Xinhua News Agency back issues from Sunday, February 11:
Results of Swedish Rally
Feb 11, 2001 ... Following are the results from the Swedish world championshiprally after Saturday's 12 special stages: 1. Harri Rovanpera,Finland, Peugeot, 2 hours, 33 minutes, 9.9 seconds 2. TommiMakinen, Finland, Mitsubishi, 7.3 seconds behind 3. ThomasRadstrom, Sweden, Mitsubishi, 12.4 4 ....
Results of World Cup Luge
Feb 11, 2001 ... Following are the results from World Cup luge at Park City, Utah,on Saturday: Artificial track singles: 1. Armin Zoeggeler,Italy, 1 minute, 29.391 seconds (44.590;44.801) 2. Markus Prock,Austria, 1:29.557 (44.685; 44.872) 3. Johan Rousseau, France,1:29.798 (44.815; 44.983) 4 ....
Storm Leaves 11 Dead in Canada
Feb 11, 2001 ... A weekend storm killed 11 people on the roads of Quebec, leaving260,000 others in the French-speaking province of Canada out ofpower, media reports here said Saturday. Five people were killedin a series of crashes after freezing rain made the province's roadstreacherous Friday. Another ...
Fairly Strong Quake Hits Western Japan
Feb 11, 2001 ... A fairly strong earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scalejolted a wide area of western Japan on Sunday morning, theMeteorological Agency said.There were no immediate reports ofdamage or injuries. The quake, which occurred at ...
World Bank Offers Loan to Peru
Feb 11, 2001 ... The World Bank has granted a 300 million U.S. dollar loan toPeru, press reports here said on Saturday, quoting Peruvian Ministerof Economy Javier Silva. The loan will be used to repay Peru'sforeign debt and solve its financial problems, said Silva, who heldtalks with World ...
Roundup: Moskalenko Wins Second Straight, Russia Dominate Cross- country
Feb 11, 2001 ... Olga Moskalenko snatched her second title in two days to leadRussia to a clean sweep of all the four cross-country gold medals onoffer till Saturday at the 20th Winter Universiade here in Zakopane,SouthernPoland. Olga Moskalenko, winner of the Games' first goldin the ...
Japanese Fishing Boat Sinks, Leaving 1 Dead, 6 Missing
Feb 11, 2001 ... One crewman died and six other went missing Saturday night aftera Japanese fishing boat sank in stormy waters off Iwaki, FukushimaPrefecture, northeast of Tokyo,Kyodo News reported Sunday. Sixpatrol boats and three aircraft were mobilized to search for themissing crew, the report said, ...
Sea Patrol Intensified Near Singapore Waters, Officer Says
Feb 11, 2001 ... A high-ranking officer of Singapore's Police Coast Guard (PCG)has said that sea patrol has been intensified for maritime safetynear Singapore waters in the wake of recent pirate attacks there. English newspaper The Straits Times Sunday quoted PCG's DeputySuperintendent Hsu Sin Yun as ...
Taipei Mayor Visits Hong Kong
Feb 11, 2001 ... Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou and his delegation arrived here Sundaymorning for a four-day visit. Invited by the Hong Kong PolicyResearch Institute (HKPRI), Ma will attend the fifth anniversary ofthe HKPRI and the Two-City Forum organized by the HKPRI and theTaiwan Research Institute. ...
Zambia, Angola, Namibia to Work for Common Border Security
Feb 11, 2001 ... Zambian, Angola and Namibia have agreed on measures to set upsecurity along their common borders, the Sunday Times of Zambianewspaper reported. According to the newspaper, the presidents ofthe three countries agreed on security measures at a tripartitemeeting heldin Luanda on Saturday ....
Malaria Outbreak Hits Central Kenya
Feb 11, 2001 ... About 200 Kenyans have been admitted to hospital in central Kenyawhile at least two others died on Saturday following an outbreak ofmalaria in Embu districtof Eastern Province. But theses figuresare hard to confirm as all gates to the ...
India's Inflation Dips Marginally
Feb 11, 2001 ... India's inflation rate fell by a mere 0.08 percentage points to8.21 percent during the week ended January 27, despite costliermanufactured products, an official release said here on Sunday. The inflation rate, based on the Wholesale Price Index for allcommodities, had hovered over eight ...
