Xinhua News Agency back issues from Saturday, July 1:
Zambia Condemns Angolan Rebels for Continuing War
Jul 01, 2000 ... Zambia Friday strongly accused the rebel National Union for theTotal Independence of Angola (UNITA) of violating peace agreementand continuing war in Angola. At the closing session of a five-day meeting of the Angola-Zambia Joint Permanent Commission on Defense and Security, ...
Bidding Set to Open for Barmby
Jul 01, 2000 ... English premier league soccer club Everton are waiting forLiverpool to start the bidding for England forward Nick Barmby. The Goodison club are expecting an official approach fromLiverpool after Barmby told the Blues he wants to move acrossStanley Park to Anfield. It is now ...
Agassi Advances, Enqvist Moves Through
Jul 01, 2000 ... Second seed Andre Agassi of the United States just had a narrowescape at the Wimbledon tennis championships on Friday after savingtwo match points in a 6-4, 2- 6,7-6, 2-6, 10-8 victory overcompatriot Todd Martin. Ninth seed Thomas Enqvist, one of only two seeds left in the ...
Clinton E-Signs Electronic Signature Bill
Jul 01, 2000 ... Using a smart card and his dog's name as password, U.S. PresidentBill Clinton Friday e- signed into law a bill that gives electronicsignatures the same status as their ink-and-paper counterparts. The president inserted the smart card into a computer and typedin his dog's name, ...
Major News Items in Leading Japanese Newspapers
Jul 01, 2000 ... The following are major news items in leading Japanese newspapersSaturday. Asahi, Yomiuri, Mainichi, Nihon Keizai: Former Japanese Construction Minister Eiichi Nakao was arrestedby Tokyo prosecutors Friday for allegedly accepting 30 million yen(285,000 U.S. dollars) in ...
Italian Scientist Identifies Osteopetrosis Gene
Jul 01, 2000 ... Renato Dulbecco, a scientist with the Italian Institute forAdvanced Biomedical Technologies, announced Saturday theidentification of the gene responsible for malignant osteopetrosis,a fatal hereditary disease which strikes one in 100, 000 newborns. Dulbecco, winner of the 1975 ...
Chinese Science News: Weekly Highlights (1)
Jul 01, 2000 ... Following are the highlights of major science stories releasedby Xinhua this week: China to Start Gene Sequencing of Pigs China will start a gene sequencing project to upgrade breeds ofpigs and promote studies on xeno-transplantation and biologicaldrugs, said a Chinese ...
Communist Party Schools Enroll Private Businessmen (1)
Jul 01, 2000 ... Schools run by the Communist Party of China (CPC), whichpreviously enrolled only the Party elite, have recently been eyed byprivate businessmen as excellent training centers. Created by the Party's committees at different levels, Partyschools are characterized by a special ...
Italian Expert Injured in Mine Sweeping Operation
Jul 01, 2000 ... An Italian mine-sweeping expert, who works for the SlovenianRonko mine clearance company, was injured Thursday when a mineexploded in the border areas between Albania and the Serbianprovince of Kosovo. The 33-year-old expert, whose name was not given by the localpress, was one of ...
Weekly Review of Top Legal News Events in China (1)
Jul 01, 2000 ... The following are top legal news events that took place in Chinalast week. China Publishes White Paper on Drug Control The Information Office of the State Council on June 26 publisheda white paper titled "Narcotics Control in China", on thegovernment's position on the issue ...
Trace of Survivors Found in Indonesian Ferry Sinking JAKARTA, July 1
Jul 01, 2000 ... Indonesian rescuers are still struggling Saturday to find anysurvivors or wreckage from the wooden-hulled Cahaya Bahari ship inthe stormy waters of North Sulawesi Province. However, rescuers returning from search operations have reportedno trace of the ship or any other scattered ...
Economic Indicators Improving
Jul 01, 2000 ... Indonesia's economic indicators continued improving despite aslight drop in non-oil and gas exports, according to the CentralBureau of Statistics (BPS). The monthly inflation rate jumped by 0.5 percent in June, downfrom the 0.8-percent increase in May while the ...
