Xinhua News Agency back issues from Monday, April 8:
Indian, US Intelligence Officials Hold Talks on South Asia
Apr 08, 2002 ... Indian and American intelligenceofficials discussed securitysituation in South Asia and shared information of mutual interesthere on Monday, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported. Deputy Director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency(CIA) John E. Melaughlin and his ...
Results from Short-course Swimming Worlds (8)
Apr 08, 2002 ... Women's 100m butterfly 1. Martina Moravcova, Slovakia, 57.04 2. Petria Thomas, Australia, 57.91 3. Anna-Karin Kammerling, Sweden, 58.12 4. Mary De Scenza, Unied ...
Shanghai Zhongyuan Extends Winning Streak
Apr 08, 2002 ... Newly-promoted Shanghai Zhongyuancontinues with a clear record asthey beat Shanxi Guoli 1-0 here on Sunday, extending their unbeatedstreak to five games. Zhongyuan, who play the Chinese Division A for the first time, isnow ranked second with 11 points from three wins and ...
Yugoslavia Denounces Albanian PM's Visit to Kosovo
Apr 08, 2002 ... Yugoslavia Sunday strongly denounced Albanian Prime MinisterPandeli Majko's uninvited visit to Kosovo, stressing that Kosovo isnot an independent state, but an integral part of the federalrepublic. Without the invitation of Yugoslavia, Majko paid a visit to KosovoSaturday in ...
Jiangsu and Zhejiang Advance into Top Four of CVA
Apr 08, 2002 ... Defending champion of China men's volleyball league Jiangsu defeatanother powerhouse Bayi in a 3-1 victory on Saturday and advancedinto the semi-finals with 16 point in hand. Zhejiang, lost to Shandong 3-1 on Sunday, but still advanced forone point advantage over its chaser ...
Results from Short-course Swimming Wrolds (9)
Apr 08, 2002 ... Men's 200m butterfly 1. James Hickman, Britain, one minute 53.14 seconds 2. Justin Norris, Australia, 1:54.07 3. Ioan Gherghel, Romania, 1:54.16 4. Anatoly Polyakov, ...
Indian Troops Shoot Dead 2 Bangladeshi Nationals
Apr 08, 2002 ... Two Bangladeshi nationals were shot dead by Indian Border SecurityForce (BSF) Troops on Sunday when they tried to cross over the Indo-Bangladeshi border in NorthKinajpur district of the West Bangalstate, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported. The BSF troops ...
Results of China Men's Volleyball League
Apr 08, 2002 ... Following are the 13th round results of China men's volleyballleague played on Sunday (home teams first): Group D: Bayi lost to Jiangsu, 3-1 (26-24, 22-25, 20-25, 23-25) Group E: Fujian lost to Hubei, 3-0 (17-25, 21-25, 21-25) Hebei lost to Sichuan, ...
Philippine Beats Kuwait 3-2 in Davis Cup Tie
Apr 08, 2002 ... The Philippines retained its position in Group II after beatingKuwait 3-2 on Sunday in the 2002 Asia-Oceania Zone II Davis Cuprelegation match in Metro Manila. Adelo Abadia saved the day for the Philippines as country's No.2player upstaged Kuwait's second player Mossad Al-Jazzaf, ...
Benko Sets Short-course World Record in Women's 200m Freestyle
Apr 08, 2002 ... American Lindsay Benkso establisheda new world record in thewomen's 200-meter freestyle Sunday at the world short-course ...
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Results from Short-course Swimming Worlds (10)
Apr 08, 2002 ... Men's 1500m freestyle 1. Grant Hackett, Australia, 14 minutes 33.94 seconds 2. Chris Thompson, United States, 14:39.43 3. Christian Minotti, Italy, 14:45.41 4. Erik Vendt, ...
United States Sets World Record in Men's 4x100m Medley Relay
Apr 08, 2002 ... The United States set a new world record Sunday in the men's4x100m medley relay at the world short-course swimming ...
Results from Short-course Swimming Worlds (7)
Apr 08, 2002 ... Women's 50m freestyle (re-swim of the original race) 1. Therese Alshammar, Sweden, 24.16 seconds 2. Alison Sheppard, Britain, 24.28 3. Tammie Stone, United States, 24.65 4. Haley ...
