Xinhua News Agency back issues from Friday, September 29:
Abbreviations of Olympic Delegations
Sep 29, 2000 ... Following are the abbreviations of the participating countriesand regions for the Sydney Olympic Games: GRE - Greece ALB - Albania ALG - Algeria ASA - American Samoa AND - Andorra ANG - Angola ANT - Antigua and Barbuda ARG - ...
Top Ranked Handball Teams Ready for Semifinals
Sep 29, 2000 ... Russia, Yugoslavia, Spain and Sweden, the top four teams in themen's handball tournament, are now ready for the semifinals of theSydney men's handball tournament scheduled on Friday. Russia, ranked second in the world, will meet Yugoslavia, thethird ranked team. Spain, the fourth ...
Market Exchange Rates
Sep 29, 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 ...
Mexican Tourism Income Up
Sep 29, 2000 ... Tourism in Mexico brought in 4.32 billion U.S. dollars in thefirst half of this year, up 11. 3 percent over the same period in1999. According to the Secretariat of Tourism, the income came from ...
Robert Korzeniowski of Poland Wins Men's 50km Walk
Sep 29, 2000 ... Robert Korzeniowski of Poland won the title of the men's 50kmwalk in a time of 3:42.22. ...
Venezuela Proposes Discussion on Iraq Embargo
Sep 29, 2000 ... Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez proposed discussing the U.N.embargo on Iraq at the second summit of the Organization ofPetroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on Thursday. At the summit plenary session on Wednesday evening, Iraqi VicePresident Taha Yassin Ramadan asked summit ...
Kournikova into 3rd Round after Petrova Retires due to Injury
Sep 29, 2000 ... Anna Kournikova of Russia recovered from losing the opening set 6-1 to compatriot Nadedja Petrova to reach the third round of theLuxembourg Open on Thursday. Petrova retired 4-1 behind Kournikova in the third set with athigh injury. Kournikova had recovered ...
Highlights of Major Beijing-Based Newspapers
Sep 29, 2000 ... Following are highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers: "People's Daily" Chinese President Jiang Zemin yesterday congratulated the Chinesesports delegation at the ongoing Sydney Olympic Games on theexcellent achievements the athletes have made so far. In a message ...
China Art Festival Unveiled in Chinese "Broadway"
Sep 29, 2000 ... Had it not been for the traditional Chinese costumes, thesettings, and the black-haired ladies, most people would take it forgranted that the grand performance staged here this evening was atypical Broadway show. Dressed in splendid costumes, the slim-figured ladies moved inthe ...
News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)
Sep 29, 2000 ... Following are news items from the Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua inHong Kong Thursday: Thai Bourse Down 5.63 Points Kuala Lumpur Stocks Close Lower HK Stocks Slightly Down Weather Information for Asian-Pacific Cities Medical Informatics Key to Health Care: ...
Japan Provides Grant Assistance to Nepal
Sep 29, 2000 ... The Japanese government has provided a financial assistance of74,279 dollars to Patan municipality for the implementation ofenvironmental improvement programs. An agreement to this effect was signed Thursday by JapaneseAmbassador to Nepal Mitsuaki Kojima and Mayor of Patan ...
Russia to Reduce Army Servicemen by 350,000 in 3 Years
Sep 29, 2000 ... Russia has decided to cut its armed forces personnel by over350,000 in the coming three years from 2001 to 2003, a seniorRussian military official said here Thursday. "The reduction of Russia's armed forces personnel is inevitable,because we are in a situation in which external ...
WHO, EU to Fight Jointly for Further Tobacco Control
Sep 29, 2000 ... The World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Union (EU)said Thursday that they are committed to jointly strengtheningtobacco control in the future. "Governments should not support measures that advertise orglamorize tobacco products. We must do all we can to protect ...
National Day Reception for HK, Macao, Taiwan Compatriots
Sep 29, 2000 ... A National Day reception was held today for compatriots from HongKong, Macao and Taiwan and representatives of overseas Chinese andvarious ethnic groups in China. Over 900 guests, including Li Ruihuan, chairman of the NationalCommittee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative ...
