Xinhua News Agency back issues from Thursday, January 30:
Thailand to call back its ambassador to Cambodia
Jan 30, 2003 ... Thailand to call back its ambassador to CambodiaBANGKOK, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Thailand will call back itsambassador to Cambodia and degrade the embassy in Cambodia, saidForeign Minister Surakiat Sathirathai on Wednesday. The Thai Embassy in the Cambodian capital of Phnom ...
Shanghai's foreign trade to be $US100 bn by 2007
Jan 30, 2003 ... Shanghai's foreign trade to be $US100 bn by 2007SHANGHAI, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Shanghai's annual foreign trade isexpected to reach 100 billion US dollars by the year 2007, withexports exceeding 45 billion US dollars, a senior official saidWednesday. According to ...
Yao Ming and Sui Feifei voted Most Popular Chinese Basketballer
Jan 30, 2003 ... Yao Ming and Sui Feifei voted Most Popular Chinese BasketballerBEIJING, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- In the 2003 BM (Basketman) BasketballGala, Yao Ming and Sui Feifei were awarded NIKE Most Popular ChineseBasketballer here on Wednesday. The 2003 BM Basketball Gala was aimed to ...
Bangladesh needs food quality testing facilities: EC
Jan 30, 2003 ... Bangladesh needs food quality testing facilities: ECDHAKA, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- The country needs food quality testingfacilities to increase export of Bangladeshi food products, theofficial Bangladesh News Agency reported Wednesday. European Commission sources here were ...
Opener, Advisory
Jan 30, 2003 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service forWednesday, January 29, 2003, and begins ...
Nepali govt announces cease-fire with guerrillas
Jan 30, 2003 ... Nepali govt announces cease-fire with guerrillasKATHMANDU, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Nepali government Wednesdaynight announced the cease-fire with the anti-government guerrillas,coming into effect immediately, according to the Nepal Television. "The government has informed ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Jan. 29 (2)
Jan 30, 2003 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Jan. 29 (2)Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Jan. 29 (1) Diplomatic appointments, removals announced China's railway sector readies for peak travel days Sino-German joint car parts venture operational ...
Experts hail "major archaeological discovery" in NW China
Jan 30, 2003 ... Experts hail "major archaeological discovery" in NW ChinaXI'AN, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Chinese archaeologists are calling thebronze ware unearthed in a Shanxi Province village "a majorarchaeological discovery in the 21st century." "I was shocked when I saw these relics," said ...
Arafat says he is willing to talk with new Israeli government
Jan 30, 2003 ... Arafat says he is willing to talk with new Israeli governmentJERUSALEM, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafatsaid on Wednesday that he was willing to talk with Israel's newgovernment after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Likud party wonTuesday's Israeli election ....
Thaksin urges Cambodia to arrest suspects of riot
Jan 30, 2003 ... Thaksin urges Cambodia to arrest suspects of riotBANGKOK, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Thai Prime Minister ThaksinShinawatra at midnight Wednesday expressed his regret over theburning of the Thai Embassy in Phnom Phen and urged the Cambodiangovernment to arrest those responsible for it. ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)
Jan 30, 2003 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)HONG KONG, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong on Wednesday: Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City to grant amnesty to prisoners Thai bourse down 5.07 points ...
German company to provide free anti-HIV drugs in Mozambique
Jan 30, 2003 ... German company to provide free anti-HIV drugs in MozambiqueMAPUTO, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Boehringer Ingelheim, a Germancompany, is to make the anti-retroviral drug Nevirapine available inMozambique, free of charge, to help prevent the vertical transmissionof the HIV virus from ...
Arafat says ready to negotiate with Sharon "immediately"
Jan 30, 2003 ... Arafat says ready to negotiate with Sharon "immediately"GAZA, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafatannounced Wednesday that he is ready to meet with Israeli PrimeMinister Ariel Sharon and start peace negotiations immediately. Arafat made his announcement in ...
