Xinhua News Agency back issues from Thursday, June 6:
News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)
Jun 06, 2002 ... Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua inHong Kong Wednesday: Foreign Exchange Rates in Malaysia Xinhua Summary of Asia-Pacific Economic News, Wednesday, June 5 India Should Respond to Pakistan's Steps Against Terrorism:Minister hka -- ...
London Key Market Information
Jun 06, 2002 ... Following is the key market information at close in London onWednesday: June 5 May 31 Pound sterling 1.4592 1.4542 U.S. dollars 1.5522 1.5573 Euro Euro 0.9398 0.9339 U.S ....
Costa Rican Commercial Sales Grow During World Cup
Jun 06, 2002 ... The volume of commercial sales in Costa Rica grew to 60 percentthanks to the Korea-Japan 2002 WorldCup, Wednesday informed localdaily La Prensa Libre. This phenomenon intensified specially after the 2-0 victory ofCosta Rica over China, La Prensa Libre pointed on ...
Market Exchange Rates
Jun 06, 2002 ... Market exchange rates of four majorcurrencies against RMB yuan onThursday, announced by the People'sBank of China: Currency Unit Middle Price (in RMB yuan) U.S. Dollar 100 827.69 Euro 100 778.65 Japanese Yen 100 ...
Venezuelan Press Surprised by U.S. Victory
Jun 06, 2002 ... Venezuelan newspapers, in their afternoon editions, Wednesdayapplauded on Wednesday the surprise debut of the United Statesdefeating 3-2 favorite Portugal in Korea-Japan 2002 World Cup. "United States went against all pronostications", said dailyElMundo, which said "the U.S ....
Possibility of War in South Asia Worries Bangladesh
Jun 06, 2002 ... Bangladesh would be naturally worriedif a nuclear war broke out inSouth Asia, Foreign minister M Morshed Khan said here Wednesday. "It's a worry and concern of becoming possible victims of the fallout," the foreign minister said replying to questions at a pressbriefing. The ...
Indian PM Returns from Almaty
Jun 06, 2002 ... Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee returned here Wednesdayevening after a four-day trip to Kazakhstan. Vajpayee attended the16-nation Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measuresin Asia at Almaty, Kazakhstan. He made a proposal for a joint Indo-Pak patrolling of ...
Major News Items in Leading Pakistani Newspapers
Jun 06, 2002 ... The following are major news items in leading Pakistani Englishnewspapers on Thursday. The Frontier Post: -- Rejecting Indian allegations of cross border terrorism,President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday reiterated his position thathis country has no role in the continued ...
Brazil to Host Portuguese-Speaking Countries Summit
Jun 06, 2002 ... Brazil will host the 4th Summit of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) onJuly 31-August 1, 2002, announced theBrazilian Foreign Ministry Wednesday. The ministry said that the event will officially mark the entryofEast Timor into the organization, which will have ...
Major News Items in Leading Japanese Newspapers
Jun 06, 2002 ... The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspaperson Thursday: Mainichi, Asahi, Yomiuri, Nihon Keizai: -- Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and his cabineteconomic ministers agree to cut corporate tax rates. Nihon Keizai: -- Japan's major ...
Facts and Figures for World Cup Match Spain v Paraguay
Jun 06, 2002 ... Facts and figures ahead of Friday's World Cup Group B matchbetween Spain and Paraguay: Match venue: Chonju, South Korea Match referee: Gamal Ghandour (Egypt) Linesmen: Wagih Farag (Egypt) Brighton Mudzamiri (Zimbabwe) Kick-off: 0900 ...
Estrada Denied of Motion for Medical Trip
Jun 06, 2002 ... The Philippine anti-graft court junked the motion filed by jailedFormer President Joseph Estrada on his pending trip abroad formedical treatment. The court said since Estrada has declared that he no longerrecognized or trusted the court, his petition to travel iswithoutlegal ...
Japanese Hospitals Lack Anti-Domestic Violence Measures
Jun 06, 2002 ... Some 86 percent of hospitals and clinics surveyed in Japan lackadequate measures to deal with victims of domestic violence, KyodoNews reported Thursday. A team of the Japanese National Center of Neurology and Psychiatryconducted the survey on the issue in January and February, ...
