Xinhua News Agency back issues from Sunday, February 10:
Results from Davis Cup Tennis (2-last)
Feb 10, 2002 ... ZONAL GROUPS Asia-Oceania zone Group 1 At Gunsan, South Korea: South Korea 1, Japan 1 Singles: Takao Suzuki, Japan, bt Yong-il Yoon, South Korea, 7-5, 6-4, 6-3 Hyung-taik Lee, South Korea, bt Gouichi Motomura, Japan, 6-3, 6-4, ...
Thailand, Myanmar Agree to Cooperate in Various Fields
Feb 10, 2002 ... Myanmar and Thailand have agreed to cooperate in various areas,including tourism, fishery, link of land transport, and narcoticsuppression, according to a statement of the Ministry of ForeignAffairs Sunday. The agreement was reached during a three-day official visit toMyanmar by ...
Zimbabwe Leads Portugal 3-0 in Davis Cup Tie
Feb 10, 2002 ... Zimbabwe took a winning 3-0 leadover Portugal after Saturday'sdoubles match in their Davis Cup Euro-African zone Group I, firstround tie. Results (Zimbabwe names first): Saturday's ...
English Premier League Standings
Feb 10, 2002 ... Following are the standings of the English premier league aftermatches played on Saturday (tabulated under games played, won, drawn,lost, goals for, against,points): 1. Liverpool 27 15 7 5 44 24 52 2. Newcastle United 26 16 4 6 51 33 52 3 ....
Austria Leads Israel 2-1 in Davis Cup Tie
Feb 10, 2002 ... Austria led Israel 2-1 after Saturday's doubles match in theirDavis Cup Euro-African zone Group I, first round tie, played in StAnton, Austria. Results (Austrian names first): Saturday's ...
Spain Leads Morocco 2-1 in Davis Cup Tie
Feb 10, 2002 ... Spain, playing at home, took a 2-1 lead over Morocco afterSaturday's doubles in their Davis Cup World Group, first round tie. Results Saturday, Doubles: Alex Corretja/Juan Balcells, Spain, bt Hicham ...
Uytdehaage Wins Men's 5000m Speed Skating Gold with World Record
Feb 10, 2002 ... Jochem Uytdehaage of the Netherlands took the men's 5,000m speedskating title at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games with a world recordperformance at the Utah Olympic Oval Saturday afternoon. Uytdehaage clocked in 6:14.66 for the top honor, beating a freshmark of 6:17.98 set up by ...
Italian Belmondo Takes First Gold in Salt Lake Winter Olympics
Feb 10, 2002 ... Italian veteran Stefania Belmondo overtook pace-leader LarissaLazutina of Russia to take the first gold medal of the 19th WinterOlympic Games hereSaturday morning. Belmondo, 33, clocked 39 minutes 54.4 seconds for the first goldmedal of the Games in the women's 15km freestyle mass ...
Winter Parliament Session Begins in Nepal
Feb 10, 2002 ... The winter session of Nepal's parliament began Sunday to work onbills and endorse the declaration of the state of emergency, thestate-run National NewsAgency reported. About 22 bills including corruption elimination, women'srights,political parties and health will be discussed ...
Results from Etoile de Besseges Cycle Race
Feb 10, 2002 ... Following are leading results in the 146-km fourth stage of theEtoile de Besseges cycle race from Ales to Laudun on Saturday: 1. Jaan Kirsipuu, Estonia, AG2r Prevoyance, 3 hours 20 minutes 19seconds 2. Robbie McEwen, Australia, Lotto-Adecco 3. Thor Hushovd, Norway, ...
Results at Tour of Algarve Cycling Race
Feb 10, 2002 ... Following are leading results ofthe first stage of the Tour ofAlgarve cycling race on Saturday, a173.4-km run that began and endedin Tavira, Portugal: 1. Thorsten Wilhelms, Germany/Team Coast, four hours, 17 minutes,55 seconds 2. Luciano Pagliarini, ...
Round-up: Italy Grabs First Gold, World Mark Broken in 2002 Winter
Feb 10, 2002 ... Games SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, February 9 (Xinhua) -- Italian veteranStefania Belmondo beat her right broken pole to take the first goldmedal in the 2002 Winter Olympics before the world recordperformances by a pair of speedskaters highlighted the first daycompetitions at the Utah ...
