Xinhua News Agency back issues from Tuesday, March 11:
Pacific Life Open ATP tournament results (updated)
Mar 11, 2003 ... Pacific Life Open ATP tournament results (updated)WASHINGTON, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Following are the first roundresults from the 2.45 US dollars million Pacific Life Open ATP eventon Monday in Indian Wells (prefix number denotes seeding): Vincent Spadea, United States, beat ...
Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, March 11
Mar 11, 2003 ... Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, March 11BRUSSELS -- The talks on a peace plan for reuniting Cyprus endedin failure with no agreement reached between Greek and TurkishCypriots Tuesday morning in The Hague, the Netherlands, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced ....
Daily spot turnover sets record on Chinese money market
Mar 11, 2003 ... Daily spot turnover sets record on Chinese money marketSHANGHAI, March 11 (Xinhua) -- The business volume of the spotbond trade on China's interbank market hit 10.22 billion yuan (1. 23billion US dollars) Monday, according to statistics provided by theShanghai-based National ...
Italy scraps debts owed by Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone
Mar 11, 2003 ... Italy scraps debts owed by Burkina Faso, Sierra LeoneROME, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Italy signed agreements Tuesday toscrap debts owed by Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone, bringing to 20 thenumber of debt-canceling accords with the world's poorest countries,the Italian Foreign Ministry ...
Ugandan president calls for investment in northern Uganda
Mar 11, 2003 ... Ugandan president calls for investment in northern UgandaKAMPALA, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Ugandan President Yoweri MuseveniTuesday called on business people to invest aggressively in northernUganda, saying that the insurgency in the area will soon come to anend. Museveni ...
Norwegian Foreign Minister cancels Sri Lanka visit
Mar 11, 2003 ... Norwegian Foreign Minister cancels Sri Lanka visitCOLOMBO, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Norwegian Foreign Minister JanPetersen who is scheduled to arrive here on Wednesday has canceledhis visit, officials said. The cancellation comes in the wake of the US military build upagainst ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0810 GMT, March 11
Mar 11, 2003 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0810 GMT, March 11WASHINGTON -- A career US diplomat resigned from the StateDepartment to protest the Bush administration's push for a war withIraq, becoming the second US diplomat to take such actions in lessthan one month. "I am joining my ...
British service sector confidence slumps
Mar 11, 2003 ... British service sector confidence slumpsLONDON, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Britain's once-buoyant service sectorhas been hit by a collapse in business confidence partly due toconcerns about the state of the housing market and falling shareprices, according to a survey released on ...
India urges citizens to leave Iraq
Mar 11, 2003 ... India urges citizens to leave IraqNEW DELHI, March 10 (Xinhua) -- As the threat of a U.S.-led warloomed large, India Monday asked its citizens, including embassyofficials, to leave Iraq immediately. "There are about 50 Indians including embassy staff in Iraq andthey have ...
France to veto new resolution on Iraq, says FM
Mar 11, 2003 ... France to veto new resolution on Iraq, says FMYAOUNDE, March 10 (Xinhua) -- France will reject a draftresolution, sponsored by the United States, Britain and Spain,seeking United Nations (UN) authorization of use of force againstIraq, French Foreign Minister Dominique de ...
Latest key developments in Iraq crisis
Mar 11, 2003 ... Latest key developments in Iraq crisisBEIJING, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Following are latest keydevelopments in the Iraq crisis: PARIS -- French President Jacques Chirac was to deliver atelevised national speech on Monday evening to reaffirm France'srejection of a war on ...
Annan said unauthorized war on Iraq violates UN charter
Mar 11, 2003 ... Annan said unauthorized war on Iraq violates UN charterBRUSSELS, March 10 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Kofi Annanwarned on Monday that if the United States goes with a war on Iraqwithout the authorization of the United Nations, it will not conformwith the UN charter ....
Annan warns unauthorized war on Iraq violates UN charter (updated)
Mar 11, 2003 ... Annan warns unauthorized war on Iraq violates UN charter (updated) BRUSSELS, March 10 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Kofi Annanwarned on Monday that if the United States launches a war on Iraqwithout the authorization of the United Nations, it will not conformwith the UN charter ....
