Xinhua News Agency back issues from Monday, October 20:
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Oct 20, 1997 ... The following are major news items in leading South Africannewspapers today: The Citizen The ruling African National Congress (ANC) would not change itsstance on reintroducing the death penalty, ANC spokesman RonnieMamoepa said at the weekend.The StarSouth African ...
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Oct 20, 1997 ... Ugandans have been called upon to improve their sanitationsituation so as to make a better living condition, "the New Vision"daily reported today. The call was contained in the Kampala Sanitation Declaration(1997) signed by the country's district leaders in conjunction withthe ...
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Oct 20, 1997 ... Following are major news items in leading Nigerian newspaperstoday. New Nigerian The west African peace-keeping force (ECOMOG) has deniedallegations of bombing civilian targets in Sierra Leone, saying thatit limited its operations to hitting selected military targets.Daily ...
African States Urged to Develop by Self-reliance
Oct 20, 1997 ... A senior Rwandan official said Africa countries has the potentialof developing on its own because it still has a lot of untappedresources, according to Zambia News Agency today. The remarks were made by Anastase Gasana, Rwanda's Minister ofForeign Affairs while opening the third ...
AIDS Kills 4 Medical Workers in Nigeria
Oct 20, 1997 ... - Four Nigerian medical personnel have died of AIDS allegedlycontracted from their patients over the past three years, accordingto the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA). The association also warned on Sunday that it would hand offpatients unless adequate preventive measures were ...
Australia Stocks Close Marginally Lower
Oct 20, 1997 ... The Australian share market defied weekend doomsaying today andended only marginally lower on the 10-year anniversary of itsblackest day. The all ordinaries index closed 6.2 points lower at 2639.4 afterasurprisingly strong mid-morning had it in positive territory formuch of the ...
Australia Assists Bougainville Peace Process: FM
Oct 20, 1997 ... The Australian government is "acting very constructively, verypatiently and very responsibly" in trying to assist the Bougainvillepeace process in Papua New Guinea, Foreign Affairs MinisterAlexanderDowner told parliament today. He played down the prospects of a quick resolution ...
Australian Dollar Closes Weaker
Oct 20, 1997 ... The Australian dollar closed weaker today ahead of key inflationand wages data due later in the week. The Australian dollar closed at 73.03 U.S. cents, down from 73.42at Friday's close. St. George Bank foreign exchange trading manager Stuart Mooresaidit had been a very ...
Bangladesh Government Allocates 252M Dollars for
Oct 20, 1997 ... The Bangladesh government has allocated 11.1 billion taka (about252 million U.S. dollars) for development of communications networkin greater Sylhet, local newspapers reported here today. This was announced by Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasinawhile addressing a public ...
Beijing Newspaper Highlights
Oct 20, 1997 ... Highlights of today's major Beijing-based newspapers: People's Daily Tung Chee-hwa, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region'schiefexecutive, is Europe bound. In addition to outlining developments inHong Kong, elaborating on the region's stability and ...
Beijing Taxi Drivers Cannot Decline Fares
Oct 20, 1997 ... Taxi drivers in the Chinese capital will have to think twicebefore saying "No" to passengers when a regulation for taxi driverstakes effect in Beijing on January 1, 1998. The regulation passed last Thursday by the Standing Committee ofthe 10th People's Congress of Beijing ...
China's Comsumer Goods Market Grows Steadily
Oct 20, 1997 ... China's consumers now have more choices because of the abundantmarket supplies, said Qiu Xiaohua, spokesman for the StateStatisticsBureau at a news conference here today. Over the past nine months, the retail of consumer goods totaled1,915.9 billion yuan (about 239 billion US ...
China's Financial Situation Relatively Stable
Oct 20, 1997 ... China's retail and consumer prices have slightly increased whileits financial situation is relatively stable over the past ninemonths. Qiu Xiaohua, spokesman for the State Statistics Bureau, said thatat a press conference here today. According to Qiu, the retail prices only ...