Results from Short-course Swimming Worlds (11)
Apr 08, 2002 ... Women's 200m freestyle 1. Lindsay Benko, United States, one minute 54.04 seconds (worldrecord) 2. Yang Yu, China, 1:55.34 3. Xu Yanwei, China, 1:55.63 4. Elka Graham, ...
German First Division Leading Scorers
Apr 08, 2002 ... Following are leading scorers in the German first division afterthis weekend's matches: 15 - Marcio Amoroso (Borussia Dortmund), Michael Ballack (Bayer Leverkusen) 14 - Ailton (Werder Bremen), Elber (Bayern Munich), Martin Max (TSV 1860 Munich) 13 - ...
German First Division Results/Standings
Apr 08, 2002 ... Following are results of German first division soccer matchesplayed on Sunday: Borussia Dortmund bt TSV 1860 Munich 2-1 SC Freiburg lost to VfB Stuttgart 0-2 Played on Saturday: VfL Wolfsburg lost to Hertha Berlin 1-3 Hansa Rostock bt Nuremberg 1-0 ...
News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua
Apr 08, 2002 ... Following are news items from the Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua inHong Kong Sunday: Major News Items in Leading Philippine Newspapers Major News Items in Leading Japanese Newspapers India-Myanmar-Thailand Meeting on Transport Linkages Ends inYangon FEATURE: Women ...
Final Result from Porto Open Tennis
Apr 08, 2002 ... Following is the final result from the Porto Open WTA Tour tennistournament on Sunday (prefix ...
Americans Set Three World Records at Last day's Swimming Worlds
Apr 08, 2002 ... Two Americans, Lindsay Benko and Aaron Peirsol, set three short-course world records Sunday at the World Swimming Championships, withBenko winning the women's 200-meter freestyle and Peirsol taking the200-meter backstroke and contributing to the men's 4x100m medleyrelay. Therese ...
Results from Short-course Swimming Worlds (12-last)
Apr 08, 2002 ... Men's 4x100m medley relay 1. United States (Aaron Peirsol, David Denniston, Peter Marshall,Jason Lezak), three minutes 29.00 seconds (world record) 2 ....
World Short-course Swimming Championships Medal Table
Apr 08, 2002 ... Following are the medal table at the end of the five-day worldshort-course swimming championships here on Sunday: Gold Silver Bronze Australia10 7 1 United States 8 8 10 Sweden7 2 ...
Standings of French First Division Soccer League
Apr 08, 2002 ... Following are the standings of French first division soccer leagueafter Sunday's match (tabulated under matches played, won, drawn,lost, goals for, against, points): 1. RC Lens31 17 10 4 49 23 61 2. Olympique Lyon 31 18 5 8 57 31 ...
Leading Goalscorers of French First Division Soccer League
Apr 08, 2002 ... Following are the leading scorers inthe French first divisionafter Sunday's match: 21 - Pedro Pauleta (Girondins Bordeaux) 17 - Jean-Claude Darcheville (Lorient) 16 - Djibrill Cisse (AJ Auxerre) 14 - Nicolas Gousse (Troyes), Pierre-Alain Frau (Sochaux) ...
Summaries of Italian Soccer First Division Games
Apr 08, 2002 ... Following are the summaries of Italian first division matchesplayed on Sunday: Brescia 0 Verona0 Attendance: 15,000 Chievo Verona 1 - Fabio Moro 22 AC Milan 1 - Filippo Inzaghi 13 Red card: Fabio Moro (Chievo ...
Results of French First Division Soccer League
Apr 08, 2002 ... Following are the results of French first division soccer leaguegames played over the weekend: Played on Sunday: AJ Auxerre lost to Olympique Lyon 0-1 Played on Saturday: RC Lens drew with Troyes 0-0 Paris St Germain ...
Results of Italian First Division Soccer Games
Apr 08, 2002 ... Following are the results from the Italian first division soccerleague games played over the weekend: Played on Saturday: Torino tied Bologna 1-1 Played on Sunday: Brescia tied Verona ...