Ethnic Albanian Boy Attacks KFOR Stronghold
Jul 01, 2000 ... A 14-year-old ethnic Albanian boy blew up a stronghold of theinternational peacekeeping force in Kosovo (KFOR) Wednesday,injuring a peacekeeper, said a KFOR press release issued Friday. KFOR arrested the boy the same day, who admitted that he hadthrown a bomb at the stronghold, ...
Croatia to Reduce Import Tariff
Jul 01, 2000 ... Croatia will reduce its import tariff on industrial products from10 to 6.35 percent beginning July 1. It will also cut its customs duty on agricultural imports when itjoins the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Croatian ...
News Items in Leading Indian Newspapers NEW DELHI, July 1
Jul 01, 2000 ... The following are major news items in leading Indian newspapersSaturday. The Indian Express: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee Friday said the autonomyresolution passed by the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly was within theframework of the constitution. The Times of ...
News Items in Leading Pakistani English Newspapers
Jul 01, 2000 ... Following are major news items in leading Pakistani Englishnewspapers Saturday. The Frontier Post: The Pakistani Health Ministry is in the final stages offormulating a national plan and strategy to combat tuberculosiswhich victimizes more than 2 million ...
Today's Domestic News Items from Xinhua (2)
Jul 01, 2000 ... Following is the second part of domestic news items released byXinhua today: Today's Domestic News Items from Xinhua (1) CPPCC Vice-Chairman Meets Central American Parliament Delegation Weather Forecast for Major Chinese Cities Chinese Defence Minister Meets ...
Issues Must Garner International Consensus
Jul 01, 2000 ... Visiting Egyptian Foreign Minister Amre Moussa said here Fridaythat global security issues must garner a consensus among theinternational community and concepts that go far beyond theestablished norms of international relations cannot remain uncheckedas they directly affect the political ...
Wimbledon Warning for Star's Dad
Jul 01, 2000 ... Jelena Dokic's father Damir will be banned from Wimbledon ifthere is any repeat of his misbehavior, the All England Club haswarned. Dokic was led away by police on Thursday after an incident whenhe smashed a journalist's mobile phone and uttered drunken rantsagainst the Women's ...
Sidot: "I'm not Racist"
Jul 01, 2000 ... Anne-Gaelle Sidot, the French player alleged to be part of aracist campaign against American rival Alexandra Stevenson and hermother Samantha, bowed out of Wimbledon insisting that her accuserswere guilty of talking through their hats. Sidot, 20, who went out after an exciting ...
England World Cup Bid Suffers Blow
Jul 01, 2000 ... Football's world governing body FIFA has denied claims that aninspection report of facilities in the five countries bidding tohost the 2006 World Cup has ranked England below South Africa andGermany. England's 2006 campaign team had reacted angrily to the secretdocument drawn up ...
Wimbledon Tennis Order of Play for Saturday
Jul 01, 2000 ... Following is the order of play on show courts at Wimbledon onSaturday (prefix number denotes seeding): Center Court (1300 GMT) 1-Pete Sampras, United States, vs Justin Gimelstob, United States Nathalie Dechy, France, vs 5-Venus Williams, United States 8-Tim ...
London Key Market Information at Close
Jul 01, 2000 ... Following is the key market information at close in LondonFriday. June 30 June 29 Pound sterling1.5171 U.S. dollars 1.5124 Euro 0.9529 U.S. dollars 0.9513 US dollar 6.8830 French francs...
Market Exchange Rates
Jul 01, 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 foreign exchange trading ...
Chinese Military Delegation Begins Visit to Two South Pacific Nations
Jul 01, 2000 ... A Chinese military delegation, led by General Wu Quanxu, deputychief of the general staff of Chinese People's Liberation Army, lefthere Saturday morning on a good- ...
U.S.: Israeli-Palestinian Talks Should Be Based on U.N. Resolutions
Jul 01, 2000 ... The U.S. government on Friday said that Israeli and Palestiniannegotiations should be based on U.N. Security Council resolutionscalling on Israel to return territory it seized in the 1967 MiddleEast war in exchange for peace. "It's our view that all negotiations should be based ...
