Xinhua News Agency back issues from Tuesday, May 15:
Canada Needs Consultation on NMD: Deputy PM
May 15, 2001 ... Canada needs consultation before making any decision on thecontentious missile defense system proposed by Washington, CanadianDeputy Prime Minister Herb Gray said Monday. "We will seek ways of consulting with the House of Commons,appropriate ways, when the time arrives," he told ...
Myanmar Exposes 249 Drug-Related Cases in March
May 15, 2001 ... The Myanmar authorities exposed a total of 249 narcotic-drug-related cases in March this year, seizing 149.56 kilograms of opium,9.92 kilograms of heroin and 650,092 stimulant tablets in the month,official newspaper The New Light of Myanmar reported Tuesday. The seizure, made by ...
Senior CPC Official Visits Intl. Hi-Tech Week
May 15, 2001 ... Wei Jianxing, a member of the Standing Committee of the PoliticalBureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China(CPC), visited the ongoing Fourth Beijing International Hi-TechIndustries Week and International Scientific and TechnologyExposition here Monday ...
Domestic News Items from Xinhua -- May 14 (2)
May 15, 2001 ... Domestic News Items from Xinhua -- May 14 (1) UNICEF Says China's Children Work Most Encouraging Tibet Becomes Part of China 700 Years Ago (1) Tibet Becomes Part of China 700 Years Ago (2) Centuries-Old Firm Adapts Traditional Chinese Medicine to ModernWorld ...
S. African Reserve Bank Pledges to Bring NOFP Down
May 15, 2001 ... The South African Reserve Bank pledged on Monday that it will buyforeign exchange from the market to bring down the net open forwardposition (NOFP), which is partly blamed for the volatility of therand, South African Press Association reported. Addressing foreign exchange dealers ...
First Aquarium in Northwest China
May 15, 2001 ... An aquarium in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's XinjiangUygur Autonomous Region, has opened to visitors recently. The aquarium, the first of its kind in northwest China, coversmore than 3,000 square meters and has an exhibition space of over1,500 square meters. The ...
China's Only Liger On Show in Sichuan
May 15, 2001 ... A liger imported from France has been put on show at theBifengxia Zoo in Ya'an City in southwest China's Sichuan Province. This is the only liger in China and one ...
Morocco to Bid for 2010 World Cup
May 15, 2001 ... Morocco will bid to host the 2010 World Cup soccer finals to beheld for the first time in Africa, a Royal Palace statement said inRabat, Morocco on Monday. The statement, released by the official MAP news agency, said thedecision was taken by King Mohammed at a meeting on Monday ...
Alcohol-Free Champions League Final in Milan
May 15, 2001 ... Italy's Milan authorities have decided to ban public sales ofalcoholic beverages in bars and stores throghout the whole city onMay 23, when the Champions League final will take place betweenValencia and ...
More Key Projects to Be Built in Tibet
May 15, 2001 ... The Tibet Autonomous Region is to invest 99 billion yuan inbuilding 494 key projects in the next five years, according to theRegional Development Planning Commission. Among the projects, 457 are new projects, costing an estimatedinvestment of 90 billion yuan. Of the projects, ...
Results of Rome Tennis Masters Series (Updated)
May 15, 2001 ... Following are the results from first round matches in the RomeMasters Series tennis tournament on Monday (prefix number denotesseeding): Nuria Llagostera, Spain, bt Jana Kandarr, Germany, 6-4, 7-6 (7-1) Anne Kremer, Luxembourg, bt Nathalie Dechy, France, 4-6, 6-0, ...
APEC High Level Meeting on Human Capacity Building to Open in
May 15, 2001 ... Beijing BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhua) -- The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation(APEC) High Level Meeting on Human Capacity Building will open herelater Tuesday morning, the first high level dialog to addressexclusively the human resources issue among APEC's 21 members. Chinese ...
New Earthquakes Hit El Salvador
May 15, 2001 ... A string of earthquakes measuring from 3.3 to 4.2 degrees on theRichter scale hit Salvador on Sunday and Monday, with no damage orinjuries reported. The State Geotechnic Research Center said that a 4.1-degreeearthquake occurred at 5:06 hours local time (1106 GMT), with ...
