Xinhua News Agency back issues from Monday, October 21:
Georgian President pledges more anti-terrorist action
Oct 21, 2002 ... Georgian President pledges more anti-terrorist actionMOSCOW, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze announced on Monday that he had ordered the country'ssecurity agencies to launch further special operations in the Pankisi Gorge to flush all foreign militants ...
North China province cleans up Muslim food market
Oct 21, 2002 ... North China province cleans up Muslim food marketTAIYUAN, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Shanxi Province in north China is reviewing operating licenses and signs for Muslim food in a bid toclean up the market. By the end of the year, nearly 1,500 signs will be distributed through ...
3nd Ld: Bomb explodes in southern Philippine city of Zamboanga
Oct 21, 2002 ... 3nd Ld: Bomb explodes in southern Philippine city of ZamboangaMANILA, Oct. 20 (Xinhua)-- A bomb exploded Sunday night near a Roman Catholic church in the southern Philippine city of Zamboanga,killing at least two persons and wounding 15 others, reports said. The bomb, which ...
Opener, Advisory
Oct 21, 2002 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service for Sunday,October 20, 2002, and begins ...
Spanish soccer league standings
Oct 21, 2002 ... Spanish soccer league standingsMADRID, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings in the Spanish first division soccer league after Sunday's games: TeamGP W D L GF GA Pts Real Sociedad 6 4 2 0 17 11 14Celta ...
Xinhua Mideast news summary at 2200 GMT, Oct. 20
Oct 21, 2002 ... Xinhua Mideast news summary at 2200 GMT, Oct. 20TEHRAN -- Iranian President Mohammad Khatami has called for the unity of Gulf states in defense of the regional security, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported on Sunday. Khatami made the call during his meeting ...
French soccer standings
Oct 21, 2002 ... French soccer standingsPARIS, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings in the French first division soccer league after Sunday's game: TeamGP W D L GF GA Pts Nice11 6 3 2 16 5 21 Auxerre 11 6 ...
Market exchange rates -- Oct. 21
Oct 21, 2002 ... Market exchange rates -- Oct. 21BEIJING, Oct. 21 (Xinhua -- Market exchange rates of four majorcurrencies against RMB yuan on Monday, announced by the People's Bank of China: Currency Unit Middle Price (in RMB yuan) US Dollar 100 827.67 ...
Xinhua world news summary at 1600 GMT, Oct. 20
Oct 21, 2002 ... Xinhua world news summary at 1600 GMT, Oct. 20PYONGYANG --National reunification is irreversible as long as the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration is strictly followed, said a senior DPRKofficial at the eighth inter-Korean ministerial talks that kicked offhere Sunday ....
Floods dent Thai economy
Oct 21, 2002 ... Floods dent Thai economyBANGKOK, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Nationwide floods this year will cost Thailand over 200 million US dollars to repair the economy, andeconomic growth between October 2002 and March 2003 will be affected. As of late September, the floods have damaged ...
Spurs move to third, Charlton off bottom
Oct 21, 2002 ... Spurs move to third, Charlton off bottomLONDON, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Tottenham Hotspur jump to third in the premier league after beating Bolton Wanderers 3-1 on Sunday, while Charlton climbed away from last with a 1-0 triumph over Middlesbrough and left Bolton at the bottom ....
News Analysis: EU overcomes major hurdle to expansion by Feng Jian
Oct 21, 2002 ... News Analysis: EU overcomes major hurdle to expansion by Feng JianBRUSSELS, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- In a second referendum within 16 months on Nice Treaty on Saturday, the majority of the Irish electorate voted "Yes" to show their solidarity with the European Union (EU) and ...
Chinese people change view of AIDS (1)
Oct 21, 2002 ... Chinese people change view of AIDS (1)BEIJING, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- About two years ago, Zhang Jianxin, aprofessor with Sichuan University then, was on the verge of abandoning an AIDS prevention and treatment program due to the lackof cooperation from local residents ....
Indonesia prepares 52 mln USD to rebuild Bali blast site
Oct 21, 2002 ... Indonesia prepares 52 mln USD to rebuild Bali blast siteJAKARTA, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian government has earmarked 480 billion rupiah (52 million US dollars) to rebuild thearea devastated by the bombing on the resort island of Bali, theJakarta Post reported Monday ....
Traditional Tibetan food coming back in style
Oct 21, 2002 ... Traditional Tibetan food coming back in styleLHASA, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- At the Royal restaurant near Lhasa'sfamous Jokhang Monastery, scores of tourists can be found eating traditional Tibetan food as they embark on their journey of discovery about the mysterious region ....
