Xinhua News Agency back issues from Sunday, October 6:
Opener, Advisory
Oct 06, 2002 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service forSaturday, October 05, 2002, and begins ...
German first division results
Oct 06, 2002 ... German first division resultsBERLIN, Oct 5 (Xinhua) --Following are the results of German first division soccer matchesplayed on Saturday: Hertha Berlin 2 Nuremberg1 VfL Wolfsburg 2 Bayer Leverkusen 0 Bayern Munich ...
News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua
Oct 06, 2002 ... News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of XinhuaHONG KONG, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Saturday:Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersThailand's southern city of Songkhla to host first ...
Turkey to host world women's boxing competition
Oct 06, 2002 ... Turkey to host world women's boxing competitionANKARA, Turkey,Oct 5 (Xinhua) -- The Second World Women's Boxing Championships willbe held in the Turkish Mediterranean city of Antalya on October 19-28, 2002, reported the state-run Anatolian News Agency on Saturday. Releasing ...
12 killed in India-controlled Kashmir
Oct 06, 2002 ... 12 killed in India-controlled KashmirNEW DELHI, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Twelve people, including nine militants, were killed in unabated violence in India-ruled Kashmirsince Friday evening, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported on Saturday. Three ultras and an Indian ...
Thailand wins men's team title at Asiad Sepak Takraw
Oct 06, 2002 ... Thailand wins men's team title at Asiad Sepak TakrawBUSAN, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Thailand won the men's team title of the Asiad ...
Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- Oct. 6
Oct 06, 2002 ... Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- Oct. 6BEIJING, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers Sunday: People's Daily -- A frontpage story tells about the development of a Zhejiang-based building company, Guangsha Construction Group, ...
Thailand's industrial output continues to rise
Oct 06, 2002 ... Thailand's industrial output continues to riseBANGKOK, Oct. 6(Xinhua) -- Thai industrial output index in August continued toincrease for nine months in a row since the local consumption hasimproved, according to a report of Industrial Economics Officeavailable Sunday. ...
East China city exporting more high-tech products
Oct 06, 2002 ... East China city exporting more high-tech productsXIAMEN, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Xiamen, a coastal city and importantport of east China's Fujian Province, exported 1.183 billion US dollars worth of new and high-tech products in the first eight months of this year, 21.63 percent of ...
Italian second division soccer rsults and standings
Oct 06, 2002 ... Italian second division soccer rsults and standingsROME, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of Italian second division (Serie B) matches played on Saturday:Ascoli bt Messina 1-0Catania tied with Ancona 0-0Cosenza lost to Bari 0-2 ...
Fujimori accused of kidnapping ex-wife
Oct 06, 2002 ... Fujimori accused of kidnapping ex-wifeLIMA, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Peru's Attorney General Nelly Calderonconfirmed on Saturday a new charge raised against disgraced formerPresident Alberto Fujimori that he kidnapped his ex-wife Susana Higuchi during his rule from 1990 to 2000, local ...
Brazilian championship results and standings
Oct 06, 2002 ... Brazilian championship results and standingsRIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results ofBrazilian championship matches on Saturday: Flamengo lost to Sao Paulo 2-3Goias tied with Atletico Paranaense 0-0Gama bt Paysandu 2-0 ...
Shanghai has 170 more private enterprises each day
Oct 06, 2002 ... Shanghai has 170 more private enterprises each daySHANGHAI, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Latest statistics show that about 170 new private enterprises have been registered each day in Shanghai, China's economic powerhouse, this year. In the first half of this year, 30,000 private ...
Xinhua Mideast news summary at 22:25 GMT, Oct. 5
Oct 06, 2002 ... Xinhua Mideast news summary at 22:25 GMT, Oct. 5JERUSALEM -- Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Moshe Ya'alon said on Friday Israeli military operations have seriously damaged the "terror" infrastructure in the West Bank, but much workremains to be done in the Gaza ...
Brazil's ruling party candidate remains second in poll
Oct 06, 2002 ... Brazil's ruling party candidate remains second in pollBRASILIA, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's presidential candidate JoseSerra of the ruling party consolidated his second place in opinionpoll with 19 percent of voters' support, showed the results of thelatest Vox Populi survey ...
Xinhua World News Summary at 0030 GMT, Oct. 6
Oct 06, 2002 ... Xinhua World News Summary at 0030 GMT, Oct. 6WASHINGTON -- US President George W. Bush on Saturday used his weekly radio address to press US lawmakers to pass a resolution authorizing the use of military force against Iraq. Bush warned the American people of the threat of ...