Results of Hamburg Tennis Masters Series (Updated)
May 15, 2001 ... Following are the results from the first round of the 2.95million U.S. dollars Hamburg Tennis Masters Series event played onMonday (prefix number denotes seeding): 14-Jan-Michael Gambill, United States, bt Axel Pretzsch, Germany,6-2, 7-5 Michael Chang, United States, bt ...
Honduras to Hold General Elections in November
May 15, 2001 ... The Hondurans will go to vote on November 25 this year, to electthe president, vice president, mayors, local representatives andCentral American Parliament representatives, the electoralauthorities of Honduras announced Monday. Sources indicated that the register of the more than ...
Greek State TV ERT Signs Sponsorship Deal for 2004 Olympics
May 15, 2001 ... Athens 2004 Olympic Games organisers (ATHOC) said on Monday theyhad signed with Greek state broadcaster ERT a sponsorship deal forthe Games worth 5.7 billion drachmas (14.6 million U.S. dollars). "Only ERT could be a major sponsor in this category ...as it hasthe exclusive ...
Xinhua World News Summary at 0030 GMT, May 15
May 15, 2001 ... BRUSSELS -- NATO decided on Monday to return the most sensitivepart of the sector B buffer zone to the Federal Republic ofYugoslavia, despite a flash-up of conflict in the nearby region. NATO Secretary-General George Robertson said in a statement thatNATO had decided to authorize ...
Major News Items in Leading Japanese Newspapers
May 15, 2001 ... The following are major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTuesday. Asahi: -- Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Monday vowed toreview the use of budget restricted for road construction. Yomiuri, Mainichi: -- Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka said ...
Riquelme's Transfer to Barcelona Aborted, Says Boca Official
May 15, 2001 ... Boca Juniors' Argentine midfielder Juan Roman Riquelme's $22million transfer to Barcelona has aborted, an official of theArgentine club said on Monday. "The operation had a deadline which expired at the end of lastmonth. We can say officially that there has been no ...
Croatia, Bosnia, Yugoslavia to Jointly Combat Organized Crime
May 15, 2001 ... Croatia, Bosnia and Yugoslavia signed an agreement in Sarajevo onMonday to combat organized crime and illegal immigration, theCroatian News Agency reported. Under the agreement by interior ministers of Croatia, Yugoslaviaand Bosnia's two entities and the head of Bosnia's border ...
Latvia Wants No Nuclear Arms, PM Says
May 15, 2001 ... Latvia does not want to see nuclear weapons deployed in itsterritory after it joins NATO, Prime Minister Andris Berzins said. Latvia cannot afford any nuclear weaponry, either now or in thefuture, local newspapers Monday quoted him as telling Russiannewspaper ...
Czech FM Hospitalized in U.S. Visit
May 15, 2001 ... Czech Foreign Minister Jan Kavan was hospitalized after complainsof chest pain on Monday during his visit to the United States, hisspokesman, Ales Pospisil, told reporters. His condition was not serious, the spokesman ...
Highlights of Major Beijing-Based Newspapers -- May 15
May 15, 2001 ... Highlights of Beijing-based newspapers on Tuesday: All the papers front-paged Chinese President Jiang Zemin'smeeting Monday with Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahd Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Kuwaitiminister of information. Jiang reiterated that the Chinese government supports theindependence, ...
China's Top Legislator Meets Syrian Vice-president
May 15, 2001 ... Li Peng, chairman of the Standing Committee of the NationalPeople's Congress, met here Tuesday with Vice-president Abdul HalimKhaddam of the Syrian Arab ...
Spanish Judge Orders Arrest of Former Chilean Defense Minister
May 15, 2001 ... Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon issued an international arrestwarrant for former Chilean Minister of Defense Hernan Julio Bradylast weekend for suspected participation in the murder of SpanishU.N. official Carmelo Soria, the judicial department said Monday. In the warrant, Judge ...