Blast kills five, injures 23 in south China (details added)
Mar 11, 2003 ... Blast kills five, injures 23 in south China (details added)GUANGZHOU, March 10 (Xinhua) -- An explosion Monday afternoon at achemical plant in Nanhai City, south China's Guangdong Province, haskilled five people and injured 23 others. Twenty-two of the injured are now in ...
Urgent: Chirac says France will veto new UN resolution on Iraq
Mar 11, 2003 ... Urgent: Chirac says France will veto new UN resolution on IraqPARIS, March 10 (Xinhua) -- French President Jacques Chirac saidon Monday that France will veto a new UN Security Council resolutionproposed by the United States, Britain and Spain to authorize war onIraq ....
Chirac says France will veto new UN resolution on Iraq
Mar 11, 2003 ... Chirac says France will veto new UN resolution on IraqPARIS, March 10 (Xinhua) -- France will vote "no" to a new UnitedNations resolution triggering war on Iraq, French President JacquesChirac said Monday evening in a national speech broadcast live atFrench television ...
Highlights in Iraq, neighboring countries
Mar 11, 2003 ... Highlights in Iraq, neighboring countriesCAIRO, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Unknown planes rumbled over BaghdadMonday morning as the Iraqi capital was under the threat that theUnited States would launch air raids on the city as the prelude of anall-out military action to disarm Iraq ....
Israeli army raids village in southern Gaza
Mar 11, 2003 ... Israeli army raids village in southern GazaGAZA, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Two dozens of Israeli army tanks, armorvehicles and bulldozers Monday night raided the village of Al Gararahnear the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis. Palestinian witnesses said the Israeli army ...
Petacchi triumphs in first stage of Paris-Nice cycling race
Mar 11, 2003 ... Petacchi triumphs in first stage of Paris-Nice cycling racePARIS, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Fassa Bortolo's Alessandro Petacchiclinched the first stage victory of the Paris-Nice cycling race onMonday as he made superb sprint to overtake his rivals. The Italian clocked five ...
Pacific Life Open ATP tournament results
Mar 11, 2003 ... Pacific Life Open ATP tournament resultsWASHINGTON, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results fromthe 2.45 million US dollars Pacific Life Open ATP event on Monday inIndian Wells (prefix number denotes seeding): First round 7-Marat Safin, Russia, bt Stefan ...
United States to play Mexico in soccer friendly
Mar 11, 2003 ... United States to play Mexico in soccer friendlyWASHINGTON, March 10 (Xinhua) -- The United States will play asoccer friendly against Mexico in Houston on May 8, the first meetingbetween the two teams since the Americans upset their regional rivalsat last year's South Korea-Japan ...
Paris-Nice cycling race first stage leading results
Mar 11, 2003 ... Paris-Nice cycling race first stage leading resultsPARIS, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading results inthe first stage of the Paris-Nice cycling race over 191.5 kilometersfrom Auxerre to Paray-le-Monial on Monday: 1. Alessandro Petacchi, Italy, Fassa Bortolo, ...
Thailand to seek new markets through free trade arrangement
Mar 11, 2003 ... Thailand to seek new markets through free trade arrangementBANGKOK, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Thailand will seek free tradearrangement to open up new markets, Commerce Minister AdisaiBodharamik said here on Monday night. The Thai government was determined to do everything ...
Hornets welcome return of Davis
Mar 11, 2003 ... Hornets welcome return of DavisWASHINGTON, March 10 (Xinhua) -- New Orleans Hornets will welcomethe return of Baron Davis Tuesday night in a road game against theIndiana Pacers after the starting point guard missed 20 games due toan injured knee. Davis, who was officially ...
UNICEF to help malnourished children in Iraq
Mar 11, 2003 ... UNICEF to help malnourished children in IraqGENEVA, Mar. 11 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Children's Fund(UNICEF) is providing special therapeutic food for over 400,000malnourished children in Iraq to bolster their chances of survival incase of a conflict. According to a ...