Chinese, Canadian PMs Start Formal Talks
Feb 11, 2001 ... Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji andvisiting Canadian Prime MinisterJean Chretien started formal talks at the Great Hall of the PeopleSunday afternoon. The talks are still going on at press time. Prior to the talks, Zhu presided over a grand ...
Kuwait Stock Exchange Index Up
Feb 11, 2001 ... Kuwait Stock Exchange indexclosed at 1,362.9 points on Sunday, up5.9 points from Saturday's finish. The ...
Ethiopia, Djibouti Agree on Port Tariffs
Feb 11, 2001 ... Ethiopia and Djibouti havereached an agreement to slightly reducethe recently adjusted porttariffs that would be effective on March1, 2001, the Capital weekly reported Sunday. The agreement wassigned on Saturday after two days of officialdiscussion here betweenDjibouti Foreign Minister ...
MIG 21 of Indian Air Force Crashes
Feb 11, 2001 ... A MIG 21 aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed near India-Pakistan border in west India's Gujarat state on Saturday, the PressTrust of India (PTI) reported on Sunday. The plane crashed nearNalia Air Force ...
Yugoslavia Not to Extradite Milosevic, Premier Says
Feb 11, 2001 ... Yugoslav Prime Minister Zoran Zizic said on Saturday that formerPresident Slobodan Milosevic will not be handed over to the UnitedNations Hague Tribunal as long as he remains federal prime minister."It is degrading for a country to extradite its former president tothe war crimes ...
Swedish Rally Final Positions
Feb 11, 2001 ... are the final positionas of the Swedish Rally which finished allit's 17 specialstage competitions in Karlstad, Sweden, on Sunday: 1. Harri Rovanpera, Finland, Peugeot, 3 hour 27 minutes 1.1 seconds 2. Thomas Radstrom, Sweden, Mitsubishi, 27.9 seconds behind3.Carlos Sainz, Spain, ...
Overcrowded Dhaka Central Jail Begets Crimes, Diseases
Feb 11, 2001 ... Inmates of the Dhaka Central Jail, burdened with prisoners threetimes of its capacity, are facing the threat of being infected withvarious diseases, said a survey report of the Bangladesh Society forEnforcement of Human Rights (BSEHR). It found that the prisonersare being increasingly ...
Xinhua Photo List for February 11
Feb 11, 2001 ... Following is the photo list for February 11 released by Xinhua: 1. Chinese government is trying every possible means to helpherdsmen stranded by blizzards in northern parts of the XinjiangUygur Autonomous Region tide over the frigid winter: a. PLAdoctors diagnose for local ...
Tehran Stock Exchange Index Closes Up
Feb 11, 2001 ... The general price index at Tehran Stock Exchange on Sunday closedat 2864.91 points, up 8.14 points from Wednesday finish. A totalof 4,342,873 shares changed ...
Domestic News Items From Xinhua
Feb 11, 2001 ... Following are the domestic news items released by Xinhua Sunday: Guangdong Sets Export Growth TargetRotavirus Bacterin Developedin ChinaChinese Science News: Weekly Highlights (1)ChineseScience News: Weekly Highlights (2)Guangdong in Bid to ProtectArable LandNatural ...
Xinhua World News Summary at 1600 GMT, February 11
Feb 11, 2001 ... Yugoslav Prime Minister ZoranZizic said on Saturday that formerPresident Slobodan Milosevic will not be ...
Road Accident Leaves 7 Dead, 4 Injured in Iran
Feb 11, 2001 ... An accident involving two vehicles on Kazeroun-Shiraz road inIran's southern Fars province left seven people dead and fourinjured on Sunday. The accident happened during heavy rain when atruck collided head on with a incoming automobile, said an officialin the provincial law ...
U.S., British Air Attacks Injure Seven: Spokesman
Feb 11, 2001 ... The United States and British warplanes bombed southern IraqSunday and injured seven civilians, an Iraqi military spokesman saidSunday evening. In a statement carried by the official Iraqi NewsAgency (INA), the spokesman said that at 7:50 (0450 GMT) and 15:10(1210 GMT) local time, the ...
Israel, Palestinians Exchange Fire in South Jerusalem
Feb 11, 2001 ... Israeli forces Sunday eveningresponded strongly to Palestiniangunmen who shot at the Israeli settlement of Gilo in southernJerusalem from the opposite Palestinian village of Beit Jalla,Israeli TV reported. The shooting took place after a month ofcalm.Gilo is a Jewish neighborhood ...