Italian First Division Standings
Apr 08, 2002 ... Following are the Italian first division soccer standings afterSunday's matches (tabulated under games played, won, drawn, lost,goals for, against and points): Inter 30 18845327 62 Roma30 16 1224923 60 Juventus30 ...
Market Exchange Rates
Apr 08, 2002 ... Market exchange rates of four major currencies against RMB yuan onMonday, announced by the People's Bank of China: Currency Unit Middle Price (in RMB yuan) U.S. Dollar 100 827.70 Euro 100 727.06 Japanese Yen 100 ...
Brazilian Championships Results/Standings
Apr 08, 2002 ... Following are the results of Brazilian matches played over theweekend. Rio-Sao Paulo tournament, first stage Palmeiras tied Corinthians 0-0 Americano bt Sao Caetano 1-0 Fluminense bt Flamengo 2-1 Etti Jundiai bt America-Rio de Janeiro ...
Portuguese Premier League Results
Apr 08, 2002 ... Following are the results of Portuguese premier league soccermatches played on Sunday: Uniao Leiria bt Alverca 2-1 Gil Vicente bt Belenenses 3-2 Vitoria Guimaraes tied Beira Mar 0-0 Pacos Ferreira tied Varzim 0-0 Sporting bt ...
Leading Goalscorers in Italian First Division Soccer League
Apr 08, 2002 ... Following are the leading scorers in the Italian first divisionafter Sunday's matches: 22 - Dario Hubner (Piacenza) 21 - Christian Vieri (Inter Milan) 20 - David Trezeguet (Juventus) 17 - Marco Di Vaio (Parma) 16 - Cristiano Doni (Atalanta), Filippo ...
Standings of Portuguese Premier League
Apr 08, 2002 ... Following are the standings of Portuguese premier league aftersoccer matches played on Sunday (tabulated under games played, won,drawn, lost, goals for, againstand points): 1. Sporting 30 20 7 3 66 20 67 2. Boavista 30 20 6 4 ...
Leading Goalscorers in Spanish First Division Soccer League
Apr 08, 2002 ... Following are the leading scorers in the Spanish first divisionafter Sunday's matches: 18 - Diego Tristan (Deportivo Coruna) 17 - Catanha (Celta Vigo), Fernando Morientes (Real Madrid) 16 - Patrick Kluivert (Barcelona) 14 - Raul (Real Madrid), Raul Tamudo ...
Brazilian Clubs to Lose Stars over Financial Problems
Apr 08, 2002 ... Growing financial difficulties faced by Rio de Janeiro soccerclubs could force themto lose their most popular players. Local daily Jornal do Brazil reported on Sunday that after two orthree failed associations with sports marketing firms, the teamscannot afford the rising salaries ...
Argentina Edge Croatia 3-2 to Reach Davis Cup Semifinals
Apr 08, 2002 ... Argentina beat Croatia 3-2 after Sunday's singles matches in theirDavis Cup world group, quarter-final tie. Results (Argentine names first): Sunday's singles Juan Ignacio Chela lost to Ivan Ljubicic, 3-6, 6-1, 6-7 (5-7), 4-6 Gaston Gaudio bt Ivo Karlovic, ...
Spanish First Division Results
Apr 08, 2002 ... Following are the results of soccermatches played in the Spanishfirst division on Sunday: Alaves bt Villarreal 2-1 Espanyol bt Celta Vigo 2-0 Malaga bt Tenerife 2-0 Valladolid tied Sevilla 1-1 Valencia bt ...
Standings of Spanish First Division
Apr 08, 2002 ... Following are the standings of Spanish first division after soccermatches played on Sunday (tabulated under games played, won, drawn,lost, goals for, againstand points): 1. Real Madrid33 18 8 7 64 34 62 2. Valencia 33 17 11 5 43 25 ...
Major News Items in Leading Pakistani Newspapers
Apr 08, 2002 ... The following are major news items in leading Pakistani Englishnewspapers on Monday. The News: -- Pakistan would use nuclear weapons against its neighbor Indiain their military stand-off over Kashmir, but only if the country is"in danger of vanishing off the map", President ...
Porto WTA Tournament Result
Apr 08, 2002 ... Following is the result from the 140,000 US dollars Porto WTAtournament on Sunday (prefix number ...
