Xinhua News Agency back issues from Wednesday, May 14:
Finland provides aid for Nepal's biodiversity conservation
May 14, 2003 ... Finland provides aid for Nepal's biodiversity conservationKATHMANDU, May 14 (Xinhua) -- The Finnish government has agreed toprovide 510,000 euros (588,000 US dollars) as grant for therestoration of the biological corridors in southern Nepal, the NepalNational News Agency ...
WHO experts confident in China's statistics of SARS cases
May 14, 2003 ... WHO experts confident in China's statistics of SARS casesBEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) -- World Heath Organization (WHO) expertsexpressed their confidence here Tuesday in the statistics of severeacute respiratory syndrome (SARS) cases provided by China. Responding to a ...
Xinhua world news summary at 1600 GMT, May 13
May 14, 2003 ... Xinhua world news summary at 1600 GMT, May 13RIYADH -- At least 29 people were killed, including nine suicidebombers, and 194 injured in three suicide bombings attacks atforeigners' compounds in the Saudi capital of Riyadh overnight, theinterior ministry announced Tuesday ....
Beijing urges international cooperation against SARS
May 14, 2003 ... Beijing urges international cooperation against SARSBEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Beijing will fully supportinternational scientific cooperation against severe acute respiratorysyndrome (SARS), said Liu Qi, secretary of the Beijing MunicipalCommittee of the Communist Party of ...
WHO expert predicts no more SARS upsurge in China
May 14, 2003 ... WHO expert predicts no more SARS upsurge in ChinaBEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) -- An expert from the World HealthOrganization (WHO) said here Tuesday that there would not be anotherupsurge of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in China thanksto its improving surveillance and ...
Opener, Advisory
May 14, 2003 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service forTuesday, May 13, 2003, and begins ...
WHO experts: China's SARS surveillance network unique
May 14, 2003 ... WHO experts: China's SARS surveillance network uniqueBEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) -- China has created a uniquesurveillance system using neighborhood communities to detectpotential severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) cases, JamesMaguire from the World Health Organization (WHO) ...
Afghan soldier fires at international peacekeepers near Kabul
May 14, 2003 ... Afghan soldier fires at international peacekeepers near KabulKABUL, May 13 (Xinhua) -- A renegade Afghan soldier opened fire atinternational peacekeepers on Tuesday near Kabul, wounding twoNorwegian soldiers, sources here said. Spokeswoman of the International Security ...
Singapore reports cluster of 30 fever cases
May 14, 2003 ... Singapore reports cluster of 30 fever casesSINGAPORE, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Singapore's Ministry of Healthreported Tuesday that a cluster of 24 patients and 6 nurses of theInstitute of Mental Health (IMH) have developed fever which wasdetected over the two-day period from May 11 to ...
86 missing in gas blast in E. China
May 14, 2003 ... 86 missing in gas blast in E. ChinaHEFEI, May 13 (Xinhua) -- A gas blast hit a coal mine in eastChina's Anhui Province at 4:13 pm Tuesday, leaving 86 miners missing. According to ...
Chinese FM meets Moroccan guest
May 14, 2003 ... Chinese FM meets Moroccan guestBEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxingmet with Mohand Laenser, envoy of Moroccan King Mohammed VI andminister of agriculture and rural development of Morocco, Tuesday inBeijing. Laenser delivered to Li a letter from ...
US officials revise deathtoll for Saudi suicide bombings
May 14, 2003 ... US officials revise deathtoll for Saudi suicide bombingsWASHINGTON, May 13 (Xinhua) -- US State Department officialsTuesday revised the death toll of 91 they gave earlier for Monday' ssuicide bombing attacks in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh,saying the figure may be "too ...
Health taskforce inspects SARS measures in SW China
May 14, 2003 ... Health taskforce inspects SARS measures in SW ChinaNANNING, May 13 (Xinhua) -- A joint taskforce of China's Ministryof Health (MOH) and World Health Organization (WHO) has beguninspecting SARS prevention operations in southwest China's GuangxiZhuang Autonomous Region. The ...
