Xinhua News Agency back issues from Thursday, October 3:
Collated results of European Champions League
Oct 03, 2002 ... Collated results of European Champions LeagueLONDON, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the collated results ingroups A to D of the Champions League first stage on Wednesday: Group A PSV Eindhoven lost to Borussia Dortmund, 1-3 AJ Auxerre lost to Arsenal, 0-1 ...
Singapore acting premier on developing national identity
Oct 03, 2002 ... Singapore acting premier on developing national identitySINGAPORE, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Singapore acting Prime Minister LeeHsien Loong has stressed that rooting Singaporeans emotionally toSingapore is a "critical but difficult" task for Singapore and getting Singaporeans "to stay ...
Key economic figures -- energy
Oct 03, 2002 ... Key economic figures -- energyBEIJING, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- China's main indicators of total production of energy for the first half of 2002 provided by the National Bureau of Statistics: Sector Number Change (10,000 tons)(percent) ...
Figures: China's imports from France
Oct 03, 2002 ... Figures: China's imports from FranceBEIJING, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- China's major imports from France inJanuary-August 2002, with the value in million U.S. dollars:Imports Value Machinery, electronic products, ...
Bangladeshi PM calls for agro-revolution in Asia
Oct 03, 2002 ... Bangladeshi PM calls for agro-revolution in AsiaDHAKA, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda ZiaWednesday called for putting in major thrust in the agriculturalsector in Asian countries to bring about an agro- revolution forrapid progress. Speaking at ...
Figures: China's imports from Italy
Oct 03, 2002 ... Figures: China's imports from ItalyBEIJING, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- China's major imports from Italy inJanuary-August 2002, with the value in million U.S. dollars:Imports: Value Machinery, electronic products, ...
Figures: China's imports from Britain
Oct 03, 2002 ... Figures: China's imports from BritainBEIJING, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- China's major imports from Britain inJanuary-August 2002, with the value in million U.S. dollars: Imports: ValueMachinery, electronic products, ...
Schedule for Finals at Asian Games on Thursday
Oct 03, 2002 ... Schedule for Finals at Asian Games on ThursdayBUSAN, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following is the secheule for finals atthe 14th Asian Games here on Thursday (all local time): Billiards: at 19:00: Snooker teams final at 16:00: Pool 8 ball singlesBowling: ...
Weak earthquake jolts Nicaragua's Pacific coast
Oct 03, 2002 ... Weak earthquake jolts Nicaragua's Pacific coastMANAGUA, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- A quake measuring 4.9 degrees on theRichter scale was felt here Wednesday, but no victims or materialdamage were reported. The quake happened at 13:41 hours local time (1941 GMT), with ...
Standings of European Champions League
Oct 03, 2002 ... Standings of European Champions LeagueLONDON, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of groupsA to D of the European Champions League first stage after Wednesday's competition (tabulated under games played, won, drawn,lost, goals for, against, points): Group A ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Oct. 2
Oct 03, 2002 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Oct. 2BEIJING, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are domestic news items released by Xinhua Wednesday: Figures: China's imports from ROK Figures: China's imports from Malaysia Figures: China's imports from Chile...
Valencia, Arsenal maintain 100% winning record
Oct 03, 2002 ... Valencia, Arsenal maintain 100% winning recordLONDON, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Valencia and Arsenal claimed their third straight European Champions League victories on Wednesday, while Inter Milan's 34-match unbeaten run ended after being stunnedby Lyon 2-1. Valencia trounced ...
Safin wins first round, Dokic knocked out in Kremlin Cup tennis
Oct 03, 2002 ... Safin wins first round, Dokic knocked out in Kremlin Cup tennisMOSCOW, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Top seed Marat Safin of Russia beat unseeded Brazilian Fernando Meligeni 6-4, 7-6 in a hard-fought men 'sopening round match to move into the second round of the Kremlin Cuptennis ...
Figures: China's imports from Spain
Oct 03, 2002 ... Figures: China's imports from SpainBEIJING, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- China's major imports from Spain inJanuary-August 2002, with the value in million U.S. dollars: Imports: ValueMachinery, electronic products, ...
Henman and Rusedski withdraw from Vienna tennis
Oct 03, 2002 ... Henman and Rusedski withdraw from Vienna tennisLONDON, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Britain's top two tennis players TimHenman and Greg Rusedski have withdrawn from next week's CA TennisTrophy in Vienna, their agents said on Wednesday. Henman will miss the 765,000 U.S. dollars indoor ...