China's Foreign Trade Picks Up
Oct 20, 1997 ... China's foreign trade volume in the past nine months reached227.3billion US dollars, bringing an end to the two-year-long stagnation. According to Qiu Xiaohua, spokesman for the State StatisticsBureau at a press conference here today, China's foreign tradevolumeover the first ...
China's Food Industry Witnesses 500 Billion Yuan
Oct 20, 1997 ... China's food-related industries are prospering. InternationalBusiness Daily has reported that projections for 1997 estimate totaloutput will exceed 500 billion yuan (62.5 billion U.S. dollars). That would be a gain of more than 25 billion yuan over 1996 whenthe output was 474.1 ...
China's Investment in Fixed Assest Dipped
Oct 20, 1997 ... China invested 908.2 billion yuan in fixed assets during thefirstnine months of this year, up 11.2 percent on a yearly basis,however,the increase margin is 8.1 percentage points lower than that of thesame period in 1996, according to statistics released by the StateStatistical Bureau ...
China's NPC Standing Committee to
Oct 20, 1997 ... The 28th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Eighth NationalPeople's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, will be held herefrom Oct. 27 to Nov. 1. The decision was made at a conference held at the Great Hall ofthe People in Beijing today, which was attended by chairman ...
China Suspends Urea Imports
Oct 20, 1997 ... China plans to suspend imports of ureas due to a glut in thedomestic fertilizer market, China Daily reported today. Over the past few years, China has become the largest ureaimporter in the world as its crop yield has seen sustainedincreases. For the first half of this year, ...
China Trains Environmental Officials
Oct 20, 1997 ... More than 100 officials from different ministries and localgovernments will participate in a three-day environmental trainingworkshop which began here today. The Global Environment Facility (GEF) China Project DevelopmentWorkshop is aimed at improving the ability of Chinese ...
Chinese Minister of Foreign Trade
Oct 20, 1997 ... Wu Yi, Chinese Minister of Foreign Trade and EconomicCooperation,expressed her hope here today that China and Germany will strengthentechnological and financial cooperation. The Chinese government has paid great attention to Sino-Germancooperation which has promoted the ...
Chinese Province Boosts Tourism
Oct 20, 1997 ... Inland Jiangxi Province of China is promoting eight attractionsand 14 new routes in a bid to attract tourists. The activities, including five international festivals and threedesigned for domestic tourists, will support the national theme fortourism next year the " '98 City and ...
Chinese Province Speeds Up Export-Oriented Agriculture
Oct 20, 1997 ... Exports of farm produce and agricultural byproducts in eastChina's Anhui Province had exceeded 700 million U.S. dollars throughSeptember, accounting for half the province's total. Of more than 700 agriculture-related products for export, morethan 40 account for 50 million U.S ....
Chinese Vice-Premier
Oct 20, 1997 ... Vice-Premier Zhu Rongji called for better Sino-German economiccooperation here this morning in a meeting with Carl-DieterSpranger,German Minister of Foreign Economic Cooperation. Zhu cited bright prospects for Sino-German economic cooperationand said China can learn from the ...
CPPCC Vice-Chairman
Oct 20, 1997 ... Sun Fuling, vice-chairman of the Chinese People's PoliticalConsultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, met withNewsteadZimba, minister of community development and social services ...
Crop-Breeding Research Gets Boost in China's Sichuan Province
Oct 20, 1997 ... A fund for developing new crop species has been set up in SichuanProvince of southwest China, according to a senior official from theProvincial Science and Technology Commission. Ten million yuan has been invested in the fund and the firstbatchof 50 development projects has been ...
Current PM Claims Win in Montenegro Presidential Race
Oct 20, 1997 ... Montenegro Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic claimed victory todayover incumbent President Momir Bulatovic in the Yugoslav republic'spresidential election. Djukanovic's election headquarters said unofficial returns gavethe prime minister "an unbeatable majority" in the second round ...
Dictionary of Rare Characters Published
Oct 20, 1997 ... Twenty-five years of research and writing has culminated in thepublication of a dictionary of characters used in the Western Xiaregime, a kingdom founded by an ancient Chinese ethnic group innorthwestern China in 1038. The dictionary of 1.5 million characters was compiled by Prof ....