Greenpeace Promotes Clean Energy in Spain
Jun 06, 2002 ... The environmental group, Greenpeace,organized a demonstration,dubbed Solar Caravan 2002, on World Environmental Day, Wednesday. People in Spanish cities faced promotions for the use of cleanenergy sources. With the slogan "Choose a Positive Energy",Greenpeace members informed ...
Garmendia Wins Third Stage in Tour of Germany Cycle Race
Jun 06, 2002 ... Spain's Aitor Garmendia of Team Coast won the third stage of Tourof Germany cycle race and took the overall lead from German sprintmaster Erik Zabel. It was the first victory in two years for the 34-year-oldGarmendia, who completed the 192 kilometers from Buehlertal toSchonach in ...
Facts and Figures for World Cup Match Argentina v England
Jun 06, 2002 ... Facts and figures ahead of Friday's World Cup Group F matchbetween Argentina and England: Match venue: Sapporo, Japan Match referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy) Linesmen: Hector Vergara (Canada) Mohamed Saeed (Maldives) Kick-off: 1130 ...
World AIDS Fund Provides 14 million U.S.dollars to Thailand
Jun 06, 2002 ... The World AIDS Fund has offered Thailand 600 million baht (about14 million U.S. dollars) this year to boost the budget of over 1.22billion baht (28 million dollars) approved by the Thai government,according to a report ofthe Department for Communicable Diseasesavailable here Thursday ....
HK Stocks Open Higher
Jun 06, 2002 ... Hong Kong stocks opened at 11,447.31 points ...
Spain Increases Assistance to Developing Countries
Jun 06, 2002 ... Spain reached seventh position in the world in 2001 amongcountries providing assistance for developing countries, SpanishEconomy Minister Rodrigo Rato said on Wednesday. The increase in Spanish assistance for developing countriesamounted to 45 percent, said the Second Deputy Prime ...
Past U.S. Open Golf Tournament Winners (1)
Jun 06, 2002 ... Following is a list of previous U.S. Open champions ahead of theJune 13-16 U.S. Open tournament in Formingdale, New York, the secondmajor of the year (U.S. unless stated): 2001: Retief Goosen (South Africa) 2000: Tiger Woods 1999: Payne Stewart 1998: Lee ...
Xinhua World News Summary at 0030 GMT, June 6
Jun 06, 2002 ... BAGHDAD -- Warplanes of the United States last week droppedincendiary bombs in the northern Neineva Province and caused firesinthe barley fields, the state-run Iraq TV reported on Wednesday. The "criminal" U.S. jets dropped incendiary bombs in the areas ofAl-Hamdani and Hamam ...
Honda to Change Accident-Liable Auto Parts
Jun 06, 2002 ... Japanese car maker Honda will replace its suspected ignitionswitches in certain models for Chinese users in 10 days. Honda is arranging dispatch of parts, which will betransportedfrom the Honda headquarters to China in the middle ofJune, said Liu Dequan of Honda's Beijing Branch, ...
Drug Trafficking Group Remnants Surrender to Myanmar Govt
Jun 06, 2002 ... A total of 45 remnant members from the Mong Tai Army (MTA) inMyanmar laid down their arms in southern part of Shan state of thecountry at the end of last month, according to a report of theMyanmar Defense Ministry available here Thursday. These members, led by Colonel Lin Hsaing, ...
Cubans Celebrate World Environmental Day
Jun 06, 2002 ... Cuba celebrated World Environmental Day on Wednesday with thecommunity taking a positive role in the protection of the environmentand involved in more education aboutnature. The president of the Nationals Environmental Agency, GiselaAlonso, assured the press that Cuban authorities ...
Past U.S. Open Golf Tournament Winners (2-last)
Jun 06, 2002 ... (Continued) 1960: Arnold Palmer 1959: Billy Casper 1958: Tommy Bolt 1957: Dick Mayer 1956: Cary Middlecoff 1955: Jack Fleck 1954: Ed Furgol 1953: Ben Hogan 1952: Julius Boros 1951: Ben Hogan 1950: Ben ...
