Xinhua News Agency back issues from Wednesday, January 30:
Milosevic Asks for Release
Jan 30, 2002 ... Former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic on Wednesday askedthe U.N. war crimes tribunalin The Hague to release him. "It would be logical just to let me go, I will not flee,"Milosevic told an appeal chamber. "I am fully prepared to come to anyhearing because this is not a ...
Kazak President Appoints Cabinet Members
Jan 30, 2002 ... Kazak President Nursultan Nazarbayev on Tuesday appointed formerprime minister KasymzhomartTokayev, who resigned Monday, as statesecretary and foreign minister. In a decree the president signed Tuesday, Nazarbayev alsonamedKarim Masimov, Baurzhan Mukhamedzhanov and Aleksandr Pavlov ...
WRITETHRU: Japanese FM, Vice FM Sacked Over NGOs Messes
Jan 30, 2002 ... Japanese Prime Minister JunichiroKoizumi sacked Foreign MinisterMakiko Tanaka and Vice Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami late Tuesdayfollowing their conflict overNGOs issues. Koizumi himself will serve concurrently as foreign minister,according to Japan's Kyodo News. Koizumi ...
News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)
Jan 30, 2002 ... Following are news items fromthe Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua inHong Kong Tuesday: Hong Kong Cigarettes Firm Starts Operation in Phnom Penh hka -- Taiwan Stocks Close Lower hka -- Hong Kong Launches Electronic Transaction Arbitration Rules Trading on Hong Kong ...
8 Killed in Kashmir
Jan 30, 2002 ... At least eight persons, including six militants, were killed andtwo others arrested in separate incidents in Jammu and Kashmir wheremilitants fired rockets and grenades at two security camps inAnantnag and Baramulla districts since Monday night, an Indian policespokesmansaid ...
URGENT: Japan PM to Concurrently Serve as FM
Jan 30, 2002 ... Japanese Prime Minister JunichiroKoizumi is to concurrently serveas foreign minister, Kyodo News reported on early Wednesday. ...
Sri Lankan President's Security Chief Ordered to Be Arrested
Jan 30, 2002 ... The chief of Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga's elitesecurity unit was ordered to be arrested Tuesday by a magistrate inthe central town of Kandy, about 120 kilometers northeast of capitalColombo, local media reported. Nihal Karunaratne, chief of the Presidential ...
Xinhua World News Summary at 1610 GMT, January 29
Jan 30, 2002 ... TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has sackedForeign Minister Makiko Tanaka, local media reported Tuesday night. It was also reported that Tanaka's deputy Yoshiji Nogami was alsodismissed. (Japan-FM-Dismissal) - - - - LAGOS -- More than 2,000 people have ...
Goh Chok Tong Calls for Enhanced Inter-Racial Relations
Jan 30, 2002 ... Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong has said that the arrest ofoperatives of an Islamic group has posed problems to inter-racial &inter-religious relations in his country, and immediate steps shouldbe taken to enhance trust and interaction among the differentcommunities, according to ...
1stlead: Japanese PM Sacks FM and Vice FM
Jan 30, 2002 ... EDS-Updates with more details TOKYO, January 30 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Prime MinisterJunichiroKoizumi sacked Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka and ViceForeign Minister Yoshiji Nogami late Tuesday for the confusion causedby their continuing conflicts. Koizumi summoned Tanaka to his ...
Federer Opens Title Defense with Easy Win in Milan Indoors Tennis
Jan 30, 2002 ... Roger Federer embarked on his title defense at the Milan indoorstennis tournament with a straight set victory over unseeded AustrianStefan Koubek on Tuesday. Federer, the No. 2 seeded player in the ATP tournament atMilan,defeated Koubek 7-6 (7-2), 6-3 in the first round to take ...
Tyson Denied Boxing License, Barred from Fighting in Nevada
Jan 30, 2002 ... Boxer Mike Tyson was denied his boxing license by a five-memberpanel in Las Vegas on Tuesday,and was stopped from fighting againstworld champion Lennox Lewis in Nevada on April 6. The panel of the Nevada State Athletic Commission voted 4 to 1 todeny a state license to the former ...
Major News Items in Leading Japanese Newspapers
Jan 30, 2002 ... The following are major news items in leading Japanese newspapersWednesday. Yomiuri, Asahi, Mainichi, Nihon Keizai: -- Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi decided Tuesday nightto sack Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka and Vice Foreign MinisterYoshiji Nogami over NGO ...