Results of Joao Havelange Cup Soccer
Sep 29, 2000 ... Following are results of midweek matches played in the JoaoHavelange Cup, the competition which has replaced the Brazilianchampionship this year: Botafogo tied Vitoria 0-0 Santa Cruz bt Juventude 2-1 Portuguesa lost to Guarani 2-3 Ponte Preta bt Sport Recife ...
Roundup: Angolan GVPT Tightens Grips up Rebels in Eastern Border Region
Sep 29, 2000 ... Angolan government troops's recent take-over of the eastern townof Cazombo has further tightened its grips on the rebels of theNational Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), who arefacing a complete defeat. Before the government's take-over, Cazombo was the last ...
Dutch Rider Zijlaard Aims at Another Gold
Sep 29, 2000 ... Dutch rider Leontien Zijlaard will have another chance to provethat she is not only the strongest rider at the Sydney Olympic, butalso the most versatile. The women's individual time trial will be held on Saturday overtwo laps of a 15.2kg circuit in Sydney's eastern suburbs. The ...
Australia Favored to Wins Women's Hockey Gold Medal
Sep 29, 2000 ... The Australian women's team is favored to win the gold medalclash with Argentina in the Olympics women's hockey tournament onFriday. Australia has been the in-form team all tournament and itsstrikers have really shown what they are capable of in the lastcouple of matches. But ...
Russia, Japan Battle for Synchronized Swimming Team Title
Sep 29, 2000 ... Russia will try to legitimise its status as world champion at theOlympic Games as it moves into the free routine portion of thesynchronized swimming team event on Friday. The Russian swimmers hold a 0.70 points lead Japan afterThursday's technical team program. The Russian team ...
Sao Paulo Stocks Close Higher
Sep 29, 2000 ... Stocks on Brazil's Sao Paulo Securities Exchange, the largest inLatin America, closed higher on Thursday with the key Bovespa Indexincreasing 1.04 percent to 16,013 points from Wednesday's 15,848. Dealers ...
Mexican Stocks Close Higher
Sep 29, 2000 ... The Mexican Stock Exchange closed higher Thursday, with thebenchmark IPC index surging 106.92 points, or 1.68 percent, to6,475.46. Dealers exchanged 64.685 million shares worth 138.728 million U.S ....
Argentine Stocks Close Higher
Sep 29, 2000 ... The stocks on the Buenos Aires Exchange closed higher Thursday,with the leading Merval Index rising 0.92 percent to 477.48 pointsfrom Wednesday's 473. 09. The turnover was 52.179 million U.S. dollars against 49.3 milliondollars in the ...
Chilean Stocks Close Higher
Sep 29, 2000 ... The IPSA index of 40 leading Chilean companies climbed 0.61percent to 98.03 points on Thursday, still below the 100 pointswhere it started this year. The broader IGPA index also showed an upward trend, rising 0.23percent to 4841.28 points, while the ADRIAN index, which ...
Unemployment Rate Up in Chile
Sep 29, 2000 ... The unemployment rate in Chile reached 10.6 percent during theperiod from June to August this year, the National Statistics Agency(CNSA) said Thursday. The figure is 0.3 percentage points higher than that of the May-July period this year. In Santiago Metropolitan and ...
Luxembourg Open Women's Tennis Tournament Results
Sep 29, 2000 ... Results at the Luxembourg Open women's tennis tournament onThursday (prefix number denotes seeding): Second round: 2-Anna Kournikova, Russia, beat Nadejda Petrova, Russia, 1-6, 7-5, 4-1 (Petrova retired injured) 3-Jennifer Capriati, United States, bt Maria Sanchez ...
Perec Tells What Happened
Sep 29, 2000 ... French track star Marie-Jose Perec broke her silence Thursday andsought to explain how fear drove her from Sydney. In an interview broadcast on France-2 television, Perec said sheregretted her decision to flee Australia but said it was not worthcompeting in the conditions she ...