Results from Tour of Germany Cycle Race
Jun 06, 2002 ... Following are leading results in thethird stage of the Tour ofGermany cycle race over 192 kilometers from Buehlertal to Schonach: 1. Aitor Garmendia, Spain, 5 hours 12 minutes 22 seconds 2. Igor Gonzalez Galdeano, Spain, 22 seconds behind 3. Laurent Brochard, France, ...
Costa Rica A Large Producer of Spam
Jun 06, 2002 ... Costa Rica is one of the world leaders in producing the largestamount of garbage Internet messages, says a report of the NationalTourism Chamber (CANATUR),published on Wednesday. The local press quoted the agency's Internet service manager, TonyMurillo, as saying almost half, and ...
London Metal Exchange Prices
Jun 06, 2002 ... Following are the closing cash and three-month prices at theLondon Metal Exchange on Wednesday: Cash Three-month (U.S. dollars per ton)(U.S. dollars per ton) Unofficial close Unofficial close Copper 1685.00 ...
French Open Fans to Be Compensated for Rained-off Day
Jun 06, 2002 ... Tennis fans whose day at the French Open tennis championships waswashed out on Wednesday will be compensated tournament officialssaid. Roland Garros compensates tickets holders if there is less thantwohours' play on any given day at the claycourt grand slam, and only 36minutes of ...
Arafat's Life in Danger: PNA Official
Jun 06, 2002 ... Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's life would be endangered by theIsraeli incursion into the West Bank town of Ramallah early Thursday,a Palestinian National Authority (PNA) official said. Supported by tanks, bulldozers and armored vehicles, the Israeliarmy entered Ramallah and ...
Venezuela Secures U.S. Compromise in OAS Assembly
Jun 06, 2002 ... Venezuela has secured a compromise from the United States to allowPresident Hugo Chavez to decide whether the mediation of theOrganization of the American States (OAS) is necessary to bring anend to the political turmoil in the country. Reports reaching here Tuesday from the 32nd ...
Colombian Adopts Code of International Criminal Court
Jun 06, 2002 ... Colombian President Andres Pastrana signed a law on Wednesdaywhich incorporates the statute of the International Criminal Courtinto local legislation and turns crimes against civilians into crimesagainst mankind. "As of today, the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces ofColombia),ELN ...
Results from Milan International Athletics Meeting
Jun 06, 2002 ... Following are selected leading resultsfrom an internationalathletics meeting in Milan on Wednesday: Men's 100 meters 1. Francis Obikwelu, Nigeria, 10.28 seconds 2. Deji Aliu, Nigeria, 10.29 3. Bernard Williams, U.S., 10.31 Men's triple jump 1 ....
Bangkok Rice F.O.B. Prices
Jun 06, 2002 ... The following are offered Bangkok rice f.o.b. prices, as set bythe Rice Committee Board of Trade ofThailand, for the week startingThursday: U.S. Dollar/Metric Ton last week this week White Fragrant Rice 100 percent 1st ...
Edwards Sets Season's Best in Triple Jumpe
Jun 06, 2002 ... Britain's world and Olympic champion Jonathan Edwards prouced thelongest triple jump of the season on Wednesday, with a leapof 17.67meters at an international athletics meeting in Milan. The holder of the world record of 18.29 meters, he eclipsedtheseason's previous best of 17.63 ...
Major News Items in Leading Philippine Newspapers
Jun 06, 2002 ... The following are major news items in leading Philippinenewspapers Thursday. The Philippine Star: -- American troops dispatched to Basilan in the southernPhilippines for training and to assist Filipino soldiers in combatingthe Abu Sayyaf are ready to be deployed "anytime" to ...
Israeli Army Enters Ramallah, Besieges Arafat Headquarters
Jun 06, 2002 ... Supported by tanks, bulldozers and armored vehicles, the Israeliarmy entered the West Bank town of Ramallah early Thursday,Palestinian eyewitnesses and security sources said. The security sources said several tanks entered Ramallah andbesieged Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's ...
First Duty Free Shop in Town to Be Open in Thailand
Jun 06, 2002 ... The famous island resort of Phuket will open the first duty freeshop in town very soon while around 30 entrepreneurs are in thepipeline to follow suit, the Thai NewsAgency said Thursday. Soontorn Srisangfah, director of the Regional Customs Bureau 5 wasquoted as saying that the ...