Venezuelan President Sacks Oil Company Executives
Apr 08, 2002 ... Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez dismissed on Sunday seven topexecutives of the state-run oil company PDVSA after they partiallyparalyzed the company by rejecting its new board of directors. Meanwhile, 12 more managers were retired following their years ofservice, said Chavez. He ...
Xinhua World News Summary at 0030 GMT, April 8
Apr 08, 2002 ... WASHINGTON -- U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Sundayhe will try to speak to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat "ifcircumstances permit" and urged Arafat to call publicly for a halt toviolence. Hours before departing on a difficult peace-seeking mission in theMiddle ...
Thailand Starts Celebrations of Traditional Lunar New Year
Apr 08, 2002 ... Thailand has started a nine-day-long celebrations of Songkran, itstraditional lunar new year, with a huge parade with performers fromall 76 provinces nationwide held in the capital city Sunday night,the state-owned radio reported Monday. Some 420,000 travellers are expected to ...
Cycling World Cup Standings
Apr 08, 2002 ... Following are the standings in the cycling World Cup after theTour of Flanders in Meerbeke, Belgium on Sunday: 1. Mario Cipollini, Italy, Acqua e Sapone, 120 points 2. Andrea Tafi, Italy, Mapei-Quick Step, 100 3. Fred Rodriguez, United States, Domo-Farm Frites, ...
Myanmar's Paper Production Goes Up in 2001
Apr 08, 2002 ... Myanmar produced 20,239 tons of allsorts of paper in the year2001, a 19.8 percent increase over the previous year, the latest dataof the country's Central Statistical Organization show. There are three state-run paper plants in Myanmar under theMinistry of Industry No.1 ...
New Zealand Calls for Israel's Immediate Withdrawal From West Bank
Apr 08, 2002 ... New Zealand has expressed its deep concern about and opposition tothe Israeli military action in the occupied territories. A government press release issued here on Monday says New ZealandForeign Minister Phil Goff has asked Israel's Ambassador to NewZealand Ruth Kahanoff to convey ...
URGENT: U.S. Secretary of State Departs on Mideast Mediation
Apr 08, 2002 ... Mission WASHINGTON, April 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State ColinPowell departed ...
Vietnam Takes Measures to Expand Textile, Garment Market
Apr 08, 2002 ... Vietnam's textile and garment industry is taking measures to boostits production and expand itsoversea markets. The industry has set export turnover targets of 4 billion U.S.dollars by 2005 and 10 billion U.S. dollars by the decade end. The sector's export value for the first ...
18 Die in Troops-Rebels Clashes in Southern Philippines
Apr 08, 2002 ... Seven Army troopers and 11 rebels were killed in separateencounters since last Thursday in the provinces of Davao Oriental andthe Davao City in the southern Philippines. The Philippine Daily Inquirer online news Monday quoted FelipeBeroya, chief of the Army's 701st Brigade based ...
Costa Rica Steps Up Security for Presidential Runoff
Apr 08, 2002 ... Costa Rica on Sunday stepped up security for the presidentialrunoff amid mounting unrest in the country, the authorities said. Some 11,000 police agents began Sunday morning a nationwide"electoral operation" to guarantee the runoff. A total of 11,027 agents from the public ...
Liaoning to Build 19 Sewage Treatment Plants
Apr 08, 2002 ... Liaoning Province, a major traditional industrial base innortheast China, will invest 6.4 billion yuan (about 771.1 millionU.S. dollars) in building 19 sewage treatment plants along the LiaoheRiver from 2001-2005. According to the provincial environmental ...
Colombian Rebel FARC Confirms Presence in Venezuela
Apr 08, 2002 ... The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the largestrebel group in Colombia, confirmed onSunday that it has camps onVenezuelan soil. Colombian daily El Tiempo quoted FARC commander, known simply asDario, as saying that the camps, which were set up without ...
Kidnapped Italian Priest Rescued in Southern Philippines
Apr 08, 2002 ... An Italian priest kidnapped last year by a Muslim kidnap-for-ransom group in the southern Philippines was rescued safely earlyMonday near Zamboanga, the ABS-CBN news channel reported. Father Giuseppe Pierantoni who was kidnapped last October, willbepresented to President Gloria ...
