China Daily back issues from May 2006:
Italy's Berlusconi to quit, makes way for Prodi
May 01, 2006 ... Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Saturday he wouldresign, ending three weeks of wrangling over a narrow election defeatand clearing the political decks for Romano Prodi to take power. Berlusconi, who had previously alleged election fraud and refusedto formally ...
Iran warns sanctions could hit oil price
May 01, 2006 ... Iran warned yesterday that oil prices could be substantially highif the United Nations slapped sanctions on the country for itsnuclear programme "Any action like that will increase oil prices very high. And Ibelieve that the UN or its bodies will not put any sanctions on oilor ...
Paramedics weigh up ways to get patients to hospital
May 01, 2006 ... Ambulance services face special difficulties when rescuingextremely overweight patients from Europe's blocks of flats,especially from old-fashioned tenements with narrow doorways and nolifts. Every minute counts when the patient is unconscious or has had astroke or heart attack, ...
China signs extradition deal with Spain
May 01, 2006; ... China will not execute criminal suspects repatriated from Spain, adecision that could help persuade more Western countries to joinChina's efforts tracking down corrupt officials who have fled abroad. The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC)ratified the ...
Used computers cause headaches
May 01, 2006; ... SHANGHAI: What will you do with your old computer? Throw it awayor simply keep it at home? Most people choose to have a recycled material collector take itaway and be paid almost nothing. Michael Wu in Shanghai has recently disposed of his two-year-oldPentium-II computer this ...
Visit ushers in new era for relations
May 01, 2006 ... President Hu Jintao's state visit to Saudi Arabia, Morocco,Nigeria and Kenya was of great significance to the development ofrelations between China and the four nations, Foreign Minister LiZhaoxing said in Nairobi on Saturday. Hu's Arab-African tour, following a visit to the United ...
Tough competition awaits 'Tomb Raider' premiere
May 01, 2006 ... HAMBURG: Lara Croft had an impressive career for a computercharacter, essentially going from zero to hero. People who had never touched a computer game in their lives knewher. Her adventures were turned into star-packed Hollywood films andshe even guest starred in a few music ...
More mainland collectors keen on Western art
May 01, 2006 ... More Chinese collectors are going for Western Impressionist worksand modern pieces, although the trend is just beginning, as WangShanshan finds out As prices of domestic art climbs, and as popularity of paintingsand sculpture from the West grows in China, more Chinese are ...
Kahn to call it quits in 2008
May 01, 2006 ... BERLIN: German international goalkeeper Oliver Kahn said onSaturday that he will retire in 2008 when he will be 38. "I am going to play for Bayern Munich for another two years afterthe World Cup and then this part of my life will be finished," Khantold the Frankfurter Allgemeine ...
Champions Chelsea eyeing Ballack-Shevchenko duo
May 01, 2006 ... LONDON: Chelsea, not content with winning their second successivedomestic title, could step up the relentless pursuit of theirChampions League holy grail by signing two of the biggest names inworld football. The club are already in advanced talks with Germany midfielderMichael ...
New prime minister faces tough tasks ahead
May 01, 2006 ... ROME: Romano Prodi achieved a major feat in welding Italy's leftinto a serious election force. But now he is set to take power after a knife-edge election win,Prodi will need a minor miracle to heal a divided country and tackleits economic woes. The thin victory margin may mean ...
Prime minister condemns killing of Indian engineer
May 01, 2006 ... Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday condemned thekilling of an abducted Indian engineer by Taliban militia in southernAfghanistan. Prime Minister Singh has "severely condemned" the act of terrorismand urged the country to remain united against terrorism, SanjayaBaru, ...
Rhode Island embarks on wireless network
May 01, 2006 ... The smallest state in the United States is seeking to become itsfirst to offer a wireless broadband network from border to border. Backers of Rhode Island's US$20 million project say it willimprove services and make the state a testing ground for new businesstechnologies. It ...
Downpours to strike during May Day holidays
May 01, 2006; ... Weather officials are warning travellers to be careful about badweather during the week-long May Day holidays. Wang Bangzhong, deputy director of the Forecasting Services andDisaster Mitigation Department of the China MeteorologicalAdministration (CMA), said yesterday that in the ...
