Xinhua News Agency back issues from Monday, March 13:
Roundup: Arab Solidarity Needs Further Effortsby Huang Ling BEIRUT, March 12
Mar 13, 2000 ... Arab foreign ministers wrapped up their meeting here ahead ofschedule on Saturday evening with a resolution denouncing Israel andurging Arab countries to reassess their relationship with the Jewishstate.However, it fell short of forging the highly-expected Arabsolidarity, a goal that ...
hke Italian Soccer Results ROME, March 12
Mar 13, 2000 ... Following are the 25th round resultsof the Italian first divisionsoccer league: Sunday's games: Bari lost to Parma 0-1 Cagliaribt AS Roma 1-0 AC Milan drew with Verona 3-3 Perugia ...
hke Italian Soccer Standings ROME, March 12
Mar 13, 2000 ... Following are the standings in the Italian first division soccerleague after 25th round games (tabulated under games played, won,drawn, lost, goals for, againstand points): 1. Juventus 25 168137 11 56 2. Lazio 25 14 8346 24 50 ...
hke Italian Soccer Scoring Leaders ROME, March 12
Mar 13, 2000 ... Following are the leading scorers inthe Italian first divisionsoccer league after 25th round matches: Andriy Shevchenko, ACMilan, 19 Hernan Crespo, Parma, 16 Filippo Inzaghi, Juventus,15 Vincenzo Montella, AS Roma, 15 Cristiano Lucarelli, Lecce, 14 Christian Vieri, Inter Milan, ...
hke Spanish Soccer Results MADRID, March 12
Mar 13, 2000 ... Following are the 28th round results of the Spanish firstdivision soccer league on Sunday: Sunday's games: Alaves bt RealSociedad 2-1Deportivo Coruna bt Valencia 2-0Espanyol btCelta Vigo 3-0Malaga drew with Real Mallorca 0-0...
hke Tirreno Adriatico Cycling Results ROME, March 12
Mar 13, 2000 ... Following are the leading results from the 26.5 km time trialfifth stage ended in Ascoli, Italy at the Tirreno Adriatico cyclingrace on Sunday: 1. Abraham Olano, Spain, 31 minutes 36 seconds 2. Jan Hruska, Czech Republic, 31.45 3. Juan Carlos Dominguez,Spain, 32.04 4. Victor Pena, ...
hke Final Results of Paris-Nice Cycling Race PARIS, March 12
Mar 13, 2000 ... Following are the leading placings in the 160.1-km final stage ofthe Paris-Nice cycling race that concluded in Nice, France, onSunday: 1. Tom Steels, Belgium, three hours 53 minutes 13 seconds 2. Damien Nazon, France 3. George Hincapie, United States 4.Stuart O'Grady, Australia ...
hke Spanish Soccer Standings MADRID, March 12
Mar 13, 2000 ... Following are the standings in theSpanish first division soccerleague after 28th round games (tabulated under games player, won,drew, lost, goals for, against and points): 1. Deportivo Coruna28 16 4 8 48 33 52 2. Alaves 28 14 6 8 34 28 48 3 ....
hke French Soccer Standings PARIS, March 12
Mar 13, 2000 ... Following are the standings in the French first division soccerleague after the 28th round matches (tabulated under games played,won, drawn, lost, goals for, againstand points): 1. Monaco28 18 4 6 56 25 58 2. Olympique Lyon 28 13 6 935 35 45 3. Paris ...
hke French Soccer Results PARIS, March 12
Mar 13, 2000 ... Following are the 28th round results of the French first divisionsoccer league: Sunday's games:Racing Lens lost to Troyes 0-1 Nancy bt Olympique Lyon 1-0AJ Auxerre lost to Monaco 0-2 Saturday's ...
Market Exchange Rates BEIJING, March 13
Mar 13, 2000 ... The People's Bank of China today issued the market exchange ratesin RMB yuan against three major currencies. The middle price of RMByuan against convertible currencies is mainly based on the closingprice of the preceding interbank trading. The designated foreignexchange trading banks ...
hke German Kloeden Wins Paris-Nice Cycling Race PARIS, March 12
Mar 13, 2000 ... Germany's Andreas Kloeden took the crown of the eight-day Paris-Nice cycling race on Sunday. Kloeden, 24, edged out French veteranand long-time leader Laurent Brochard by seven ...
Mount Huangshan Sets Tourism Goal For 2000 HEFEI, March 13
Mar 13, 2000 ... Tourism officials at Mount Huangshan, a renowned scenicdestination in east China's Anhui Province, expect to earn 1.5billion yuan from tourism this year, including 32 million US dollarsof foreign exchange from overseas visitors. It is estimated thatthe number of people ...