Photos From Germany Offer New Evidence of Nanjing Massacre
Apr 08, 2002 ... German woman Edith Gunther has recently donated 41 photos to theMemorial Hall of the Victims in the Nanjing Massacre in east China'sJiangsu Province, presenting new evidence of the holocaust committedby Japanese invaders during the Second World War. The photos were all copies of ...
Computer Attacks Up in U.S.: FBI Survey
Apr 08, 2002 ... Most large American corporations and government agencies wereattacked by computer hackers last year, but many victims tended notto inform authorities of the attacks due to fear of bad publicityabout computer security, according to a survey released by theFederal Bureau of Investigation ...
Yugoslavian Dokic Wins Sarasota Open Tennis
Apr 08, 2002 ... Yugoslavian Jelena Dokic outpowered her Russian opponent instraight sets to win the Sarasota Open tennis tournament in Floridaon Sunday. The top seed defeated Tatiana Panova 6-2, 6-2 for her first titleof the season and her fourth of career as she ...
Protesters Mark 1st Anniversary of Cincinnati Shooting
Apr 08, 2002 ... Hundreds of protesters gatheredin Cincinnati, Ohio, on Sunday tomark the first anniversary of the shooting to death of an unarmedblack man by a white police officer. The protesters gathered at the Fountain Square in the citylistening to speeches by civil rights activists and ...
14 Teenagers Break Out Prison for Songkran Festival
Apr 08, 2002 ... Fourteen teenagers broke out of Ban Ubeka remand home in Bangkok'sneighboring Sumut Prakarn province Sunday, some taking taxi drivershostage in a desperate bid to return to their families for the annualSongkran festival, the Bangkok Post reported Monday. The youths, aged 17 and 18, ...
France, United States, Russia, Argentina Advance to Davis Cup
Apr 08, 2002 ... Semifinals LONDON, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Fabrice Santoro outlasted BohdanUlihrach in a five-set final match on Sunday to lead defendingchampion France past Czech Republic into the semifinals of the DavisCup. After Jiri Novak had followed up his victory over Nicolas Escudewith ...
Mexican Indians Accuse Mexican Gov't of Negligence in Probe of
Apr 08, 2002 ... Massacre MEXICO CITY, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Indians from communitiessympathizing with the rebel National Liberation Zapatista Army in thesouthern Mexican state of Chiapas Sunday accused Mexican authoritiesof having done nothing to prosecute those involved in the ActealMassacre in ...
China to Draft Laws on Biosafety
Apr 08, 2002 ... China is considering drafting its first biosafety law to betterregulate the country's use and development of modern biotechnology,Monday's China Daily says. According to the State Environmental Protection Administration(SEPA), the law would regulate the controversial ...
Colombian President Visits Scene of Car Bomb Attack
Apr 08, 2002 ... Colombian President Andres Pastranavisited on SundayVillavicencio, capital of central Meta Province,where a car bombattack in the early hours of the day left at least 12 dead and morethan 70 injured. In Villavicencio, Pastrana presided over a special securitycouncil to discuss ...
Chinese President Starts Five-Nation Visit
Apr 08, 2002 ... Chinese President Jiang Zemin lefthere Monday morning to start astate visit to five countries including Germany, Libya, Nigeria,Tunisia and Iran. Jiang pays the visit at the invitation of President Johnannes Rauof the Federal Republic of Germany, Colonel Omar Mouammer Al ...
Myanmar Exports More Marine Products in 2001
Apr 08, 2002 ... Myanmar exported 61,000 tons of fish and prawn in the year of2001, a 3.56 percent increase over the year 2000, according to thelatest released figures from the country's Central StatisticalOrganization. Of the exports, fish accounted for 46,200 tons or 75.7percent,while prawn ...
Myanmar Produces Less Cotton Yarn in 2001
Apr 08, 2002 ... Myanmar produced 5,551.61 tons of cotton yarn in the year of 2001,a 2.61-percent drop from 2000, according to the latest data releasedby the country's Central Statistical Organization. During the year, Myanmar also yielded over 20.91 million metersofcotton fabrics, down 5.38 ...