Figures: China's imports from Argentina
Oct 03, 2002 ... Figures: China's imports from ArgentinaBEIJING, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- China's major imports from Argentinain January-August 2002, with the value in million U.S. dollars:Imports: Total Plant products ...
Figures: China's imports from Finland
Oct 03, 2002 ... Figures: China's imports from FinlandBEIJING, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- China's major imports from Finland inJanuary-August 2002, with the value in million U.S. dollars:Imports Value Machinery, audio and video products ...
CHINA WINS WOMEN'S COXLESS PAIR-OARS ROWING GOLD IN ASIAD
Oct 03, 2002 ... CHINA WINS WOMEN'S COXLESS ...
Results from English League Cup
Oct 03, 2002 ... Results from English League CupLONDON, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are results of English League Cup second round soccer matches played on Wednesday:Aston Villa bt Luton 3-0Bolton Wanderers lost to Bury 0-1Coventry bt Rushden & Diamonds 8-0 ...
Japanese police consider legal action on Internet dating services
Oct 03, 2002 ... Japanese police consider legal action on Internet dating services TOKYO, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Japan's National Police Agency (NPA) isconsidering what legal action it can take on rising criminal casesrelated to Internet dating services, accessed mostly through mobilephones ....
JAPAN WINS MEN'S LIGHTWEIGHT DOUBLE SCULLS ROWING GOLD
Oct 03, 2002 ... JAPAN WINS MEN'S ...
Final results from women's lightweight double sculls at Asiad
Oct 03, 2002 ... Final results from women's lightweight double sculls at AsiadBUSAN, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the final results of women's lightweight double sculls at the Asiad rowing competition here on Thursday: 1. Xu Dongxiang/Wang Yanni, China, 7 minutes 18.02 ...
Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- Oct. 3
Oct 03, 2002 ... Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- Oct. 3BEIJING, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- All the major Beijing-based newspapers continued front-paging stories on Thursday about the celebration activities to mark the 53rd founding anniversary of thePeople's Republic of China and ...
Results from men's lightweight double sculls at Asiad
Oct 03, 2002 ... Results from men's lightweight double sculls at AsiadBUSAN, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the final results of men's lightweight double sculls at the Asiad rowing competitions here on Thursday:1. Takeda Daisaku/Ura Kazushige, Japan, 7 minutes 0.50 seconds ...
China sentences mass poisoning case culprit to death
Oct 03, 2002 ... China sentences mass poisoning case culprit to deathNANJING, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese court sentenced Chen Zhengping, culprit of the notorious Sept. 14 mass food poisoning case in east China's Jiangsu Province, to death in a trial of firstinstance on Sept. 30. The ...
Final results from men's double sculls at Asiad
Oct 03, 2002 ... Final results from men's double sculls at AsiadBUSAN, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the final results of men's double sculls at the Asiad rowing competition here on Thursday: 1. Wang Jingfeng/Su Hui, China, 7 minutes 33.07 seconds ...
Sampson to coach Costa Rica
Oct 03, 2002 ... Sampson to coach Costa RicaWASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Former United States national soccer team coach Steve Sampson has agreed to a four-year contract tocoach Costa Rica. The contract, which was finalized Tuesday but will not be signedfor about two weeks, will put ...
China wins women's lightweight double sculls Asiad Gold
Oct 03, 2002 ... China wins women's lightweight double sculls Asiad GoldBUSAN, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- China won the women's lightweight double ...
Sampras not play tennis this year
Oct 03, 2002 ... Sampras not play tennis this yearLONDON, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Pete Sampras of the United States willnot play tennis again this year, the winner of a record 14 grandslam titles said on Wednesday. Sampras, who won his fifth U.S. Open singles crown last month, has withdrawn ...
Japan breaks China's monopoly of rowing golds
Oct 03, 2002 ... Japan breaks China's monopoly of rowing goldsBUSAN, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Japan broke China's monopoly of AsianGames rowing gold medals by winning the men's lightweight double sculls title on Thursday. The Japanese pair Daisaku Takeda and Kazushige Ura clocked 7.00.50 for ...
Results from women's pair-oars without coxswain at Asiad
Oct 03, 2002 ... Results from women's pair-oars without coxswain at AsiadBUSAN, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the final results of women's pair-oars without coxswain at the Asiad rowing competitionshere on Thursday:1. Zhang Xiuyun/Yang Cuiping, China, 8 ...
