Xinhua News Agency back issues from Tuesday, March 4:
Backgrounder: NPC motions and CPPCC proposals
Mar 04, 2003 ... Backgrounder: NPC motions and CPPCC proposalsBEIJING, March 4 (Xinhua) -- There is a substantial differencebetween motions submitted to a session of the National People'sCongress (NPC) and proposals to the National Committee of the ChinesePeople's Political Consultative ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, March 4
Mar 04, 2003 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, March 4LONDON -- British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon said Monday thathis country would not retaliate Iraqi chemical attacks with nucleararms in a possible US-led war against that country, emphasizing thatnuclear weapons only serve as a ...
Auckland, Wellington in top 20 quality of life survey
Mar 04, 2003 ... Auckland, Wellington in top 20 quality of life surveyWELLINGTON, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Auckland and Wellington are amongthe world's 20 top cities for providing the best quality of life, anew survey has found. According to the survey of worldwide life quality, conducted ...
Shares end lower in Argentina, Mexico
Mar 04, 2003 ... Shares end lower in Argentina, MexicoMEXICO CITY, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Latin America's major stockmarkets of Buenos Aires and Mexico City closed down on Monday. The Buenos Aires stock market closed with its Merval index down0.02 percent to end at 593.25, as compared to the ...
Birmingham safer after derby win over Aston Villa
Mar 04, 2003 ... Birmingham safer after derby win over Aston VillaLONDON, Mar. 3 (Xinhua) -- Birmingham City enhanced their survivalhopes in the English premier league by beating nine-men Aston Villa 2-0 at Villa Park on Monday. Stan Lazaridis and Geoff Horsfield were on target in the ...
US chip maker giant kicks off advertising blitz
Mar 04, 2003 ... US chip maker giant kicks off advertising blitzLOS ANGELES, March 3 (Xinhua) - The world's largest chip makerIntel Corp. on Monday kicked off an 11-country advertising blitz forits Centrino mobile and wireless products, ahead of scheduled productintroduction on March 12 in New ...
Helicopter crash kills 3 in Indonesia
Mar 04, 2003 ... Helicopter crash kills 3 in IndonesiaJAKARTA, March 4 (Xinhua) -- A ...
Helicopter crashes at Jakarta's major hotel, killing three
Mar 04, 2003 ... Helicopter crashes at Jakarta's major hotel, killing threeJAKARTA, March 4 (Xinhua) -- A helicopter crashed at a swimmingpool on the third floor of the five-starred Hotel Sahid in CentralJakarta Tuesday, killing three on board. A Xinhua photographer at the site said the ...
Bangladeshi company succeeds in marketing 70 varieties of seeds
Mar 04, 2003 ... Bangladeshi company succeeds in marketing 70 varieties of seedsDHAKA, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh's first private research anddevelopment organization has succeeded in developing and marketingsome 70 varieties of seeds in the past six years, the FinancialExpress reported ...
Bangladeshi poultry farming to draw more investment
Mar 04, 2003 ... Bangladeshi poultry farming to draw more investmentDHAKA, March 4 (Xinhua) -- The poultry farming in Bangladesh islikely to draw a fresh investment of 1.03 billion US dollars with anannual turnover of about 1 billion dollars in five years, accordingto the Financial Express on ...
Helicopter crashes in Jakarta
Mar 04, 2003 ... Helicopter crashes in JakartaJAKARTA, March 4 (Xinhua) -- A helicopter crashed near a swimmingpool of Sahid Hotel in Central ...
Chinese goods shopping center to be unveiled in Kathmandu
Mar 04, 2003 ... Chinese goods shopping center to be unveiled in KathmanduKATHMANDU, March 4 (Xinhua) -- A shopping center named "ChinaTown" is scheduled to open business on March 6 in Kathmandu, TheHimalayan Times newspaper reported Tuesday. "The shopping center is the first of its kind in ...
Results from Delray Beach International Championships
Mar 04, 2003 ... Results from Delray Beach International ChampionshipsWASHINGTON, Mar. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the first roundresults from the 380,000 US dollars International TennisChampionships in Delray Beach, Florida, on Monday (prefix numberdenotes seeding): 3-Marcelo Rios, ...