Experts warn against SARS' psychological impact on Asian economy (1)
May 14, 2003 ... Experts warn against SARS' psychological impact on Asian economy(1)BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Asian countries should fight the fearcaused by severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), which could bringnegative impact to economic development, experts said here Tuesday ata forum ...
News items from Asia-Pacific desk of Xinhua (Part 2)
May 14, 2003 ... News items from Asia-Pacific desk of Xinhua (Part 2)HONG KONG, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Tuesday:Malaysia to host Global Scientific Meeting on SARS ADB to set up new offices in Fiji, Australia ...
Investment environment of Asia remains unchanged under SARS:official
May 14, 2003 ... Investment environment of Asia remains unchanged under SARS:officialBEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) -- The economic vitality and investmentenvironment of Asia has remained unchanged under the threat of severeacute respiratory syndrome (SARS) because of its strong foundation,said Long ...
Roundup: Indonesia preparing for possible military operation in Aceh
May 14, 2003 ... Roundup: Indonesia preparing for possible military operation inAcehHONG KONG, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Thailand and the Philippines onTuesday officially announced to withdraw all their monitors in theJoint Security Council (JSC) in Aceh province of Indonesia, followingthe failure of ...
Pakistan's economy making steady progress: PM
May 14, 2003 ... Pakistan's economy making steady progress: PMISLAMABAD, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani Prime Minister MirZafarullah Khan Jamali Tuesday said consistency in policies hasplaced Pakistan's economy on road to a steady progress, theAssociated Press of Pakistan reported ....
Economists: SARS to impose only "brief" impact on China's economy
May 14, 2003 ... Economists: SARS to impose only "brief" impact on China's economy BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) -- The outbreak of severe acuterespiratory syndrome (SARS) will only impose a brief impact onChina's economy, agreed economists at a forum on "SARS and Asia'sEconomy: Impacts and Policy ...
Chinese treasury reimburses aviation, tourism companies
May 14, 2003 ... Chinese treasury reimburses aviation, tourism companiesBEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government offeredreimbursement on interest of short-term loans borrowed by large-scale national civil aviation and tourism companies to finance dailyoperations, the Ministry of ...
Experts warn against SARS' psychological impact on Asian economy (2)
May 14, 2003 ... Experts warn against SARS' psychological impact on Asian economy(2)ADB chief economist Ifzal Ali said SARS has created adisproportionately large psychological impact on people in relationto its relatively low death rate. Among the reported SARS cases, themortality rate has ...
China starts antidumping investigation of monoethanolamine,diethanolamine
May 14, 2003 ... China starts antidumping investigation of monoethanolamine,diethanolamineBEIJING, May 14 (Xinhua) -- China has begun an investigation intothe dumping of monoethanolamine and diethanolamine from Japan, theUnited States, Germany, Iran, Malaysia, Mexico as well as the ...
HK financial secretary welcomes Securities, Futures Commissionreport
May 14, 2003 ... HK financial secretary welcomes Securities, Futures CommissionreportHONG KONG, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong Financial Secretary AntonyLeung welcomes Tuesday the publication of the second Annual Report ofthe Process Review Panel (PRP) for the Securities and FuturesCommission ...
HK people show unity after SARS outbreak: survey
May 14, 2003 ... HK people show unity after SARS outbreak: surveyHONG KONG, May 13 (Xinhua) -- A survey showed that 63 percent ofthe Hong Kong people are willing to provide help to their neighborsif the latter need to be quarantined due to severe acute respiratorysyndrome infection (SARS) ....
Operation UNITE calls for raising HK's hygiene levels
May 14, 2003 ... Operation UNITE calls for raising HK's hygiene levelsHONG KONG, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Operation UNITE issued Tuesday a 10-industry Community Hygiene Charter aimed at instilling a strongerhygiene culture and restoring community and overseas confidence inHong Kong. This marks ...
Hang Seng China Enterprises Index up
May 14, 2003 ... Hang Seng China Enterprises Index upHONG KONG, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's Hang Seng ChinaEnterprises Index rose 17.84 points, or 0.81 percent, to close at2,209.91 Tuesday. The Index, initiated in August 1995 and re-based on Oct. 3, 2001,tracks the overall performance ...