Colombia-China cooperation should be enhanced, President says
Oct 21, 2002 ... Colombia-China cooperation should be enhanced, President saysBOGOTA, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Velez pointed out on Sunday that his government hopes to enhance theall-round cooperation between the two countries to their mutualbenefit when meeting ...
Chinese people change view of AIDS (2)
Oct 21, 2002 ... Chinese people change view of AIDS (2)"Chinese people have come to realize that HIV/AIDS is the enemy,rather than its victims," said Sun Gang, an official with the Beijing Office of the United Nations Program on AIDS. Chinese AIDS patients are receiving support from all ...
Major news items in leading Indian newspapers
Oct 21, 2002 ... Major news items in leading Indian newspapersNEW DELHI, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Indian newspapers on Monday.Sunday Times of India: -- Defense Minister George Fernandes said on Sunday that Prime Minister Atal Behari ...
President Arroyo rejects proposal for emergency powers
Oct 21, 2002 ... President Arroyo rejects proposal for emergency powersMANILA, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has turned down a proposal by a congress leader to grant heremergency powers to control the worsening peace and order situationin the country ...
Hundreds of Uruguayans evacuated from cities threatened by floods
Oct 21, 2002 ... Hundreds of Uruguayans evacuated from cities threatened by floods MONTEVIDEO, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Floods of the Uruguay River surging on Sunday have led to the evacuation of over 1,000 people from Salto and Paysandu, two Uruguay's river cities bordering Argentina. Director ...
US-DPRK nuclear pact effectively dead, says Powell
Oct 21, 2002 ... US-DPRK nuclear pact effectively dead, says PowellWASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Bush administration considersthe 1994 nuclear accord between the United States and the DemocraticPeople's Republic of Korea (DPRK) effectively dead, US Secretary ofState Colin Powell said ...
Britain shows leading edge in Shanghai
Oct 21, 2002 ... Britain shows leading edge in ShanghaiSHANGHAI, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Britain at the Leading Edge, a week-long program aimed at showcasing British excellence in key fieldsand being held in Shanghai, opened Sunday. Sources said this is the biggest event ever sponsored by the ...
Roundup: Possible war against Iraq raises uncertainties on USeconomy By Wang Zhenhua
Oct 21, 2002 ... Roundup: Possible war against Iraq raises uncertainties on USeconomy By Wang ZhenhuaWASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- When the United States is makingpreparations both in words and in deeds for a military strikeagainst Iraq, concerns about what another Gulf War would ...
Many Thai students addicted to computer games
Oct 21, 2002 ... Many Thai students addicted to computer gamesBANGKOK, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Forgetting everything else, many Thai high-school students spend almost half the day glued to computer screens playing their beloved games, a recent survey shows. Some even play for as long as 15 ...
4th Ld: Bomb explodes in southern Philippine city of Zamboanga
Oct 21, 2002 ... 4th Ld: Bomb explodes in southern Philippine city of ZamboangaMANILA, Oct. 20 (Xinhua)-- Police has arrested a suspect in Sunday's bomb blast near a Roman Catholic shrine in the southern Philippine city of Zamboanga that killed two persons and wounded 15others, a report said. ...
Writethru: New bomb attack hits Philippines
Oct 21, 2002 ... Writethru: New bomb attack hits Philippines MANILA, Oct. 20 (Xinhua)-- Two persons were reportedly killed and15 others wounded in a bomb explosion in the southern Philippines onSunday night, a day after President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said lawenforcers have been "full ...
Former house of famous writer opens to public
Oct 21, 2002 ... Former house of famous writer opens to publicNANJING, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The old house where prominent Chinese writer Qian Zhongshu spent his childhood has survived demolition and been turned into museum commemorating him. The house has been rebuilt since last December and ...
Jiang's visit to US significant and far-reaching: ChineseAmbassador (2 By Wang Faen
Oct 21, 2002 ... Jiang's visit to US significant and far-reaching: ChineseAmbassador (2 By Wang FaenYang said both history and reality have proved time and again that the separatist activities initiated by the "Taiwan independence" force pose the biggest threat to peace and ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Oct 21, 2002 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Philippine newspapers Monday.The Philippine Star: -- Another bomb exploded near a Catholic shrine in the southernPhilippine city of ...
Bangkok Rubber Price
Oct 21, 2002 ... Bangkok Rubber PriceBANGKOK, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The following are Bangkok rubber sheet F.O.B. prices on Monday, in baht per kilogram (43.00 baht tothe US dollar): this week last week rsst1 36.85 37.65 ...
Message possibly from sniper found in Virginia steakhouse
Oct 21, 2002 ... Message possibly from sniper found in Virginia steakhouseWASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- US police said on Sunday eveningat a press conference that a message, possible from a serial sniper,was left in Ponderosa steakhouse where the latest sniper killingtook place Saturday ....