Another US diplomat resigns over Iraq policy
Mar 11, 2003 ... Another US diplomat resigns over Iraq policyWASHINGTON, Mar. 10 (Xinhua) -- A career US diplomat resigned fromthe State Department to protest the Bush administration's push for awar with Iraq, becoming the second US diplomat to take such actionsin less than one month. "I ...
US stocks close sharply lower on war concern
Mar 11, 2003 ... US stocks close sharply lower on war concernNEW YORK, Mar. 10 (Xinhua) -- US stocks tumbled Monday with theDow losing more than 170 points amid the concern of a French voteagainst UN resolution on Iraq. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 171.85 points, or 2.2percent, ...
Wales name expended squad for Euro 2004 qualifiers
Mar 11, 2003 ... Wales name expended squad for Euro 2004 qualifiersLONDON, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Wales manager Mark Hughes has namedan expanded 27-man squad for the Euro 2004 Group Nine qualifiersagainst Azerbaijan on March 29 and Serbia and Montenegro on April 2. Following is the squad: ...
muscle tear forces Barca's Enrique out for six weeks
Mar 11, 2003 ... muscle tear forces Barca's Enrique out for six weeksMADRID, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Barcelona midfielder Luis Enrique hasto rest for up to six weeks after tearing a muscle in his left leg,the Spanish first division club said on Monday. "The injury is in a delicate area and we ...
Xinhua World News Summary at 0100 GMT, Mar. 11
Mar 11, 2003 ... Xinhua World News Summary at 0100 GMT, Mar. 11MOSCOW -- France and Russia said on Monday that they will veto adraft resolution proposed by the United States, Britain and Spain,which seeks the authorization of the use of force against Iraq andsets a March 17 deadline for Iraq to ...
URGENT: NPC session to hear work reports of supreme court, procuratorate
Mar 11, 2003 ... URGENT: NPC session to hear work reports of supreme court,procuratorateBEIJING, March 11 (Xinhua) -- The First Session of the 10thNational People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, began itsfourth ...
More than 1,000 motions tabled to NPC session
Mar 11, 2003 ... More than 1,000 motions tabled to NPC sessionBEIJING, March 11 (Xinhua) -- More than 1,000 motions had beentabled to the ongoing First Session of the 10th National People'sCongress (NPC), China's top legislature, an official in charge saidhere Tuesday. "According to ...
Interest rates fall in US Treasury bill auction
Mar 11, 2003 ... Interest rates fall in US Treasury bill auctionWASHINGTON, Mar. 10 (Xinhua) -- Interest rates on short-term USTreasury securities fell in Monday's auction, with rates on six-month bills dropping to their lowest level on record. The US Treasury Department sold 17 billion ...
Chief justice: Human rights better protected in administering justice
Mar 11, 2003 ... Chief justice: Human rights better protected in administeringjusticeBEIJING, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese people's courts have overthe past five years paid special attention to protecting human rightsin the area of administering justice, said Xiao Yang, president ofthe Supreme ...
Chief justice: 80,000 corrupt officials brought to justice
Mar 11, 2003 ... Chief justice: 80,000 corrupt officials brought to justice BEIJING, March 11 (Xinhua) -- China's chief justice Xiao Yang saidhere Tuesday that the Chinese people's courts have over the past fiveyears closed 99,306 embezzlement and bribery cases and brought 83,308corrupt officials to ...
Chief justice: Foreign-related cases rising
Mar 11, 2003 ... Chief justice: Foreign-related cases risingBEIJING, March 11(Xinhua) -- China's chief justice Xiao Yang said here Tuesday thatthe people's courts across the country have over the past five yearstried and closed a total of 26,399 foreign-related cases, averagingan annual growth of ...
China's surging food processing industry lures world companies
Mar 11, 2003 ... China's surging food processing industry lures world companiesSHANGHAI, March 11 (Xinhua) -- A rapid annual increase of 20percent in China's food processing industry has been driving majorglobal companies to seek a share of the country's market. WTO entry has drawn these ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Mar 11, 2003 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, March 11 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Philippine newspapers on Tuesday. The Philippine Star: -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Monday urged the Philippinegovernment to improve ...