CHINA WINS MEN'S DOUBLE SCULLS ROWING GOLD IN ASIAD
Oct 03, 2002 ... CHINA WINS MEN'S DOUBLE ...
China wins 10th rowing gold medal at Asian Games
Oct 03, 2002 ... China wins 10th rowing gold medal at Asian GamesBUSAN, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- China won its 10th gold medal in rowingcompetitions at the 14th Asian Games as Yang Cuiping and ZhangXiuyun took ...
HK stocks open lower
Oct 03, 2002 ... HK stocks open lowerHONG KONG, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong ...
Russia beats Italy 2-1 at U.S. Women's Cup
Oct 03, 2002 ... Russia beats Italy 2-1 at U.S. Women's CupWASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Natalia Barbachina netted her second goal in injury time Wednesday as Russia edged Italy 2-1, itsthird straight win over the Italians, in the U.S. Women's Cup soccertournament in Cary, North Carolina ....
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Oct 03, 2002 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Thursday: Asahi: -- Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is to postpone deposit insurance cap. Yomiuri: ...
Japan wins men's lightweight double sculls Asiad title
Oct 03, 2002 ... Japan wins men's lightweight double sculls Asiad titleBUSAN, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Japan broke China's dominance in rowingcompetitions by winning the men's lightweight double ...
AC Milan striker Inzaghi to rest sore foot
Oct 03, 2002 ... AC Milan striker Inzaghi to rest sore footROME, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- AC Milan's striker Filippo Inzaghi, scorer of both his side's goals in their 2-1 Champions League win over Bayern Munich on Tuesday, is to take a break in order to get asore foot treated. Inzaghi, who has ...
Chilean Air Force commander accused of hampering justice
Oct 03, 2002 ... Chilean Air Force commander accused of hampering justiceSANTIAGO, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Commander of Chile's Air Force, Gen.Patricio Rios, Wednesday was accused of hindering justice in theinvestigation on human rights violations committed during the ruleof Augusto Pinochet ....
America's Cup sailing postponed for second day
Oct 03, 2002 ... America's Cup sailing postponed for second dayWELLINGTON, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Racing in the challengers seriesfor the America's Cup was postponed for the second straight day onThursday as strong winds whipped across Auckland, forcing the expensive but fragile yachts to stay in ...
CHINA WINS MEN'S LIGHTWEIGHT FOUR OARS COXLESS
Oct 03, 2002 ... CHINA WINS MEN'S ...
Two more northern towns in Cote d'Ivoire under rebels' control
Oct 03, 2002 ... Two more northern towns in Cote d'Ivoire under rebels' controlABIDJAN, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Cote d'Ivoire's rebel soldiers fighting to topple President Laurent Gbagbo expanded their grip inthe country's north by seizing the towns of Bouna and Kong on Wednesday, reports reaching ...
Los Angeles hires New Yorker to burnish police image
Oct 03, 2002 ... Los Angeles hires New Yorker to burnish police imageLOS ANGELES, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- After fierce competition and a long wait, former New York City Police commissioner William Brattonwill be the new chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), acity councilor confirmed ...
Afghan cyclist injured in road race
Oct 03, 2002 ... Afghan cyclist injured in road raceBUSAN, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Afghan cyclist Bahrooz Taj Mahammad wasinjured in a fall during the ongoing men's ...
Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapers
Oct 03, 2002 ... Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapersISLAMABAD, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Pakistani English newspapers on Thursday. Dawn: -- Chief Election Commissioner Irshad Hasan Khan on Wednesday asked the law enforcement ...
China wins men's trap team at Asiad shooting
Oct 03, 2002 ... China wins men's trap team at Asiad shootingBUSAN, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- China took the team title of men's trapevent at the Asian Games shooting tournament ...
Panama inaugurates higher canal tolls for ships crossing
Oct 03, 2002 ... Panama inaugurates higher canal tolls for ships crossingPANAMA CITY, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Panama began to exact a higher toll for ships crossing its 80-kilometer shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans on Tuesday. The increase comes nearly two years after the Central ...
Japan breaks China's winning streak in Asiad rowing
Oct 03, 2002 ... Japan breaks China's winning streak in Asiad rowingBUSAN, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Japan stopped China's winning streak inthe Asiad rowing finals by winning its first gold Thursday morning. In the first-day finals on Wednesday, China who took all 11 titles in Bangkok four years ...