Housing fund raises mortgage loan rate to 4.14%
May 01, 2006; ... Homeowners will have larger mortgage repayments when they returnfrom their May Day holidays as a leading lender has raised itsinterest rate. China's Public Housing Fund (PHF) will raise mortgage rates forindividual house buyers by 18 basis points from May 8, according tothe ...
Tamagotchis seek second wave of virtual pet owners
May 01, 2006 ... TOKYO: With straps loaded with tamagotchis around their necks,siblings Takumi and Ayaka Mochizuki travelled an hour to a Tokyostore so their virtual pets could interact with a giant tamagotchithat was on tour. "I love feeding my tamagotchi," said Takumi, 5, lookingdisappointed ...
Chinese artist set to dominate spring auctions
May 01, 2006; ... Although there are signs of its decline in the art market, Chineseart from the 20th Century is the highlight of upcoming springauctions in Beijing. Managers of auction houses believe collectors will continue towelcome works of the best 20th Century artists. Catalogues of ...
Top Spaniard to return for China Open title defence
May 01, 2006; ... Spaniard Rafael Nadal will return to Beijing this autumn to defendhis China Open title, tournament organizers said on Friday. The world No 2 Nadal beat Argentina's Guillermo Coria in the finallast year and said he was looking forward to returning to thetournament to be held from ...
Immigrants start one-day boycott to push for reform
May 02, 2006 ... A nationwide strike and business boycott organized by illegalimmigrants and their supporters in the United States began yesterdayin a bid to push through immigration reform that would legalize thepresence of an estimated 12 million undocumented workers in thecountry. For the ...
Chelsea 2005/2006 results
May 01, 2006 ... LONDON: Chelsea's 2005/2006 Premiership results after the Londonside secured a second successive league title on Saturday: August 2005 14 Wigan (A) W 1-0 21 Arsenal (H) W 1-0 24 West Brom (H) W 4-0 27 Tottenham (A) W 2-0 September 2005 10 ...
'The Knight' admits defeat in battle for power
May 01, 2006 ... ROME: With a nickname like "The Knight", Prime Minister SilvioBerlusconi could hardly have been expected to simply surrender. But the man who once said being a loser and giving up was not partof his DNA finally decided to quit on Saturday. Berlusconi's battle to stay in office ...
Sudanese Government accepts Darfur peace deal
May 01, 2006 ... The Sudanese Government accepted an African Union-drafted Darfurpeace deal yesterday and said any outstanding disagreements on issuessuch as security and power-sharing could be negotiated later. The African Union (AU) had set yesterday as a deadline for theSudanese Government and ...
Online call girl exposes Brazil's sex myths
May 01, 2006 ... She was known to her clients as Bruna the Surfer Girl, a chic SaoPaolo prostitute who fled her middle-class home at the age of 17 tosell herself to up to five men a day. Then Bruna took to theInternet, and her racy accounts of life as a high-class Braziliancall girl have earned her ...
US law firm joins fight against IPR violations
May 01, 2006; ... Baker & McKenzie, a US-based law firm, is joining forces withChinese businesses and governments to build up an effective mechanismto fight against brand name infringement. Working for the intellectual property rights (IPR) protection forsome luxury commodities brands, Baker & ...
27 killed in coal mine explosion in Shaanxi
May 01, 2006; ... XI'AN: Twenty-seven miners were killed and five were missingfollowing a gas explosion at a coal mine in Zichang County inNorthwest China's Shaanxi Province. The accident occurred at Wayaobao Coal Mine just before 5 pm onSaturday when 39 miners were working underground. There ...
New system allows airline passengers to surf the Net
May 01, 2006 ... HAMBURG: Logging onto the Internet from planes is becoming morecommon as carriers seek to offer a greater variety of services topassengers in the fiercely competitive airline market. People flying with German carrier Lufthansa can use their laptopsthis way on 50 of its planes ...