Saddam says Iraq ready to "defeat" US troops
Jan 30, 2003 ... Saddam says Iraq ready to "defeat" US troopsBAGHDAD, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi President Saddam Hussein vowedWednesday that Iraq was ready to "destroy" and "defeat" the Americantroops, and warned that the United States would pay a high price ifit attacked his country ....
Los Angeles starts vaccinating residents against smallpox
Jan 30, 2003 ... Los Angeles starts vaccinating residents against smallpoxLOS ANGELES, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Los Angeles County in thewestern US state of California started vaccinating residentsWednesday against smallpox as part of a federal vaccination programdesigned to brace for a possible ...
English premier league standings after Wednesday's matches
Jan 30, 2003 ... English premier league standings after Wednesday's matchesLONDON, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of Englishpremier league after the soccer matches played on Wednesday(tabulated under games played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against,points): 1. Arsenal ...
French first division standings
Jan 30, 2003 ... French first division standingsPARIS, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings afterFrench first division soccer matches played on Wednesday ( tabulatedunder matches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against andpoints): 1. Olympique Marseille 24 1266 ...
Spanish King's Cup results
Jan 30, 2003 ... Spanish King's Cup resultsMADRID, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of King'sCup quarter-finals, second leg matches played on Wednesday: Osasuna bt Sevilla 3-2 Osasuna win 4-3 on aggregate Real Mallorca bt Real Madrid 4-0 Real Mallorca ...
English premier league results
Jan 30, 2003 ... English premier league resultsLONDON, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of Englishpremier league soccer matches played on Wednesday: Liverpool tied Arsenal 2-2 Manchester City bt Fulham 4-1 Tottenham Hotspur lost to Newcastle United 0-1 ...
Shares end higher in Brazil, Argentina and Mexico
Jan 30, 2003 ... Shares end higher in Brazil, Argentina and MexicoMEXICO CITY, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Latin America's three major stockmarkets -- Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires and Mexico City -- closed up onWednesday. The Buenos Aires stock market closed with its Merval index up 0.17 percent to ...
World Youth Soccer Championships draw/fixtures
Jan 30, 2003 ... World Youth Soccer Championships draw/fixturesABU DHABI, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Following are the draw and fixturesfor the World Youth Championships which begin in the United ArabEmirates in March: Group A (in Abu Dhabi) - United Arab Emirates, Slovakia, Panama,Burkina Faso ...
French first division results
Jan 30, 2003 ... French first division resultsPARIS, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of Frenchfirst division soccer matches played on Wednesday: Nantes lost to Monaco 2-0 RC Lens tied Olympique Lyon 2-2 Bastia bt AJ Auxerre 2-0 En Avant Guingamp ...
Guangzhou's GDP exceeds 300 billion yuan
Jan 30, 2003 ... Guangzhou's GDP exceeds 300 billion yuanGUANGZHOU, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The gross domestic product (GDP) ofGuangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province, south China, exceeded 300billion yuan (36 billion US dollars) in 2002. Guangzhou boasted the third largest city economy in the ...
European major stocks end mixed
Jan 30, 2003 ... European major stocks end mixedLONDON, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- European major stock markets endedmixed Wednesday, with some investors shrugging off concerns about warin Iraq and ventured back into the market to snap up cheap buys. In London, Britain's leading share index ...
English premier league leading scorers
Jan 30, 2003 ... English premier league leading scorersLONDON, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading scorers inthe English premier league after Wednesday's matches: 17 - Thierry Henry (Arsenal) 16 - James Beattie (Southampton) 14 - Alan Shearer (Newcastle United) ...
Men's handball world championship results
Jan 30, 2003 ... Men's handball world championship resultsLISBON, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of men'shandball world championship second phase matches played on Wednesday: Group one: Iceland bt Poland 33-29 Spain bt Qatar 40-15 ...