Six new SARS cases, 7 deaths in HK
May 14, 2003 ... Six new SARS cases, 7 deaths in HKHONG KONG, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Six patients were confirmed tocontract Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and seven patientsdied as at 1 pm Tuesday in Hong Kong, said the Department of Healthand the Hospital Authority. The newly ...
HK response team to step up pro-active actions against SARS
May 14, 2003 ... HK response team to step up pro-active actions against SARSHONG KONG, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's Health, Welfare and FoodBureau (HWFB) confirmed Tuesday that the multi-disciplinary responseteam, which has been taking pro-active actions to control the spreadof severe acute ...
HK chief executive mourns doctor's death
May 14, 2003 ... HK chief executive mourns doctor's deathHONG KONG, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung CheeHwa said Tuesday that he was deeply saddened to hear the death ofdoctor Tse Yuen-man of Tuen Mun Hospital, who had been infected withsevere acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) ....
HK officials to attend World Health Assembly in Geneva
May 14, 2003 ... HK officials to attend World Health Assembly in GenevaHONG KONG, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong Secretary for Health,Welfare and Food, Yeoh Eng-kiong, will lead a team to attend the 56thWorld Health Assembly due to be held from May 19 to 28 in Geneva,Switzerland.Members ...
Hong Kong arts groups to raise money for SARS victims
May 14, 2003 ... Hong Kong arts groups to raise money for SARS victimsHONG KONG, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Six major performing arts groups inHong Kong announced Tuesday they will join forces for the first timein a special performance to raise money for "We Care Education Fund"which aims to help ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- May 13
May 14, 2003 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- May 13BEIJING, May 13(Xinhua) -- Domestic news items Xinhua released Tuesday: Market exchange rates -- May 13 Taxis in Shanghai adopt SARS-prevention measures Bank clerk taken to court for cheating 31 million yuan ...
Xinhua Mideast news summary at 2135 GMT, May 13
May 14, 2003 ... Xinhua Mideast news summary at 2135 GMT, May 13JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said in aninterview with Jerusalem Post released on Tuesday that there is noplan of settlement retreat on his agenda. "Jews will continue to live in Shilo and Beit El (of West ...
Khatami calls for East-West understanding in visit to Lebanon
May 14, 2003 ... Khatami calls for East-West understanding in visit to LebanonBEIRUT, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Iranian President SeyyedMohammad Khatami on Tuesday called for mutual understanding betweenthe East and West in international affairs, so as to avoid war andreduce hostilities ....
New Zealand to beef up security at Riyadh embassy
May 14, 2003 ... New Zealand to beef up security at Riyadh embassyWELLINGTON, May 14 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand will beef up securityat its Riyadh embassy after a terrorist bomb blast in the Saudicapital on Monday night but staff will remain, Foreign Minister PhilGoff said Wednesday. Three ...
Three swindlers sentenced to death in Beijing
May 14, 2003 ... Three swindlers sentenced to death in BeijingBEIJING, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Three people have been sentenced todeath and another two to prison by the first Intermediate People'sCourt of Beijing for cheating 160 million yuan. The three men, Zu Feng, Sun Liang and Sun Liansheng, ...
Pakistani President, PM shocked over Riyadh bomb blasts
May 14, 2003 ... Pakistani President, PM shocked over Riyadh bomb blastsISLAMABAD, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani President General PervezMusharraf and Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali expressedshock on Tuesday over bomb blasts in the Saudi capital Riyadh, whichhas killed American and ...
NE China province hit by drought
May 14, 2003 ... NE China province hit by droughtCHANGCHUN, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Northeast China's Jilin Province, aleading farming base, is suffering severe drought, though artificialrain was made to fall from Monday to Tuesday morning. The artificial rainfall averaged two millimeters in the ...
Market exchange rates -- May 14
May 14, 2003 ... Market exchange rates -- May 14BEIJING, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Market exchange rates of four majorcurrencies against RMB yuan on Wednesday, announced by the People' sBank of China: Currency Unit Middle Price (in RMB yuan) US Dollar 100 827.70 ...