Zimbabwe announces new exchange rate for luxury imports
Mar 04, 2003 ... Zimbabwe announces new exchange rate for luxury importsHARARE, March 4 (Xinhua) -- The Zimbabwean government hasannounced a new exchange rate of 800 Zimbabwean dollars to one USdollar for luxury imports, local newspaper the Herald reportedTuesday. The change is in line ...
Monday's NBA results
Mar 04, 2003 ... Monday's NBA resultsWASHINGTON, Mar. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results ofMonday's National Basketball Association games (home team in ...
Some 300 LRA rebels cross to southern Sudan
Mar 04, 2003 ... Some 300 LRA rebels cross to southern SudanKAMPALA, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)second commander Vincent Otti has crossed to southern Sudan with some300 fighters and civilian abductees, reported local daily the NewVision on Tuesday. John Mugume, ...
Ninth NPC Standing Committee accomplishes historic mission
Mar 04, 2003 ... Ninth NPC Standing Committee accomplishes historic mission BEIJING, March 4 (Xinhua) -- The Standing Committee of the NinthNational People's Congress (NPC), whose five-year term expiredTuesday following the first Presidium meeting of the First Session ofthe 10th NPC, has accomplished ...
Major foreign exchange rates in Pakistan
Mar 04, 2003 ... Major foreign exchange rates in PakistanISLAMABAD, March 4 (Xinhua) -- The following are major exchangerates against the Pakistani rupee issued by the Treasury ManagementDivision of the National Bank of Pakistan on Tuesday. Selling Buying Buying TT & OD...
1 killed, 4 injured in landslide in Pakistan
Mar 04, 2003 ... 1 killed, 4 injured in landslide in PakistanISLAMABAD, March 4 (Xinhua) -- One person was killed and fourothers injured in a landslide on Monday near north Pakistan's Skarducity, the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) reported Tuesday. Quoting local police sources, the ...
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
Mar 04, 2003 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapersJERUSALEM, Mar. 4 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Israeli newspapers on Tuesday.The Jerusalem Post: -- Palestinian National Authority (PNA) Chairman Yasser Arafat onMonday claimed that a ...
Australia, US to start talks on free trade
Mar 04, 2003 ... Australia, US to start talks on free tradeCANBERRA, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Australia and the United States willstart their negotiations on a free trade agreement. Trade Minister Mark Vaile released Tuesday that a US delegationwill visit Canberra on March 17 to start the first ...
Air quality of major Chinese cities -- March 4
Mar 04, 2003 ... Air quality of major Chinese cities -- March 4BEIJING, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Report on the quality of air in 47major Chinese cities (12:00 March 3 to 12:00 March 4, Beijing time) ,released by the China Environmental Monitoring Center:CityMajor Pollutant ...
War on Iraq not justified under int'l law: NZ professor
Mar 04, 2003 ... War on Iraq not justified under int'l law: NZ professorWELLINGTON, March 4 (Xinhua) -- War against Iraq cannot bejustified under international law, Bryan Gould, vice-chancellor ofWaikato University of New Zealand, has said. New Zealand Press Association on Tuesday quoted ...
Zimbabwe supports miners in environmentally friendly operations
Mar 04, 2003 ... Zimbabwe supports miners in environmentally friendly operationsHARARE, March 4 (Xinhua) -- The Gold Mining and MineralsDevelopment Trust of Zimbabwe has so far disbursed more than 400million Zimbabwean dollars (about 7.3 million US dollars) to helpsmall to medium-sized miners ...
Presidium of 10th NPC First Session holds first meeting
Mar 04, 2003 ... Presidium of 10th NPC First Session holds first meetingBEIJING, March 4 (Xinhua) -- The just-elected presidium of theFirst Session of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC), China' stop legislature, held its first meeting Tuesday morning in Beijing. The meeting elected ...
Chinese government fulfills five-year tasks
Mar 04, 2003 ... Chinese government fulfills five-year tasksBEIJING, March 4 (Xinhua) -- The current government headed byPremier Zhu Rongji is described as having lived up to all itspromises and made "great achievements" in reform, opening up andmodernization drive over the past five years ....
