Xinhua News Agency back issues from Thursday, November 7:
China to become aircraft parts manufacture center
Nov 07, 2002 ... China to become aircraft parts manufacture centerZHUHAI, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- When people travel by air, they may not be aware that 25 percent of Boeing or Airbus plane parts are made in China. And this ratio will continue to . During the ongoing Zhuhai airshow, noted ...
Pakistani parliamentary inaugural session delayed by 1 week
Nov 07, 2002 ... Pakistani parliamentary inaugural session delayed by 1 weekISLAMABAD, Nov. 6 (Xinhua)-- The first session of Pakistan's National Assembly (NA), which was scheduled for Friday, has been delayed by about one week, said an official announcement here Wednesday. "The exact ...
Sri Lanka sets 5.5 percent economic growth for 2003
Nov 07, 2002 ... Sri Lanka sets 5.5 percent economic growth for 2003COLOMBO, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's economy is expected to grow by 5.5 percent next year as the country's peace process gainsmomentum, Finance Minister K.N. Choksy said on Wednesday.While presenting the budget for ...
Vietnam wishes further relations with US
Nov 07, 2002 ... Vietnam wishes further relations with USHANOI, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Vietnamese government and people always attach importance to their relationship with the United States, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan told US Senator Evan Bayh on Wednesday. The US ...
Shares end down in Brazil; up in Mexico
Nov 07, 2002 ... Shares end down in Brazil; up in MexicoMEXICO CITY, Nov. 6(Xinhua) -- Latin America's two major stock markets -- Sao Paulo andMexico City -- closed mixed on Wednesday. In Sao Paulo, Latin America's biggest bourse, the leading Bovespaindex closed bearish at 9,702 points, down ...
Egypt warns US to be aware of risk in intransigent Israeli gov't
Nov 07, 2002 ... Egypt warns US to be aware of risk in intransigent Israeli gov'tCAIRO, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Egypt on Wednesday warned the United States to be fully aware of the risk of an intransigent Israeli government."The United States should be aware of what could happen if a ...
Market exchange rates -- Nov. 7
Nov 07, 2002 ... Market exchange rates -- Nov. 7BEIJING, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Market exchange rates of four majorcurrencies against RMB yuan on Thursday, announced by the People' sBank of China: Currency Unit Middle Price (in RMB yuan) US Dollar 100 827.71 ...
Cuban baseball fans anxious about match against Japanese team
Nov 07, 2002 ... Cuban baseball fans anxious about match against Japanese teamHAVANA, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- With great expectation Cuban baseballfans await Wednesday the first of two matches between the Cubannational team and visiting Chunichi Dragons, from the Japanese MajorLeague. The ...
Argentine Bianchi expected to coach Chilean team
Nov 07, 2002 ... Argentine Bianchi expected to coach Chilean teamSANTIAGO, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Chilean National Professional SoccerAssociation (ANFP) President Reinaldo Sanchez on Wednesday expressedhis wish for Argentine Carlos Bianchi to coach the national team. Sanchez's main goal is ...
WTA championships results
Nov 07, 2002 ... WTA championships resultsLOS ANGELES, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are first round resultsfrom the WTA Championships on Wednesday (prefix number ...
Palestinian factions call for national unity
Nov 07, 2002 ... Palestinian factions call for national unityCAIRO, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's mainstream Fatah movement and Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) called for national unity here on Wednesday. "Representatives of the two factions gathered ...
Chinese traditional medicine popular in ROK
Nov 07, 2002 ... Chinese traditional medicine popular in ROKCHENGDU, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Many young people in the Republic ofKorea (ROK) consider learning traditional Chinese medicine a goodchoice, said Kyu-Hwan Yang, a noted ROK professor. Yang, president of the Research Institute of ...
Italia soccer leading scorers
Nov 07, 2002 ... Italia soccer leading scorersROME. Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading scorers in theItalian first division after Wednesday's matches: 8 - Francesco Totti (AS Roma) 7 - Christian Vieri (Inter Milan), Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus), Filippo Inzaghi (AC ...
Clijsters downs Rubin to meet Henin in quarterfinal
Nov 07, 2002 ... Clijsters downs Rubin to meet Henin in quarterfinalLOS ANGELES, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Kim Clijsters brushed aside American Chanda Rubin 6-1, 6-2 at the 3 million US dollars WTA Championships on Wednesday to set up a quarter-final clash with fellow Belgian Justine Henin ....
Australian government defends Asia policy
Nov 07, 2002 ... Australian government defends Asia policyCANBERRA, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Australian government defendedThursday its Asia policy describing an Opposition frontbencher's statement on Prime Minister John Howard being disliking Asia as "foolish." Immigration Minister Philip ...