German first division leading scorers
Oct 21, 2002 ... German first division leading scorersBERLIN, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading scorers inthe German first division after this weekend's matches: 8 - Elber (Bayern Munich) 7 - Ailton (Werder Bremen), Thomas Christiansen (VfL Bochum), Kevin Kuranyi (VfB ...
French first division leading scorers
Oct 21, 2002 ... French first division leading scorersPARIS, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading scorers inthe French first division after Sunday's matches:7 - Benjani (AJ Auxerre), Juninho Pernanmbucano (Olympique Lyon)6 - Sonny Anderson (Lyon), Kaba Diawara (Nice), ...
China to reform mining policy to attract foreign funds
Oct 21, 2002 ... China to reform mining policy to attract foreign fundsBEIJING, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- China is improving the investment environment of its mining industry in line with international standard and foreign investors involved in this sector should be optimistic, the China Daily ...
HK stocks open down
Oct 21, 2002 ... HK stocks open downHONG KONG, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong stocks opened at 9,596.10 ...
Guangdong invests hugely to protect drinking water
Oct 21, 2002 ... Guangdong invests hugely to protect drinking waterGUANGZHOU, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- South China's Guangdong Provincewill invest 600 million yuan (72.5 million US dollars) from 2003 to2005 to protect the sources of drinking water. According a survey conducted in 2001, the ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Oct. 21
Oct 21, 2002 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Oct. 21LONDON -- Voters in the Republic of Ireland have endorsed a keytreaty paving the way for the expansion of the European Union, thefinal count in Ireland's second vote on an EU enlargement treaty showed Sunday.State ...
Jiang's visit to US significant and far-reaching: ChineseAmbassador(1) By Wang Faen
Oct 21, 2002 ... Jiang's visit to US significant and far-reaching: ChineseAmbassador(1) By Wang FaenWASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Jiang Zemin' svisit to the United States later this month will be a significantand far-reaching event in the Sino-US relations, Chinese ...
Massage tops blind people's career options
Oct 21, 2002 ... Massage tops blind people's career optionsBEIJING, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Massage is an ideal job for blind people in China and there are more than 40,000 blind massagists withprofessional qualifications across the country, an expert said. Over 90 percent of those have jobs ...
News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua
Oct 21, 2002 ... News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua HONG KONG, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Sunday:Thai interior minister downplays fears of possible terrorism inThailand Major news items in leading ...
English premier league soccer results
Oct 21, 2002 ... English premier league soccer resultsLONDON, Oct 20. (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of Englishpremier league soccer matches played on Sunday: Charlton Athletic bt Middlesbrough 1-0Tottenham Hotspur bt Bolton Wanderers 3-1 Played on Saturday: ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Oct 21, 2002 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Monday. Mainichi: -- Japan and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) agreed on the permanent repatriation of ...
Portuguese premier league results
Oct 21, 2002 ... Portuguese premier league resultsLISBON, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of Portuguese premier league soccer matches played on Sunday: Varzim bt Gil Vicente 3-0 Academica drew Beira Mar 1-1 Moreirense bt Nacional Madeira 2-0 Vitoria ...
French soccer league results
Oct 21, 2002 ... French soccer league resultsPARIS, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from the French first division soccer league: Lyon bt Auxerre 3-0 Sochaux bt Bordeaux 2-0 Bastia bt Le Havre 3-1 ...
Ecuador arrests 857 people for breaching alcohol-prohibition law
Oct 21, 2002 ... Ecuador arrests 857 people for breaching alcohol-prohibition lawQUITO, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- A total of 857 people were arrested for breaching the temporary prohibition on alcohol sales and consumption which would benefit Sunday's general election, said Ecuadorian police commander ...
Spanish soccer league results
Oct 21, 2002 ... Spanish soccer league resultsMADRID, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Following are Sunday's results of theSpanish first division soccer league: Saturday's games: Villarreal bt Deportivo de La Coruna 3-1 Racing Santander bt Real Madrid 2-0 Atletico de Madrid ...
South China province revitalizes economy after bubble burst (2)
Oct 21, 2002 ... South China province revitalizes economy after bubble burst (2)In line with Hainan's natural conditions, the provincial government put forward in early 1996 a package of development planswhich focused on high-efficient agriculture, tourism and modernindustry for the 1996-2000 ...
Italian first division results
Oct 21, 2002 ... Italian first division resultsROME, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of Italian first division soccer matches played on Sunday:Atalanta lost to AC Milan 1-4 Bologna bt Brescia 3-0 Como drew ...