China begins strategic high-tech program on SARS prevention
May 14, 2003 ... China begins strategic high-tech program on SARS preventionBEIJING, May 14 (Xinhua) -- China has begun a national strategicR&D program on the prevention of severe acute respiratory syndrome(SARS), which includes high-tech research on epidemiology, medicineand epidemic ...
China improving legal system to cope with public health emergencies
May 14, 2003 ... China improving legal system to cope with public healthemergenciesBEIJING, May 14 (Xinhua) -- China is working hard to use the powerof law to deal with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). The State Council announced new guidelines on emergency publichealth ...
Romanian PM arrives in Beijing
May 14, 2003 ... Romanian PM arrives in BeijingBEIJING, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastasearrived in Beijing ...
Giant luminous gems on auction in SW China
May 14, 2003 ... Giant luminous gems on auction in SW ChinaBEIJING, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Three large luminous gems, includingone touted as the world's largest, will be put on public auction onMay 18 in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province. Before the auction, to be carried ...
Shares end higher in Brazil; lower in Argentina, Mexico
May 14, 2003 ... Shares end higher in Brazil; lower in Argentina, MexicoMEXICO CITY, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Latin America's three major stockmarkets -- Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires and Mexico City -- closed mixed onTuesday. In Sao Paulo, Latin America's biggest bourse, the leading Bovespaindex ...
Former US president Bush visits Mexico
May 14, 2003 ... Former US president Bush visits MexicoMEXICO CITY, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Former president of the UnitedStates, the senior George Bush, arrived in Mexico on Tuesday for aone-day private visit to strengthen Mexico-United States relations,and to overcome prevailing differences between ...
Mavericks Nowitzki and Bell fined by NBA
May 14, 2003 ... Mavericks Nowitzki and Bell fined by NBAWASHINGTON, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Dirk Nowitzki and Raja Bell of theDallas Mavericks were fined by the NBA on Tuesday for their conductin Sunday night's playoff game at Sacramento. Nowitzki was fined 5,000 U.S. dollars for kicking a pile ...
Rome Masters WTA results
May 14, 2003 ... Rome Masters WTA resultsROME, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results at the RomeMasters WTA tennis tournament on Tuesday (prefix numbers denoteseedings): Second round Nathalie Dechy, France, bt 14-Amanda Coetzer, South Africa, 2-6, 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-4) ...
Powell begins visit to Russia
May 14, 2003 ... Powell begins visit to RussiaMOSCOW, May 14 (Xinhua) -- US Secretary of State Colin Powellarrived in Moscow early Wednesday to discuss with Russian leaders theissues on Iraqi oils and explain US Middle East policy.Powell is to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin and ...
Nigerian and German teams drops Asian tour
May 14, 2003 ... Nigerian and German teams drops Asian tourLONDON, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria's national soccer team andGerman club Bayern Munich have pulled out of the Asian tours becauseof concerns about SARS. Nigeria withdrew from the three-nation Kirin Cup in Japan in June.Nigeria had ...
US stocks fall as investors take profits
May 14, 2003 ... US stocks fall as investors take profitsNEW YORK, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Wall Street stocks fell moderatelyTuesday as the weaker-than-expected earnings from Wal-Mart boosted around of profit-taking. The Dow Jones industrial average went down 47.48 points, or 0.5percent, to ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0130 GMT, May 14
May 14, 2003 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0130 GMT, May 14KABUL -- A renegade Afghan soldier opened fire at internationalpeacekeepers on Tuesday near Kabul, wounding two Norwegian soldiers,sources here said. Spokeswoman of the International Security Assistance Force ( ISAF)Sarah Wood ...
Williams, Seles made sweat in first round at Rome Masters
May 14, 2003 ... Williams, Seles made sweat in first round at Rome MastersROME, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Top seed Serena Williams had to strugglein her first step to defense her Rome Masters title as she overcamethe Czech Republic's 6-4 6-3 in the claycourt event on Tuesday. Two-times former ...