Results/Standings of Gulf Cup Soccer Tournament
Jan 30, 2002 ... Following are the results of Gulf Cup soccer matches played hereon Tuesday: Oman tied Bahrain 1-1 Scorers: Oman - Hani al-Dhabit 27 Bahrain - Abdullah al-Marzouqi 44 Halftime: 1-1 Kuwait bt United Arab Emirates 2-1 Scorers: Kuwait - ...
Economic News in Brief
Jan 30, 2002 ... Economic news in brief: Qingdao's Overseas Investment Qingdao, a coastal city in east China's Shandong province hadinvested 92.7 million U.S. dollars in 66 overseas projects by the endof 2001, the city authorities said. These projects are located in Nigeria, the ...
ROUNDUP: Koizumi Fires Foreign Minister Tanaka Over Public Feud
Jan 30, 2002 ... Japanese Prime Minister JunichiroKoizumi on Tuesday night firedthe popular and outspoken Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka and a viceforeign minister over their public feud on nongovermentalorganizations (NGOs). Koizumi said early Wednesday he had to sack Tanaka and ViceForeign ...
United States Unveils Friendly Plan for 2002 World Cup
Jan 30, 2002 ... The United States will play a series of friendly matches againstItaly, Germany and Ireland aspreparations for the 2002 World Cupfinals, the U.S. football federation announced on Tuesday. The US team will begin their tour with first match against Italyin Sicily on February 13, then ...
Bush Vows to Develop Missile Defense
Jan 30, 2002 ... U.S. President George W. Bush vowed in his first State of theUnion address Tuesday that the United States will go on developingthe controversial nationalmissile defense system against attacks byweapons of mass destruction. "We will develop and deploy effective missile defenses to ...
New Honduran Gov't Stands By Decision on Diplomatic Ties With Cuba
Jan 30, 2002 ... The new government of Honduras will respect the decision taken bythe former administration to fully re-establish diplomatic ties withCuba, according to reportsreaching here from the Honduran capital ofTegucigalpa on Tuesday. Honduran Foreign Minister Guillermo Perez hailed as ...
Japan's Hitachi to Slash 4,000 More Jobs
Jan 30, 2002 ... Japan's Hitachi Ltd. plans to cut4,000 more jobs by the end ofJune with the introduction of a new early retirement program inFebruary, Japan's Kyodo News reported on Wednesday. The Japanese company released last year that it would slash 16,350jobs at home and abroad under its ...
Johansson Spearheads Sweden in Davis Cup Tie with Britain
Jan 30, 2002 ... Australian Open singles champion Thomas Johansson will leadSweden's Davis Cup squad for next month's World Group first round tieagainst Britain, team captain Carl-Axel Hageskog said on Tuesday. Hageskog also named Thomas Enqvist, Jonas Bjorkman and MagnusLarsson for the tie to be ...
Ecuadorian, Colombian Police Probing Into Causes of Air Crashes
Jan 30, 2002 ... The police forces of Ecuador and Colombia have launched a jointinvestigation into the causes of two air crashes which occurred inless than 15 days along the border areas of the two Andean countries. General Jorge Molina, commander-in-chief of the Ecuadorian Police,told reporters on ...
French First Division Result/Standings
Jan 30, 2002 ... Following is the result of a French first division soccer matchplayed on Tuesday: Nantes bt Olympique Lyon 3-0 Playing on Wednesday: Monaco vs Girondins Bordeaux Sochaux vs RC Lens AJ Auxerre vs Bastia Olympique Marseille vs ...
Iraqi Deputy PM Aziz Concludes Visit to China
Jan 30, 2002 ... Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz concluded his three-dayvisit to China and left BeijingWednesday. Aziz was invited by Chinese Vice-Premier Qian Qichen ....
Argentina Sees as Positive Negotiations With Washington
Jan 30, 2002 ... A senior official with Argentina's Foreign Ministry termed onTuesday as "very positive" the negotiations undertaken by anArgentine delegation to seek political support from the UnitedStates. State Secretary for Foreign Trade Martin Redrado told a BuenosAires radio station from ...
Danish Government to Slash Foreign Aid
Jan 30, 2002 ... Danish government announced on Tuesday that it would slash thecountry's overseas development aid and environmental protection aidin the new year. According to the state draft budget bill for 2002, which theDanish government submitted for the parliament's approval,Denmarkplans to ...