Inter Milan keep three-point lead at top of Serie A
Nov 07, 2002 ... Inter Milan keep three-point lead at top of Serie AROME, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Inter Milan exerted every effort to earna 4-3 win at Empoli on Wednesday to hold on their three-point lead atthe top of Serie A. Inter's city rivals AC Milan needed a 90th-minute deflection ...
High-tech projects to get investment aid at east China conference
Nov 07, 2002 ... High-tech projects to get investment aid at east China conference HEFEI, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- This capital city of east China's AnhuiProvince will hold a conference to assist high-tech projects infinding proper investment. Dozens of noted scientists from home and abroad, ...
English League Cup third round results
Nov 07, 2002 ... English League Cup third round resultsLONDON, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of EnglishLeague Cup third round soccer matches played on Wednesday:Arsenal lost to Sunderland 2-3 Blackburn Rovers tied Walsall 2-2 (After extra time. 90 minutes: ...
China protects traditional medicines of ethnic minorities
Nov 07, 2002 ... China protects traditional medicines of ethnic minoritiesCHENGDU, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government has made greatefforts to protect the traditional medicines of Chinese ethnicminorities.More and more of these drugs have become top sellers in the overseas ...
Argentina's Duhalde says no to presidential bid
Nov 07, 2002 ... Argentina's Duhalde says no to presidential bidBUENOS AIRES, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Argentine President Eduardo Duhalde on Wednesday reaffirmed that he would not stand for president in next year's election. "I won't be a candidate, there is no possibility that I will beone, ...
Jaguar to launch new car in January
Nov 07, 2002 ... Jaguar to launch new car in JanuaryLONDON, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Jaguar will launch next year's R4 Formula One car in Britain on January 13, the team announced on Wednesday. The car would be given its first shakedown test a few days laterat a European circuit before ...
Italian soccer results and standings
Nov 07, 2002 ... Italian soccer results and standingsROME, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Following are results of Italian firstdivision soccer matches played on Wednesday: Atalanta lost to Modena 1-3 Chievo Verona bt Perugia 3-0 Empoli lost to Inter Milan 3-4 AC Milan bt ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Nov 07, 2002 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, Nov. 7(Xinhua) -- The following are major news items in leading Japanesenewspapers on Thursday:Mainichi -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) announces plan to set up a monitoring organ featuring nuclear power plant ...
Panama detects new dengue carrying mosquito
Nov 07, 2002 ... Panama detects new dengue carrying mosquitoPANAMA CITY, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Panamanian authorities announced on Wednesday that they had detected a new species of mosquito considered by specialists as more dangerous than Aedes aegypti, the carrier of dengue fever ....
Chinese capital further relaxes price controls
Nov 07, 2002 ... Chinese capital further relaxes price controlsBEIJING, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- The city government of China's capital, Beijing, has further relaxed its grip on the prices, letting market forces decide costs. The latest batch of goods, which were freed from price controls ...
Shanghai Tennis Masters Cup factbox
Nov 07, 2002 ... Shanghai Tennis Masters Cup factboxBEIJING, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Following is the factbox on the Tennis Masters Cup, which will be held in Shanghai, China on Nov. 12-17: The Tennis Masters Cup was jointly inaugurated, as the season-ending men's tournament, by the ATP Tour, ...
E. China's Commercial Bank to bolster SMEs
Nov 07, 2002 ... E. China's Commercial Bank to bolster SMEsHANGZHOU, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Hangzhou City Commercial Bank of east China's Zhejiang Province Wednesday graded 80 small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) as major entities with potential worthy ofsupport. These individually-run ...
Colombia deactivates 3 car bombs
Nov 07, 2002 ... Colombia deactivates 3 car bombsBOGOTA, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Colombian Army bomb experts Wednesdaydeactivated three car bombs on the road between Tame and Fortul innortheast Arauca state. The three cars, each loaded with 50 kg dynamite, were presumablyset up by the ...
Australia-Indonesia relations good: minister
Nov 07, 2002 ... Australia-Indonesia relations good: ministerCANBERRA, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Though Jakarta was angered by Australian security officers' raids on its nationals suspected of being linked to Jemaah Islamiah in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth lastweek, the relations between the two ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Nov. 7
Nov 07, 2002 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Nov. 7WASHINGTON -- US and British warplanes attacked two air defensesites in southern Iraq on Wednesday, the US Central Command said ina statement. Using precision-guided weapons, the allied aircraft bombed two surface-to-air ...
Aspirin inhibits ovarian cancer growth, study shows
Nov 07, 2002 ... Aspirin inhibits ovarian cancer growth, study showsLOS ANGELES, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Aspirin may inhibit ovarian cancer growth, shows a latest study by researchers at the Universityof Florida.The study demonstrated that aspirin inhibited ovarian tumor cellgrowth by as ...