Major upcoming auctions in China BEIJING
May 01, 2006 ... Click to bid: Ceramics from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) and theearly 20th Century are up for grabs at www.guaweb.com, an onlineauction house affiliated to the China Guardian Art Auction Co Ltd. Time: 9 am-6 pm, May 1-9 Place: Dakang Building, 44 Chongwenmenwai ...
Rooney out for six weeks with fractured foot
May 01, 2006 ... LONDON: England striker Wayne Rooney will be out of action for sixweeks after fracturing a bone in his right foot, his club ManchesterUnited said on Saturday. "Wayne Rooney has a fracture of the base of the fourth metatarsalon his right foot. He will be out for six weeks," said a ...
Mourinho: I don't need a second Premiership medal
May 01, 2006 ... LONDON: Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said on Saturday he threwhis English Premiership winner's medal to the Blues fans because hehad no need for a second one in his collection. The eccentric boss hurled not one, but two medals into the MatthewHarding Stand after Chelsea crushed ...
Prodi's picks voted as parliamentary leaders
May 01, 2006 ... ROME: Italy's centre-left leader Romano Prodi clinched twovictories after a second day of political tension, as his candidatesbeat off determined conservative opposition to win the post ofspeaker in both houses of parliament. Prodi's Union coalition got off to a shaky start after ...
Nepal's new PM urges peace with insurgents
May 01, 2006 ... Nepal's new prime minister yesterday urged leftist rebels to sitdown for peace talks, as he began the challenge of keeping hispolitical alliance together and steering his country towards peaceand development. Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, 84, opened the session ...
Scientists study hundreds of dead dolphins
May 01, 2006 ... Scientists tried to discover on Saturday why hundreds of dolphinswashed up dead on a beach popular with tourists on the northern coastof Zanzibar. Among other possibilities, marine biologists were examiningwhether US Navy sonar threw the animals off course. Villagers and ...
Expo turns pollution blackspot green
May 01, 2006; ... SHENYANG: It was once named as one of the world's most pollutedcities. But the marked improvement in the environment of Shenyang, capitalof Northeast China's Liaoning Province, could be seen with theopening of the Shenyang International Horticultural Expositionyesterday ....
Vigilantes snap sex pests in action
May 01, 2006 ... The day that a man was caught masturbating on the subway was theday that the women of New York said enough was enough. Thao Nguyen, a disgusted fellow passenger, took a picture of theman with her camera phone and posted it on the Internet. A cyber-storm gathered, the photo made ...
IN BRIEF (Page: 2, Date: 05/01/2006)
May 01, 2006 ... CHICAGO Peaceful development China is committed to peaceful development and will not attempt toalter the existing international configuration a mistake made bymany rising powers made in the past, Wang Guangya, the ChineseAmbassador to the United Nations, said on ...
Nadal equals Borg clay-court record
May 01, 2006 ... BARCELONA: Rafael Nadal defeated fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro 7-6 (7/2), 6-3 in the semi-finals of the Barcelona Open on Saturday toequal Bjorn Borg's record of 46 straight wins on clay. The 19-year-old French Open champion now has a chance of closingin on the all-time record ...
The glass is always half empty for the Portuguese
May 01, 2006 ... LONDON: Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho proved that the glass isalways half empty for the pessimist by using a glass of water toexplain the challenging workings of the transfer market. He reckoned people did not respect his managerial achievementsenough because Chelsea's billionaire ...
Gaza chaos goes on as Hamas struggles to rule
May 01, 2006 ... Ayman Shurasi invested his life savings in an amusement park forGaza's children, replete with "flying" elephants, bumper cars and asmiling Thomas the Tank Engine. Israel was about to pull out from the fenced-in, desperately poorcoastal strip. "I wanted to erase the bad dreams and ...
Israeli cabinet approves Jerusalem fence proposal
May 01, 2006 ... Israel's cabinet voted yesterday to lay temporary fencing aroundareas of Jerusalem where the controversial West Bank separationbarrier still has not been built, calling it a quick solution toprevent Palestinian suicide bombers from entering the country. Palestinians said it would ...