Italy Squad for World Cup Warm-up Match against United States
Feb 10, 2002 ... Italy head coach Giovanni Trapattoni on Saturday named the a 22-man squad for the friendly soccer match against the United States inCatania on February 13. The full squad is as follows: Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Francesco Toldo (InterMilan) Defenders: ...
Leading Scorers in English Premier League
Feb 10, 2002 ... Following are the leading scorers in the English premier leagueafter Saturday's matches: 18 - Thierry Henry (Arsenal), Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink(Chelsea),Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United) 15 - Alan Shearer (Newcastle United) 14 - Michael Owen (Liverpool) 12 ...
Major News Items in Leading Philippine Newspapers
Feb 10, 2002 ... The following are major news items in leading Philippinenewspapers Sunday. The Daily Tribune: -- At least 10 persons were killed and nine others missing afteran overloaded riverboat slammed into a submerged log and sank in thesouthern Philippines, officials said ...
Italian Belmondo Takes 2002 Winter Olympic First Gold
Feb 10, 2002 ... In a stirring fashion, Italian veteran Stefania Belmondooutsprinted pace-maker Larissa Lazutina of Russia in the last 150meters to take the first gold medal of the 19th Winter Olympic Gameshere Saturday morning. Belmondo, 33, clocked 39 minutes 54.4 seconds for the gold medalin ...
Major News Items in Leading Indian Newspapers
Feb 10, 2002 ... The following are major newsitems in leading Indian newspapersSunday: The Hindu: -- The United Arab Emirates has deported Aftab Ansari alias FarhanMalik, prime suspect in the Kolkata attack outside the AmericanCenter on January 22. He has been brought to New Delhi ...
Olympic Results of Men's 30km Cross Country Skiing
Feb 10, 2002 ... Following are the results of men's 30km cross country skiingfreestyle mass start at the Salt Lake City Olympic Winter Games hereon Saturday: 1. Johann Muehlegg, Spain, one hour nine minutes and 28.9 seconds 2. Christian Hoffmann, Austria, 1:11:31.0 3 ....
Britain Leads Sweden 2-1 in Davis Cup Tie
Feb 10, 2002 ... Britain leads Sweden 2-1 after Saturday's doubles match in theirDavis Cup world group, first round tie, played in Birmingham, UnitedKingdom. Results (British names first): Saturday's doubles: Tim Henman/Greg ...
Medal Table at Salt Lake City Winter Olympics
Feb 10, 2002 ... Following is the medal table of the Olympic Winter Games at theSalt Lake City on Saturday (tabulated under team, gold, silver,bronze and total) Italy 1001 Netherlands1001 Norway 100...
Spanish First Division Results
Feb 10, 2002 ... Following are the results of soccer matches played in the Spanishfirst division on Saturday: Real Mallorca tied Barcelona 0-0 Valencia tied Celta Vigo 0-0. FixturesPlaying on Sunday: Deportivo ...
Norway Wins Women's Moguls Title in 2002 Winter Olympics
Feb 10, 2002 ... World Cup leader Kari Traa of Norway took the women's moguls goldmedal at the 19thWinter Olympic Games here Saturday afternoon. Traa, who has amassed a perfect 400 points in six ...
Over 75,000 Chinese Expected in Thailand During Chinese New Year
Feb 10, 2002 ... BANGKOK, February 10 (Xinhua) - Over 75,000 Chinese tourists areexpected to visit Thailand during the Chinese New Year Festival,according to a report of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT)Sunday. The report said with the projected Chinese arrivals, the two-daycelebration was ...
Uytdehaage Wins Speed Skating with World Record
Feb 10, 2002 ... Jochem Uytdehaage of the Netherlands smashed a world record thatlasted less than half an hour as he won the men's 5000m speed skatinggold medal atthe Salt Lake City Olympic Winter Games here onSaturday. Uytdehaage, who is making debut at Olympics, was timed six minutes14.66 ...
Opener, Advisory
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Results from Davis Cup Tennis (1)
Feb 10, 2002 ... Results from the Davis Cup tennismatches played on Saturday: WORLD GROUP At Metz, France: France 2, Netherlands 0 Singles: Sebastien Grosjean, France, beat Edwin Kempes, Netherlands, 7-5,7-6 (7-5), 6-2 Arnaud Clement, France, bt Sjeng Schalken, ...