Chief of PLA General Staff Returns to Beijing
Jun 06, 2002 ... Fu Quanyou, chief of the General Staff of the Chinese People'sLiberation Army ...
French Open Doubles Results
Jun 06, 2002 ... Following are doubles results at the French Open tennischampionships on Thursday (prefix number denotes seeding): Women's quarter-finals 15-Rika Fujiwara/Ai Sugiyama, Japan, bt Petra ...
Thailand Set to Make Upward Revision of Growth Estimate
Jun 06, 2002 ... The National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) plansto make revision of the economic growth projection on June 17, sayingthe new estimate would be higher than the 2-3 percent forecastearlier. Secretary-General Chakramon Pasukvanich said NESDB had alreadyprepared ...
Brazil, Argentina, Mexico Bourses Close Lower
Jun 06, 2002 ... Latin America's three major stock markets -- Sao Paulo, BuenosAires and Mexico City -- closeddown on Wednesday. The Buenos Aires stock market closed with its Merval indexdown1.40 percent to end at 292.38, as compared to 296.54 points oflast trade session. The trade volume was some ...
Argentina v England in World Cup Rivalry
Jun 06, 2002 ... World Cup favorites Argentina are to play their bitter soccerrivals England in Sapporo, Japan on Friday in a highlight World CupGroup F match. Victory would guarantee Argentina a spot in the next round aftertheir 1-0 defeat of Nigeria on Sunday. Defeat for England, who drew1-1 ...
Chile's Supreme Court Accepts Removal of Pinochet's Special Rights
Jun 06, 2002 ... Chile's Supreme Court recommended on Wednesday that AugustoPinochet, former President of Chile, be stripped of special rightsand undergo interrogation by a Argentine judge for the murder of asenior Army officer in 1974. The recommendation, second of its kind, is an answer to ...
Auto Sales Expected to Hit Record in Canada
Jun 06, 2002 ... Strong demand and consumer confidence should make 2002 the bestyear yet for Canadian car and truck sales, Canadian economists saidTuesday. With Canada's economic growth outpacing the United Statesneighbour and a stronger need in this country to replace agingvehicles, economists ...
Top CPC Official Concludes Visit to Cote d'Ivoire
Jun 06, 2002 ... Wei Jianxing, a member of the Political Bureau Standing Committeeand a member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of theCommunist Party of China (CPC), left here Thursday morning for Gabon,the second leg of his five-nation African tour, after concluding avisit to Cote ...
Major Foreign Exchange Rates in Pakistan
Jun 06, 2002 ... The following are major exchange rates against the Pakistani rupeeissued by the Treasury Management Division of the National Bank ofPakistan on Thursday. Selling Buying Buying TT & OD TT CleanOD/T.CHQ U.S. dollar 60.50 60.00 ...
U.S. House Speaker Meets Zeng Jianhui
Jun 06, 2002 ... U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Dennis Hastert said hereWednesday that the United States and China should have mutual trustand increase cooperation between them. The U.S. Congress and the National People's Congress (NPC) ofChina should enhance mutual exchanges and ...
Japan Reaffirms Opposition to Full Postal Privatization
Jun 06, 2002 ... Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Thursday reaffirmedits opposition to a set of postal deregulation bills for fullprivatization of postal services, Kyodo News reported Thursday. The move by the LDP Policy Research Council's PublicManagement,Home Affairs, Posts and ...
Highlights of Major Beijing-based Newspapers -- June 6
Jun 06, 2002 ... Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers Thursday: All newspapers frontpage a Wednesday meeting at Almaty, Kazakhstanbetween Chinese President Jiang Zemin and his Kazakh counterpart,Nursultan Nazarbayev, on bilateral relations and issues of commonconcern. Also frontpaged ...
Writethru: Israeli Forces Besiege Arafat's Compound
Jun 06, 2002 ... Following the incursion into the West Bank town of Jenin, Qalailyaand Hebron, the Israeli army surrounded the headquarters ofPalestinian leader Yasser Arafat inRamallah early Thursday. The move was in retaliation for the Palestinian suicide bombinginIsrael's north on Wednesday when ...