7 officials sacked over 'sky-high' hospital bill
May 01, 2006; ... Seven hospital officials have been sacked and two disciplined fortheir part in a "sky-high" bill for medical treatment, the Ministryof Health said on Saturday. The family of Weng Wenhui, 75, a retired official in Harbin,capital of Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, was ...
'Green Box' targets electronic waste Qiu Quanlin
May 01, 2006 ... Amy Wei has used five mobile phones since she graduated fromcollege. One was lost, and the four others were transferred to her familyor sold in the second-hand mobile phone market. But along with thebatteries, she threw away phone accessories and other electronicwaste. Wei ...
Blair gov't sleazy, incompetent: poll
May 01, 2006 ... British Prime Minister Tony Blair, struggling to overcome twomajor ministerial scandals, suffered a fresh blow yesterday when apoll showed most people think his Labour government is "sleazy andincompetent." The poll for the Sunday Times, which also shows a slide in hispersonal ...
Wang returns to national basketball team after exile
May 01, 2006; ... Chinese basketball player Wang Zhizhi was called up by thenational team yesterday, ending his four-year hiatus.Wang's inclusion for the Beijing Olympics was also guaranteedafter being listed in a 30-member Olympic roster, which was releasedon the same day. The 2.16-metre ...
Tales from a land far, far away
May 01, 2006 ... It's all about determination and persistence against the odds,Zhang Ke believes. "You can realize your dreams as long as you persist," the 11-year-old explained. The fifth-grader from Run'an Public School in East China's AnhuiProvince explains that if the youngest brother ...
Mourinho: I wanted to walk out on world's worst club
May 01, 2006 ... LONDON: Jose Mourinho revealed that he twice felt like quitting asChelsea boss during his second English Premiership title-winningseason because he felt it was the worst club in the world to workfor. He put his long-term future at the club in doubt just minutesafter securing ...
SCOREBOARD (05/01/2006)
May 01, 2006 ... BASEBALL NEW YORK: Results from the MLB games on Saturday (home team inCAPS): DETROIT 18 Minnesota 1 NY YANKEES 17 Toronto 6 CINCINNATI 6 Houston 3 ST. LOUIS 2 Washington 1 Milwaukee 16 CHICAGO CUBS 2 SAN FRANCISCO 3 Arizona ...
IN BRIEF (Page: 9, Date: 05/01/2006)
May 01, 2006 ... Beijing 'Chinese Beauties' China CITIC Press has published "Chinese Beauties," a 213-pagebook about Chinese fashion and the beauty industry. The book wascompiled by Zhang Xiaomei, editor-in-chief of "China Beauty andFashion News," a weekly fashion journal. Consisting ...
IN BRIEF (Page: 7, Date: 05/01/2006)
May 01, 2006 ... Iraq Raids kill 20 insurgents Three British contractors were killed and two injured yesterday bya roadside bomb near the southern Iraqi city of Basra, Britain'sForeign Office said. Meanwhile, American and Iraqi forces have killed more than 20foreign insurgents, some ...
Rice forced to defend Iraq War planning
May 02, 2006 ... Just back from Baghdad and eager to discuss promisingdevelopments, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice found herselfknocked off message on Sunday, forced to defend pre-war planning andtroop levels against an unlikely critic Colin Powell, herpredecessor at the State Department ....
35 Hindus shot to death in Kashmir
May 02, 2006 ... Suspected Islamic militants shot dead at least 35 Hindus in twosmall villages in Indian-controlled Kashmir yesterday, officialssaid. The massacre, one of the biggest in recent months, took place justdays before Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh holds talks withKashmiri ...
Guests see double at Bush speech
May 02, 2006 ... It was a shock, especially for those who are not fans of thepresident. On the platform at the White House Correspondents'Association dinner, standing together at the podium, was not oneGeorge W. Bush, but two. Faced with the daunting annual ritual of having to beintentionally ...
Six officials held after mine blast
May 02, 2006; ... XI'AN: Six coal mine officials have been arrested following anexplosion that killed 30 miners. Two miners are still missing after the accident at Wayaobao CoalMine in Shaanxi Province in Northwest China on Saturday afternoon. Six officials, all shareholders and managing ...
