Xinhua News Agency back issues from Sunday, May 25:
Final results of German first division soccer league
May 25, 2003 ... Final results of German first division soccer leagueBERLIN, May 24 (Xinhua) -- The following are the final results ofGerman first division soccer matches played on the final day of theseason on Saturday: Borussia Dortmund tied Energie Cottbus 1-1 VfB Stuttgart bt ...
Final standings of German first division soccer league
May 25, 2003 ... Final standings of German first division soccer leagueBERLIN, May 24 (Xinhua) -- The following are the final standingsof German first division soccer league after the matches played onthe final day of the season on Saturday (tabulated under gamesplayed, won, drawn, lost, goals ...
Opener, Advisory
May 25, 2003 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service forSaturday, May 24, 2003, and begins ...
World Team Cup tennis results
May 25, 2003 ... World Team Cup tennis resultsBERLIN, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results in the finalof the World Team Cup tennis final in Duesseldorf on Saturday: Chile bt Czech Republic 2-1 (Chilean names ...
Italian league scorers
May 25, 2003 ... Italian league scorersROME, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading scorers in theItalian first division soccer league after Saturday's final round: 24 - Christian Vieri (Inter Milan) 18 - Adrian Mutu (Parma) 17 - Filippo Inzaghi (AC Milan), 16 ...
China puts third navigation satellite into orbit (1)
May 25, 2003 ... China puts third navigation satellite into orbit (1)XICHANG, Sichuan, May 25 (Xinhua) -- China successfully put itsthird Beidou navigation and positioning satellite into orbit earlySunday, a move indicating China has completed its own satellitenavigation and positioning system ....
China puts third navigation satellite into orbit (2)
May 25, 2003 ... China puts third navigation satellite into orbit (2)China is one of the few countries in the world capable ofdeveloping such a system on its own, and has also made someinnovations in the positioning property of the system, said theexperts. The China-made system will play ...
News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua
May 25, 2003 ... News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of XinhuaHONG KONG, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Saturday:No durable peace without resolution of Kashmir issue: Pakistani FM Thailand-Malaysia gas pipeline project set ...
Schlager escapes elimination in table tennis worlds
May 25, 2003 ... Schlager escapes elimination in table tennis worldsPARIS, May 24 (Xinhua) -- It seemed that the writing was on thewall. Austrian coach Ferenc Karsai called a time-out with his charge,Werner Schlager, trailing by three games to two and down 5- 8 in thesixth. Schlager ...
700 Bangladeshis in India's West Bengal jails
May 25, 2003 ... 700 Bangladeshis in India's West Bengal jailsNEW DELHI, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Seven hundred Bangladeshi nationalswere currently lodged in several jails in India's east state of WestBengal, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported on Saturday ....
Wang Nan makes it three in a row
May 25, 2003 ... Wang Nan makes it three in a rowBy Sportswriter Liu Guang PARIS, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Wang Nan outlasted her Asian Gamesconqueror Zhang Yining in a gripping seven-setter, winning her thirdstraight women's singles title at the world table tennischampionships here on ...
Minor reshuffle of Indian cabinet announced
May 25, 2003 ... Minor reshuffle of Indian cabinet announcedNEW DELHI, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Indian Prime Minister Atal BehariVajpayee brought two of his close allies, one from Bharatiya JanataParty (BJP) and another from one of some 20 parties of the rulingNational Democratic Alliance, into his ...
Shanghai's SARS diagnosis standards prove correct: doctors (1)
May 25, 2003 ... Shanghai's SARS diagnosis standards prove correct: doctors (1)SHANGHAI, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Medical experts in Shanghai involvedin diagnosing severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) said factshave shown Shanghai's SARS diagnosis standards are scientific andcorrect ....
J-League standings
May 25, 2003 ... J-League standingsTOKYO, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings in Japan' sJ-League Division One after Saturday's games (tabulated under gamesplayed, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against and points): Jubilo Iwata 10 6 3 1 24 10 21 JEF ...
Wang Nan makes it three in a row
May 25, 2003 ... Wang Nan makes it three in a rowBy Sportswriter Liu Guang PARIS, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Wang Nan outlasted her Asian Gamesconqueror Zhang Yining in a gripping seven-setter, winning her thirdstraight women's singles title at the world table tennischampionships here on ...
Final result of Strasbourg International WTA tennis tournament
May 25, 2003 ... Final result of Strasbourg International WTA tennis tournamentPARIS, May 24 (Xinhua) -- The following is the result of the finalin the 170,000 euros ...
Shanghai's SARS diagnosis standards prove correct: doctors (2)
May 25, 2003 ... Shanghai's SARS diagnosis standards prove correct: doctors (2)They will additionally classify as suspected SARS cases those whohave had no contact with a SARS patient and are not in criticalsituation, but who cannot prove they have other diseases, said Wu. Shanghai reported ...