Beijing Develops New Plaster For Burn Patient BEIJING, March 13
Mar 13, 2000 ... A new plaster was recently developed in Beijing which is believedto have healing effects in treating burn patients. Clinicalpractice has shown that the new plaster, together withtraditionalChinese treatment, is ...
Shanghai Has New Service For 'Net Surfers SHANGHAI,March 13
Mar 13, 2000 ... The Shanghai long-distance telephone telecom office is promotinga new service on a trial basis which provides unlimited access tothe Internet at lower fixed costs. The telecom office will beginthis service, dubbed "the "buffetdinner," as from March 15. For onemonth, users need only to ...
hke English Premier League Results LONDON, March 12
Mar 13, 2000 ... Following are the results of English premier league soccermatches on Sunday: Bradford City lost to Leeds United 1-2 Middlesbrough beat Arsenal 2-1Played Saturday: Aston Villa btCoventry City 1-0Chelsea tied with Everton ...
hke Results of Tennis Master Series at Indian Wells WASHINGTON, March 12
Mar 13, 2000 ... Following are the results fromthe Tennis Master Series-IndianWells in Indian Wells, California on Sunday (prefix number denotesseeding): Women's singles: Third Round: 1-Martina Hingis,Switzerland, bt Ai Sugiyama, ...
hke Xie Hui Gets His Third Goal in German Second League BERLIN, March 12
Mar 13, 2000 ... Chinese player Xie Hui scored his third goal in the German seconddivision soccer league to help Alemmania Aachen draw with WaldhofMannheim 1-1 in a 22nd round match on Sunday. The match arousemuch interest of Chinese fans because both teams own a Chineseplayer. However, Zhou Ning ...
hke Results of Halfpipe World Cup ROME, March 12
Mar 13, 2000 ... Following are the top finishers Sunday in the snowboard crosscompetition in Sesto-San Candido, part of the Snowboard FIS WorldCup event in Italy: Men's competition: 1. Pontus Stahlkloo,Sweden, 1000 World Cup points 2. Zeke Steggall, Australia, 800 3. Alexander Koller, Austria, 600 ...
U.S. Urged to Clean Up Toxic Mess in Philippines MANILA, March 13
Mar 13, 2000 ... Philippine House Speaker Manuel Villar urged the United StatesSunday to clean up its toxic wastesin Clark to prevent deaths anddiseases caused by contamination, The Philippine Star said Monday. "Reports indicates that many Filipinos have been afflictedwithvarious illnesses because of ...
Rally against Racism Staged in Berlin BERLIN, March 12
Mar 13, 2000 ... Thousands of Germans gathered in central Berlin Sunday to counter-demonstrate against a neo-Nazis rally in the city that marked theanniversary of the 1938 Nazi annexation of Austria. Many peoplejoined voluntarily in the demonstration on the eastside of theBrandenburg Gate to show ...
hke Results of Tennis Master Series at Indian Wells (Reopen) WASHINGTON, March 12
Mar 13, 2000 ... Following are the results of the Tennis Masters Series-IndianWells in Indian Wells, Californiaon Sunday (prefix number denotesseeding): Women's single: Third Round: 2-Lindsay Davenport,United States, bt Natasha Zvereva, Belarus,6-4, 6-2 KarinaHabsudova, Slovakia, bt 4-Nathalie ...
Lawmakers Urge Standardizing Sex Goods Market BEIJING, March 13
Mar 13, 2000 ... Shanghai deputies to the Ninth National People's Congress (NPC),in session here since March 5, have proposed enacting a law to helppeople "legally sell and correctly use sex goods" and "improve thequality of sex life." Such a law, lawmakers say in their bill,should standardize ...
Prime Minister Aznar Wins in parliamentary electionMADRID, March 13
Mar 13, 2000 ... Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar swept to victory in Spain'sgeneral election Sunday, securing a majority in Parliament for hisconservative Popular Party, the Interior Ministry said in astatement. With 100 percent of the votes counted, Aznar's partygot nearly45 percent and won 183 seats ...
Murder Cases Drop to 10-Year Low in Philippines MANILA, March 13
Mar 13, 2000 ... The Philippines has posted a total of 5,703 murder cases lastyear, a 10-year low record in the number of murders in the nation,Manila Standard said Monday. Citing Philippine National Policecrime statistics, the newspaper said last year's murder figuresmarked a big drop of 3,588 cases ...