Sunderland fires coach Wilkinson
Mar 11, 2003 ... Sunderland fires coach WilkinsonLONDON, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Sunderland manager Howard Wilkinsonand his assistant, Steve Cotterill, parted ways with the last-placedEnglish premier league club on Monday night. "Sunderland AFC has announced that after 20 games in ...
UN Security Council to hold new public session on Iraq
Mar 11, 2003 ... UN Security Council to hold new public session on IraqUNITED NATIONS, Mar. 10 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations SecurityCouncil agreed on Monday to hold an open session Tuesday to give non-council members an opportunity to express their views on the Iraqissue, the UN spokesman's ...
Bangkok rubber price
Mar 11, 2003 ... Bangkok rubber priceBANGKOK, March 11 (Xinhua) -- The following are Bangkok rubbersheet F.O.B. prices on Tuesday, in baht per kilogram (43.00 baht toone US dollar).this week last week rsst1 46.55 44.15 ...
TSE seeks to ease share-buying rules for firms
Mar 11, 2003 ... TSE seeks to ease share-buying rules for firmsTOKYO, March 11 (Xinhua) -- The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) willask Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) to relax trading rulesgoverning listed companies' buying of their own shares as a way tobolster the sinking Japanese stock ...
Vietnam, East Timor to strengthen bilateral relations
Mar 11, 2003 ... Vietnam, East Timor to strengthen bilateral relationsHANOI, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam and East Timor hoped tostrengthen their friendship and multi-faced cooperation, local mediareported on Tuesday. Vietnam is willing to cooperate with East Timor and createfavorable ...
Yangtze water level begins to rise
Mar 11, 2003 ... Yangtze water level begins to riseWUHAN, March 11 (Xinhua) -- The water level of the upper andmiddle reaches of the Yangtze River, China's longest river, has keptrising steadily since February due to increased rainfall on the upperreaches. The water level and speed ...
URGENT: Legislature hears report by procuratorgeneral
Mar 11, 2003 ... URGENT: Legislature hears report by procuratorgeneralBEIJING, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Procurator-General Han Zhubin begandelivering the Report on the Work of the Supreme People'sProcuratorate at the current First ...
Portugal to support unilateral US military action on Iraq
Mar 11, 2003 ... Portugal to support unilateral US military action on IraqLISBON, Mar. 10 (Xinhua) -- Portugal will support a US militaryaction in Iraq even without United Nations endorsement, PortuguesePrime Minister Durao Barroso declared on Monday. "In case of a US-Iraq conflict, without ...
Iraqi issue should not be resolved by war, says Brazilian president
Mar 11, 2003 ... Iraqi issue should not be resolved by war, says BrazilianpresidentBRASILIA, Mar. 10 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian President Luiz "Lula" daSilva, in commenting on the current Iraq crisis, said on Monday thatthe mankind needs education, health, food and peace more than war. He made ...
Chile seeks compromise on Iraq in UN Security Council
Mar 11, 2003 ... Chile seeks compromise on Iraq in UN Security CouncilSANTIAGO, Mar. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Chilean government is seeking acompromise on the Iraq crisis and proposing an amendment to theresolution put before the UN Security Council by the United Statesand its allies, said Chilean ...
Germany to help Sri Lankan displaced people
Mar 11, 2003 ... Germany to help Sri Lankan displaced peopleCOLOMBO, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Germany will provide Sri Lanka atotal of 400,000 Euro (about 416,660 US dollars) for a project tohelp the return of the country's war-displaced people in the northand east, The Island newspaper said on ...
Vietnam to boost aquaculture growth
Mar 11, 2003 ... Vietnam to boost aquaculture growthHANOI, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam is to expand its aquaculturalarea to one million hectare this year in an attempt to boostproduction, said the Vietnam News on Tuesday. To move toward industrial breeding and processing, the countryalso ...
Xinhua world economic news summary at 0500 GMT, March 11
Mar 11, 2003 ... Xinhua world economic news summary at 0500 GMT, March 11BANGKOK -- Thailand will seek free trade arrangement to open upnew markets, Commerce Minister Adisai Bodharamik said here on Mondaynight. The Thai government was determined to do everything possible tokeep the ...