Security officer shot dead in Mumbai airport
May 25, 2003 ... Security officer shot dead in Mumbai airportNEW DELHI, May 24 (Xinhua) -- A security officer was shot dead onSaturday evening by a constable who also held four women colleaguesas hostages inside the security hold area of Mumbai internationalairport, the Press Trust of India ...
J-League results
May 25, 2003 ... J-League resultsTOKYO, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are Saturday's results fromthe 10th round of the 15-game first stage in Japan's J-LeagueDivision One (home teams are listed first): Kyoto Purple Sanga lost to Cerezo ...
URGENT: China launches new navigation satellite
May 25, 2003 ... URGENT: China launches new navigation satelliteXICHANG, Sichuan, May 25 (Xinhua) -- China successfully put thethird navigation and positioning satellite into orbit ...
Leading scorers in German first division soccer league
May 25, 2003 ... Leading scorers in German first division soccer leagueBERLIN, May 24 (Xinhua) -- The following are the leading scorersin the German first division soccer league after the final day of theseason on Saturday: 21 - Thomas Christiansen (VfL Bochum), Elber (Bayern Munich) ...
Wang Nan wins third straight title
May 25, 2003 ... Wang Nan wins third straight titlePARIS, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Wang Nan took her third straightwomen's singles title at the world championships by beatingcompatriot Zhang Yining 4-3 in the final here on Saturday. The win would be a great inspiration to Wang, who had ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- May 24
May 25, 2003 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- May 24BEIJING, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Domestic news items Xinhua releasedSaturday: Deal signed on China's fastest subway cars China's economic giant sees faster growth in private sector Taiwanese investment increases in ...
World table tennis championships results
May 25, 2003 ... World table tennis championships resultsPARIS, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are Saturday's results at theworld table tennis championships: Men's doubles: Wang Liqin/Yan Sen, China, bt Kong Linghui/Wang Hao, China, 11- 9,11-8, 7-11, 11-6, 8-11, 11-5 Women's ...
Giro d'Italia cycling results
May 25, 2003 ... Giro d'Italia cycling resultsROME, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading placings in the14th stage of the Giro d'Italia cycling race over 162 kilometers fromMarostica to Alpe di Pampeago on Saturday: 1. Gilberto Simoni, Italy, Saeco, four hours 46 minutes 43 ...
Prefontaine Classic athletics results (1)
May 25, 2003 ... Prefontaine Classic athletics results (1)WASHINGTON, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading resultsin the Prefontaine Classic grand prix athletics meeting at theUniversity of Oregon's Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, on Saturday: Men 400 meters: 1 ....
Egyptian FM, Powell mull roadmap over phone
May 25, 2003 ... Egyptian FM, Powell mull roadmap over phoneCAIRO, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher onSaturday had phone talks with US Secretary of State Colin Powell on aroadmap peace plan envisioning a full Palestinian statehood by 2005. "The talks dealt with ...
Spanish first division soccer results
May 25, 2003 ... Spanish first division soccer resultsMADRID, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of Spanishfirst division soccer league played on Saturday: Athletic Bilbao beat Racing Santander 2-1 Atletico Madrid bt Villarreal 3-2 Celta Vigo bt Deportivo Coruna ...
Standings of Spanish first division soccer league
May 25, 2003 ... Standings of Spanish first division soccer leagueMADRID, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of theSpanish first division soccer league after Saturday's matches (tabulated under games played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, againstand points): 1. Real Madrid ...
Brazilian Olympic committee ends evaluation of Sao Paulo
May 25, 2003 ... Brazilian Olympic committee ends evaluation of Sao PauloBRASILIA, May 24 (Xinhua) -- The commission of the BrazilianOlympic Committee in charge of the evaluation of the candidate citiesto become Olympic venues ended the assessment of the Sao Pauloinfrastructure on Saturday ....
New Zealand to launch immunization register for every kid
May 25, 2003 ... New Zealand to launch immunization register for every kidWELLINGTON, May 25 (Xinhua) -- Every baby born in New Zealand willbe enrolled on a national immunization register to be launched nextyear. According to Sunday Star-Times, published here Sunday, theregister will ...
Summaries of French first division soccer league
May 25, 2003 ... Summaries of French first division soccer leaguePARIS, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the summaries of Frenchfirst division soccer league matches after the final round played onSaturday: Olympique Lyon 1 - Sidney Govou 65 En Avant Guingamp4 - Didier ...
4 injured in parcel-bomb explosion in eastern Spain
May 25, 2003 ... 4 injured in parcel-bomb explosion in eastern SpainMADRID, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Four people were injured when a parcelbomb exploded at the post office of Valencia, in eastern Spain,Saturday, official sources said. The event occurred at 7:40 a.m. local time (0540 GMT) when ...