Associated Press of Pakistan made corporation
Oct 21, 2002 ... Associated Press of Pakistan made corporationISLAMABAD, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Associated Press of Pakistan(APP) has been made a Corporation "to ensure effective operation andto streamline, improve, and enlarge the Associated Press of Pakistanas a public information medium," ...
Italian first division leading scorers
Oct 21, 2002 ... Italian first division leading scorersROME, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading scorers in the Italian first division after soccer matches played on Sunday:6 - Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus), Filippo Inzaghi (AC Milan),Francesco Totti (AS Roma) 5 - ...
Italian first division soccer standings
Oct 21, 2002 ... Italian first division soccer standingsROME, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings in the Italian first division soccer league after Sunday's games: Standings P W D L F A Pts 1. AC Milan 5 4 1 0 17 2 13 ...
South China province revitalizes economy after bubble burst (1)
Oct 21, 2002 ... South China province revitalizes economy after bubble burst (1)HAIKOU, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The hangover from a construction binge which burst Hainan's economic bubble about six years ago, costChina's southernmost province dearly. But now the gloomy picture, characterized ...
German first division results
Oct 21, 2002 ... German first division resultsBERLIN, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) - Following are the results of German first division soccer matches played on Sunday:Nuremberg lost to VfB Stuttgart 1-2 VfL Bochum bt VfL Wolfsburg 4-2 Played on Saturday:Energie Cottbus ...
English premier soccer league standings
Oct 21, 2002 ... English premier soccer league standingsLONDON, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings in the English premier soccer league after Sunday's matches:StandingsP W D L F A Pts 1. Liverpool10 7 3 0 20 8 ...
English premier league leading scorers
Oct 21, 2002 ... English premier league leading scorersLONDON, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading scorers inthe English premier league after Sunday's matches: 8 - Gianfranco Zola (Chelsea) 7 - Alan Shearer (Newcastle United) 6 - Sylvain Wiltord (Arsenal), Thierry ...
Norwegian deputy FM arrives in Sri Lanka ahead of peace talks
Oct 21, 2002 ... Norwegian deputy FM arrives in Sri Lanka ahead of peace talksCOLOMBO, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister Vidar Helgessen arrived here Monday to make ground work ahead of thesecond round of peace talks between the Sri Lankan government andthe separatist Tamil ...
Portugal premier soccer league standings
Oct 21, 2002 ... Portugal premier soccer league standingsLISBON, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings in the Portuguese premier soccer league after Sunday's games: Standings PWDLFA Pts 1. Porto 7520 12 ...
Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- Oct. 21
Oct 21, 2002 ... Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- Oct. 21BEIJING, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers Monday: Most of the major newspapers reported on the front-page that Chinese President Jiang Zemin and other leaders written letters ...
Vote counting starts in Ecuador
Oct 21, 2002 ... Vote counting starts in EcuadorQUITO, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Ecuador's electoral authorities begancounting votes cast to elect a future President after the closing ofthe electoral session at 17:00 hours. Nonetheless, the result for the election of 100 province ...
German first division standings
Oct 21, 2002 ... German first division standingsBERLIN, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings in the German first division soccer league after Sunday's games ( tabulatedunder games played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against and points): 1. Bayern Munich 9 7 1 ...
Six injured in bomb blast in Sunday bazar near Islamabad
Oct 21, 2002 ... Six injured in bomb blast in Sunday bazar near IslamabadISLAMABAD, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Six persons, including a minor, were injured in a bomb blast Sunday evening when a time bomb exploded in the Sunday Bazar of Kamra town near the Pakistani capital of Islamabad. The bomb ...
County official accused of bribery in east China
Oct 21, 2002 ... County official accused of bribery in east ChinaFUZHOU, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Chen Jincong, former deputy magistrate of Changtai County in east China's Fujian Province, hasbeen sued on charge of accepting huge bribes. The local procuratorate accused Chen of accepting bribes ...
13 suspects arrested for bomb attacks in Indonesia's Ambon
Oct 21, 2002 ... 13 suspects arrested for bomb attacks in Indonesia's AmbonJAKARTA, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian Police on Monday claimed to have arrested 13 suspects since Oct. 17 in connection with a series of bomb attacks in Ambon, capital of Indonesia's Maluku province. "They ...
Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapers
Oct 21, 2002 ... Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapersISLAMABAD, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Pakistani English newspapers on Monday. Pakistan Observer: -- Pakistani Minister for Information and Media Development NisarA Memon on ...
Indonesia's largest Muslim organizations back antiterrorism law
Oct 21, 2002 ... Indonesia's largest Muslim organizations back antiterrorism lawJAKARTA, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's two largest Muslim organizations, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah, have thrown their weight behind the new antiterrorism regulations, but also urged the nation to be ...