Drought Death Toll Rises to 493 in Indonesia
Oct 20, 1997 ... The death tall from a drought that has hit Indonesia'seasternmostprovince Irian Jaya is now almost 500, the official Antara NewsAgency reported today. The drought, which has wiped out much of the local yam crop, hasled to the outbreak of malaria, cholera and other diseases in ...
DuPont Strengthens Footholds in China
Oct 20, 1997 ... The US chemical giant DuPont has found a huge market and partnerswho share its vision in China, and its long-term strategy also fitswell with China's industrial development blueprint, according toDuPont China's General Manager Paul Wong. Since setting up its first office in Beijing ...
ECOMOG Denies Attack on S. Leone's Civilian
Oct 20, 1997 ... The west African peacekeeping force (ECOMOG) which is enforcinganinternational embargo on Sierra Leone's military junta has deniedalleged bombardment of civilian targets in the country. ECOMOG Force Commander Major-General Victor Malu said here Sundaythat his force limited its ...
ECOWAS Military Chiefs to Re-construct Liberian
Oct 20, 1997 ... Military chiefs of west African countries are in consultationoverthe restructuring of the armed forces of Liberia (AFL) despiteLiberia's willingness to do the job by itself. Nigeria's Chief of Defense Staff Major-General AbdulsalamAbubakaris now leading the initiative of his ...
Egypt to Ask WWII Rivals to Clear Landmines
Oct 20, 1997 ... Egypt will ask World War II rivals to help clear millions oflandmines they planted in its desert during their battle for controlof North Africa, the Egyptian Gazette reported today. Kamel Amer, governor of the northwestern province of Matrouh,saidafter a memorial service on ...
European Champions' Cup Standings
Oct 20, 1997 ... Following are the European Champions' Cup standings ahead ofmatches on Wednesday (tabulated under games played, won, drawn,lost,goals for, goals against and points): Group A Borussia Dortmund2 2 0 0 5 1 6Parma2 1 1 0 2 0 ...
European Club Soccer Fixtures
Oct 20, 1997 ... Following are this week's matches in the three European club cupsoccer competitions: Tuesday, October 21 UEFA CupSecond round, first legSpartak Moscow, Russia v Real Valladolid, SpainRotor Volgograd, Russia v Lazio, ItalyAGF Aarhus, Denmark v Twente Enschede, ...
Experts Seek Technical Solutions for Enterprises
Oct 20, 1997 ... Some 300 experts from China and the US gathered in Beijing todayto probe solutions for technological and engineering problemsconfronting medium- to large-sized state-owned enterprises. Experts attending the Third Sino-US Technology and EngineeringConference, which opened today, ...
Ford Expands China Operations
Oct 20, 1997 ... Marco Polo visited China more than 700 years ago and discoveredthat when on business becoming part of a country was much morerewarding than simply visiting a country. Ford Motor Company, today, has discovered that becoming involvedin building vehicles in China is much more ...
Foreign Exchange Rates in Hong Kong
Oct 20, 1997 ... Following are closing foreign exchange rates in Hong Kong today(Monday): Foreign Exchange in HK Dollars Monday SaturdayUS Dollar 7.7380 7.7390Canadian Dollar 5.600 5.605Pound Sterling 12.50 ...
French Chemical Group Opens Plants in Shanghai
Oct 20, 1997 ... The French chemical and pharmaceutical group Rhone-Poulenc willinvest 24 million U.S. dollars in Shanghai to produce organicsiliconused in rubber, resin, food additives and other chemicals. Two organic silicon plants and four laboratories located in thegroup's scientific and ...
General Output of Early Rice Increases
Oct 20, 1997 ... China's general output of early rice in 1997 reached 45.78milliontons, a 4.5 percent ...
Gold Price in Hong Kong Unchanged
Oct 20, 1997 ... The gold price in Hong Kong today remained unchanged to close at3,000 HK dollars a tael, according to Po Sang Bank, one of the majorgold dealers in Hong ...
Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Down
Oct 20, 1997 ... Hang Seng China Enterprises Index today dropped 60.55 points toclose at 943.55. The index, introduced in August 1995, tracks the overallperformance of China's 36 state enterprises listed on the Hong KongStock Exchange. Today's Hang Seng MidCap 50 Index went down 66.54 points ...
HK Airport Authority Commissions Artworks for Passenger Terminal
Oct 20, 1997 ... The Airport Authority of the Hong Kong Special AdministrativeRegion has commissioned two big artworks for the passenger terminalat the new airport at Chek Lap Kok, which is expected to be put intouse next Spring. A spokeswoman for the Airport Authority told Xinhua today ...
HK Showcases Town Planning Achievements
Oct 20, 1997 ... Hong Kong showcases its town planning achievements over the past50 years and the blueprint for future development at an exhibitioncalled "Planning With Vision". The exhibition, which was opened here this morning, highlightstheland resources, the planning for various city ...
Hong Kong Shares Fall due to Weaker US Market
Oct 20, 1997 ... The Hong Kong Heng Sang Index, which traces 33 blue chips listedon the local stock exchange, plunged 630 points today to close at12,970. The fall was in reaction to the decline on Wall Street, expertshere said, adding ...
Huge Turquoise Discovered in Central China Province
Oct 20, 1997 ... A 59-kilogram turquoise has been discovered in Hubei Province,central China. The greenish-blue gem is believed to be the world's largest everfound in the shape of grape. The turquoise is 60 centimeters long,26 centimeters high and 47 centimeters wide. The lump has more than ...
India Needs Two Mega Ports: Study
Oct 20, 1997 ... India needs two mega ports if it has to match other major portslike Rotterdam and Singapore, The Hindustan Times quoted a recentstudy as saying here today. These two ports handle more traffic than the 11 major ports inIndia put together. The new ports should be located in the ...
Indian PM to Visit Europe
Oct 20, 1997 ... Indian Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral is leaving here Tuesdayon a week-long visit to Germany, France and to participate in themeeting of Commonwealth heads of government in Edinburgh, Scotland,official sources said here today. India enjoys good relationship with Germany and ...
International
Oct 20, 1997 ... An international meeting will be held from November 6 to 9 inManila to explore ways to mitigate the effects of the El Ninophenomenon currently sweeping the Asia-Pacific region. This was announced Sunday by Senator Heherson Alvarez, foundingchairman of the Earth Savers Movement and ...
Iran's Unemployment Rate 9.1 Percent in 1996
Oct 20, 1997 ... Iran's unemployment rate stood at 9.1 percent in 1996 as 1.4million people are jobless in the country, local English-languageIran Daily reported today. This was two percentage points down from the figure in 1991,whichwas 11.1 percent posted by the Center of Statistics. The ...
Iraq Calls for Tripartite
Oct 20, 1997 ... The Iraqi Foreign Ministry called on Turkey and Syria to hold anurgent meeting with Iraq to set a time ceiling for determining thewater quotas of Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Both of the two rivers originate in Turkey and pass through Syriaand Iraq. In a message to the Arab ...
Japan Gains Trade Surplus in April-September Period
Oct 20, 1997 ... Japan gained a global merchandise trade surplus of 5,101.8billionyen (about 42.9 billion U.S. dollars) in the first half of fiscal1997 starting from April, or 75.9 percent up than that of the sameperiod last year. The rise, the first in four and a half years, was attributed ...
Japan to Ease Conditions on Trade with Russia
Oct 20, 1997 ... Japan is planning to ease trade insurance conditions for Russiatopromote bilateral trade between the two countries, a leadingJapanesenewspaper reported today. Under the plan, Japanese companies' export contracts with Russianpartners will be covered by Japan's official insurance ...
Japanese Boxer Dies of Head Injury
Oct 20, 1997 ... Japanese boxer Akira Taiga died of brain damage on Monday, sixdays after he fell into a coma after being knocked out in the Japannational junior welterweight title match. The 23-year-old Taiga was the 27th Japanese professional boxer todie from wounds ...