French first division leading scorers
Jan 30, 2003 ... French first division leading scorersPARIS, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading scorers inthe French first division soccer league after Wednesday's matches:13 - Pedro Pauleta (Girondins Bordeaux) 12 - Shabani Nonda (Monaco) 10 - Kaba Diawara ...
Key market information in London
Jan 30, 2003 ... Key market information in LondonLONDON, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Following is the latest key marketinformation in London on Wednesday: Jan.29Jan. 28 Pound sterling1.6462 1.6405 US dollars 1.5220 1.5145 euro Euro...
Roundup: UN discusses inspection reports, Iraq pledges cooperation
Jan 30, 2003 ... Roundup: UN discusses inspection reports, Iraq pledges cooperation BEIJING, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Security Councilheld day-long closed-door consultations Wednesday on the reportspresented two days ago by top UN weapons inspectors on Iraq'scompliance with its ...
Bangkok Rice F.O.B. Prices
Jan 30, 2003 ... Bangkok Rice F.O.B. PricesBANGKOK, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The following are offered Bangkokrice f.o.b. prices, as set by the Rice Committee Board of Trade ofThailand, for the week starting Thursday: U.S. Dollar/Metric Ton last week this week White Fragrant ...
C. America to reduce cost of AIDS-control medicines
Jan 30, 2003 ... C. America to reduce cost of AIDS-control medicinesPANAMA CITY, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- The governments of Costa Rica, ElSalvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama have reached anagreement with five US and European pharmaceutical firms to reducethe cost of medicines for ...
Montenegro passes new charter on federation with Serbia
Jan 30, 2003 ... Montenegro passes new charter on federation with SerbiaBELGRADE, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Montenegro's parliament passedWednesday a new constitutional charter on establishing a newfederation with Serbia, which will eventually dissolve Yugoslavia andreplace the Balkan country with a ...
Tiananmen Rostrum to be renovated
Jan 30, 2003 ... Tiananmen Rostrum to be renovatedBEIJING, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Tiananmen Rostrum, a Beijinglandmark structure built in 1417, will soon undergo its fourth majorrenovation. The rostrum will be closed from February 8 to April 30 for theupgrade, according to officials ...
Ancient village discovered in central China
Jan 30, 2003 ... Ancient village discovered in central ChinaCHANGSHA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Chinese archaeologists havediscovered a village with a history of more than 1,000 years incentral China's Hunan Province. Shanggantang Village, 25 kilometers southwest of the county townof Jiangyong, ...
Krajicek fights into Milan Indoor quarter-finals
Jan 30, 2003 ... Krajicek fights into Milan Indoor quarter-finalsROME, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Dutch Richard Krajicek fought his wayinto the quarterfinals of the Milan Indoor tennis tournament onWednesday as he edged out Radek Stepanek of Czech Republic 3-6, 6- 3,7-6. Whereas third seed ...
Foreign exchange rates in Thailand
Jan 30, 2003 ... Foreign exchange rates in ThailandBANGKOK, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the baht on Thursday as offered by the Bangkok Bank: Thursday Wednesday U.S. dollar 42.35/42.95 42.25/42.85 ...
Taiwan investors target agricultural development in Hainan
Jan 30, 2003 ... Taiwan investors target agricultural development in HainanHAIKOU, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Taiwan investors have helped establish400 businesses specializing in agricultural development in Hainan, asubtropical island province of south China. Taiwan investors have rented a total ...
Arsenal settle for draw as West Ham end home sickness
Jan 30, 2003 ... Arsenal settle for draw as West Ham end home sicknessLONDON, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- It proved to be a day of drama forWednesday's action of the English premier league. Arsenal dominated the match but had to settle for a 2-2 away drawfor Liverpool in the English premier league ...
Hong Kong stocks open higher
Jan 30, 2003 ... Hong Kong stocks open higherHONG KONG, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong stocks went up 11.15points, or 0.12 ...
Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- Jan. 30
Jan 30, 2003 ... Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- Jan. 30BEIJING, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Highlights of major Beijing-basednewspapers Thursday: All major Beijing-based newspapers frontpaged the news thatChinese Premier Zhu Rongji conveyed his sincere New Year's greetingsto all ...
Spain expresses confidence in UN inspections in Iraq
Jan 30, 2003 ... Spain expresses confidence in UN inspections in IraqMADRID, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Spain's Defense Minister FedericoTrillo Wednesday expressed his confidence in the UN weaponsinspections in Iraq and said "today the war is farther than threedays ago." Trillo made the remarks ...
Store advertisements in rights rumpus
Jan 30, 2003 ... Store advertisements in rights rumpusBEIJING, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Legal experts and consumer championssaid misleading advertisements placed by stores on the eve of SpringFestival were infringing the rights of shoppers, the China Dailyreported Thursday. A price war ...
Bosnian Serb official says Karadzic not in Republika Srpska
Jan 30, 2003 ... Bosnian Serb official says Karadzic not in Republika SrpskaBELGRADE, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Radovan Karadzic, the formerpresident of Republika Srpska and a UN war crimes tribunal suspect,isn't hiding in the Republika Srpska, Bosnian Serb Interior MinisterZoran Djeric was quoted by ...
London metal exchange prices
Jan 30, 2003 ... London metal exchange pricesLONDON, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Following are the closing cash andthree-month prices at the London Metal Exchange on Wednesday:Cash Three-month (US dollars per ton) (US dollars per ton) Unofficial close ...
Writethru: Rioters set fire to Thai Embassy in Phnom Penh
Jan 30, 2003 ... Writethru: Rioters set fire to Thai Embassy in Phnom PenhPHNOM PENH, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian military police openedfire to disperse the protesters who stormed into and set fire to theThai Embassy in Phnom Penh Wednesday night. About 1,000 protesters, mostly students, ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Jan 30, 2003 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Philippine newspapers on Thursday. Philippine Daily Inquirer: -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Wednesday backed theUnited States' ...
Juventus loan Baiocco, Moretti
Jan 30, 2003 ... Juventus loan Baiocco, MorettiROME, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Italian Serie A club Juventus said onWednesday that they have loaned midfielder Davide Baiocco to Piacenzaand defender Emiliano Moretti to Modena. Both Modena and Piacenza are struggling in Serie A, with ...
Major news items in leading Indian newspapers
Jan 30, 2003 ... Major news items in leading Indian newspapersNEW DELHI, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Indian newspapers on Thursday.The Times of India: -- Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee reshuffled hiscabinet Wednesday evening in a ...
US military puts GPS satellite into orbit
Jan 30, 2003 ... US military puts GPS satellite into orbitWASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- The US Air Force put a GlobalPositioning System (GPS) satellite into orbit Wednesday, militaryofficials said. "We believe that GPS spacecraft is going to play a huge role inthe war on terrorism," ...
US says it is entering "final phase" on Iraq issue
Jan 30, 2003 ... US says it is entering "final phase" on Iraq issueWASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- The United States said Wednesdaythat it is now entering the final phase on the Iraq issue and isabout to open a diplomatic window to make a last- ditch effort forthe peaceful disarmament of Iraq ....
Dominica calls for narrower gap in informationtechnology
Jan 30, 2003 ... Dominica calls for narrower gap in information technologyHAVANA, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Dominica called Wednesday fornarrowing the gap between rich and poor nations in informationtechnology, said reports from the Dominican capital of Santo Domingo. Speaking at the opening ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Jan 30, 2003 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, Jan. 30(Xinhua) -- The following are major news items in leading Japanesenewspapers on Thursday.Mainichi: -- The Japanese government mulls shifting US air drill location toHiroshima. Yomiuri: -- A ...