Telecom rally lifts New Zealand sharemarket
Mar 04, 2003 ... Telecom rally lifts New Zealand sharemarketWELLINGTON, March 4 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand shares enjoyed onTuesday a late afternoon rally as market heavyweight Telecom shruggedoff Monday's sell-off. The benchmark NZSE-50 gross index rose 15.27 points, or 0.81percent, to ...
Legislative work of 10th NPC to have three focuses: spokesman
Mar 04, 2003 ... Legislative work of 10th NPC to have three focuses: spokesman BEIJING, March 4 (Xinhua) -- The legislative work of the 10thNational People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature which is tohold its first annual session here from Wednesday, will focus onthree main aspects, a NPC ...
Foreign exchange rates in New Zealand
Mar 04, 2003 ... Foreign exchange rates in New ZealandWELLINGTON, March 4 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against NZ dollars here on Tuesday: Tuesday Monday Australian dollar0.91520.9192 ...
Uganda receives huge funds from Austria to fight poverty
Mar 04, 2003 ... Uganda receives huge funds from Austria to fight povertyKAMPALA, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Uganda has received 14.55 millioneuros (about 14.55 million US dollars) from Austria to fight poverty,the New Vision newspaper reported Tuesday. According to an agreement signed here on ...
Power cut off again in parts of southern Philippines
Mar 04, 2003 ... Power cut off again in parts of southern PhilippinesMANILA, March 4 (Xinhua) -- A massive electric power outage onTuesday hit a number of cities in Mindanao in the southernPhilippines a week after rebels toppled transmission lines, officialssaid. Several million people ...
Indonesian transport operator to receive Chinese buses
Mar 04, 2003 ... Indonesian transport operator to receive Chinese busesJAKARTA, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's state-run landtransportation operator Damri will operate some 1,300 buses fromChina to strengthen its fleets as proposed by the NationalDevelopment Planning Agency, Bisnis Indonesia ...
Macao SAR chief executive leaves for NPC opening ceremony
Mar 04, 2003 ... Macao SAR chief executive leaves for NPC opening ceremonyMACAO, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Chief Executive Edmund Ho Hau Wah ofthe Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) left here Tuesday forthe opening ceremony of the First Session of the 10th NationalPeople's Congress (NPC) in ...
Major news items in leading Kenyan newspapers
Mar 04, 2003 ... Major news items in leading Kenyan newspapersNAIROBI, March 4 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Kenyan newspapers on Tuesday. Kenya Times: -- Commissioner General of the Kenya Revenue Authority John Mungeresigned on Monday following claims ...
Rwandan refugees not to be forced out: Zambian official
Mar 04, 2003 ... Rwandan refugees not to be forced out: Zambian officialLUSAKA, March 4 (Xinhua) -- The Zambian government has said it isnot in a hurry to repatriate the more than 5000 Rwandan refugeesuntil the United Nations signs a cessation clause to strip them oftheir status, local newspaper ...
US intelligence expects war within 10 days: Egyptian paper
Mar 04, 2003 ... US intelligence expects war within 10 days: Egyptian paperCAIRO, March 4 (Xinhua) -- US intelligence sources expect alooming war on Iraq to break out on March 13, the official EgyptianAl-Ahram Daily said Tuesday. The war will be motivated as long as the United States gets ...
More officials fall in Zambia's anti-corruption storm
Mar 04, 2003 ... More officials fall in Zambia's anti-corruption stormLUSAKA, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Ten more officials with the Zambiangovernment and a state-owned firm have fallen in the country's anti-corruption drive led by president Levy Mwanawasa, the Zambia DailyMail reported Tuesday ....
Zambia takes action to clean up mining sites
Mar 04, 2003 ... Zambia takes action to clean up mining sitesLUSAKA, March 4 (Xinhua) -- The Zambian government has set aside100 million US dollars for a project it has initiated to clean upenvironment contaminated by its copper mining industry, the officialZambia Daily Mail reported Tuesday ....