Kunming Airport in Southwest China Being Expanded
Oct 20, 1997 ... Southwest China's Yunnan Province has allocated one billion yuanfor the expansion of the Kunming Airport. The Kunming Airport, which completed its first phase of expansionin 1990, is a State category-A airport, which means it is capable ofaccommodating large passenger airliners ...
Latest ATP Rankings
Oct 20, 1997 ... Following are the latest rankings issued by the ATP Tour onMonday: 1. Pete Sampras, United States, 4,291 points 2. Michael Chang, United States, 3,3853. Patrick Rafter, Australia, 2,8894. Goran Ivanisevic, Croatia, 2,6225. Greg Rusedski, Britain, 2,5646. Yevgeny ...
Latest WTA Tour Rankings
Oct 20, 1997 ... Following are the rankings of top 20 women's tennis players, theWTA Tour issued on Monday: 1. Martina Hingis, Switzerland, 6,630 points 2. Jana Novotna, Czech Republic, 3,5903 Monica Seles, United States, 3,4294. Lindsay Davenport, United States, 3,3075. Amanda Coetzer, ...
Latvian President Arrives in India
Oct 20, 1997 ... Latvian President Guntis Ulmanis arrived here today on a four-dayvisit to India. Guntis Ulmanis, who is on his first state visit to India, waswarmly welcomed by Indian President K.R. Narayanan, Indian PrimeMinister Inder Kumar Gujral and cabinet ministers in a ceremony onthe ...
Leading World Golf Rankings
Oct 20, 1997 ... Following are the leading world golf rankings issued on Monday: 1. Greg Norman, Australia, 11.74 points average 2. Tiger Woods, United States, 10.743. Ernie Els, South Africa, 9.514. Nick Price, Zimbabwe, 9.345. Colin Montgomerie, Britain, 8.806. Masashi Ozaki, Japan, ...
Macao Tourism to Target Asian-Pacific Region
Oct 20, 1997 ... Macao will try to woo more tourists from the Asian-Pacific regionnext year, tourism officials said. The tourism department has set its tourism market for 1998 as onHong Kong, Taiwan, China's inland areas, Japan, the Republic ofKorea, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, officials said ...
Mahathir Cancels Visit to London
Oct 20, 1997 ... Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad will cancel his two-dayvisit to London scheduled for October 21-22 as he needs rest aftersuffering from a bout of influenza, it was officially announced heretoday. Mahathir has recovered from influenza but needs more rest, assuchhe ...
Major News Items in Leading U.S. Newspapers
Oct 20, 1997 ... The following are major news items in leading U.S. newspaperstoday: The New York Times: The Chief Republican tax writer in Congress will push this weektocurtail the legal presumption that the taxpayer is always guilty inFederal tax disputes, introducing a powerful but ...
Major News Items in Leading Nigerian Newspapers
Oct 20, 1997 ... Following are major news items in leading Nigerian newspaperstoday. New Nigerian The west African peace-keeping force (ECOMOG) has deniedallegations of bombing civilian targets in Sierra Leone, saying thatit limited its operations to hitting selected military targets.Daily ...
Major News Items in Leading S. African Newspapers
Oct 20, 1997 ... The following are major news items in leading South Africannewspapers today: The Citizen The ruling African National Congress (ANC) would not change itsstance on reintroducing the death penalty, ANC spokesman RonnieMamoepa said at the weekend.The StarSouth African ...
Major News Items in Leading Egyptian Newspapers
Oct 20, 1997 ... The following are major news items in leading Egyptian newspaperstoday: Al-Ahram: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak held talks Sunday with hisMalawian counterpart Bakili Muluzi on international and Africanissues and means to promote bilateral cooperation and buildingeconomic ...
Major News Items in Leading British Newspapers
Oct 20, 1997 ... The following are major news items in leading British newspaperstoday: The Times: British Chancellor Gordon Brown was forced Monday to try to calmstock markets and prevent share prices tumbling today after hisindication that Britain would not join a European single ...