Yugoslavia Welcomes NATO Decision to Return Buffer Zone
May 15, 2001 ... The Yugoslav government Monday welcomed NATO's decision to returnthe most sensitive part of sector B buffer zone to the Balkancountry. NATO's move is a "breakthrough" and Yugoslavia can now help "ensure the full stability of the region," said Yugoslav InteriorMinister Zoran ...
Major News Items in Leading Philippine Newspapers
May 15, 2001 ... The following are major news items in leading Philippinenewspapers Tuesday. Malaya: -- About 85 percent of the Philippines' 36.5 million registeredvoters turned out to vote for 13 Senate and 260 House seats andabout 17,000 local government posts in Monday's ...
Japanese Warships On Goodwill Visit To India
May 15, 2001 ... A squadron of two Japanese maritime self defense force hasarrived in India's southern port of Chennai, formerly Madras, on agoodwill visit, according to a press release ...
Wenger to Stay at Arsenal
May 15, 2001 ... Arsene Wenger will put an end to the speculation surrounding hisfuture at Arsenal by signing a new contract this week, reports saidhere on Monday. The Frenchman's current arrangement at Highbury expires at theend of next season, and many rumours had linked him to jobs ...
Benelux Tennis Open Results
May 15, 2001 ... Following are the results from the first round of the BeneluxOpen tennis tournament played in Antwerp on Monday (prefix numberdenotes seeding): Marie-Jose Martinez, Spain, bt Andrea Glass, Germany, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 Miriam Oremans, Netherlands, bt Jana Nejedly, Canada, 6-3, ...
Mexican Soccer Team Ready to Play Against England
May 15, 2001 ... Five more players incorporated Monday to the national soccer teamto prepare for the match against its English counterpart next May25. These five players are: David Oteo, Antonio De Nigris, and theexperienced Claudio Suarez (contending to break the world record ofthe player with ...
Death Toll in Urumqi Wall Collapse Rises to 19
May 15, 2001 ... The death toll in the wall collapse in the capital of northwestChina's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, which occurred Saturdaymorning, has increased to 19, local sources said Monday. On Saturday, the wall collapse at a construction site in theurban area of the city killed 12 ...
Chinese Premier Holds Talks With Nepalese PM
May 15, 2001 ... Visiting Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji Monday held talks withNepalese Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on bilateral relationsand a number of international issues of common concern, and the twoleaders reached broad consensus. Koirala welcomed Zhu's visit to Nepal, saying that the ...
News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)
May 15, 2001 ... Following are news items from the Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua inHong Kong Monday: Japanese PM Vows to Visit Yasukuni Shrine Even if Criticized Foreign Exchange Rates in Singapore Share Prices Tumble on Singapore Stock Market hka -- HK Expecting Better Results at ...
China to Host Holyfield-Ruiz WBA Heavyweight Title Bout
May 15, 2001 ... China will play host to a World Boxing Association (WBA)heavyweight title fight on August 5 ( August 4 in the U.S.) betweencurrent and former champions John Ruiz and Evander Holyfield,promoter Don King said in New York on Monday. The fight is the first world heavyweight title bout ...
Players to Cash in on New TV Money
May 15, 2001 ... New television money in the English Premier League is set to sendthe top players' wages through the 100,000 pounds a week barrier,according to a financial expert. Among those who could chalk up an amazing five million poundsplus a year are three of England's finest, Michael Owen, ...
Serena, Seles and Arantxa to Participate in Spanish Open Tennis
May 15, 2001 ... The names of U.S. tennis players, Serena Williams and MonicaSeles, and the Spanish Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, have been added tothe list of participants of the Women' s Spanish Open of Villa deMadrid, headed to the moment by Lindsay Davenport, also from theUnited States. According ...
Maturana to Seek Bringing National Team out of Crisis
May 15, 2001 ... The Colombian national soccer team will seek this week to be outof crisis, and continue its preparations to participate in theAmerica Cup 2001 and in the qualifying heat for the World cup 2002. The new coach, Francisco "Pacho" Maturana, made use of lastweekend to develop a work ...
Real Madrid's Morientes Underwent Succesfull Surgery
May 15, 2001 ... The Real Madrid forward, Fernando Morientes, underwent Monday asuccesful pubic osteopathy surgery, carried out by the soccer club'smedical services, an it is estimated it will take from two to threemonths for the player to train again. Doctor Alfonso del Corral, head of Real ...