Weekly Review of Health News in China
Jul 01, 2000 ... The following are the highlights of major news on health care andmedical research in China over the past week: Viagra to Enter China More than two years after its debut, the anti-impotence drugViagra finally obtains official approval to enter into China, theworld's most ...
Prime Minister Pledges to Find Peaceful Resolution
Jul 01, 2000 ... Mannesseh Sogavare, the new prime minister of Solomon Islands,expressed his willingness to find a peaceful resolution to theethnic war on Guadalcanal by Christmas. The Australian Radio Corporation reported Saturday that the primeminister, who was elected on June 28, hoped the ...
News Items in Leading Philippine Newspapers
Jul 01, 2000 ... The following are major news items in leading Philippinenewspapers Saturday. Manila Bulletin: Philippine President Joseph Estrada and visiting Spanish PrimeMinister Jose Maria Aznar Friday signed a new Treaty of Friendshipand Cooperation between the two countries, defining ...
Balkan Boundaries Not Allowed to Change, Says Macedonian Speaker
Jul 01, 2000 ... Macedonian Parliament Speaker Savo Klimovski said Thursday theboundaries between Balkan countries should not be allowed to changeand their national sovereignty should be respected. Klimovski was referring to attempts by ethnic Albanians in Kosovoto seek the province's independence ...
to Host Rubber Meeting JAKARTA, July 1
Jul 01, 2000 ... Indonesia would host ministerial talks for the leading rubberproducing nations on July 7 to jointly map out a strategy to boostrubber prices. "The July 7 ministerial talks in Jakarta will discuss thepossibility of a pact among the three biggest rubber producers Indonesia, ...
Ukraine Urges U.S. to Extradite Lazarenko
Jul 01, 2000 ... Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma Friday criticized the UnitedStates for refusing to send former Ukraine premier Palvo Lazarenkoback to Kiev for trial. Earlier on Friday, Lazarenko, detained in a federal prison in SanFrancisco since February 1999, was convicted of money- laundering ...
Extends Deadline for Peace Deal With Rebels
Jul 01, 2000 ... The Philippine government agreed Friday to extend a June 30deadline it had set for the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) toforge a peace accord. Philippine Press Secretary Ricardo Puno said the MILF, whichfailed to meet the deadline set by President Joseph Estrada, wasgiven ...
Highlights of Major Beijing-Based Newspapers
Jul 01, 2000 ... The following are today's highlights of major Beijing-basednewspapers: All major Beijing-based newspapers gave a prominent coverage toan editorial of "People's Daily" marking the 79th foundinganniversary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) which falls onJuly 1....
AIDS Epidemic Threatens San Francisco
Jul 01, 2000 ... San Francisco health officials said Friday that there is a sharprise in new HIV infections, and some local officials fear it mayindicate a dangerous new stage in U.S. AIDS epidemic. San Francisco, known around the world as a gay capital, becameone of the first centers of the ...
Wimbledon Open Men's Singles Results
Jul 01, 2000 ... Second round 2-Andre Agassi United States, bt Todd Martin, UnitedStates, 6- 4, 2-6, 7-6 (7-3)2-6 ...
Wimbledon Open Women's Singles Results
Jul 01, 2000 ... 8-Serena Williams United States, bt Cristina Torrens-Valero,Spain, 6-2, 6-1 Lisa Raymond, United States, bt Sonya Jeyaseelan,Canada, 6-2, 6-1 Sabine Appelmans, Belgium, bt Anna Smashnova,Israel, 6-3, 6-4 Tamarine Tanasugarn, Thailand, bt ...
Xinhua World News Summary at 0030 GMT, July 1
Jul 01, 2000 ... Director General of the United Nations Food and AgricultureOrganization (FAO) Jacques Diouf arrived here Friday on a fact-finding visit. He is expected to focus on the tragic accident thattwo staffers of the FAO office in Baghdad were killed by a gunmanWednesday morning. The gunman ...
