Xinhua News Agency back issues from Monday, October 28:
Spanish first division results/standings
Oct 28, 2002 ... Spanish first division results/standingsMADRID, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Following are results of Spanish first division soccer matches played on Sunday:Malaga lost to Espanyol 3-4Real Mallorca bt Osasuna 2-0Real Sociedad bt Racing Santander 2-1 ...
HK stocks open higher
Oct 28, 2002 ... HK stocks open higherHONG KONG, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Hong ...
Foreign exchange rates in Thailand
Oct 28, 2002 ... Foreign exchange rates in ThailandBANGKOK, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the baht on Monday as offered by the Bangkok Bank: MondayFriday U.S. dollar 43.07/43.67 43.15/43.75...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Oct 28, 2002 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Monday: Yomiuri, Mainichi, Asahi, Nihon Keizai: -- Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party won five out of the country's ...
Bomb detonated at Philippine police headquarters
Oct 28, 2002 ... Bomb detonated at Philippine police headquartersMANILA, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Bomb experts at the Philippine National Police headquarters on a Manila suburb detonated Monday abomb which a taxi driver brought there earlier in the day. The driver said one of his passengers left ...
Grosjean clinches St. Petersburg Open tennis title
Oct 28, 2002 ... Grosjean clinches St. Petersburg Open tennis titleMOSCOW, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean won hisfirst title of the year after beating host player Mikhail Youzhny 7-5, 6-4 in the St. Petersburg Open tennis final in Russia on Sunday. The third-seeded ...
Brazil's general elections go off peacefully
Oct 28, 2002 ... Brazil's general elections go off peacefullyBRASILIA, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Under heavy military protection, Brazil's general elections proceeded peacefully on Sunday, militaryauthorities said. Col Joao Beraldo from the Social Communication Center of the Armysaid there ...
Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapers
Oct 28, 2002 ... Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapersISLAMABAD, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Pakistani English newspapers on Monday. The Nation: -- President Pervez Musharraf and Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarians leader ...
Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- Oct. 28
Oct 28, 2002 ... Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- Oct. 28BEIJING, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers Monday:All major newspapers front-paged Chinese President Jiang Zemin' sspeech at the 10th Economic Leaders' Meeting of the ...
Italian first division leading scorers
Oct 28, 2002 ... Italian first division leading scorersROME, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Following are leading scorers in the Italian first division after matches played on Sunday:6 - Christian Vieri (Inter Milan), Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus), Filippo Inzaghi (AC Milan), Francesco ...
UEFA postpones Champion League match at Moscow
Oct 28, 2002 ... UEFA postpones Champion League match at MoscowGENEVA, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Wednesday's Champion League match atSpartak Moscow will be postponed due to the Moscow theater hostageaccident, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) decidedSunday. The match was ...
Chinese travel agencies face two challenges: expert
Oct 28, 2002 ... Chinese travel agencies face two challenges: expertBEIJING, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese travel agencies have greatpotential as tourism suppliers, but they are facing two majorchallenges, said Liu Jiaxiang, chairman of the China Travel ServiceGroup of China (CTS). He ...
Nine double gold-medalists on day 1 at FESPIC Games
Oct 28, 2002 ... Nine double gold-medalists on day 1 at FESPIC GamesBUSAN, South Korea, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- The opening-day competitions at the 8th Far East and South Pacific Games for the Disabled (FESPIC Games) here on Sunday saw nine athletes winning twogold medals each. Of the double ...
Result of English premier league soccer match on Sunday
Oct 28, 2002 ... Result of English premier league soccer match on SundayLONDON, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Following is the result of the English ...
FTAA committee begins new meeting in Ecuador
Oct 28, 2002 ... FTAA committee begins new meeting in EcuadorQUITO, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Negotiations Committee of the FreeTrade Area of the Americas (FTAA) will convene Monday in Ecuador its12th meeting to advance the second draft of an agreement that willtake effect from 2005. The ...
Standings of China's first division soccer league
Oct 28, 2002 ... Standings of China's first division soccer leagueBEIJING, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of China's first division soccer league after Sunday's 25th round matches (tabulated under matches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): Beijing ...
Philippines finishes third in world amateur golf tourney
Oct 28, 2002 ... Philippines finishes third in world amateur golf tourneyMANILA, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine golf team finished third with a four-round total of 574 pars in the World Amateur TeamChampionship that ended in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpuronon Sunday afternoon ....