Bush Pledges to Combat Terrorism, Recession
Jan 30, 2002 ... U.S. President George W. Bush pledged to combat terrorism andrecession with equal vigor inhis first State of Union address onTuesday night. Bush urged Americans to be patient with the war on terrorism, tobe steadfast in the protection of the United States and to knowthatcreating ...
IMF Approves New Loans to Indonesia
Jan 30, 2002 ... The International Monetary Fund(IMF) has approved new loans worth341 million U.S. dollars for Indonesia, according to Finance MinisterBoediono. "The IMF has approved it (the loans) through its board ofdirectors, and it (the loans) will be disbursed in a few days,"Boediono was ...
Chinese Company Spends Huge Funds for Photo
Jan 30, 2002 ... A ceramic enterprise has bought a photo for 228,000 yuan (27,470U.S. dollars), a record high for a photo in China. The picture features a line of camels steadily advancing inthedesert against a sandstorm, reflecting the heroic feel of westernChina. The image inspired Huang ...
No Survivors Found at Crash Site of Ecuador Plane Carrying 92
Jan 30, 2002 ... People BOGOTA, January 29 (Xinhua) -- No survivors have been found at thecrash site, in southwestern Colombia, of an Ecuadorian jetlinercarrying 92 people, Colombian officials said Tuesday. "There are body parts all over the place. No survivors," declaredYoly Henriquez, an ...
House Price Growth Rate Slows Down in China
Jan 30, 2002 ... Though house prices keep surging in China, the would-be buyers mayget a comfort by a national survey suggesting the price rising willslow down. Jointly conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics and theState Development Planning Commission, the survey targeted real-estate ...
French Soccer Chief Says Lemerre Could Stay on till 2004
Jan 30, 2002 ... Roger Lemerre could stay on as the coach of the world and Europeanchampions France until 2004, said French soccer federation presidentClaude Simonet. "For the time being, Roger Lemerre has brought us onlysatisfactions. His future belongs to him," Simonet was quoted byFrance ...
Argentine President to Announce Economic Plan on Saturday
Jan 30, 2002 ... Argentina's President Eduardo Duhalde said on Tuesday that he willon Saturday unveil a sustainable economic plan which is designed tocope with the effects of the country's socio-economic crisis. "On Saturday, I will let Argentines know what we shall do, how weare going to unblock ...
Results of ATP World Doubles Championship
Jan 30, 2002 ... Following are the results in the round-robin league matches on theopening day of the ATP worlddoubles championships in Bangalore, Indiaon Tuesday: Group 1 3-Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan, United States, bt Rick Leach, UnitedStates/Ellis Ferreira, South Africa, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 ...
Bush Vows to Fight Terror, Recession in State of the Union Address
Jan 30, 2002 ... U.S. President George W. Bush, in his State of the Union addressto air Tuesday night, vowed that his administration would fightterrorism and recession with equal vigor. "Our war against terror is only beginning," Bush said in excerptsof the speech released by the White House in ...
Results of World Cup Snowboarding
Jan 30, 2002 ... Following are the leading results from World Cup snowboardingevents in Bad Gastein, Austriaon Tuesday: Men's parallel slalom 1. Dejan Kosir, Slovenia, 1,000 points 2. Mathias Behounek, Germany, 800 3. Nicolas Huet, France, 600 4. Michael Dabringer, ...
Bush Vows to Fight Terrorism, Recession
Jan 30, 2002 ... U.S. President George W. Bush, in his State of the Union addressto air Tuesday night, vowed to combat terrorism and recession, sayingthat "our war against terror is only beginning." "What we have found in Afghanistan confirms that -- far fromending there, our war against terror is ...
English Premier League Leading Scorers
Jan 30, 2002 ... Following are the leading scorers in the English premier leagueafter Tuesday's matches: 17 - Thierry Henry (Arsenal) 16 - Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Chelsea), Ruud van Nistelrooy(Manchester United) 12 - Michael Ricketts (Bolton Wanderers) 11 - Alan Shearer ...
Tougher Laws Against Terrorism, Kidnapping in Colombia
Jan 30, 2002 ... Colombian President Andres Pastrana issued the presidential decreeon Tuesday for a law to impose tougher punishments for kidnapping,extortion and terrorism. "From now on, nobody having participated in or masterminding actsagainst life or freedom will aspire to sentence reductions, ...