US calls up 15,718 more Reserve troops
Jan 30, 2003 ... US calls up 15,718 more Reserve troopsWASHINGTON, Jan 29 (Xinhua) -- The US military has called up 15,718 more Reserve and National Guard troops in the past week, bringingthe total now on active duty to 94,624, defense officials saidWednesday. According to the weekly ...
Private banks in Venezuela to resume normal operation schedules
Jan 30, 2003 ... Private banks in Venezuela to resume normal operation schedulesCARACAS, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Venezuela's private banks announcedon Wednesday it will resume normal operation schedules from nextMonday following several weeks of shortened business hours aimed atbacking the ...
Torrential rains kill seven in Brazil
Jan 30, 2003 ... Torrential rains kill seven in BrazilRIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Torrential rains left seven people killed and one missing Wednesday in the mountain region of theBrazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, said the local FirefighterDepartment. It reported that 868 people ...
Chongqing to have four airports
Jan 30, 2003 ... Chongqing to have four airportsBEIJING, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Chongqing, the largest metropolis inwestern China, is building a citywide civil aviation network whichcomprises four airports. Wanzhou Airport, built at a cost of 450 million yuan (54 millionUS dollars), will ...
Philippines gets 100-mln-dollar loan for cleaner air
Jan 30, 2003 ... Philippines gets 100-mln-dollar loan for cleaner airMANILA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) hasapproved a 100-million-US-dollar loan to the Philippines to pushthrough the implementation of the Clean Air Act, EnvironmentSecretary Elisea Gonzon said Thursday ....
News Analysis: UN Security Council meeting unlikely to result inearly war against Iraq
Jan 30, 2003 ... News Analysis: UN Security Council meeting unlikely to result inearly war against IraqUNITED NATIONS, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- After US President George W.Bush called in his State of the Union address for a UN SecurityCouncil meeting next Wednesday to decide the fate of Iraq, ...
Costa Ricans protest privatization of telecommunication sector
Jan 30, 2003 ... Costa Ricans protest privatization of telecommunication sectorSAN JOSE, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 5,000 people marched onWednesday in downtown San Jose to protest the possible privatizationof the telecommunication sector in Costa Rica. The demonstrators demanded the ...
CIS to establish free-trade zone in September
Jan 30, 2003 ... CIS to establish free-trade zone in SeptemberKIEV, Jan 29 (Xinhua) -- Countries from the Commonwealth ofIndependent States (CIS) agreed to sign a free-trade zone treaty inSeptember, Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma said Wednesday. Leaders of the CIS agreed unanimously to ...
Unemployed to block highways in Argentina
Jan 30, 2003 ... Unemployed to block highways in ArgentinaBUENOS AIRES, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Groups of the unemployed inArgentina will block highways in different areas of the country fromnext Monday for an indefinite period to press the government to putinto effect social security programs ....
Myanmar enacts blood law
Jan 30, 2003 ... Myanmar enacts blood lawYANGON, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Myanmar State Peace andDevelopment Council has enacted the Blood and Blood Products Law,aiming at enabling the saving and looking after patients' life bytransfusion utilizing quality-assured blood. The 10-chapter ...
ADB lends 75 Mln US dollars for Vietnam's financial reform
Jan 30, 2003 ... ADB lends 75 Mln US dollars for Vietnam's financial reformHANOI, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) onWednesday signed off on a 75 million US dollars loan for the reformof Vietnam's finance sector, which will stimulate the country'seconomy and improve job ...
Philippines records 4.6 percent growth in 2002
Jan 30, 2003 ... Philippines records 4.6 percent growth in 2002MANILA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo announced on Thursday that the country's economy grew by 4.6percent in 2002, the highest since the Asian currency crisis in 1997. "This is much above the ...
30 more anti-govt armed group members surrender in Myanmar
Jan 30, 2003 ... 30 more anti-govt armed group members surrender in MyanmarYANGON, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Thirty more members from three anti-government ethnic armed groups in Myanmar laid down their arms to thegovernment in December 2002, according to a report of the MyanmarDefense Ministry ...