German First Division Results/Standings
Feb 10, 2002 ... Following are results of German first division soccer matchesplayed on Saturday: Werder Bremen bt Kaiserslautern 1-0 Bayer Leverkusen bt Borussia Moenchengladbach 5-0 Hansa Rostock bt SC Freiburg 4-0 Bayern Munich tied Borussia Dortmund 1-1 Schalke 04 bt ...
Rookies Win at NBA's All-Star Weekend
Feb 10, 2002 ... NBA's rookies beat sophomores 103-97 in their clash to start theNBA All-star weekendhere on Saturday. Golden State's Jason Richardson was selected the Most ValuablePlayer, who scored 15 of his 26 points in the second half. The sophomores led 58-51 at halftime, but the rookies ...
Colombia Has Heaviest Casualties for Journalists: Human Right Group
Feb 10, 2002 ... At least 39 journalists were killed in Colombia over the pastdecade, ranking the South American country among nations with theheaviest casualties for journalists in armed conflicts, said a humanright group here Saturday. Alejandro Ramelli, coordinator of the National Human Rights ...
Paris Open Indoor Women's Tennis Semi-final Results
Feb 10, 2002 ... Following are semi-final results from the 585,000 U.S. dollarsParis Open indoor WTA tournament on Saturday (prefix number denotesseeding): 4-Jelena ...
Portuguese Premier League Results
Feb 10, 2002 ... Following are the results of Portuguese premier league soccermatches played on Saturday: Belenenses bt Varzim 3-2 Alverca lost to Maritimo 0-2 Beira Mar bt Vitoria Setubal 1-0 Braga tied Salgueiros 0-0 Uniao ...
United States Leads Slovakia 3-0 in Davis Cup Tie
Feb 10, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, February 9 (Xinhua) - The United States took a winning3-0 lead over Slovakia after Saturday's doubles in their Davis Cupworld group, first round tie, played in Oklahoma City, United States. Results (U.S. names ...
Market Exchange Rates
Feb 10, 2002 ... Market exchange rates of threemajor currencies against RMB yuan onSunday, announced by the People's Bank of China: Currency Unit Middle Price (in RMB yuan) U.S. Dollar 100 827.66 Japanese Yen 100 6.2163 Hong Kong Dollar 100 ...
Colombia Expects Prompt Solution to Venezuela's Crisis
Feb 10, 2002 ... The Colombian government expressed Saturday its confidence in aquick solution to Venezuela's internal trouble caused by two militaryofficers who demanded the resignation of Venezuelan President HugoChavez. Colombian Foreign Minister Guillermo Fernandez de Soto toldreporters that ...
Kazakhstan Leads Philippines 3-0 in Davis Cup Tie
Feb 10, 2002 ... Kazakhstan took a winning 3-0 lead over the Philippines afterSaturday's doubles match in their Davis Cup Asia-Oceania zone GroupII, first round tie. Results (Kazakhstan names first): Saturday's doubles: Dias ...
Rio Group to Discuss Annual Agenda in Costa Rica
Feb 10, 2002 ... The foreign ministers of the 19-member Rio Group are expected tomeet next Friday in Costa Ricato discuss the annual agenda for thisregional political organization, Costa Rican Foreign Minister RobertoRojas announcedhere Saturday. Rojas, whose country now holds the rotating ...
Dutch First Division Results/Standings
Feb 10, 2002 ... Following are results of Dutchfirst division soccer matches playedon Saturday: Vitesse Arnhem tied Fortuna Sittard 1-1 Sparta Rotterdam lost to Graafschap Doetinchem 1-3 AZ Alkmaar lost to Heerenveen 0-2 Played on Friday: Twente Enschede bt Den Bosch ...
Standings of Portuguese Premier League
Feb 10, 2002 ... Following are the standings of Portuguese premier league aftersoccer matches played on Saturday (tabulated under games played, won,drawn, lost, goals for, against and points): 1. Boavista22 15 3 4 38 13 48 2. Sporting21 14 4 3 49 17 ...
Results of English Premier League Soccer
Feb 10, 2002 ... Following are the results of English premier league soccer matchesplayed on Saturday: Aston Villa tied Chelsea, 1-1 Bolton Wanderers bt West Ham United, 1-0 Derby County lost to Sunderland, 0-1 Fulham bt Blackburn Rovers, ...