Most Britons not Care Queen's Jubilee: Poll
Jan 30, 2002 ... A most recent poll shows that two-thirds of British people do notcare about the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, SKY Newsreported late on Tuesday. With more than 4,750 votes counted in an on-line poll by SKYTV,about 67 percent of voters did not care about the ...
Collated Results/Standings of African Nations Cup
Jan 30, 2002 ... Following are the collated results of Tuesday's matches in theAfrican Nations Cup soccer finals in Bamako, Mali: Group C: In Sikasso: Cameroon bt Togo 3-0 Scorers: Lucien 52, Samuel Eto'o 79, Salomon Olembe 89 In Kayes: DR Congo bt Cote d'Ivoire ...
Costa Rican Athletes Have Medals Stripped for Doping
Jan 30, 2002 ... Costa Rica has been asked to return a gold medal it won in women'ssoccer and a silver in cycling at the 2001 Central American Games inGuatemala after three athletes tested positive for banned substancesat the Games. Roberto Chaves, spokesman to the Costa Rican Olympic ...
Bush Pledges Boost for Sustained Homeland Security
Jan 30, 2002 ... U.S. President George W. Bush pledged in his first State of theUnion address on Tuesday night that his budget will nearly double thefunding for a sustained strategy of homeland security. Addressing a joint session of Congress, Bush said that thehomeland security strategy will ...
Transnational Crimes Threaten Thailand: Govt Spokesman
Jan 30, 2002 ... Transnational crimes was becoming a real threat to Thailand, agovernment spokesman said here Wednesday. Kuthep Saikrachang was quoted by the state-owned radio as sayingthat there was a sharp increase in the number of transnational crimeslast year. A total of 1,721 ...
Major News Items in Leading Philippine Newspapers
Jan 30, 2002 ... The following are major news items in leading Philippinenewspapers Wednesday. The Manila Times: -- The government Tuesday cleared the confusion over the launchingdate of the Philippines-U.S. joint military exercise, announcing thatthe war games' opening ceremony will be held ...
Leading Scorers in African Nations Cup
Jan 30, 2002 ... Following are the leading goalscorers in the African Nations Cupfinals played in Mali on Tuesday: 2 - Patrick Mboma (Cameroon), Hichem Zerouali (Morocco),JuliusAghahowa (Nigeria) 1 - Nassim Akrour, Nasreddine Kraouche (Algeria), Moumouni Dagano(Burkina Faso), Samuel Eto'o, ...
More Credit Funds Allocated to Sichuan
Jan 30, 2002 ... Since its founding, China's State Development Bank (SDB) hasgreatly supported the economic progress of Sichuan Province inSouthwest China by granting it loans totaling about 69.8 billion Yuan(about 8.4 billion U.S. dollars). Statistics show that last year alone, SDB, China's ...
Bush Vows to Revive U.S. Economy
Jan 30, 2002 ... U.S. President George Bush vowed Tuesday night to revive thestruggling U.S. economy and create more jobs for Americans. In his first State of the Union address, Bush said that revivingthe economy and creating jobs will be one of the "three great goalsof America." The two others are ...
Romania Recalls Foreign-based Players for Friendly against France
Jan 30, 2002 ... Romania named 11 foreign-based players on Tuesday for a friendlyinternational against world and European champions France in Paris onFebruary 13. Additional squad members who play in the domestic championship areexpected to be named later this week. Defenders: Cosmin Contra ...
China's State-Owned Enterprises Make Good Performance
Jan 30, 2002 ... China's State-owned enterprises(SOEs) directly under centralgovernment control reported a sound performance last year despite thedifficult international economicsituation. At an annual meeting of the Central Enterprise Work Committee ofthe Communist Party of China Central Committee ...
Colombian Government, ELN open Peace Talks in Cuba
Jan 30, 2002 ... The Colombian government and the rebel National Liberation Army(ELN) started three-day peace talkson Tuesday in Havana, capital ofCuba. The peace talks were opened by a senior official from theCubangovernment at Havana's Conventions Palace. Attending the talksareCamilo Gomez, the ...
U.S. Envoy Calls on Kosovo Leaders to Give up Violence
Jan 30, 2002 ... U.S. envoy on Balkans Dzzejms Holms called on Tuesday leaders ofthe three largest Kosovo parties to give up violence in the processto realize their political goals. Holms made the appeal when he held separate meetings in theprovincial capital of Pristina with Ibrahim Rugova whose ...