UEFA authorizes Warner Brothers as merchandising agent for Euro2004
Nov 07, 2002 ... UEFA authorizes Warner Brothers as merchandising agent for Euro2004LONDON, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- UEFA have authorized US entertainmentgiant Warner Brothers to merchandise all products related to the2004 European championships in Portugal. UEFA said on Wednesday the ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Nov 07, 2002 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Philippine newspapers Thursday.Philippine Daily Inquirer: -- Army soldiers have recovered explosives, bomb-making manualsand plans to attack ...
China's largest life insurance joint venture approved
Nov 07, 2002 ... China's largest life insurance joint venture approvedTIANJIN, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese and a British insurance company have been given the go-ahead to set up China's largest lifeinsurance joint venture in the northern port city of Tianjin. Heng An Life Insurance ...
Spanish King's Cup second round results
Nov 07, 2002 ... Spanish King's Cup second round resultsMADRID, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of SpanishKing's Cup second round matches played on Wednesday (Roman numeralsindicate division of non-first division teams):Alicante (III) tied Valencia 3-3 (score after ...
Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- Nov. 7
Nov 07, 2002 ... Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- Nov. 7BEIJING, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers Thursday: Most Beijing-based newspapers front-paged that the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) convened a forum inBeijing ...
Puyol renews contract with Barca till 2007
Nov 07, 2002 ... Puyol renews contract with Barca till 2007MADRID, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Spanish international Carles Puyol hasrenewed his contract with Barcelona that will keep him at the Catalan club until 2007. "My intention was always to stay at Barcelona so I'm very happywith this ...
Venezuelan workers union considers a national strike
Nov 07, 2002 ... Venezuelan workers union considers a national strikeCARACAS, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Workers Confederation of Venezuela announced on Wednesday that it would hold an emergency meeting soon to decide whether to mount a new strike against the government led by President Hugo Chavez ....
German Cup second round results
Nov 07, 2002 ... German Cup second round resultsBERLIN, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of German Cup second round matches played on Wednesday (I denotes first division, II second, A amateurs):Bahlingen SC (A) lost to Waldhof Mannheim (II) 1-2 Bayern Munich (I) bt ...
Researcher: China enjoys comparative advantage in labor cost
Nov 07, 2002 ... Researcher: China enjoys comparative advantage in labor costBEIJING, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- A senior Chinese researcher said thatChina enjoys a comparative advantage in cheap educated laborers andthis advantage would last for at least two decades, according toThursday's China ...
Ecuador's El Reventador volcano produces three explosions
Nov 07, 2002 ... Ecuador's El Reventador volcano produces three explosionsQUITO, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Ecuador's El Reventador volcano produced three explosions accompanied by clouds of ash at midday onTuesday noon and during the afternoon, local press on Wednesdayquoted specialists as saying ....
More Chinese hope to become pilots
Nov 07, 2002 ... More Chinese hope to become pilotsZHUHAI, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Guangzhou citizen Zhang Dousan becamethe center of attention at the Zhuhai Airshow where he displayedthree of his own aircraft models.Zhang, 46, dreamt of becoming a pilot from an early age. In 1995,he ...
HK stocks open lower
Nov 07, 2002 ... HK stocks open lowerHONG KONG, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong ...
International swoop bags drug-trafficking ring
Nov 07, 2002 ... International swoop bags drug-trafficking ringBUENOS AIRES, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Argentina's police announced Wednesday that 15 members of a suspected international drug trafficking ring were arrested during a multinational police operation in Argentina and the United States. ...
Three Colombian paramilitary leaders captured in Costa Rica
Nov 07, 2002 ... Three Colombian paramilitary leaders captured in Costa RicaSAN JOSE, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Three key members from the rebel United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) had been captured hereand are being held for extradition to the United States for trial,Costa Rican Interior ...
Foreign exchange rates in Thailand
Nov 07, 2002 ... Foreign exchange rates in ThailandBANGKOK, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) --The following are foreign exchange rates against the baht onThursday as offered by the Bangkok Bank: Thursday Wednesday U.S. dollar 42.86/43.46 42.85/43.45 ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)
Nov 07, 2002 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)HONG KONG, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Wednesday:hka -- HK stocks close higher led by finance and property shares hka -- Taiwan stocks close higher ...
Indian Navy's dry dock sinks
Nov 07, 2002 ... Indian Navy's dry dock sinksNEW DELHI, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- The only floating dry dock of theIndian Navy sank on Wednesday off Port Blair, capital of India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands, due to a system failure, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported. The system that ...
IOC pays inspection visit to Athens
Nov 07, 2002 ... IOC pays inspection visit to AthensATHENS, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Denis Oswald, chief inspector of theInternational Olympic Committee (IOC) for the 2004 Athens Olympics,reiterated here on Wednesday that "time remains as the most crucialelement" in preparations for the upcoming ...