Middle East Economic Briefs
Feb 11, 2001 ... The following are economic briefsfrom Middle East countries.CAIRO Egypt is making efforts to set up a mechanism to increase thecountry's textile and clothes exports to the U.S., thestate-runMiddle East News Agency reported Sunday. Mohamed Hamdi Salem,chairman of the executive body ...
150 Italian Cities Enjoy Carless Sunday
Feb 11, 2001 ... February 11 is the first carless Sunday across Italy this year,in which 150 cities closed off areas of their centers for people towalk, jog, cycle, roller-blade, ride and breathe air that washopefully a little cleaner. In Italy, from this year it isestablished as rule that every month ...
Economic Slowdown Shadows Toy Fair
Feb 11, 2001 ... U.S. economic slowdown casts a shadow over the 98th AmericanInternational Toy Fair, which opened in New York Sunday. Theworld's premier toy show, held in the Jacob K. Javits ConventionCenter and Toy District showrooms, hosts nearly 2,000 toy companiesfrom more than 100 countries and ...
Results of Olympic Icehockey Qualifying Match
Feb 11, 2001 ... Following are the results ofthe Olympic Icehockey qualifyingmatches at Sunday: Group A in Oslo of Norway: Byelorussia beat Norway 7-3 (0-0, 4-2, 3-1) ...
Results of English Open Table Tennis Tournament
Feb 11, 2001 ... Following are the results at the English Open table tennistournament here Saturday (prefix number denotes seeding): Men's singles third round: 1-Wang Liqin, China, bt 13-Lucjan Blaszczyk, Poland, 21-18, 21-18, 21-18 Chen Weixing, China, bt 6-Peter Karlsson, Sweden, ...
Guangdong Sets Export Growth Target
Feb 11, 2001 ... Guangdong Province, China's forerunner of the reform and open-updrive, has set its export growth rate goal at nine percent for thisyear. Liang Weifa, director of the provincial foreign trade andeconomic cooperation bureau, told Xinhua in an interview thatwiththe pre-set export ...
Xinhua World News Summary at 0030 GMT, February 11
Feb 11, 2001 ... ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia will start pulling out its troops next weekfrom the southern Eritrean town of Senafe to the border of theTemporary Security Zone (TSZ), the official Ethiopian News Agencyreported Saturday. The withdrawal was in accordance with the agreement reachedbetween ...
Rotavirus Bacterin Developed in China
Feb 11, 2001 ... China has become the second country in the world to haverotavirus bacterin following the United States. The oral rotavirus bacterin developed by the Biological ResearchInstitute of Lanzhou, northwest China's Gansu Province, has beenwidely used across China, sources said. The ...
Chinese Science News: Weekly Highlights (1)
Feb 11, 2001 ... The following are highlightsof major science stories Xinhuareleased in the past week: China's Top Satellite Developer to Become High-tech Firm China's leading spacecraft and satellite developer has announcedit plans to become a high-tech firm by 2005 to improve itscapability ...
Chinese Science News: Weekly Highlights (2)
Feb 11, 2001 ... Chinese Science News: Weekly Highlights (2) Chinese Scientists Observe Molecular Structure Chinese scientists have moved one step forward in analyzingthemakeup of a molecule byfor the first time in the world,successfully taking images of the chemical bonds of atoms in asingle ...
Bulgarian Customs Officers Seize 189 Kilograms of Heroin
Feb 11, 2001 ... Bulgarian customs officers seized 189.37 kilograms of heroin atthe Kapitan Andreevo check point on the border with Turkey Saturdaymorning, said the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency. The contraband, which was in 321 packs of 0.5 to one kilogrameach, was found during a routine check of a ...
Guangdong in Bid to Protect Arable Land
Feb 11, 2001 ... South China's prosperous province of Guangdong has managed tocurb the shrinkage of arable land by rationalizing land use andreclaiming wasteland. Relevant administrative departments of the province wererequested to participate in working out the best plans for land usebefore ...
Veteran Ma Wenge on Course to Retain English Open Champion
Feb 11, 2001 ... Defending champion MaWenge and world number one Wang Liqin, bothof China, advanced to the semifinals of the 64th British Open tabletennis tournament here on Saturday but Sweden's all-time great Jan-Ove Waldner made an early exit in the third round. Ma, 32, a former member of ...