Belgian first division results and standings
Oct 06, 2002 ... Belgian first division results and standingsBRUSSELS, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of Belgianfirst division soccer matches played on Saturday:Germinal Beerschot tied with Mechelen 2-2Lierse bt Royal Antwerp 3-1Lokeren tied with ...
French first division results and standings
Oct 06, 2002 ... French first division results and standingsPARIS, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of French first division soccer matches played on Saturday:Lille bt Olympique Marseille 3-0Le Havre bt Sochaux 1-0 AC Ajaccio bt Nantes 1-0 ...
Dutch first division soccer results and standings
Oct 06, 2002 ... Dutch first division soccer results and standingsAMSTERDAM, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of Dutchfirst division matches played on Saturday:NAC Breda tied with PSV Eindhoven 2-2Roda JC Kerkrade lost to Excelsior Rotterdam 2-3Graafschap ...
Man suspected of attacking Colombia's presidential palace captured
Oct 06, 2002 ... Man suspected of attacking Colombia's presidential palace captured BOGOTA, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Colombia's Secret Police DAS said onSaturday that a man suspected of being involved in the attack on Narino Presidential Palace last August has been captured. A DAS report said the ...
THAILAND WINS SEPAK TAKRAW MEN'S TEAM TITLE AT ASIAN GAMES
Oct 06, 2002 ... THAILAND WINS SEPAK TAKRAW ...
Results of volleyball world championship
Oct 06, 2002 ... Results of volleyball world championshipBUENOS AIRES, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results and standings after the second round competition at the men's volleyballworld championships here on Saturday Group G TeamGP W L SF SA PtsItaly ...
CHINA WINS WOMEN'S 10M RUNNING TARGET TEAM TITLE AT ASIAN GAMES
Oct 06, 2002 ... CHINA WINS WOMEN'S 10M RUNNING ...
Mayor of Paris slightly hurt by knife attack in abdomen
Oct 06, 2002 ... Mayor of Paris slightly hurt by knife attack in abdomenPARIS, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Mayor of Paris Bertrand Delanoe was attacked and slightly wounded early Sunday at his city hall, where alot of people were celebrating the first "White Night" festival,sources from the city hall ...
Former central bank chief claims victory in Latvian election
Oct 06, 2002 ... Former central bank chief claims victory in Latvian electionRica, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- A former head of Latvia's central bank,Einars Repse, clamed on Sunday victory in the parliamentary election. The claim came as the central election commission counted votesfrom 908 out of ...
Xu Xian of China wins women's running target individual title
Oct 06, 2002 ... Xu Xian of China wins women's running target individual titleBUSAN, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Xu Xuan of China won the individual title of the women's 10m running target ...
Chongqing maintains double-digit economic growth
Oct 06, 2002 ... Chongqing maintains double-digit economic growthCHONGQING, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Chongqing, China's only municipality in its western region, reported a gross domestic product (GDP) of 121.1 billion yuan (14.6 billion US dollars) for the period of January to August 2002, up 10.2 ...
Shaq backs to practice after toe surgery
Oct 06, 2002 ... Shaq backs to practice after toe surgeryWASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Squauille O'Neal of the NBA three-time champion Las Angeles lakers back to light practices on Saturday, a day after being told his recovery from a right big toeinjury was going fine in El Segungo, ...
CHINA WINS MEN'S 25M RAPID FIRE PISTOL TEAM TITLE AT ASIAN GAMES
Oct 06, 2002 ... CHINA WINS MEN'S 25M RAPID FIRE ...
China takes women's 10m running target team title at Asiad
Oct 06, 2002 ... China takes women's 10m running target team title at AsiadBUSAN, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- China took the team title of the women's 10m running target at the Asian Games here on ...
XUAN XIAN OF CHINA WINS WOMEN'S RUNNING TARGET INDIVIDUAL GOLD AT ASIAD
Oct 06, 2002 ... XUAN XIAN OF CHINA WINS WOMEN'S ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Oct 06, 2002 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Sunday: Asahi: -- Financial Services Minister Heizo Takenaka asked Bank of Japanto set inflation target to fight deflation ....
China tipped as world's top tourist destination by 2020 (2)
Oct 06, 2002 ... China tipped as world's top tourist destination by 2020 (2)The Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region alone earned 1.1 billion yuanfrom tourism in 2001. The regional government plans to double tourism income by 2005 to take the tourism sector to five percent ofthe region's gross ...