Major News Item in Leading Indian Newspapers NEW DELHI, March 13
Mar 13, 2000 ... The following are major news item in leading Indian newspapersMonday: The Hindustan Times:An army captain and a woman wereamong three persons killed when Pakistani troops targeted forwardIndian positions with mortars and artillery guns in Jammu andKashmir, official sources said ...
Major News Items In Pakistani English Newspapers ISLAMABAD, March 13
Mar 13, 2000 ... following are major news items in Pakistani English newspapersMonday: Pakistan ObserverPakistani Chief Executive GeneralPervez Musharaf and IndianPrime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee haveruled out a nuclear war despite tensions between their countriesover Kashmir. In ...
U.S. Secretary of Defense Starts Visit to Vietnam HANOI, March 13
Mar 13, 2000 ... U.S. Secretary of Defense William Cohen arrived here Mondaymorning for a three-day official visit to Vietnam. The visit,being made at the invitation of the Vietnamese Defense Minister PhamVan Tra, is the first ever visit to Vietnam by a U.S.secretary ofdefense since 1975, when the ...
hke Chinese Skaters Win 1000m Short Track Titles SHEFFIELD, March 12
Mar 13, 2000 ... Chinese skaters defeated their South Korean and Canadian rivalsto win the men's and women's 1,000 meters events at the world shorttrack speed skating championships here Sunday afternoon. Yang Yang(A), who is now bidding for her fourth consecutive overall title atthe championships, ...
hke World Short Track Speed Skating Results (1) SHEFFIELD, March 12
Mar 13, 2000 ... Following are the results at the world short track speed skatingchampionships here on Sunday: Men's 1,000m: 1. Li Jiajun, China,one minute 31.098 seconds 2. An Yulong, China, ...
hke Hannawald Wins Third Straight Title in Norway STOCKHOLM, March 12
Mar 13, 2000 ... German Sven Hannawald kept his winning momentum to win his thirdstraight World Cup skiing jump competition in Norway within a monthon Sunday. Hannawald, who came in seventh with a 125.5-meter jumpin the first round, collected 271.4 points with a 132.5-meter rideto clinch the title. ...
Preparations for Clinton's Visit to Bangladesh Scrutinized DHAKA, March 12
Mar 13, 2000 ... With seven days left for the visit of U.S. President Bill Clintonto Bangladesh, all preparations, including security measures, arenow being scrutinized, a foreign office spokesman said here Sunday. While the foreign office officials of the country are preparingtheitinerary and agenda of ...
hke Olympic Soccer Qualifying Soccer Results HARARE, March 12
Mar 13, 2000 ... Following is the result of an Olympic Games Soccer Group Aqualifying match at the National Stadium here on Sunday: Zimbabwebeat Uganda 1-0 Standings (tabulated under games played, won,drawn, lost, goals for, against, points) Zimbabwe 5 4 0 1 ...
hke Haiti Blanks Dominica 4-0 in World Cup Qualifier LA HABANA, March 12
Mar 13, 2000 ... Following is the result of the World Cup Soccer Caribbean zonegroup three qualifier at Port-au-Prince, ...
hke All England Championship Finals Results (Updated) LONDON, March 12
Mar 13, 2000 ... Following are the results on finals day of the All Englandbadminton championships at Birmingham, England, on Sunday (prefixnumber denotes seeding): Women's singles: 4-Gong Zhichao, China,beat 2-Dai Yun, ...
News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of XinhuaHONG KONG, March 12
Mar 13, 2000 ... Following are news items from the Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua inHong Kong Sunday:Taliban Claims Making Gains Against Opposition Australian Study Shows Link between Diet, CataractsMajor NewsItem in Leading Indian Newspapers Major News Items in LeadingPhilippine Newspapers...
Huge Investment For Tapping Coastal Tourism HANGZHOU, March 13
Mar 13, 2000 ... The coastal Zhejiang Province ineast China is scouting foroverseas funding to help develop ten large-scale maritime tourismprojects, which will be built over the next five years at anestimated cost of 990 million US dollars. A maritime tourismresort is expected to be the final product, ...
hke Result of Olympic Qualifier between Angola, Nigeria LUANDA, March 12
Mar 13, 2000 ... Following is the result of an African Olympic qualifier betweenAngola and Nigeria here: Angola beat Nigeria 3-1 Halftime: 1-0; Attendance: 30,000 Group standings: 1. Zimbabwe5 4 0 1 11 7 12...
NPC Agendas for March 14BEIJING, March 13
Mar 13, 2000 ... Tomorrow's agendas for the ongoing Third Session of the NinthNational People's Congress (NPC)are ...