Thai PM vows to press ahead with drug war despite UN concern
Mar 04, 2003 ... Thai PM vows to press ahead with drug war despite UN concernBANGKOK, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Thai Prime Minister ThaksinShinawatra has vowed to press ahead with his government's anti- drugscrusade despite a warning from the United Nations High Commission forHuman Rights ....
FLASH: IRAQ BEGINS DESTROYING MORE AL-SAMOUD MISSILES
Mar 04, 2003 ... FLASH: IRAQ BEGINS DESTROYING ...
Indian fishermen injured in Sri Lanka after clashes
Mar 04, 2003 ... Indian fishermen injured in Sri Lanka after clashesCOLOMBO, March 4 (Xinhua) -- At least 17 Indian fishermen havesustained injuries due to attacks by their Sri Lankan counterpartsoff the coast of northern Sri Lanka, officials said Tuesday. Around 75 Indian fishermen have ...
NBA standings after Monday's games
Mar 04, 2003 ... NBA standings after Monday's gamesWASHINGTON, Mar. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings afterNational Basketball Association games played on Monday ( tabulatedunder won, lost, winning percentage, games behind): EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION NEW ...
Foreign exchange rates in Indonesia
Mar 04, 2003 ... Foreign exchange rates in IndonesiaJAKARTA, March 4 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the Indonesian rupiah here Tuesday: Tuesday SaturdayUS dollar 8,835/8,885 8,835/8,885Euro ...
Israeli Air Force plane crashes, killing officer
Mar 04, 2003 ... Israeli Air Force plane crashes, killing officerJERUSALEM, Mar. 4 (Xinhua) -- An Israeli Air Force officer waskilled when his light transport plane crashed near the army's airbase in the Negev, Israel Radio reported Tuesday. The incident occurred late Monday to become the ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0800 GMT, March 4
Mar 04, 2003 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0800 GMT, March 4WASHINGTON -- The White House said Monday that the United Statescan complete its military mission of ousting Iraqi President SaddamHussein even without using Turkish bases to launch a second frontnorth to Iraq. "Turkey is ...
Results of Scottsdale men's tennis tournament (updated)
Mar 04, 2003 ... Results of Scottsdale men's tennis tournament (updated)WASHINGTON, Mar. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the first roundresults from the 355,000 US dollars Scottsdale men's tennistournament in Arizona on Monday (prefix number denotes seeding): Franco Squillari, Argentina, bt ...
Afforestation effort on Yangtze benefits local eco-system, NPC deputy
Mar 04, 2003 ... Afforestation effort on Yangtze benefits local eco-system, NPCdeputyBEIJING, March 4 (Xinhua) -- A deputy to China's top legislaturesaid Tuesday ecological quality along the upper reaches of theYangtze River, the longest in the country, has greatly improvedthanks to five years ...
NBA conference standings after Monday's games
Mar 04, 2003 ... NBA conference standings after Monday's gamesWASHINGTON, Mar. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the NationalBasketball Association (NBA) standings by conference after Monday' sgames. EASTERN CONFERENCE WLPCT GB 1) INDIANA 38 21 .644 - ...
Home-made automobiles serve national legislators and advisors
Mar 04, 2003 ... Home-made automobiles serve national legislators and advisorsBEIJING, March 4 (Xinhua) -- All the cars, coaches and mini- busesused by the first sessions of the 10th CPPCC National Committee andthe 10th NPC are of China make, it was learned here Tuesday. The vehicles are ...
FLASH: SADDAM VOWS VICTORY OVER INVADERS
Mar 04, 2003 ... FLASH: SADDAM VOWS ...
Hong Kong stocks close lower
Mar 04, 2003 ... Hong Kong stocks close lowerHONG KONG, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Hong ...
Philippine senate agrees to further amend money-laundering law
Mar 04, 2003 ... Philippine senate agrees to further amend money-laundering lawMANILA, March 4 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine Senate has agreed tofurther amend the Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA) after a meetingbetween senators and representatives from member-countries of theFinancial Action Task ...