OPEC to Hold Summit Every 5 Years
Sep 29, 2000 ... The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) hasdecided to hold a summit in every five years, Venezuelan PresidentHugo Chavez said Thursday at the end of the second OPEC summit. Venezuela holds the OPEC presidency. The Caracas Declaration signed Thursday by all 11 ...
Korzeniowski Walks Away with Second Gold
Sep 29, 2000 ... Robert Korzeniowski of Poland completed doubled up at the SydneyOlympics with victory Friday in the 50km event. Korzeniowski, who won the 20km walk last week when BernardoSegura was disqualified after crossing the finish line first, wonthe 50km walk in 3 hours, 42 ...
Results of Athletics Men's 50km Walk Final
Sep 29, 2000 ... Following are the results of the athletics men's 50km walk finalat the Olympic Games here on Friday: 1. Robert Korzeniowski, POL, 3:42:22 2. Aigars Fadejevs, LAT, 3:43:40 3. Joel Sanchez, MEX, ...
Major News Items in Leading Philippine Newspapers
Sep 29, 2000 ... The following are major news items in leading Philippinenewspapers Friday. Today: The Philippine government said Thursday that the search-and-destroy operation against the ransom-rich Abu Sayyaf bandits isproving to be more difficult than expected. The Philippine ...
Brazil Announces New Airplane Sales in Europe
Sep 29, 2000 ... Brazilian aeronautics company "Embraer" received 14 orders andsigned 11 letters of intent for ERJ 145s and ERJ 135LRs airplanesduring the European Regional Aviation Operators meeting heldrecently in Switzerland, according to an Embraer statement releasedon Thursday. "These new ...
Major News Items in Leading Japanese Newspapers
Sep 29, 2000 ... Following are major news items in leading Japanese newspapersFriday. Asahi: Japan's 67 local governments will either exempt or reduce nursingcare insurance premiums for the elderly in low-income bracket. Yomiuri: The Justice Ministry plans to introduce a ...
Netherlands Beat Slovakia 9-8 in Waterpolo
Sep 29, 2000 ... Following is the men's Olympic waterpolo classification result ...
Colombia Seizes One Ton of Cocaine
Sep 29, 2000 ... The Colombian National Navy, together with the U.S. Marines,seized a speedboat carrying 1,000 kilogram of cocaine ininternational waters across Colombia's Pacific coast. Five Colombians and one Nicaraguan were detained, according to acommunique from the National Navy released on ...
Anti-Govt Armed Group Members Surrender in Myanmar
Sep 29, 2000 ... Fifty-two members from four anti-government armed groups inMyanmar laid down their arms to the government forces in August,official newspaper The New Light of Myanmar reported Friday. These members of the Shan-State United Revolutionary Army (SURA), Chin National Army (CNA), All ...
Fairly Strong Quake Hits Eastern Japan
Sep 29, 2000 ... A fairly strong earthquake measuring 4.6 on the open-endedRichter scale jolted Kanagawa Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Fridaymorning, the Meteorological Agency said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from ...
Cambodian AIDS Education Spurred by Canadian Grant
Sep 29, 2000 ... Thanks to a 730,000 grant the Canadian government has made toWorld Vision, as many as 5,000 young Cambodian adults will get achance to learn about AIDS and how to avoid it, "The Cambodia Daily"reported Friday. Dr. Oum Sopheap, who heads the AIDS Prevention and Care Projectat ...
Chinese Premier Meets Italian Chamber President
Sep 29, 2000 ... Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji met with President Luciano Violante ofItalian Chamber of Deputies this morning. The meeting is still going on at press ...
Korzeniowski Wins His Second Gold of Olympic Athletics
Sep 29, 2000 ... Poland's Robert Korzeniowski won the men's 50 kilometers walkrace on Friday to capture his second gold medal at the SydneyOlympic Games. Korzeniowski, winner of the Atlanta Olympics, clocked a time ofthree hour 42 minutes and 22 seconds for the gold, his country'sthird at the ...