Working over brings misery to migrants
May 02, 2006 ... The week-long May Day holidays are a good time to travel, shop orrelax at home but not for many migrant workers. They are frequently taken advantage of by bosses who ignore labourlaws and make them work overtime, often with no extra money. With more people looking for jobs ...
Cool ideas to beat the heat
May 02, 2006 ... Summer is just around the corner, and while Beijing is dry anddusty, the reservoirs on the outskirts of the city that make possibleyour daily showers, offer a cool respite. Below are three reservoirsthat are worth a day visit during the holidays: Longqing Ravine Since it ...
Magazine reaps rich rewards with human-interest content
May 02, 2006 ... It is no Vogue or Esquire, but has managed to retain a steadfastreadership for the past 26 years.China's most widely read magazine, Reader (Du Zhe), is publishednot in publishing savvy Beijing or Shanghai, but in a city located2,000 kilometres from both these metropolises ...
Lizarazu announces retirement
May 02, 2006 ... PARIS: Former World Cup and European championship winner BixenteLizarazu said on Sunday he would end his playing career at the end ofthe season. The 36-year-old defender, who has been plagued by injuries overthe last two seasons, said on French pay-TV channel Canal Plus thathe ...
US senator proposes to split Iraq up
May 02, 2006 ... WASHINGTON: A prominent US lawmaker proposed yesterday that Iraqbe divided into three separate regions Kurdish, Shi'ite and Sunni with a central government in Baghdad. In an essay in yesterday's edition of The New York Times, SenatorJoseph Biden, the senior Democrat on the Senate ...
Resolute rebel groups threaten Darfur peace deal
May 02, 2006 ... Chances of a peace agreement for Sudan's Darfur region looked slimyesterday despite a 48-hour extension to negotiations, observerssaid, citing rebel inflexibility. Mediators from the African Union (AU) agreed in the early hoursafter a deadline expired to give the government of ...
Invention of gastric pacemaker fools obese people's stomachs
May 02, 2006 ... The company that invented the heart pacemaker is employing thesame technology to trick obese patients into thinking their stomachsare full. And Medtronic Inc, the world's biggest maker of medical devices,is not the only medical technology company trying to tap into theUS$100 ...
Surveillance tightened after virus found
May 02, 2006; ... Surveillance has been stepped up around lakes in Northwest China'sQinghai Province following the discovery of a dead wild goosecarrying the bird flu virus. The Ministry of Agriculture said on Sunday that the dead bar-headed goose found in Gangcha County tested positive for the ...
Investigation paves way to cut drug prices
May 02, 2006; ... Some drug prices in China will be reduced after the NationalDevelopment and Reform Commission announces the results of a week-long investigation into some drug production and importation costs. The commission recently conducted the probe, the first of its kindin China, on 21 ...
New Zealand's Abel Tasman track, one of the world's great walks
May 02, 2006 ... WELLINGTON: When the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the firstEuropean to visit New Zealand in 1642, indigenous Maoris who hadnever seen white men or the billowing sails of their ships tookfright and killed four of his crew. It was another 200 years before Europeans returned to ...
Book traces clashes between TCM and Western medicine
May 02, 2006; ... The history of exchanges between China and the rest of the worldin medicine has been a mix of religious, cultural, and even politicalmisunderstanding, according to several recent books both in Englishand Chinese. Many Westerners' first exposure to traditional Chinese ...
Bixente Lizarazu factfile
May 02, 2006 ... PARIS: Factbox on former world and European champion BixenteLizarazu, who said on Sunday he would retire at the end of theseason. 1969 - Born Dec. 9 in St Jean de Luz, France 1988 - Starts professional career at Girondins Bordeaux 1992 - Earns first of 97 caps for ...
Billions wasted in Iraq, US audit says
May 02, 2006 ... WASHINGTON: A US congressional inspection team set up to monitorreconstruction in Iraq published a scathing report of failures bycontractors yesterday, mainly from the United States, to carry outprojects worth hundreds of millions of dollars. In one case, the inspection team found ...