Hong Kong stocks lower at midday
Mar 11, 2003 ... Hong Kong stocks lower at middayHONG KONG, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong stocks ...
Foreign exchange rates in Thailand
Mar 11, 2003 ... Foreign exchange rates in ThailandBANGKOK, March 11 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the baht on Tuesday as offered by the Bangkok Bank:Tuesday Monday U.S. dollar 42.10/42.70 42.08/42.68 ...
Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapers
Mar 11, 2003 ... Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapersISLAMABAD,March 11 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items in leadingPakistani English newspapers on Tuesday. The Statesman: -- Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Monday said thatin the US-Iraq standoff, ...
Indonesia's finance ministry building catches fire
Mar 11, 2003 ... Indonesia's finance ministry building catches fireJAKARTA, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Fire broke out at the sixth floor ofthe Indonesia's finance ministry building in Central Jakarta earlyTuesday, but no one was injured. The fire started at 04:30 a.m. (21:30 GMT Monday) due to a ...
URGENT Annan announces collapse of Cyprus peace plan talks
Mar 11, 2003 ... URGENT Annan announces collapse of Cyprus peace plan talksBRUSSELS, March 11 (Xinhua) -- The talks on the peace plan forreuniting Cyprus ended in failure without any agreement Tuesdaymorning in the Hague, the Netherlands, UN ...
Thai ambassador to leave Baghdad while students to stay
Mar 11, 2003 ... Thai ambassador to leave Baghdad while students to stayBANGKOK, March 11 (Xinhua) -- The Thai ambassador to Iraq willleave Baghdad for Jordan Tuesday, taking with him two visitingsenators and their delegation, but leaving behind 28 Thai students,the Bangkok Post reported ....
Spanish PM discusses Iraq crisis with Mexican, Chilean leaders
Mar 11, 2003 ... Spanish PM discusses Iraq crisis with Mexican, Chilean leadersMADRID, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Spanish Prime Minister Jose MariaAznar held telephone conversations on Sunday with Mexican PresidentVicente Fox and Chilean President Ricardo Lagos to evaluate the Iraqcrisis, authorities ...
Population of Tibetan antelopes growing (2)
Mar 11, 2003 ... Population of Tibetan antelopes growing (2)Since 1998, local governments in Tibet have strengthened theirmanagement and patrol of the Tibetan antelope nature reserves,introducing severe punishment to curb those crimes and better protectthe endangered species. The State ...
FLASH: UN ANNOUNCES COLLAPSE OF CYPRUS TALKS
Mar 11, 2003 ... FLASH: UN ANNOUNCES ...
EU opens new diplomatic office in Cuba
Mar 11, 2003 ... EU opens new diplomatic office in CubaHAVANA, March 10 (Xinhua) -- A new diplomatic office of theEuropean Union in Cuba was opened here on Monday. "We are starting a new relationship (with Cuba)," EU CommissionerPoul Nielson said at the opening ceremony of the office. ...
Saudi Arabia to donate food items for Sri Lanka's displaced Muslims
Mar 11, 2003 ... Saudi Arabia to donate food items for Sri Lanka's displacedMuslimsCOLOMBO, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Saudi Arabia will donate food itemsfor Sri Lankan Muslims who have been displaced by the 19- year ethnicwar between the government and separatist Tamil Tiger rebels in thenorth and ...
Latest key developments in Iraq crisis
Mar 11, 2003 ... Latest key developments in Iraq crisisBEIJING, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Following are the latest keydevelopments in the Iraq crisis:JOHANNESBURG -- Forty South Africans are expected to leave forIraq next Tuesday to act as human shields in Baghdad in the event ofwar in the ...
South Korean club beat Shenhua in AFC game
Mar 11, 2003 ... South Korean club beat Shenhua in AFC gameBANGKOK, March 10 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's Taejon Citizen beatChina's Shanghai Shenhua in an AFC Champions League first round GroupA game here on Monday. South Korean Han Jung-Kook opened the scoring in the 9th minuteand Kim ...
Opener, Advisory
Mar 11, 2003 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service for Monday,March 10, 2003, and begins ...