Results of Water Polo Men's Classifications
Sep 29, 2000 ... Following are the results of the water polo men's classificationsat the ...
Romanian Olympic Chief to Resign
Sep 29, 2000 ... Ion Tiriac said Friday he will quit as president of the RomanianOlympic Committee. Tiriac said he would step down in "two or three weeks" because hehad introduced the harsh life-ban policy for any Romanian athleteguilty of doping and to remain in his post after backing ...
Poland's Walker Wins Second Gold Medal
Sep 29, 2000 ... Defending champion Robert Korzeniowski won his second gold medalwhen he added the men's 50 kilometers walk gold Friday to his firstone in the men's 20 kilometers at the Olympic Games. Korzeniowski, who took the gold at the Atlanta Olympics, clockeda time of three hours, 42 minutes ...
Hong Kong Stocks Open Higher
Sep 29, 2000 ... Hong Kong stocks gained 217. 24 points, or 1.41 percent, to openat 15,632.99 ...
Myanmar's Customs Duties Income Up in Six Months
Sep 29, 2000 ... Myanmar received 465 million U. S. dollars from customs duties inthe first six months of this year, 17.84 percent more than thatobtained in the same period of 1999, according to the latest figuresreleased by the country's Central Statistical Organization. The main source of ...
Indonesian Prosecutors to Fight Soeharto Court Rulings
Sep 29, 2000 ... Indonesian Attorney General Marzuki Darusman said stateprosecutors would appeal against the verdict of a panel of SouthJakarta District Court judges dismissing the corruption case againstthe former President Soeharto. The South Jakarta District Court dropped on Thursday ...
Indonesia Begins Operations to Disarm E. Timorese Militias
Sep 29, 2000 ... The Indonesian government started operations on Thursday todisarm East Timorese militias in West Timor. Coordinating Minister for Political, Social and Security AffairsSusilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that police and military personnel hadbeen deployed to refugee camps in West Timor ...
Results of Basketball Women's Classifications
Sep 29, 2000 ... Following are the results of the basketball women'sclassificationss at the ...
Mexico's Income to Soar From Oil Exports
Sep 29, 2000 ... Soaring oil prices will help bring an extra 4 billion U.S.dollars to Mexico's oil revenue this year, said an official with thestate oil company. An increase of crude exports will also make this year a moreprofitable year for the country's oil industry, which is the world's ...
Clinton Meets Dutch Prime Minister
Sep 29, 2000 ... U.S. President Bill Clinton held talks with visiting Dutch PrimeMinister Wim Kok at the White House on Thursday to discuss an arrayof issues including trade and drug-trafficking. P.J. Crowley, spokesman for the National Security Council, saidthe two leaders agreed that lingering ...
Book Series Published to Popularize Laws
Sep 29, 2000 ... The first ten books of law popularization series, prefaced by LiPeng, chairman of the Standing Committee of China's NationalPeople's Congress (NPC), debuted on book stands today. The series was written and compiled by the experts invited by theNPC Standing Committee, China's top ...
Poland Wins Third Olympic Athletics Gold in Sydney
Sep 29, 2000 ... Poland's defending champion Robert Korzeniowski won the country'sthrid athletics gold medal in the ongoing Games after taking hissecond gold in the men's 50 kilometers walk Korzeniowski, winner of the men's 20 kilometers September 22,clocked a time of three hours 42 minutes and 22 ...
Major News Items in Leading Indian Newspapers
Sep 29, 2000 ... The following are major news items in leading Indian newspapersFriday. The Hindu: Accusing Pakistan-backed terrorist organizations of sabotagingpeace talks in Jammu and Kashmir, Indian Prime Minister Atal BihariVajpayee said on Thursday that there was no dilution of ...
Major News Items in Leading Pakistani English Newspapers
Sep 29, 2000 ... The following are major news items in leading Pakistani Englishnewspapers on Friday. The News: Pakistani Chief Executive General Pervez Musharraf on Thursdayurged India to reduce atrocities in occupied Kashmir and begin talksfor finding a peaceful settlement of the Kashmir ...