Opener, Advisory
Jun 06, 2002 ... . Unauthorized reproduction of ...
U.S. Supports Celebrate World Cup Win over Portugal
Jun 06, 2002 ... A bunch of excited American fanstemporarily abandoned half-emptyglasses of beer, cups of coffee and platters of fried breakfast foodat a local restaurant this morning, spilling into the streets tocelebrate the 3-2 upset overPortugal in the World Cup. Marty Kushner who stayed at the ...
Uruguay Could Defy France According to Fernando Silva
Jun 06, 2002 ... The President of the Uruguayan Professional Soccer PlayerOrganization, Fernando Silva, Wednesdaysaid that logic points Franceas the winner in the Group A match against Uruguay on Friday, but hementioned there are several situations that equalize the chances ofwinning. "Hopefully, ...
Costa Rica to Qualify to Second Round in World Cup: Opinion Poll
Jun 06, 2002 ... About 75 percent of Costa Ricans trust the national soccer teamwill qualify to the second round ofthe Korea-Japan 2002 World Cup,according to an opinion poll released on Wednesday. In relation to the question "Will Costa Rica Qualify to the SecondRound?" only 25 percent of the ...
Urgent: Israeli Army Moving into Ramallah
Jun 06, 2002 ... Israeli tanks are moving into Ramallah and towards ...
Urgent: Israeli Troops Open Fire at Arafat's House
Jun 06, 2002 ... Israeli troops opened fire early Thursday near PalestinianNational Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat's head office in ...
One Killed, Dozens Injured in Ramallah
Jun 06, 2002 ... GAZA, June 6 (Xinhua) One Palestinian militant was killed and 30wounded early Thursday as dozens of Israeli tanks and armoredvehicles entered into the West Bank town of Ramallah and besiegedPalestinian leader Yasser Arafat's headquarters in the town,officials said. Nabil Abu ...
Thursday's Order of Play at French Open
Jun 06, 2002 ... Following is the order of play on show courts at the French Opentennis championships on Thursday (prefix number denotes seeding, playstarts 0900 GMT): Center court 22-Andrei Pavel (Romania) vs 18-Alex Corretja (Spain) - to finish 11-Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spain) vs ...
China to Research Impact of IT on Teenager Psychology
Jun 06, 2002 ... A committee under China's State Council will conduct a nationalresearch later this year on how children are influenced by theincreasing amount of information available at present. Zhang Li, an official with the Women and Children Work Committee,was quoted by Thursday's China Daily ...
Facts and Figures for World Cup Match Sweden v Nigeria
Jun 06, 2002 ... Facts and figures ahead of Friday's World Cup group F matchbetween Sweden and Nigeria: Match venue: Kobe, Japan Match referee: Rene Ortube (Bolivia) Linesmen: Miguel Giacomuzzi (Paraguay) Mat Lazim Awang Hamat (Malaysia) Kick-off: 0630 ...
One Man's War Against Battery Pollution
Jun 06, 2002 ... Wang Hui's Dadi" (Earth photographic studio in Lanzhou, capital ofnorthwest China's Gansuprovince, is a popular place to go these days. Since Wang put up a banner during the May Day holidaysofferingeight free snapshots for three discarded batteries, dozens ofcustomers have been ...
Poverty Makes Environmental Damage Worse: IGU Official
Jun 06, 2002 ... A senior official of the International Geographic Union (IGU) hashighlighted the close link between poverty and environmentaldeterioration, the JuventudRebelde newspaper reported Wednesday. In a statement carried in daily Juventud Rebelde, IGU Vice-President Jose Luis Palacio said ...
Rapid Bucharest Wins Romanian Cup Title
Jun 06, 2002 ... Following is the result of Romanian Cup final between RapidBucharest and Dinamo Bucharest onWednesday: Rapid Bucharest bt Dinamo Bucharest 2-1 Scorers: Rapid - Marius ...
Cameroon Need Improved Game against Saudi Arabia
Jun 06, 2002 ... Cameroon are strong favorites to win Thursday's Group E gameagainst Saudi Arabia but after being trounced by Germany 8-0 and thenlosing their best striker, the team badly need a change to theirgame. The Saudis are set to show the world that their promise for aplace at the finals ...