Chinese Science News: Weekly Highlights
Jul 01, 2000 ... Telecommunication in Parts of China Disrupted by Solar MotionShort wave telecommunication in parts of China was disrupted due tosolar motion on June 27 according to some scientists. The short wavetelecommunication connection from Manzhouli in northeast China toXinxiang in Central China ...
Communist Party Schools Enroll Private Businessmen
Jul 01, 2000 ... Yu Zhangqian deputy president of Xiaoluxia Party school, saidthat Party school courses are very helpful because they alwaysprovide useful guidance to the bosses, who are willing to re- chargethem with some knowledge after their businesses were expanded. InApril this year, the Party ...
Weekly Review of Top Legal News Events in China
Jul 01, 2000 ... Court Sentences Pimp to Life in Prison A court in east China'sZhejiang Province has sentenced a man to life in prison fororganizing a prostitution ring. Cheng Haiqing was found guilty ofprocuring 16 women to work as prostitutes in a hotel in Shaoxingcounty. Beijing to Employ Legal ...
Weekly Review of Top Legal News Events in China
Jul 01, 2000 ... China to Reform Drug Rehabilitation Centers The Ministry ofPublic Security published on June 29 a circular ordering to reformdrug rehabilitation centers and close down those that have beenopened without official permission. According to the circular theministry will close down drug ...
Killed in Indian Train Derailment
Jul 01, 2000 ... Two engine drivers of Howrah- Amritsar Express were killed as thetrain rammed into the empty rake of a passenger train between AmbalaCantt and the Ambala city railway station in North India's Haryanastate early Saturday morning. A local railway official said four bogies of the ...
Indonesian President Closes National Games
Jul 01, 2000 ... Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid officially closed the 15thNational Games (PON) in Surabaya, capital of East Java, on Fridaynight. "I'm very proud of the organizers and the loyalty shown by allprovinces toward this country during the event. When this nation isin crisis and ...
Greene Makes 100-200 Double
Jul 01, 2000 ... Maurice Greene of the United States won both the 100 meters andthe 200 meters at the Golden Gala here on Friday. Greene dashed home first over 100 meters with a time of 9.97seconds, 0.18 seconds slower than his world record time of 9.79 setin Athens in 1999. Greene, who won ...
Lankan Government Grants Credit to Poor
Jul 01, 2000 ... The Sri Lankan Samurdhi Banks have granted credit amounting to16.8 million U.S. dollars to the poor to launch self-employmentprojects to raise their income level, the official Daily Newsreported Saturday. The banks which set up by the government in 1995, had grantedthis amount of ...
Ranks Second in IDUs in Asia
Jul 01, 2000 ... There are 20,000 intravenous drug users (IDUs) in Nepal, thesecond highest in Asia after India, according to Nepali healthexperts. "Among 50,000 drug abusers in Nepal, there are almost 20,000IDUs,of which 40.4 percent are HIV-positive," said Dr. T. N.Jha,director of the National ...
Flag Raising Ceremony Marks HKSAR's Third Anniversary
Jul 01, 2000 ... A grand flag raising ceremony was held here this morning to markthe third anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong SpecialAdministrative Region ( HKSAR) of China. Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa, along with over 1,000 Hong Kongresidents from all walks of life, attended the ...
Jews Convicted in Iran for Spying TEHRAN, July 1
Jul 01, 2000 ... Ten of the 13 Jews tried on charges of spying for Israel havebeen sentenced to fines, lashes and jail terms while the other threeacquitted, a senior judicial official said ...
Defeats Bangladesh-Myanmar Border Trade Purpose
Jul 01, 2000 ... Well-knit smugglers' chains along the Bangladesh-Myanmar borderhave defeated the purpose of border trade between the two countries,according to the Financial Express on Saturday. The border trade between the two countries came into effect in1995 with the major objective of ...
Foodgrain production Touches Record
Jul 01, 2000 ... India's foodgrain production touched a record 205.91 million tonsin 1999-2000 fiscal year ended on March 2000, compared to 203.04million tons in the previous year. According to the ministry of agriculture, wheat productionrecorded an all-time high of 74.25 million tons during ...