Camacho Doesn't Rule Out Continuing in National Team After 2002
May 15, 2001 ... Spain's national team's coach, Jose Antonio Camacho, said he"doesn't rule out" to stay at the front of the national team afterthe Korea-Japan 2002 World Cup, according to an interview releasedin the Internet site Futvol.com. "I don't rule out anything. I'm fine in the national team ...
Market Exchange Rates -- May 15
May 15, 2001 ... Market exchange rates of three major currencies against RMB yuan,announced by the People's Bank of China: Currency Unit Middle Price (in RMB yuan) U.S. Dollar 100 827.71 Japanese Yen 100 6.7449 Hong Kong Dollar 100 ...
Ferguson Says Man Utd Will Be Better Next Season
May 15, 2001 ... Sir Alex Ferguson has sent out a warning to Manchester United'sPremiership title rivals that his side will be fitter and strongernext season. The United boss omitted a host of first-team regulars for the 2-1 defeat at Southampton as the Reds lost for the second time ineight ...
Results of Hamburg Tennis Masters Series
May 15, 2001 ... Following are the results from the first round of the 2.95million U.S. dollars Hamburg Masters Series event played on Monday(prefix number denotes seeding): Lars Burgsmuller, Germany, bt 9-Tim Henman, Britain, 6-1, 6-4 Franco Squillari, Argentina, bt 16-Roger Federer, ...
Largest Oceanarium in Asia to Be Set Up in Shanghai
May 15, 2001 ... A large oceanarium, the largest of its kind in Asia, will be setup in Shanghai in October. With a total investment of 440 million yuan (about 53 million USdollars), the oceanarium is being jointly built by the ShanghaiConstruction Industrial Corporation and a ...
Caribbean Community Disappointed in Suspension of Powell's Meeting
May 15, 2001 ... The Caribbean Community was disappointed by the decision of U.S.Secretary of State Colin Powell to suspend a June meeting withforeign ministers of the community's member countries, the Barbados-based Caribbean News Agency reported Monday. Powell's decision surprised the Caribbean ...
Colombian Indians March in Protest of Massacre
May 15, 2001 ... About 4,000 Indians in the southwestern Cauca state startedMonday a five-day march in protest against the massacre of Indiansin the region. Jesus Maria Aranda, one of the organizers of the protest, saidthey try to attract public attention to the violation of humanrights in the ...
APEC High Level Meeting on Human Capacity Building Opens
May 15, 2001 ... The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) High Level Meetingon Human Capacity Building, which is expected to last for two days,opened in the Great Hall of the People Tuesday. Chinese President Jiang Zemin and Sultan of Brunei DarussalamHaji Hassanal Bolkiah are to address the ...
Colombia, S. Africa to Strengthen Anti-Drug Cooperation
May 15, 2001 ... The governments of Colombia and South Africa agreed Monday tocreate a joint committee to strengthen anti-drug cooperation, saidthe Colombian presidential palace. In a letter of intention signed by Colombian Vice PresidentGustavo Bell and visiting South African Deputy President ...
Croatia Signs Stability Agreement With EU
May 15, 2001 ... The Croatian government issued a statement Monday expressingsatisfaction with the signing of a stability agreement with the EUin Brussels. The government pointed out that joining the EU was a strategicaim of Croatia, and that the agreement opens prospects for apartnership that ...
Spain Confirms New Mad Cow Disease Case
May 15, 2001 ... Spanish authorities confirmed a new case of bovine spongiformencephalopathy (BSE) Monday, known as the mad cow disease, whichbrings the total number of incidents to 45 in the Iberian country. The new case was detected in the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha, the eighth ...
Hong Kong Stocks Open Lower
May 15, 2001 ... Hong Kong stocks shed 26.41 points, or 0.20 percent, to open at13,232.76 ...
Sao Paulo, Mexico City, Buenos Aires Stock Markets End Down
May 15, 2001 ... Latin America's three most important stock markets in MexicoCity, Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires all closed down on Monday. Sao Paulo stocks closed at 14,132 points, 2.48 percent down fromthe previous session. For the day's session, 176 million U.S.dollars were ...