Xinhua world news summary at 1600 GMT, Oct. 27
Oct 28, 2002 ... Xinhua world news summary at 1600 GMT, Oct. 27MOSCOW -- The death toll after Russian special forces' rescue operation in a Moscow theater held by Chechen terrorists has risen to118, Interfax quoted Russian Health Ministry as saying on Sunday.On Saturday evening the ...
Final result of Stockholm Open tennis tournament
Oct 28, 2002 ... Final result of Stockholm Open tennis tournamentSTOCKHOLM, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Following is the final result fromthe 650,000 US dollars ATP ...
Results of Italian first division soccer league
Oct 28, 2002 ... Results of Italian first division soccer leagueROME, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of the Italian first division soccer matches played on Sunday:Brescia tied Como 1-1 ...
Spanish first division leading scorers
Oct 28, 2002 ... Spanish first division leading scorersMADRID, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Following are leading scorers in theSpanish first division after Sunday's matches: 7 - Roy Makaay (Deportivo Coruna) 6 - Darko Kovacevic (Real Sociedad), Julio Alvarez (Rayo Vallecano) ...
Standings of English premier league soccer
Oct 28, 2002 ... Standings of English premier league soccerLONDON, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Following are the English premier league soccer standings after the match played on Sunday ( tabulatedunder matches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against andpoints):1. Liverpool...
News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua
Oct 28, 2002 ... News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of XinhuaHONG KONG, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Sunday:Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers 11 killed, 19 injured in traffic mishap in Pakistan ...
Opener, Advisory
Oct 28, 2002 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service for Sunday,October 27, 2002, and begins ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Oct 28, 2002 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Philippine newspapers Monday.Philippine Daily Inquirer: -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo placed trade issues back inthe forefront of ...
Three world records broken on day 1 of FESPIC Games
Oct 28, 2002 ... Three world records broken on day 1 of FESPIC GamesBUSAN, South Korea, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- The opening competitionday at the 8th Far East and South Pacific Games for the Disabled (FESPIC Games) here on Sunday saw three new world records set, withtwo by Chinese athletes. A ...
Standings of Italian first division soccer
Oct 28, 2002 ... Standings of Italian first division soccerROME, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Italian first division soccer standings after the matches played on Sunday (tabulated under matches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, againstand points):1. Inter Milan 6 ...
China implements new flight timetable
Oct 28, 2002 ... China implements new flight timetableBEIJING, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- A new timetable will be in effectfrom October 27, 2002 to March 29, 2003 for flights arriving to anddeparting from China, as well as for domestic flights. A total of 24,039 flights will be scheduled in 128 ...
650 former hostages remain hospitalized in Moscow
Oct 28, 2002 ... 650 former hostages remain hospitalized in MoscowMOSCOW, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 650 of the hostages, who werereleased Saturday from a Moscow theater, still remain hospitalized,with 150 of them under intensive care and 45 in serious condition,Russian medical officials said ...
Urgent: Leftist Lula wins Brazil election
Oct 28, 2002 ... Urgent: Leftist Lula wins Brazil electionBRASILIA, Oct 27 (Xinhua) -- Inacio Lula da Silva won ...
Greek first division soccer results
Oct 28, 2002 ... Greek first division soccer resultsATHENS, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of Greek first division soccer matches played over the weekend:PAOK Thessaloniki tied Olympiakos Piraeus 1-1AEK Athens bt Kallithea Athens 1-0Aegaleo Athens tied ...
Portuguese premier league results/standings
Oct 28, 2002 ... Portuguese premier league results/standingsLISBON, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Following are results of Portuguesepremier league soccer matches played on Sunday:Maritimo bt Pacos Ferreira 2-0Beira Mar bt Santa Clara 2-1Nacional Madeira tied Vitoria Setubal 1-1 ...
Market exchange rates -- Oct. 28
Oct 28, 2002 ... Market exchange rates -- Oct. 28BEIJING, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Market exchange rates of four majorcurrencies against RMB yuan on Monday, announced by the People'sBank of China: Currency Unit Middle Price (in RMB yuan) US Dollar 100 827.71 ...
Italian first division results
Oct 28, 2002 ... Italian first division resultsROME, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Following are results and standings after Italian first division soccer matches played on Sunday:Brescia tied Como 1-1Inter Milan bt Bologna 2-0Lazio tied AS Roma 2-2Parma bt Atalanta ...
Indonesian cleric flown to Jakarta for bomb investigation
Oct 28, 2002 ... Indonesian cleric flown to Jakarta for bomb investigationSOLO, Indonesia, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir was shifted from Muhammadiyah Hospital in Solo, Central Javaprovince, to Jakarta Monday morning for a questioning on his allegedinvolvement in church ...