Shanghai to Host International Eye Disease Forum SHANGHAI, March 13
Mar 13, 2000 ... Asia's first international forumon eye aberrations such as near-sightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism is to be held inShanghai from April 13-16.Attending the forum will be more than450 Chinese and overseas ophthalmologists from the U.S., Japan,Germany, Australia, and ...
hke Bremen Trounces Freiburg 5-2 BERLIN, March 12
Mar 13, 2000 ... Werder Bremen trounced FC Freiburg5-2 Sunday evening in a 24thround game of the German first division soccer league and Dortmundfell again to extend their un-winning streak to 10 games.MarcoBode opened the scoring for Bremen only five minutes intothe gameand Marco Weisshaupt ...
Private Businesses Perform Well In Shanghai SHANGHAI, March 13
Mar 13, 2000 ... Taxes paid by private businessesin Shanghai saw a year-on-year 32percent rise to 630 million yuanin January this year, according tolatest official statistics available. Private businesses have beenplaying an increasingly important role in promoting local economicdevelopment, with the ...
Living Standards of Liaoning Urban Citizens Improving SHENYANG, March 13
Mar 13, 2000 ... A recent survey showed that the living standards of urbancitizens in Liaoning Province in northeast China are improvingsteadily. The survey revealed that the per capita income of citydwellersin Liaoning, one of China's old industrial bases, stood atan average 4,924 yuan in 1999, up six ...
Major News Items in Leading Australian Newspapers CANBERRA, March 13
Mar 13, 2000 ... The following are major news items in leading Australiannewspapers Monday. The Australian: Parts of northern WesternAustralian state remained isolated by floodwaters Sunday and fourteenagers missing. The Canberra Times: Queen Elizabeth urgedcommonwealth nations Sunday to ...
hke English Premier League Standings LONDON, March 12
Mar 13, 2000 ... Following are the English soccer premier league standings aftermatches on Sunday (tabulated under games played, won, drawn, lost,goals for, against and points):1. Manchester United28 18 73 63 35 61 2. Leeds United 28 18 3 7 44 30 57 3. Chelsea ...
hke Mariano Puerta Wins Club Colombia Tennis BOGOTA, March 12
Mar 13, 2000 ... Unseeded Argentine Mariano Puerta beat second-seeded Younes ElAynaoui of Morocco 6-4, 7-6 to win the Cerveza Club Colombia tennistournament here on Sunday. The 21-year-old Puerta has overcomeGustavo Kuerten of Brazil, top seed of the tournament, on Saturdayto reach the final. He was ...
Major News Items in Leading Philippine Newspapers MANILA, March 13
Mar 13, 2000 ... The following are major news itemsin leading Philippinenewspapers Monday. Malaya:Philippine President Joseph Estradaappealed Sunday to members of the Organization of PetroleumExporting Countries (OPEC)to consider the social and economiceffects of high oil prices in poor and ...
Hong Kong Stocks Open Down HONG KONG, March 13
Mar 13, 2000 ... Hong Kong stocks were down 181.24 points, or 1.02 percent, toopen at 17,650.62 Monday ....
Highlights of Major Beijing-Based Newspapers BEIJING, March 13
Mar 13, 2000 ... Highlights of today's major Beijing-based newspapers:"People's Daily"President Jiang Zemin called for majorimprovements in the country's family planning, resources management,and environmentalprotection in the new century. Jiang made thecall at a work conference on ...
China's Exports Jump by 41.2 Percent in First Two Months BEIJING, March 13
Mar 13, 2000 ... China's exports stood at 31.57 billion US dollars in Januray andFebruary, up by 41.2 percent over the same period of last year,Minster of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Shi Guangshengsaid here today. "China's foreign economic and trade sector made agood start inthe first two ...
hke China Beats Canada 4-0 in Women's Soccer Tourney ALGRAVE, Portugal, March 12
Mar 13, 2000 ... World Cup runner-up China whitewashed Canada 4-0 in the opener ofan international women's soccer tournament here on Sunday. Fielding a 4-4-2 line-up, China led the first half 3-0 after JinYan, Sun Wen and Zhang Ouying each scored once. Sun, who was namedMost Valuable Player at the ...
China Sees Increasing Demand for Household Appliances BEIJING, March 13
Mar 13, 2000 ... China's demand for major household appliances this year willcontinue to grow, according tothe State Administration of InternalTrade (SAIT). The demand will maintain the annual growth rate ofmore than ten percent since 1996, Monday's China Daily quoted anestimate by the All-China ...