Convicted in Iran for Spying1st lead TEHRAN, July 1
Jul 01, 2000 ... Ten of the 13 Jews tried on charges of spying for Israel havebeen sentenced to fines, lashes and jail terms while the other threeacquitted, a senior judicial official said Saturday. Hossein Ali Amiri, the provincial judiciary chief of Farsprovince where the trial has been held, did ...
Major News Items in Leading Kenyan Newspapers
Jul 01, 2000 ... The following are majore news items in leading Kenyan newspapersSaturday: Kenya Times: Chiefs and their assistants would not be among the 9,500 civil servants in the Office of the President to be axed in Kenya, aspanic gripped the service ahead of the retrenchment which got ...
Facts and Figures: China's Exports to Chile from January to May
Jul 01, 2000 ... Following are the latest facts and figures on China's majorexport commodities to Chile from January to May of 2000, provided bythe General Administration of Customs: Textile material and products: 107.845 million U.S. dollars. Machines, electronic goods, audiovisual ...
Facts and Figures: China's Exports to Brazil from January to May
Jul 01, 2000 ... Following are the latest facts and figures on China's majorexport commodities to Brazil from January to May this year, providedby the General Administration of Customs: Machines, electronic goods, audiovisual equipment and relevantparts and accessories: 164.799 million U.S ....
Facts and Figures: China's Exports to Argentina from January to May
Jul 01, 2000 ... Following are the latest facts and figures on China's majorexport commodities to Argentina from January to May of this year,provided by the General Administration of Customs: Machines, electronic goods, audiovisual equipment and relevantparts and accessories: 60.651 million ...
Facts and Figures: China's Exports to U.S. from January to May
Jul 01, 2000 ... Following are the latest facts and figures on China's majorexport commodities to the United States from January to May of thisyear, provided by the General Administration of Customs: Machines, electronic goods, audiovisual equipment and relevantparts and accessories: 5.889 billion ...
Facts and Figures: China's Exports to Canada from January to May
Jul 01, 2000 ... Following are the latest facts and figures on China's majorexport commodities to Canada from January to May of this year,provided by the General Administration of Customs: Machines, electronic goods, audiovisual equipment and ...
Facts and Figures: China's Exports to N.Z. from January to May
Jul 01, 2000 ... Following are the latest facts and figures on China's majorexport commodities to New Zealand from January to May this year,provided by the General Administration of Customs: Textile material and products: 71.201 million U.S. dollars. Machines, electronic goods, audiovisual ...
Facts and Figures: China's Exports to Australia from January to May
Jul 01, 2000 ... Following are the latest facts and figures on China's majorexport commodities to Australia from January to May of this year,provided by the General Administration of Customs: Textile material and products: 455.532 million U.S ....
Facts and Figures: China's Imports from U.S. from January to May
Jul 01, 2000 ... Following are the latest facts and figures on China's main importcommodities from the U.S. from January to May this year, released bythe General Administration of Customs: Machinery and electronic products and audiovisual equipment andrelevant parts and accessories: 3,495.235 ...
Facts and Figures: China's Imports from Canada from January to May
Jul 01, 2000 ... Following are the latest facts and figures on China's main importcommodities from Canada from January to May this year, released bythe General Administration of Customs: Pulp, paper and cardboard: 299.181 million U.S. dollars. Machinery and electronic products ...
Facts and Figures: China's Imports from Australia from January to May
Jul 01, 2000 ... Following are the latest facts and figures on China's main importcommodities from Australia from January to May this year, releasedby the General Administration of Customs: Mining products: 511.644 million U.S ....
Major News Items in Leading South African Newspapers
Jul 01, 2000 ... Following are major news items in leading South Africannewspapers on Saturday:Saturday Star South Africa stands to gain billions of dollars if its bid tohost the 2006 soccer World Cup is successful next ...
Thailand Bids Farewell to Economic Crisis by Yuan Li
Jul 01, 2000 ... Just prior to the third anniversary of the eruption of the Asianfinancial crisis, Thailand heard one after another good newsassuring of its economic recovery. On June 19, Thailand formally "graduated" from the three-year-old International Monetary Fund (IMF) supported program ....