Italian Belmondo Takes First Gold Medal in Winter Olympics
Feb 10, 2002 ... Italian veteran Stefania Belmondo took the first gold medal of the19th Winter Olympic Games by winning the women's 15km freestyle massstart cross country skiing in 39 minutes 54.4 seconds here ...
Dutch Uytdehaage Breaks Men's 5,000m Speed Skating World Record
Feb 10, 2002 ... Jochem Uytdehaage of the Netherlands surpassed the world record inthe men's 5,000m speedskating at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games at theUtah Olympic Oval Saturday afternoon. Uytdehaage clocked in 6:14.66 to beat the fresh ...
Results from Gaz de France WTA Tour Tennis Tournament
Feb 10, 2002 ... Results Saturday from the 585,000US dollars Gaz de France WTA Tourtennis tournament here (prefix number denotes ...
EU Disagrees With U.S.Concept on "Axis of Evil"
Feb 10, 2002 ... The European Union (EU) expressed its disagreement on Saturdaywith the view of U.S. President George W. Bush made in his State ofthe Union speech to classify Iraq, Iran and the Democratic People'sRepublic of Korea as an "axis of evil." The consensus was reached at the second day of ...
Medal Winners at Winter Olympics
Feb 10, 2002 ... Following are the medal winners at the Salt Lake City OlympicWinter Games on Saturday: Cross Country: Men's 30km freestyle mass start: Gold -- Johann Muehlegg, Spain Silver -- Christian Hoffmann, Austria Bronze -- Mikhail Botvinov, Austria Women's ...
Italian First Division Result/Standings
Feb 10, 2002 ... Following is result of an Italian first division soccer matchplayed on Saturday: Chievo Verona lost to Udinese 1-2 Playing on Sunday: Atalanta vs Brescia Bologna vs Inter Milan Lecce vs Verona AC Milan vs Perugia Parma vs Lazio AS ...
Xinhua World News Summary at 0030 GMT, February 10
Feb 10, 2002 ... KUWAIT CITY -- Visiting Russian Deputy Foreign Minister AlexanderSaltanov said on Saturday that the solution to the Iraq issue shouldbe based on Baghdad's cooperation with the United Nations on weaponsof mass destruction, Kuwait's official KUNA news agency reported. Saltanov, in a ...
German First Division Leading Scorers
Feb 10, 2002 ... Following are leading scorers inthe German first division afterSaturday's matches: 12 - Marcio Amoroso (Borussia Dortmund) 11 - Michael Ballack (Bayer Leverkusen) 10 - Claudio Pizarro (Bayern Munich), Giovane Elber (Bayern Munich), Oliver Neuville (Bayer ...
French First Division Leading Scorers
Feb 10, 2002 ... Following are leading scorers in the French first division aftermatches played on Saturday: 17 - Pedro Pauleta (Girondins Bordeaux) 14 - Jean-Claude Darcheville (Lorient) 13 - Djibrill Cisse (AJ Auxerre) 11 - Pierre-Alain Frau (Sochaux), Nicolas Gousse ...
Spaniard Muehlegg Wins Men's 30km Cross Country Freestyle
Feb 10, 2002 ... Johann Muehlegg ofSpain took the men's 30km cross countryfreestyle mass start skiing race at the 2002 Winter Olympic Gameshere ...
Major News Items in Leading Pakistani Newspapers
Feb 10, 2002 ... The following are major newsitems in leading Pakistani Englishnewspapers on Sunday. The Nation: -- Pakistan and the United States on Saturday signed a reciprocalagreement to enhance military cooperation between the two countries. The Frontier Post: -- Pakistan ...
World Record Broken in Men's 5,000m Speed Skating
Feb 10, 2002 ... Derek Parra of theUnited States broke the men's 5000m speedskating world record at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games here ...
Italian First Division Leading Scorers
Feb 10, 2002 ... Following are leading scorers in Italian first division soccerleague after Saturday's match: 14 - Cristiano Doni (Atalanta), Christian Vieri (Inter Milan),David Trezeguet (Juventus), Marco Di Vaio (Parma), Dario Hubner(Piacenza) 13 - Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan) 12 - ...