URGENT: Saddam vows victory over invaders
Mar 04, 2003 ... URGENT: Saddam vows victory over invadersBAGHDAD, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi President Saddam Hussein vowedon Tuesday that "the faithful will be victorious over aggression,"referring ...
Thai economy continues to recover: central bank
Mar 04, 2003 ... Thai economy continues to recover: central bankBANGKOK, March4 (Xinhua) -- The Bank of Thailand (BOT) has said the country'soverall economy continued to recover, according to a report of theThai News Agency. Bandid Nigathaworn, BOT's assistant governor in charge of ...
Writethru: Saddam delivers speech to mark Islamic new year
Mar 04, 2003 ... Writethru: Saddam delivers speech to mark Islamic new year Eds:Updates with letter saying "faithful will be victorious"Baghdad, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi President Saddam Hussein delivered a speech Tuesday to mark the Islamic new year amid loomingUS-led war against his country ....
Hong Kong insurance industry witnesses improvement in 2002
Mar 04, 2003 ... Hong Kong insurance industry witnesses improvement in 2002HONG KONG, March 4 (Xinhua) -- The insurance industry of Hong Kongwitnessed considerable improvement in 2002 with a double digit growthfor the gross and net premiums, according to the Office of theCommissioner of ...
URGENT: Iraq begins destroying more Al-Samoud missiles
Mar 04, 2003 ... URGENT: Iraq begins destroying more Al-Samoud missilesBAGHDAD, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Iraq began on Tuesday destruction ofat least two more Al-Samoud 2 missiles, which are banned under UNresolutions, an Iraqi official told reporters here. "Work started this morning at 9 a.m ....
Taiwan stocks close down 0.60 percent
Mar 04, 2003 ... Taiwan stocks close down 0.60 percentHONG KONG, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Taiwan stocks ended lower Tuesday,amid the fall of semiconductor shares following overnight losses intheir US counterparts. The benchmark Taiwan Weighted Index closed down 27 points, or 0.60 percent, at ...
Philippine shares end higher
Mar 04, 2003 ... Philippine shares end higherMANILA, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Philippine share prices closed 0.14percent higher on Tuesday due to signs that the country might avoidfinancial sanctions over its weak anti-money laundering laws, dealerssaid. The composite index closed 1.44 points ...
Australian share market closes weaker
Mar 04, 2003 ... Australian share market closes weakerCANBERRA, March 4 (Xinhua) -- The Australian share market closedmarginally weaker Tuesday. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index lost 3.7 points to 2813.1, whilethe all ordinaries index edged down 4.6 points to 2787.0. National ...
Mayor of smuggling tainted city makes anti-corruption pledge
Mar 04, 2003 ... Mayor of smuggling tainted city makes anti-corruption pledgeXIAMEN, March 4 (Xinhua) -- The mayor of Xiamen has vowed tofollow the "five no's", a set of principles to step up the fightagainst corruption in the smuggling tainted city in southeasternChina's Fujian Province ....
Water supply improves in Tanzania
Mar 04, 2003 ... Water supply improves in TanzaniaDAR ES SALAAM, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Water supply in Tanzania hasimproved, with 73 percent of urban dwellers having access to cleanwater, compared to 68 percent in 1995, local newspaper The Africanreported Tuesday. Tanzanian Water and ...
Agassi suffers first loss of year in Scottsdale
Mar 04, 2003 ... Agassi suffers first loss of year in ScottsdaleWASHINGTON, Mar. 3 (Xinhua) -- Andre Agassi suffered the firstloss of the year in the Scottsdale Classic tennis tournament inArizona on Monday, losing to Thomas Enqvist of Sweden 6-7, 6-4, 6- 1in first round. Ahead of the ...
Ordinary Chinese gain voice in legislation
Mar 04, 2003 ... Ordinary Chinese gain voice in legislationXI'AN, March 4 (Xinhua) -- For the first time, common people innorthwest China's Shaanxi Province are being encouraged to submitproposals concerning their daily life to deputies attending the firstsession of the 10th National People's ...
URGENT: Saddam delivers speech to mark Islamic new year
Mar 04, 2003 ... URGENT: Saddam delivers speech to mark Islamic new yearBaghdad, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi President ...