China wins men's trap team at Asiad shooting (corrected)
Oct 03, 2002 ... China wins men's trap team at Asiad shooting (corrected) EDS-corrected bronze medalists BUSAN, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- China took the team title of men's trapevent at the Asian ...
CHINA WINS MEN'S TRAP TEAM TITLE AT ASIAN GAMES
Oct 03, 2002 ... CHINA WINS MEN'S TRAP ...
Flood may cut Thailand's 4.5 percent growth target
Oct 03, 2002 ... Flood may cut Thailand's 4.5 percent growth targetBANGKOK, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Heavy floods that had made a devastating effect countrywide could reduce this year's economic growth to below the 4.5 percent target, according to the National Economic and Social Development Board ...
United States Edge Australia 4-0 at U.S. Women's Cup
Oct 03, 2002 ... United States Edge Australia 4-0 at U.S. Women's CupWASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Cindy Parlow scored two goals andhelped the U.S. women's national team to a 4-0 victory over Australia in the U.S. Women's Cup soccer tournament in Cary, NorthCarolina on Wednesday night ....
CHINA WINS WOMEN'S DOUBLE SCULLS ROWING GOLD IN ASIAD
Oct 03, 2002 ... CHINA WINS WOMEN'S DOUBLE ...
Every Thai province to have "romantic" street
Oct 03, 2002 ... Every Thai province to have "romantic" streetBANGKOK, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Thai Prime Minister's Office Minister Somsak Thepsuthin , who is in charge of tourism industry,declared that every province in the country should have a " romantic"street to attract local and foreign ...
US envoy leaves Seoul to resume talks with DPRK
Oct 03, 2002 ... US envoy leaves Seoul to resume talks with DPRKSEOUL, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) - US special envoy James Kelly left SeoulThursday to resume high-level talks with the Democratic People'sRepublic of Korea (DPRK), the American Embassy here said. An embassy spokeswoman said a US ...
China wins women's double sculls Asiad title
Oct 03, 2002 ... China wins women's double sculls Asiad titleBUSAN, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Dang Junling and Li Qin took the women's double sculls gold medal for China at the Asian ...
Results of Asiad billiards
Oct 03, 2002 ... Results of Asiad billiardsBUSAN, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Asian Games billiardsresults here on ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)
Oct 03, 2002 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)HONG KONG, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Wednesday:News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 1) Xinhua summary of major Asia-Pacific news, ...
Camera recording Nanjing Massacre donated to Nanjing
Oct 03, 2002 ... Camera recording Nanjing Massacre donated to NanjingNANJING, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- The son of the late John Magee who recorded the Japanese slaughter of Nanjing residents in 1937 donatedthe movie camera recording the events to the memorial hall of theNanjing Massacre victims in ...
25 killed in India-controlled Kashmir
Oct 03, 2002 ... 25 killed in India-controlled KashmirNEW DELHI, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Twenty-five people have been killedand 54 others injured in a fresh bout of violence in India-controlled Kashmir since Tuesday night, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported. on Wednesday. Two passengers ...
Results from Kremlin Cup tennis
Oct 03, 2002 ... Results from Kremlin Cup tennisMOSCOW, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are results from the 2.224million U.S. dollars Kremlin Cup tennis tournament on Wednesday (prefix number denotes seeding): Men's first round4-Jiri Novak, Czech Republic, bt Mikhail Youzhny, ...
Defending Champion Dokic upset at Kremlin Cup
Oct 03, 2002 ... Defending Champion Dokic upset at Kremlin CupMOSCOW, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Amanda Coetzer of South Africa upsetthird seed and defending champion Jelena Dokic of Yugoslavia 7-6, 3-6, 6-3 in the second round of the Kremlin Cup on Wednesday. After a tight first set Coetzer run ...
China wins women's 10m air pistol team title at Asian Games
Oct 03, 2002 ... China wins women's 10m air pistol team title at Asian GamesBUSAN, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- China won the gold medal of women's 10mair pistol team title at the Asian Games with a total of 1,156 ...
CHINA WINS WOMEN'S AIR PISTOL TEAM TITLE WITH ASIAN RECORD OF 1,156 POINTS
Oct 03, 2002 ... CHINA WINS WOMEN'S AIR PISTOL TEAM ...
China takes men's four-oars coxless rowing title
Oct 03, 2002 ... China takes men's four-oars coxless rowing titleBUSAN, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- China won the title of the men's lightweight four-oars coxless at ...