Former central banker chief claims victory in Latvian election
Oct 06, 2002 ... Former central banker chief claims victory in Latvian electionRica, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- A former head of Latvia's central bank,Einars Repse, clamed on Sunday victory in the parliamentary election. The claim came as the central election commission counted votesfrom 908 out ...
China tipped as world's top tourist destination by 2020 (1)
Oct 06, 2002 ... China tipped as world's top tourist destination by 2020 (1)YINCHUAN, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- By 2020, China is set to become theworld's largest tourism destination and the fourth major source oftourists, the World Tourism Organization predicts. The rapid development of China's ...
New Zealand Rally results and standings
Oct 06, 2002 ... New Zealand Rally results and standingsAUCKLAND, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading results Sunday at the end of the Rally of New Zealand (with driver, nationality, make of car and time): 1. Marcus Gronholm, Finland, Peugeot 3 hours, 58 minutes, 45.4 seconds ...
Thai PM pledges government service to be improved after reform
Oct 06, 2002 ... Thai PM pledges government service to be improved after reformBANGKOK, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra pledged that the days of an "inert" bureaucracy had beenover, public would experience better government services and lesscorruption after the ...
CHINA WINS WOMEN'S 50M RIFLE 3 POSITION TEAM TITLE
Oct 06, 2002 ... CHINA WINS WOMEN'S 50M ...
China wins men's 25m rapid fire pistol team gold
Oct 06, 2002 ... China wins men's 25m rapid fire pistol team goldBUSAN, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- China won the gold medal of the men's25m rapid fire pistol team event at the Asian Games here ...
Gym roundup: Asiad gymnastics events full of deadheats
Oct 06, 2002 ... Gym roundup: Asiad gymnastics events full of deadheatsBy Zhang Bihong BUSAN, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Busan Asian Games five-day gymnastics events, which ended here Saturday, produced six deadheatsfor individual apparatus golds, bringing the 14-event gold tally to21, ...
Brazil ready for Sunday's presidential elections
Oct 06, 2002 ... Brazil ready for Sunday's presidential electionsBRASILIA, Oct.5 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian Superior Electoral Tribunal (TSE) said onSaturday it had completed the preparations for Sunday's presidentialelections. The TSE said the ballot stations will open at 8:00 a.m. local time ...
Agricultural issue to impede Central America-US free trade talks
Oct 06, 2002 ... Agricultural issue to impede Central America-US free trade talksSAN JOSE, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- The agricultural issue will be thelargest obstacle in future free trade agreement (FTA) negotiationsbetween the United States and Central America, US Agriculture Undersecretary J. B ....
Schedule for Asian Games finals on October 6
Oct 06, 2002 ... Schedule for Asian Games finals on October 6BUSAN, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following is the schedule for finals atthe 14th Asian Games here on Sunday (all local time): Billiards: at 19:00: Men's E.G. billiards doubles finalBodybuilding: at 14:00: ...
Brazilian police seize vote-buying money
Oct 06, 2002 ... Brazilian police seize vote-buying moneyRIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's federal police Saturday seized bills totaling 371,000 reals (about 102,770 US dollars) on a plane that could have been used for vote-buying duringSunday's general elections. The aircraft ...
French first fivision leading scorers
Oct 06, 2002 ... French first fivision leading scorersPARIS, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading scorers in the French first division after Saturday's matches:6 - Sonny Anderson (Olympique Lyon), Benjani (AJ Auxerre), Kaba Diawara (Nice)5 - Shabani Nonda ...
Italy first division soccer results and standings
Oct 06, 2002 ... Italy first division soccer results and standingsMILAN, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of Italian first division match played on Saturday:Reggina tied with Brescia 2-2AS Roma bt Udinese 4-1 Playing on Sunday: (1300 GMT unless stated) ...
Softball finals may be canceled if rain goes on: official
Oct 06, 2002 ... Softball finals may be canceled if rain goes on: officialBUSAN, Oct. (Xinhua) -- An unexpected rain may force organizers tocancel the two remaining softball finals scheduled on Sunday and thefinal gold and silver medalists may have to be decided according totheir ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Oct 06, 2002 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Philippine newspapers Sunday.Manila Bulletin: -- Warren Kiamco won a billiards silver medal for the Philippineson Saturday in the ongoing ...
China wins women's 50m rifle 3 position team title
Oct 06, 2002 ... China wins women's 50m rifle 3 position team titleBUSAN, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- China took the gold medal of women's 50m rifle 3-position team title with a ...