Olympic Result of Men's 5,000m Speed Skating
Feb 10, 2002 ... Following are the results of men's 5,000m speed skating event atthe Salt Lake City Olympic Winter Games Saturday afternoon: 1. Jochem Uytdehaage, Netherlands, six minutes 14.66 seconds(world record) 2. Derek Parra, United States, ...
Copa Libertadores Results/Standings
Feb 10, 2002 ... Following are results and standings in the Copa Libertadoressoccer tournament after Friday's match: GROUP ONE Results Feb 5: Alianza Lima tied Cerro Porteno 0-0 Feb 6: Cobreloa bt Sao Caetano 2-1 Standings P W D L F A ...
Colombian Rebels Blow up Electricity Towers in Northeast
Feb 10, 2002 ... Colombia's second largest rebel group, the National LiberationArmy (ELN), blew up Saturday five electricity towers in thenortheastern province of Norte de Santander, military sources said. The attacks happened near the towns of Abrego and Gramalote, some750 kilometers northeast of ...
East Timor Adopts Draft New Constitution
Feb 10, 2002 ... East Timor's Constituent Assembly Saturday approved a draft of thenew constitution which envisions a parliamentary system with a strongexecutive for the new country, according to reports reaching hereSunday. The new constitution provides for a division of powers between ...
Major News Items in Leading Japanese Newspapers
Feb 10, 2002 ... The following are major news items in leading Japanese newspapersSunday. Asahi, Yomiuri, Mainichi, Nihon Keizai: -- Top financial officials from the Group of Seven (G-7) economicpowers will renew their commitments to global economic growth attheir weekend meeting amid Japan's ...
EU Seeks Political Means to Revive Mideast Peace Process
Feb 10, 2002 ... European Union (EU) foreign ministers on Saturday prepared adocument that considers political measures to reactivate the stalledpeace process betweenIsrael and the Palestinians. Spanish Foreign Minister and pro tempore president of the EUCouncil, Josep Pique, announced the ...
Olympic Results of Women's 15km Freestyle Cross Country
Feb 10, 2002 ... Following are the leading results of the women's 15km crosscountry freestyle mass start race, the first gold medal event at the2002 Winter Olympic Games here on Saturday: 1. Stefania Belmondo, Italy, 39:54.4 2. Larissa Lazutina, Russia, ...
Liverpool Beats Ipswich 6-0 to Jump to Top of English Premier
Feb 10, 2002 ... League LONDON, February 9 (Xinhua) -- Michael Owen and Emile Heskeyscored twice apiece to help Liverpool crush Ipswich 6-0 on Saturdayand jump to the top of the English Premier League. Liverpool started the day in third place on goal difference fromNewcastle - its six goals ...
News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua
Feb 10, 2002 ... Following are news items fromthe Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua inHong Kong Saturday: Indonesia Sends Warships to Combat Piracy in Malacca Straits Major News Items in Leading Philippine Newspapers Major News Items in Leading Japanese Newspapers Pakistani Embassy ...
Kirsipuu Wins Fourth Stage in Besseges Cycle Race
Feb 10, 2002 ... Estonian sprinter Jaan Kirsipuu won 146-km fourth stage of theEtoile de Besseges race from Ales to Laudun on Saturday. Kirsipuu clocked three hours 20 minutes and 19 seconds. Australia's Robbie McEwen finished second with ...
Wilhlems Wins First Stage in Tour of Algarve Cycle Race
Feb 10, 2002 ... Germany's Thorsten Wilhlems won the first stage of Portugal's Tourof the Algarve cycle race in Tavira on Saturday. Wilhlems, of Team Coast, outsprinted Brazilian Luciano Pagliariniof Lampre-Daikin at the end of the 173.4-km stage to take the ...
Olympic Results of Women's Moguls in Salt Lake City
Feb 10, 2002 ... Following are the leading results of the women's moguls at the2002 Winter Olympic Games here Saturday afternoon: 1. Kari Traa, Norway, 25.94 points 2. Shannon Bahrke, United States, 25.06 3. Tae ...
"Awesome", Uytdehaage Says of His World-Record Performance
Feb 10, 2002 ... Jochem Uytdehaage of the Netherlands took the men's 5,000m speedskating title at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games with a world recordperformance at the Utah Olympic Oval Saturday afternoon. He clocked in 6:14.66 for the top honor, beating a half-a-hour-old mark of 6:17.98 set up by ...