Collated UEFA Cup 1st Round, Second Leg Results (1)
Sep 29, 2000 ... Collated UEFA Cup first round, second leg results on Thursday: In Krakow: Wisla Krakow, Poland, beat Real Zaragoza, Spain, 4-1 First leg: 1-4. Aggregate 5-5 after extra time. Wisla win 4-3 on penalties In Liberec: Slovan Liberec, Czech Republic, bt ...
Security Steps Ready for ASEAN Meeting in Thailand
Sep 29, 2000 ... Security measures is now ready for the upcoming 32nd Meeting ofAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Economic Ministers tobe held between October 1 and 7 in Chiang Mai, Thailand, 700kilometers north of here, Thai police authorities said here Friday. Security steps have ...
Jiangsu Provincial Leader Hopes for More Sister-Cities (2)
Sep 29, 2000 ... "Sister-city relationships have played a role in promotingpersonal friendships linking Jiangsu and foreign local authoritiesand pushing ahead with Jiangsu's opening-up drive," Wang said.During the conference, Wang held separate meetings with more than 20foreign local leaders, discussing ...
Xinhua World News Summary at 1600 GMT, September 28
Sep 29, 2000 ... The Yugoslav federal electoral commission on Thursday officiallyannounced that incumbent president Slobodan Milosevic and oppositioncandidate Vojislav Kostunica have taken the lead in the presidentialelections but both failed to get the legal 50 percent, and apresidential election ...
Xinhua World News Summary at 0030 GMT, September 29
Sep 29, 2000 ... The Arab League on Thursday condemned the visit by Israeli right-wing Likud leader Ariel Sharon and some of the Likud legislators tothe Temple Mount in Jerusalem earlier in the day. The pan-Araborganization in its statement warned of grave consequences of"continued and deliberate Israeli ...
Mexico's Income to Soar From Oil Exports
Sep 29, 2000 ... Soaring oil prices will help bring an extra 4 billion U.S.dollars to Mexico's oil revenue this year, said an official with thestate oil company. An increase of crude exports will also make this year a moreprofitable year for the country's oil industry, which is the world's ...
Timetable for Olympic Gold Medals on September 30
Sep 29, 2000 ... Following are the timetable for the 41 Olympic gold medals to becontested on September 30, the penultimate day competitions of theSydney Olympic Games ( numbers in brackets, all local time): Canoeing (6): Men's K1 1,000m (9:00) Men's C1 1,000m (9:15) Women's K4 ...
Standings of Olympic Women's Europe Fleet Sailing
Sep 29, 2000 ... Following are the overall standings of the women's Europe fleetraces in the Olympic sailing after 10 races on Friday: 1. Shirley Robertson (Britain) 34.00 2. Margriet Matthysse (Netherlands)38.00 3. Serena Amato (Argentina)43.00 4. Neus ...
Standings of Open Laser Olympic Sailing
Sep 29, 2000 ... Following are the overall standings of the Olympic sailing OpenLaser after 10 races on Friday: 1. Robert Scheidt (Brazil) 25.00 2. Ben Ainslie (Britain) 34.00 3. Michael Blackburn (Australia) 48.00 4. Gustavo Lima ...
HK Stocks Higher at Midday
Sep 29, 2000 ... Hong Kong stocks rose 266. 45 points, or 1.73 percent, to finishFriday's morning session at ...
Foreign Exchange Rates in Pakistan
Sep 29, 2000 ... The following are major foreign exchange rates against thePakistani rupee issued by the National Bank of Pakistan onWednesday: Selling Buying Buying TT & OD TT CleanOD/T.CHQ U.S. dollar 58.700 58.200 58.284 British pound ...
Thailand to Pre-Pay ADB Loans
Sep 29, 2000 ... Thailand plans to pre-pay over 500 million U.S. dollars of loansto the Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) ahead of theirscheduled maturity, Thai government said in a report Friday. The government will first raise funds through new syndicated anddomestic loans to repay 186 ...