Opener, Advisory
Nov 07, 2002 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service forWednesday, November 06, 2002, and begins ...
Scientists found shifting crabs have shifty eyes
Nov 07, 2002 ... Scientists found shifting crabs have shifty eyesLONDON, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- US scientist have found that a kind ofcrab living in the deep ocean has shifty eyes ...that is, their eyeschange throughout their lives to adapt to the environment. The research was reported in the ...
EU enlargement should match NATO expansion: Ukrainian President
Nov 07, 2002 ... EU enlargement should match NATO expansion: Ukrainian PresidentVIENNA, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma said on Wednesday that the European Union's enlargement should keep pace with NATO's eastward expansion. Kuchma, who arrived here Wednesday ...
Roundup: Rate cut a difficult decision by US Fed By Wang Zhenhua
Nov 07, 2002 ... Roundup: Rate cut a difficult decision by US Fed By Wang ZhenhuaWASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- The United States Federal Reserve(Fed) cut the short-term interest rate by 0.5 percentage points onWednesday. This, the only rate cut so far this year was a difficultdecision ...
Vietnam to introduce new anti-HIV treatment
Nov 07, 2002 ... Vietnam to introduce new anti-HIV treatmentHANOI, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam will become the first country inAsia to use a new anti-viral treatment, aiming to prevent the spreadof HIV from infected mothers to their children, according to areport of Vietnam News on Thursday ....
Indonesian wildfires blamed for global warming
Nov 07, 2002 ... Indonesian wildfires blamed for global warmingLONDON, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- New research has shown that the forestfires, which ravaged Southeast Asia, especially Indonesia, fiveyears ago, caused a massive increase in levels of greenhouse gaseswhich cause global warming. ...
Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapers
Nov 07, 2002 ... Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapersISLAMABAD, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Pakistani English newspapers on Thursday. The Statesman: -- The Musharraf government on Wednesday put off the inauguralsession of the ...
Police detain owner of van allegedly used in Bali bombing
Nov 07, 2002 ... Police detain owner of van allegedly used in Bali bombingJAKARTA, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian police arrested a man inLamongan district, East Java province, believed to be the owner ofthe Mitsubishi van allegedly used to explode a Bali nightclub on Oct. 12. The man, ...
US Democrat House leader not to seek reelection
Nov 07, 2002 ... US Democrat House leader not to seek reelectionWASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- US Democrat House leader Dick Gephardt will not seek another term as the minority leader after eight years in office, his congressional aides said on Wednesday. The development came one day after ...
Large amount of drug pills predicted to flood into Thailand
Nov 07, 2002 ... Large amount of drug pills predicted to flood into ThailandBANGKOK, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Thai Internal Security OperationsCommand (ISOC) has predicted that as many as 700 millionmethamphetamine pills would flood into Thailand across the Myanmarborder next year, the Bangkok ...
Austria opens air link with Myanmar
Nov 07, 2002 ... Austria opens air link with MyanmarYANGON, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Austria has opened air link with Myanmar with an inaugural flight, made by the Lauda Air of the country from Vienna, landing at the Yangon International Airport onWednesday. According to Thursday's state-run ...
New US deep ocean explorer finishes first mission
Nov 07, 2002 ... New US deep ocean explorer finishes first missionLOS ANGELES, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- A new generation of remotely operated deep sea vehicles, capable of routine operations to a depthof 6,500 meters, recently completed its first scientific cruise offthe coast of Oregon, local media ...
2 soldiers, 1 bandit killed in Southern Philippine clash
Nov 07, 2002 ... 2 soldiers, 1 bandit killed in Southern Philippine clashMANILA, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Two government soldiers were slain when unidentified gunmen dumped bullets at an Army outpost in the southern Philippines, a military spokesman said Thursday. Also killed was one of the some ...
Titanic's unknown child identified by DNA tests
Nov 07, 2002 ... Titanic's unknown child identified by DNA testsOTTAWA, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Canadian researchers have identified ayoung boy who died in the sinking of the Titanic 90 years ago andwas buried as an unknown child in Canada's eastern city of Halifax,the national news agency Canadian ...
US provides money for Thai war against human trafficking
Nov 07, 2002 ... US provides money for Thai war against human traffickingBANGKOK, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Thailand has received a donation of1.1 million US dollars from the US government to combat human trafficking, an illegal trade that has sent tens of thousands of Thai women into prostitution ...
Thai PM to meet E.Timorese leader
Nov 07, 2002 ... Thai PM to meet E.Timorese leaderBANGKOK, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is scheduled to meet East Timorese President Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao here Thursday, with discussions to be focused on bilateral cooperation in various areas. The East ...