West-Development Strategy to Boost Tibet Economy BEIJING, March 13
Mar 13, 2000 ... Deputies of Tibetan ethnic group to the on-going 3rd Session ofthe 9th National People's Congress (NPC) said today that thestrategy of large-scale development of western China has providedtheir autonomous region with an unprecedented opportunity. Raidi,chairman of the Standing ...
hke Results of World Cup Biathlon HELSINKI, March 12
Mar 13, 2000 ... Following are the results from aWorld Cup biathlon meet in Lahti,Finland on Sunday: Women's 10 kilometers pursuit: 1. OlenaZubrilova, Ukraine, 35 minutes 40.8 seconds (two penalty rounds) 2. Magdalena Forsberg, Sweden, 45.7 seconds behind (3) 3. AndreaHenkel, Germany, 1:17.1 ...
hke Fischer Wins 12.5km Pursuit at Biathlon World Cup HELSINKI, March 12
Mar 13, 2000 ... Germany's Sven Fischer won the 12.5-kilometer pursuit in thebiathlon World Cup in Lahti, Finlandon Sunday. Ole EinarBjorndalen of Norway finished sixth and Frenchman Raphael Poiree,the World Cup leader placed a lowly 18th. With three events left,Poiree topped the World Cup ...
hke World Motorcycling Grand Prix Calendar LONDON, March 13
Mar 13, 2000 ... Following is the calendar for the 2000 world motorcyclingchampionship season: March 19: South African GP, Welkom April 2: Malaysian, Sepang April 9: Japanese, Suzuka April 30: Spanish, Jerez May 14: French, Le Mans May28: Italian, Mugello June ...
Kosovo Ethnic Albanian Leaders Blamed for Not Curbing Violence BELGRADE, March 12
Mar 13, 2000 ... U.S. state department spokesman James Rubin Sunday blamed ethnicAlbanian leaders for not curbing violence against non-Albanianresidents in Kosovo, reported the Yugoslavia News Agency. Rubinarrived in the provincial capital of Pristina Sunday on athree-dayvisit to Kosovo. He held talks ...
hke Results of Scottsdale Men's Tennis Meet WASHINGTON, March 12
Mar 13, 2000 ... Following are the results fromthe Franklin Templeton TennisClassic men's tennis tournament in Scottsdale, Arizona, on ...
hke Results of Algarve Cup Women's Soccer Tourney ALGARVE, Portugal, March 12
Mar 13, 2000 ... Following are the results of the Algarve Cup women's soccertournament here on Sunday: Group A: United ...
Bangladesh to Initiate Bilateral Negotiations with SAARC States DHAKA, March 13
Mar 13, 2000 ... Bangladesh will initiate bilateral negotiations with the SouthAsian countries for free trade arrangements as the proposed regionalfree trade agreement is still uncertain due to tension between Indiaand Pakistan, Commerce Minister Abdul Jalil was quoted by TheFinancial Express Monday as ...
Japan's GDP Down 1.4 Percent in October-December Period TOKYO, March 13
Mar 13, 2000 ... Japan's gross domestic product (GDP)contracted a real 1.4 percentin the fourth quarter of 1999, or anannualized shrinkage of 5.5percent, the Economic Planning Agency (EPA) said Monday. Thebigger-than-expected contraction, following a 1.0 percent drop inthe July-September period, marks ...
Defense Cooperation to Figure During Clinton's Visit to Dhaka DHAKA, March 13
Mar 13, 2000 ... The issue of defense cooperation between Dhaka and Washingtonwill figure prominently during President Bill Clinton's visit toBangladesh on March 20, the Daily Star disclosed Monday. Thereport on Humanitarian Assistance Need Assessment (HANA) and theStatus of Forces Agreement (SOFA), ...
Foreign Exchange Rates In Pakistan ISLAMABAD, March 13
Mar 13, 2000 ... The following are major foreign exchange rates against thePakistani rupee issued by the National Bank of Pakistan on Monday: Selling Buying Buying TT & ODTT CleanOD/T.CHQ U.S. dollar 51.9000 51.400051.3503 British pound ...
Xinhua World Economic News Summary at 0500 GMT, March 13
Mar 13, 2000 ... TOKYO Japan's gross domestic product (GDP) contracted a real1.4percent in the fourth quarter of 1999, or an annualized shrinkage of5.5 percent, the Economic Planning Agency (EPA) said Monday. The bigger-than-expected contraction, following a 1.0 percentdrop in the July-September ...
Xinhua World News Summary at 0500 GMT, March 13
Mar 13, 2000 ... BAGHDAD Eight civilians were wounded in the latest bombing byU.S. and British warplanes in southern Iraq, according tolocalofficials on Sunday. In the tiny village of al-Fahd, which was hit by two missiles inSaturday's bombardment, three villagers were injured and a number ...