was admitted to the having a brand new ticker.”
Conn.—INTERNET Jamie Cadwell, the neither a heart attack nor a hospital in Los Angeles Xinhua
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