Liu of China wins men's 25m rapid fire pistol Asiad gold
Oct 06, 2002 ... Liu of China wins men's 25m rapid fire pistol Asiad goldBUSAN, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Liu Guohui of China won the men's 25mrapid fire pistol individual gold medal at the Asian Games ...
Arafat signs law making Jerusalem Palestinian capital
Oct 06, 2002 ... Arafat signs law making Jerusalem Palestinian capitalGAZA, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat signeda law on Saturday to make Jerusalem the capital of the futurePalestinian state. Ahmed Qurei, speaker of the legislative Palestinian Council basedin ...
LIU GUOHUI OF CHINA WINS MEN'S 25M RAPID FIRE PISTOL ASIAD GOLD
Oct 06, 2002 ... LIU GUOHUI OF CHINA WINS MEN'S ...
Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapers
Oct 06, 2002 ... Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapersISLAMABAD, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Pakistani English newspapers on Sunday. Pakistan Observer: -- President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday promised to transfer all power to the ...
Japanese gymnast Tomita eyes on Olympics
Oct 06, 2002 ... Japanese gymnast Tomita eyes on OlympicsBUSAN, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- You never know what he is thinking about under his silent appearance but one thing is for sure that theAsian Games gymnastics gold is of special significance for JapaneseTomita Hiroyuki. "This is the ...
Golf players tee off in heavy rain for 4 golds at Busan Asiad
Oct 06, 2002 ... Golf players tee off in heavy rain for 4 golds at Busan Asiadby Pan Yi BUSAN, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- It appeared that the weather was intenton putting a dampener on the 14th Asian Games, but without anyhesitation, 65 male and 17 female amateur golf players from 17 ...
Major news items in leading Indian newspapers
Oct 06, 2002 ... Major news items in leading Indian newspapersNEW DELHI, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Indian newspapers on Sunday. The Hindustan Times: --India's Cabinet Committee on Security on Saturday cleared procurement of certain vital ...
Chongqing records growth in fixed asset investment
Oct 06, 2002 ... Chongqing records growth in fixed asset investmentCHONGQING, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Chongqing, China's fourth municipality, registered a 25.1 percent increase in fixed asset investment year-on-year for the period from January to August of 2002, recording a total of 48.8 billion yuan ...
Chongqing's consumer market booms
Oct 06, 2002 ... Chongqing's consumer market boomsCHONGQING, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality's consumer market showed steady growth during the period from January to August 2002, with a retail volume of 48.9 billion yuan (5.9 billion US dollars), up 8.8 percent from ...
Chongqing accelerates industrial production
Oct 06, 2002 ... Chongqing accelerates industrial productionCHONGQING, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Chongqing Municipality in southwestChina saw robust industrial growth during the period from January toAugust 2002. During this period, the total output value generated by the municipality's ...
Writethru: Paris mayor slightly hurt by knife attack EDS: update with more details
Oct 06, 2002 ... Writethru: Paris mayor slightly hurt by knife attack EDS: updatewith more detailsPARIS, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe was stabbed in the stomach and slightly hurt early Sunday morning in thecity hall by a man in his 40s, Delanoe's assistant of ...
South Korea take women's trio bowling gold in Busan
Oct 06, 2002 ... South Korea take women's trio bowling gold in BusanBUSAN, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- South Korean bowlers scored a combinedtotal of 3,805 points to take the women's trio gold medal in theAsiad bowling competitions at the Homeplus Asiad Bowling Alley hereon Sunday. Kim ...
THAILAND WIN MEN'S TEAM SEPAKTAKRAW ASIAD GOLD
Oct 06, 2002 ... THAILAND WIN MEN'S TEAM ...
South Korea win women's trios bowling Asiad Gold
Oct 06, 2002 ... South Korea win women's trios bowling Asiad GoldBUSAN, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- South Korean bowling team took the women's trios gold medal by ...
Thailand wins sepak takraw women's team title at Asian Games
Oct 06, 2002 ... Thailand wins sepak takraw women's team title at Asian GamesBUSAN, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Thailand won the second sepak takraw gold medal on Sunday when its women's ...
Yao misses Ri and home in rainy Busan
Oct 06, 2002 ... Yao misses Ri and home in rainy BusanBy Wang Jingyu Sportswriter BUSAN, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- It is raining here on Sunday in Busan,the host city of the 2002 Asian Games, and the 2002 NBA draft top pick Yao Ming misses his home town Shanghai and DPR Korea's star ...