German first division leading scorers
Oct 28, 2002 ... German first division leading scorersBERLIN, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Following are leading scorers in theGerman first division after this weekend's matches:10 - Elber (Bayern Munich) 7 - Ailton (Werder Bremen), Thomas Christiansen (VfL Bochum),Sasa Ciric ...
Results from China's first division soccer league
Oct 28, 2002 ... Results from China's first division soccer leagueBEIJING, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from the25th round matches of China's first division soccer league on Sunday(home team listed first): Sichuan Dahe bt Chongqing Lifan 3-1 ...
China's Kunqu Festival held in E. China
Oct 28, 2002 ... China's Kunqu Festival held in E. ChinaBEIJING, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese Kunqu festival was inaugurated Sunday in Kunshan City of east China's Jiangsu Province,to celebrate the 1st anniversary of the opera being listed as amasterpiece of oral and intangible cultural ...
Swiss Indoor tennis final result
Oct 28, 2002 ... Swiss Indoor tennis final resultGENEVA, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Following is the final result at the1 million U.S. dollars Swiss Indoors ATP ...
Argentine soccer league standings
Oct 28, 2002 ... Argentine soccer league standingsBUENOS AIRES, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Following are Argentine soccerleague standings after Sunday's matches (played, won, drawn, lost,goals for, against, points):Independiente 13 1021 37 13 32 River ...
Argentine soccer league results
Oct 28, 2002 ... Argentine soccer league resultsBUENOS AIRES, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Following are Argentine soccerleague results on Sunday:River Plate lost to Boca Juniors 1-2 Arsenal bt Union 2-1Newell's Old Boys bt Olimpo Bahia Blanca 1-0Played on ...
Lotto winner robbed, killed in northern Philippines
Oct 28, 2002 ... Lotto winner robbed, killed in northern PhilippinesMANILA, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- A Filipino who had just won 19 million pesos (about 358,500 US dollars) through lottery was robbedand killed on Monday in the northern Philippine province of Rizal. Five armed suspects barged ...
German first division result/standings
Oct 28, 2002 ... German first division result/standingsBERLIN, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Following is the result of a Germanfirst division matches played on Sunday:VfL Wolfsburg bt Hansa Rostock 1-0Kaiserslautern vs VfL Bochum, postoned by storm Played on Saturday: ...
Myanmar destroys 18 tons of poppy seeds
Oct 28, 2002 ... Myanmar destroys 18 tons of poppy seedsYANGON, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Myanmar authorities destroyed atotal of 18.82 tons of poppy seeds, turned in by growers, in Lashio,northern Shan state of the country, last Friday, The New Light ofMyanmar reported Monday. It was the ...
Argentine Nalbandian sails to Swiss Indoor tennis title
Oct 28, 2002 ... Argentine Nalbandian sails to Swiss Indoor tennis titleGENEVA, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Argentine David Nalbandian claimed the 1 million U.S. dollars Swiss Indoors tennis title in Basel on Sunday when he impressively crushed Fernando Gonzales of Chile 6-4, 6-3, 6-2. The ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0100 GMT, Oct. 28
Oct 28, 2002 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0100 GMT, Oct. 28JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Sunday gave theLabor Party an ultimatum to either support his proposed state budgetfor fiscal 2003 or leave the government, Israeli media reported. Sharon told Labor leaders at ...
Colombian army kills 31 guerrillas, paramilitary members
Oct 28, 2002 ... Colombian army kills 31 guerrillas, paramilitary membersBOGOTA, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Colombian Army killed 31 guerrillas and paramilitary members in clashes on Saturday and Sunday, said an Army communique.The communique said that 19 guerrillas of the National ...
Qingdao becomes China's largest port of entry for imported ore
Oct 28, 2002 ... Qingdao becomes China's largest port of entry for imported oreQINGDAO, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Qingdao port in east China's Shandong Province handled 23.1 million tons of ore in the first ninemonths of this year, surpassing Ningbo of Zhejiang Province ...
Record export figures confirm strong Thai economic recovery
Oct 28, 2002 ... Record export figures confirm strong Thai economic recoveryBANGKOK, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The strong recovery of the Thai economy has been underscored by a record-high monthly export of 6. 41billion US dollars in September since the onset of the Asian crisisin July 1997 ....
Major news items in leading Indian newspapers
Oct 28, 2002 ... Major news items in leading Indian newspapersNEW DELHI, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Indian newspapers on Monday. The Hindu: -- IndianDeputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani on Sunday assured the center'ssupport for the Congress - People's ...