Musharraf to decide when to take off uniform: minister
May 14, 2003 ... Musharraf to decide when to take off uniform: ministerISLAMABAD, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani Information andBroadcasting Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said here on TuesdayPresident Pervez Musharraf himself will decide when to give up theconcurrent post of army chief in view of ...
Nelson Mandela earn a place in World Boxing Hall of Fame
May 14, 2003 ... Nelson Mandela earn a place in World Boxing Hall of FameJOHANNESBURG, May 13 (Xinhua) -- He threw the knockout punch toapartheid, and that is why Nelson Mandela has earned him a place inthe World Boxing Hall of Fame. Although he never boxed, the retired state president, who ...
Pakistan decides to release 14 member crew of Indian boat
May 14, 2003 ... Pakistan decides to release 14 member crew of Indian boatISLAMABAD, May 14 (Xinhua) -- The government of Pakistan onTuesday decided to release 14 crew members of Indian cargo boat " RajLaxhmi" as well as six Sikh youth whose status has been confirmed bythe Indian government, the ...
Pakistan, UNHCR ink agreement to guarantee refugee rights
May 14, 2003 ... Pakistan, UNHCR ink agreement to guarantee refugee rightsISLAMABAD, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan signed an agreement withthe UN refugee agency on Tuesday that will for the first time permitnon-Afghan refugees in Pakistan to obtain a legal status, accordingto a statement issued by ...
Hewitt advances into Hamburg Masters second round
May 14, 2003 ... Hewitt advances into Hamburg Masters second roundBERLIN, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Top seed Lleyton Hewitt survived thefirst round scare as he battled hard to overcome German wild cardMarkus Hantschk 6-1 4-6 6-4 at the Hamburg Masters on Tuesday. The Australian world number one ...
IMF, WB to support new Argentine president in solving economicproblems
May 14, 2003 ... IMF, WB to support new Argentine president in solving economicproblemsBUENOS AIRES, May 13 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary Fund(IMF) and the World Bank (WB) said on Tuesday that they will offersupport to the to-be-elected Argentine president. Whoever is elected ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
May 14, 2003 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, May 14 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Wednesday.Asahi, Mainichi, Yomiuri, Nihon Keizai: -- Japanese parliament is to pass bill on revised war ...
Hamburg Masters first round results
May 14, 2003 ... Hamburg Masters first round resultsBERLIN, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Following are the first round resultsfrom the 2.45 million US dollars Hamburg Masters Series ATPtournament on Tuesday (prefix number denotes seeding): 1-Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, bt Markus Hantschk, Germany, ...
World's first interactive kidney operation to be performed in NZ
May 14, 2003 ... World's first interactive kidney operation to be performed in NZWELLINGTON, May 14 (Xinhua) -- The world's first interactiveoperation involving surgeons in separate nations will be performed onMonday in New Zealand's Christchurch Hospital's car-park on the SouthIsland ....
NE China province hit by drought
May 14, 2003 ... NE China province hit by droughtCHANGCHUN, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Northeast China's Jilin Province, aleading farming base, is suffering severe drought, though artificialrain was made to fall from Monday to Tuesday morning. The artificial rainfall averaged two millimeters in the ...
AC Milan edge into Champions League final
May 14, 2003 ... AC Milan edge into Champions League finalROME, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Five times European champions AC Milanfought their way into the Champions League final on the away goalsrule after a 1-1 draw with cross-town rivals Inter at the San Siro onTuesday. Tying 0-0 in the ...
Uruguayan gov't distributes AIDS preventive materials to drug- addicts
May 14, 2003 ... Uruguayan gov't distributes AIDS preventive materials to drug-addictsMONTEVIDEO, May 13 (Xinhua) -- The Uruguayan government hasstarted to distribute syringes, gauze with alcohol and condoms todrug-addicts as part of a plan to reduce AIDS infection rate amongdrug users, said ...
Colombian navy seizes explosives
May 14, 2003 ... Colombian navy seizes explosivesBOGOTA, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Colombia's naval forces on Tuesdayseized one ton of explosives in Puerto Leguizamo in the southernstate of Putumayo. Colonel Nelson Troncoso of the Southern Naval Force said theexplosives were seized together with ...