Xinhua World News Summary at 0030 GMT, January 30
Jan 30, 2002 ... BEIRUT -- Arab interior ministers voiced their strong condemnationof Israel's "state terrorism" against Palestinians atthe start oftheir three-day conference here Tuesday. The gathering being attended by officials from 17 Arab states isthe first of its kind on combating terrorism ...
Rare Plant Species Found in South China
Jan 30, 2002 ... Reefesia rotundifolia, an extremely rare species of plant, hasrecently been discovered in south China's Guangxi Zhuang AutonomousRegion. A total of 11 such plants were spotted in a nature reserve inFangchenggang City in the region. The plants are deeply rooted, andmost of them ...
Results and Standings of English Premier League
Jan 30, 2002 ... Following are the results and standings of English premier leagueon Tuesday: Bolton Wanderers lost to Manchester United 0-4 Charlton Athletic bt Derby County 1-0 Sunderland lost to Middlesbrough 0-1 1. Manchester United 25 15 3 7 60 34 48 2. Arsenal ...
Myanmar Leader Stresses Importance of Education
Jan 30, 2002 ... Myanmar top leader Senior-General Than Shwe has stressed theimportance of education, calling on intellectuals to equip themselveswith advanced education at a time when globalization is in progressand science and technology are the dominant factor. Than Shwe, Chairman of the Myanmar ...
World Tourism Drops 1.3 Percent in 2001
Jan 30, 2002 ... World tourism fell by 1.3 percent last year due to the September11 terrorist attacks and a slowdown in the world economy, accordingto the Madrid-based WorldTourism Organization (WTO). The Secretary General of the WTO, Francesco Frangialli, termed2001 "a year of stagnation" because ...
Urgent: Bush Vows to Develop Missile Defenses
Jan 30, 2002 ... U.S. President George W. Bush vowed in his first State of theUnion address Tuesday that the United States will go on developingthe controversial nationalmissile defense system. "We will ...
Thailand to Send Troops to Monitor East Timor Polls
Jan 30, 2002 ... A new batch of 350 Thai soldiers would be sent to East Timor tomonitor its general election in mid-April, the Bangkok Post reportedhere Wednesday. Maj-Gen Mana Prachakjit, commander of the 9th InfantryDivision,was quoted as saying that those soldiers, who all hadexperience in ...
Fans Want Romario to Return to National Team
Jan 30, 2002 ... Fans and media in Brazildemanded Tuesday the recall of veteranstriker Romario de Souza Faria to the national soccer team for afriendly against Bolivia next Thursday. This petition occurred as the Brazilian soccer star celebrated his36th birthday. Some 700 fans gathered in ...
New Yugoslav Defense Minister Sworn in
Jan 30, 2002 ... Yugoslavia's parliament on Tuesday elected senior Socialist Partyofficial, Velimir Radojevic,as the new federal defense minister toreplace Slobodan Krapovic, who resigned this month citing healthreasons. Radojevic was sworn in at the joint conference of the upper andthelower ...
Training Plane Crashes in Ecuador
Jan 30, 2002 ... A light training airplane crashedTuesday at the tourist resort ofSalinas in western Ecuador, injuring the two people aboard. The crash, the latest in a spate of air accidents, happened whenthe plane failed to land on the military runway, the EcuavisaTV said.The two injured were ...
Chinese, U.S. Firms Offer Real-Time Global Remittance Service
Jan 30, 2002 ... The Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) and the U.S. remittancegiant Western Union now offer a real-time global foreign exchangeremittance service, the first of its kind available on the Chinesemainland. A spokesman for the bank said the service is available toresidents in Shanghai ...
Market Exchange Rates
Jan 30, 2002 ... Market exchange rates of three major currencies against RMB yuanon Wednesday, announced by the People's Bank of China: Currency Unit Middle Price (in RMB yuan) U.S. Dollar 100 827.66 Japanese Yen 100 6.1940 Hong Kong Dollar 100 ...
Foreign Exchange Rates in Philippines
Jan 30, 2002 ... The following are foreign exchange rates against the Philippinepeso released Wednesday by the central bank of the Philippines: Wednesday Tuesday U.S. dollar 51.195051.2650 Japanese yen 0.3841 ...