Traffic Accident Kills 28 People in Guatemala
Feb 11, 2001 ... At least 28 were killed and 30 others injured when a bus collidedwith a trailer Saturday morningin southern Guatemala, said reportsreaching here from Guatemala City. The National Civil Police of Guatemala said the road accidentoccurred at 7:10 a.m. local time (1310 ...
Natural Gas to Benefit Energy-Short Ningbo
Feb 11, 2001 ... Natural gas from Chunxiao Oil and Gas Field on the East ChinaSea, some 300 kilometers to the east of Ningbo in eastern ZhejiangProvince will hopefully be introduced into the city in 2001, it waslearnt recently. The oil and gas field has natural gas reserves of 40 to 45billion ...
Old Industrial Base Aims at Open Economy
Feb 11, 2001 ... Liaoning Province in northeast China, an old and pivotalindustrial base, will try to establish an open economy within thecoming five years through all-round foreign cooperation, said vicegovernor Gao Guozhu. The province, where will encourage foreign investment, foreigntrade, ...
Status of Indonesia's Mount Merapi's Activity Rises
Feb 11, 2001 ... The status of Mount Merapi in Indonesia's Central Java was raisedfrom "watch" to "alert" level,according to head of the VolcanoTechnology Research and Development Syamsul Rizal. The 2,968-meter high Mount Merapi, about 377 kilometers eastofJakarta, erupted at dawn on Saturday and ...
Chinese Scientists Clone Opaline Tooth Gene
Feb 11, 2001 ... Chinese scientists recently declared that they have succeeded incloning the gene of the type II hereditary opaline tooth, bringinghope to diagnosis and treatment of the disease. The achievement marks a major step forward in China's research incloning genes of hereditary ...
East China Province Cementing Information Expressway
Feb 11, 2001 ... East China's Jiangsu Province plans to pour 120 billion yuan(about 14.45 billion U.S. dollars) into information expresswayconstruction in the coming five years. Of the total investment, 25 billion yuan (about 3.01 billiondollars) will be used this year, sources said. Major ...
Major News Items in Leading Japanese Newspapers
Feb 11, 2001 ... The following are major news items in leading Japanese newspapersSunday. Asahi, Mainichi, Nihon Keizai: U.S. nuclear submarine's negligence is suspected behind thecollision with a Japanese fisheries training ship off Hawaii onFriday. Asahi, Mainichi: ...
Major News Items in Leading Philippine Newspapers
Feb 11, 2001 ... The following are major news items in leading Philippinenewspapers Sunday. Malaya: Spokesman of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-ArroyoSaturday said the government will not allow ousted former presidentJoseph Estrada to go abroad for an eye operation and will go as ...
Disaster Relief for Snowstorm-hit Inner Mongolia
Feb 11, 2001 ... People in the blizzard-hit Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region arereceiving grain, clothes and fodder from local governments to helpthem through the hard times. So far, the autonomous regional government has appropriated about22.6 million yuan (about 2.7 million U.S. dollars) and ...
Death Toll Rises to 58 in Indonesia's Landslides
Feb 11, 2001 ... Death toll rose to 58 in landslides resulting from persistentrainfall in Lebak regency, Indonesia's West Java, over the pastthree days, according to the Jakarta Post Sunday. Lebak Situ village in Cipanas subdistrict was the worst hit, withlandslides killing 36 persons. Its ...
Hainan Designated as Permanent Site for Asia Forum
Feb 11, 2001 ... The Preparatory committee of the Asia Forum, a high-level non-governmental regional conference,has chosen Bo'ao, Hainan Provincein southernmost China to be its permanent conference location. The inauguration conference of the forum will be held in Bo'ao,ascenic spot on the tropical ...
Former Falun Gong Practitioner Shares Conversion Diary (1)
Feb 11, 2001 ... A former Falun Gong practitioner has voluntarily shared thestruggles of his conversion which he recorded in a diary whileserving a jail sentence in China's southernmost province of Hainan. Wang Heqing, a 32-year-old life insurance salesman, was sent toare-education-through-labor ...