Thai minister urges to build confidence of tourists
Oct 28, 2002 ... Thai minister urges to build confidence of touristsBANGKOK, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Thai Tourism and Sports Minister Sontaya Kunplome urged government agencies involved in tourism to avoid sending any messages detrimental to the country's image in thewake of the Oct. 12 terrorist ...
US to continue supporting Thai anti-drug efforts: official
Oct 28, 2002 ... US to continue supporting Thai anti-drug efforts: officialBANGKOK, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The United States will continue supporting Thailand's fight against illicit drugs with cash and training assistance, a US official said. Barry Crane, deputy head of the White House's ...
OAS leader arrives in Venezuela in renewed mediation efforts
Oct 28, 2002 ... OAS leader arrives in Venezuela in renewed mediation effortsCARACAS, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General Cesar Gaviria arrived here Sunday afternoon ona mission to broker dialogue between the government and the opposition in a bid to ...
Sino-US agreement on higher education academic exchange implemented
Oct 28, 2002 ... Sino-US agreement on higher education academic exchangeimplementedGUIYANG, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Guizhou University of Technology, insouthwest China's Guizhou Province, and Dakota State University ofthe United States have become "twin universities". According to a recent ...
Brazil's ruling coalition candidates win governorships: exit polls
Oct 28, 2002 ... Brazil's ruling coalition candidates win governorships: exit polls BRASILIA, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Candidates of the ruling coalitionwon the governorships of Sao Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul, preliminaryexit polls showed Sunday. Geraldo Alckmin, the candidate of the Brazilian ...
Final result of Luxembourg Open WTA tennis
Oct 28, 2002 ... Final result of Luxembourg Open WTA tennisBRUSSELS, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Following is final result from theLuxembourg Open WTA ...
English premier league leading scorers
Oct 28, 2002 ... English premier league leading scorersLONDON, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Following are leading scorers in theEnglish premier league after Sunday's matches:8 - Gianfranco Zola (Chelsea)7 - Alan Shearer (Newcastle United)6 - Sylvain Wiltord (Arsenal), Thierry ...
Brazil's leftist Lula sweeps to victory in presidential poll
Oct 28, 2002 ... Brazil's leftist Lula sweeps to victory in presidential pollBRASILIA, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's leftist Luiz Inacio Lula daSilva scored a landslide victory in the country's presidential runoff vote on Sunday, handing himself a magnificent 57th birthdaygift. The ruling ...
Bangkok rubber price
Oct 28, 2002 ... Bangkok rubber priceBANGKOK, Oct. 28 (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 36.35 36.85 ...
Paradorn takes Stockholm Open tennis title
Oct 28, 2002 ... Paradorn takes Stockholm Open tennis titleSTOCKHOLM, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Rapidly-rising Thai Paradorn Srichaphan collected his second ATP title when he outplayed sixth seed Chilean Marcelo Rios 6-7 (2-7), 6-0, 6-3, 6-2 at the 650,000 U.S. dollars Stockholm Open tennis final on ...
U.S., Panama clinch victories in women's Gold Cup soccer
Oct 28, 2002 ... U.S., Panama clinch victories in women's Gold Cup soccerWASHINGTON, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- The United States cruised to a 3-0 victory over Mexico on Sunday in the CONCACAF Gold Cup soccer tournament as Panama beat Trinidad and Tobago 4-2. The American side took the lead in ...
Venezuelan president appeals to opposition not to back dissidents
Oct 28, 2002 ... Venezuelan president appeals to opposition not to back dissidents CARACAS, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez appealed Sunday to the Opposition to keep distance from the 14 protesting military officers. Chavez, surviving a coup in April, invited political ...
Hong Kong stocks up at midday
Oct 28, 2002 ... Hong Kong stocks up at middayHONG KONG, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong stocks ...
Tanzanian ruling party elects top leaders
Oct 28, 2002 ... Tanzanian ruling party elects top leadersDAR ES SALAAM, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Tanzanian ruling Chama ChaMapinduz (CCM) party disclosed the names of three top leaders to thepublic on Monday morning in Dodoma, the designated capital ofTanzania.CCM Secretary General ...
Pentagon to mobilize 265,000 reservists for an Iraq war: US sources
Oct 28, 2002 ... Pentagon to mobilize 265,000 reservists for an Iraq war: USsourcesWASHINGTON, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- If President George W. Bush orders an attack against Iraq, the Pentagon would mobilize as manyreservists as it did during the 1991 Persian Gulf War to help protect US interests ...