Chinese President Jiang Meets Syrian Vice-president
May 15, 2001 ... Chinese President Jiang Zemin met here Tuesday with Vice-president Abdul Halim Khaddam of the Syrian Arab Republic, who ishere on a five-day official visit to ...
Number of Internet Users Surpasses 10 Million in Brazil
May 15, 2001 ... The number of Internet users in Brazil reached 10.4 million inApril, according to a survey conducted by public opinion pollingcompany Ibope. Ibope Internet analyst Alexandre Magalhaes attributed the growthof Internet users in the South American country to the availabilityof PCs, ...
Human Capacity Building Vital to APEC Economies: Sultan of Brunei
May 15, 2001 ... Human capacity building is vital to Asia-Pacific economies, ifthey are to gain benefits from accelerating technologicaladvancement represented by the New Economy, the Sultan of BruneiDarussalam said here Tuesday. He made the remarks at a speech delivered at the Year 2001 APECHigh ...
Chinese President, Sultan of Brunei Meet Delegates of APEC High
May 15, 2001 ... Level Meeting BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Jiang Zemin andSultan of Brunei Darussalam Haji Hassanal Bolkiah met Tuesday withseveral delegates to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)High Level Meeting on Human Capacity Building. The Chinese President ...
Monday's NBA Playoff Result
May 15, 2001 ... Following is the result of Monday's National BasketballAssociation second round playoff game (home team in ...
U.S. Funds Sri Lankan Agricultural Project
May 15, 2001 ... The United States government has decided to fund a 1.2 millionU.S. dollar project to improve Sri Lanka's national agriculturalcapacity, the state-run Daily News said on Tuesday. The project to get underway this year is titled "Sri Lanka USACooperative Germ Plasm Development Program ...
Latin American Countries Meet to Promote Tourism
May 15, 2001 ... Latin American countries met in Mexico Monday to talk aboutpromoting tourism by establishing quality tourism strategies,setting up service evaluation systems through the Internet, andtraining personnel for the sector. The Americas Commission of the World Tourism Organization ...
Human Capacity Building Vital for All: Chinese President (1)
May 15, 2001 ... Chinese President Jiang Zemin said at an international meetingTuesday that to develop human resources and strengthen humancapacity building has become a vital issue bearing on thedevelopment of all countries. He made the remark in a speech at the APEC High Level Meeting onHuman ...
Human Capacity Building Vital for All: Chinese President (2)
May 15, 2001 ... He said that the unlimited wisdom and creativity of mankind serveas an inexhaustible source of motive force behind civilization andprogress. The continuous social development has opened up broad vista fortapping fully human capacity, according to Jiang. He said that thedynamic ...
Matter Secrets Revealed: Scientists
May 15, 2001 ... Scientists have announced the final result on one of nature'sbest-kept secrets called direct Charge Parity (CP) violation. Thissubtle effect explains nature's preference for matter overantimatter. At the birth of the universe in the Big Bang, equal quantities ofmatter and ...
Chinese, Georgian Legislators Meet in Beijing
May 15, 2001 ... Zhou Jiahua, vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of theNational People's Congress, China's top legislature, met hereTuesday with Vice Speaker Vakhtang Kolbaia of the National Assemblyof Georgia. The two legislators exchanged ...
Results of Rome Tennis Masters Series
May 15, 2001 ... Following are the results from first round matches in the RomeTennis Masters Series on Monday (prefix number denotes seeding): 16-Magui Serna, Spain, bt Henrieta Nagyova, Slovakia, 2-3, 6-3, 6-2 Gala Leon Garcia, Spain, bt Anastasia Myskina, Russia, 6-4, 6-4 Maria ...
Chinese President Raises Five-point Proposal on Human Capacity
May 15, 2001 ... Building (1) BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Jiang Zemin Tuesdaycalled for joint efforts of the international community to advancehuman capacity building at an APEC high-level meeting in Beijing. In his speech at the APEC High Level Meeting on Human ...