Former Falun Gong Practitioner Shares Conversion Dairy (2)
Feb 11, 2001 ... In his dairy Wang said that since he worked full-time, he usedtoread the cult's texts on the bus on his way to work. He became sodevoted to the cult that he decided to participate in appeals togovernment authorities to protect the Falun Gong doctrines and helpspread the cult's creed ...
Results of Four Continents Figure Skating
Feb 11, 2001 ... Following are the results on Saturday at the Four Continentsfigure skating tournament in Salt Lake City Women's free skate: 1. Fumie Suguri, Japan, 2.0 factored placements. 2. Angela Nikodinov, United States, 5.5 3. Yoshie Onda, Japan, 5.5. 4. Tatiana ...
Top Level Norwegian Delegation Due to Visit Sri Lanka This Week
Feb 11, 2001 ... A top level Norwegian delegation headed by Deputy ForeignMinister Sigrun Nogedal is dueto be here this week to have politicaldiscussions with Sri Lankangovernment officials, the state-run DailyNews said on Sunday. The objective of the Norwegian delegation's upcoming visit is ...
Ice Hockey Results from Winter Universiade
Feb 11, 2001 ... Following are Saturday's ice hockey results from the 20th WinterUniversiade: Group A: Poland drew with Japan 2-2 (1:1, 0:1, ...
Pak Customs Seize 80 Kilogram Fine Quality Charas
Feb 11, 2001 ... The Pakistani Customs Intelligence Saturday frustrated asmuggling attempt and recovered80 kilograms of fine quality charason the main G.T. road linking Peshawar and Islamabad, according to areport by the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP). The Additional Director Customs ...
Measures Taken to Lower Pak Population Growth Rate
Feb 11, 2001 ... The Pakistani government is taking steps to increase publicawareness of reproductive health-care in purpose of bringing downthe rate of population growth to 1.9 percent by the year 2003. This was announced by Secretary Population Welfare M. TariqJanjua here on Saturday when he was ...
News Items From Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua
Feb 11, 2001 ... Following are news items from the Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua inHong Kong Saturday: Major News Items in Leading Philippine Newspapers Philippine Vice President Sworn in to Office Indonesia Cuts Crude Palm Oil Export Tax Indonesian Vice President Calls on Media to ...
Highlights of Major Beijing-Based Newspapers - Feb.11
Feb 11, 2001 ... The following are highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers: People's Daily Some 20,000 people in the Tibet Autonomous Region rallied inthePotala Palace square, calling for fighting against the Falun Gongcult. Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien arrived in Beijing ...
Honduras Denies Allegation of Provoking Confrontation WithNicaragua
Feb 11, 2001 ... Honduras has no intention to provoke armed confrontation withNicaragua, the Nicaraguan journal"La Noticia" reported Saturday,quoting the advisor of the Honduran embassy in Managua. In an exclusive interview, advisor Reinieri Amador said theHonduran army deployed no troops on the ...
Philippine Govt to Block Estrada's Eye Surgery Trip to U.S.
Feb 11, 2001 ... Presidential Spokesman Renato Corona said Saturday the governmentwill not allow ousted former president Joseph Estrada to go abroadfor an eye operation and will go as far as fighting him in thecourt, Malaya newspaper reported Sunday. The newly-installed administration of President ...
Colombia Searches for More Heavy Oil
Feb 11, 2001 ... A Colombian state-owned oil company declared Saturday that itwill start a strategic plan aimed at further exploitation of heavyoil to meet future world demand. The Colombian Oil Company (ECOPETROL) said in a press releasethat it will produce some 200 million additional barrels of ...
Capello Renews AS Roma Contract With Record Sum
Feb 11, 2001 ... AS Roma coach Fabio Capello made it official Saturday that herenewed the contract with AS Roma foranother two years, thus endingrumors that he would accept an offer from Barcelona. No official details were immediately available on the newcontract but the Italian press was convinced ...
Ski Jumping Results at Winter Universiade
Feb 11, 2001 ... Following are the leading results from the ski jumping K85 teamevent at the 20th Winter Universiade here on Saturday: 1 ....
Slovenia Wins Skiing Jumping Team Event
Feb 11, 2001 ... Slovenia narrowly edged South Korea to claim the ski jumping k85team title at the 20th Winter Universiade on Saturday. Slovenia, which is consisted of Blaza Vrhovnik, Miho Rihtar,Gasper Caulovic and Bina Norcic, ...