Spanish first division leading scorers
May 25, 2003 ... Spanish first division leading scorersMADRID, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading scorers inthe Spanish first division after Saturday's matches: 27 - Roy Makaay (Deportivo Coruna) 20 - Nihat Kahveci (Real Sociedad) 18 - Darko Kovacevic (Real ...
Summaries of German first division soccer league
May 25, 2003 ... Summaries of German first division soccer leagueBERLIN, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the summaries of Germanfirst division matches played on the final day of the season onSaturday: Borussia Dortmund 1 - Tomas Rosicky 25 Energie Cottbus1 - ...
Chinese table tennis turns eyes to defensive players
May 25, 2003 ... Chinese table tennis turns eyes to defensive playersPARIS, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Alarming bells have rung for China toattach more importance to bringing up more defensive players aftertheir top two players went out at the men's singles competition inthe world championships here on ...
Results of Portuguese premier soccer league
May 25, 2003 ... Results of Portuguese premier soccer leagueLISBON, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Following is the result of a Portuguesepremier league match played on Saturday: Vitoria Setubal beat Sporting 4-3 Played on Friday Beira Mar beat Vitoria Guimaraes 2-0 Playing on ...
Leading scorers of French first division soccer league
May 25, 2003 ... Leading scorers of French first division soccer leaguePARIS, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading scorers in theFrench first division soccer league after the final round of matchesplayed on Saturday: 26 - Shabani Nonda (Monaco) 23 - Pedro Pauleta (Girondins ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, May 25
May 25, 2003 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, May 25BAGHDAD -- An interim provincial government will be elected soonin the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, said reports from the city onSaturday. A 30-member council, which was being elected on Saturday by about300 delegates, will ...
Prefontaine Classic athletics results (2-last)
May 25, 2003 ... Prefontaine Classic athletics results (2-last)Women: 1,500 meters: 1. Jolanda Ceplak, Slovenia, four minutes, 2.44 seconds 2. Suzy Favor Hamilton, United States, 4:03.47 3. Meskerem Legesse, Ethiopia, 4:03.96 100m: 1. Kelli White, ...
Results of French first division soccer league
May 25, 2003 ... Results of French first division soccer leaguePARIS, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of Frenchfirst division soccer league after the final round played onSaturday: En Avant Guingamp beat Olympique Lyon 4-1 Monaco bt Troyes 6-0 ...
Spanish first division soccer league summaries
May 25, 2003 ... Spanish first division soccer league summariesMADRID, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the summaries of Spanishfirst division soccer matches played on Saturday: Athletic Bilbao2 - Aitor Karanka 56, Ismael Urzaiz 89pen Racing Santander 1 - Pedro Munitis 47 ...
Final standings of French first division soccer league
May 25, 2003 ... Final standings of French first division soccer leaguePARIS, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the final standings of theFrench first division soccer league after Saturday's matches (tabualted under games played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, againstand points): 1 ....
Portuguese premier soccer league leading scorers
May 25, 2003 ... Portuguese premier soccer league leading scorersLISBON, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading scorers inthe Portuguese premier soccer league after Saturday's match: 17 - Simao Sabrosa (Benfica), Faye Fary (Beira Mar) ...
Wang Nan earns comparison with Deng Yaping
May 25, 2003 ... Wang Nan earns comparison with Deng YapingPARIS, May 24 (Xinhua) -- After completing a three-peat of worldchampionships women's singles titles, Chines Wang Nan is earningcomparison with her compatriot and retired table tennis legend DengYaping. But the 25-year-old, who ...
Writethru: Mubarak hopes Israeli cabinet could approve roadmap
May 25, 2003 ... Writethru: Mubarak hopes Israeli cabinet could approve roadmap Eds: updates with details, backgroundCAIRO, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak onSaturday expressed his hope that the Israeli cabinet could approve aroadmap peace plan aimed at ending the ...
Israeli troops kill 3 Palestinians in Gaza Strip
May 25, 2003 ... Israeli troops kill 3 Palestinians in Gaza StripGAZA, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Israeli troops Saturday shot dead threePalestinian militants who were trying to infiltrate into Jewishsettlements to carry out armed attacks, Israel Radio reported. Palestinian witnesses said Israeli ...
Egypt, Oman condemn all forms of terrorism
May 25, 2003 ... Egypt, Oman condemn all forms of terrorismCAIRO, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Egypt and Oman on Saturday condemned allforms of terrorism following a series of suicide bombing attacks insome Arab countries. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and visiting Omani Sultan QabusBin Said ...
Brazilian president calls for balanced globalization
May 25, 2003 ... Brazilian president calls for balanced globalizationCUSCO, Peru, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian President Luiz Lula daSilva called on Saturday for a "balanced globalization" and astronger United Nations to safeguard world peace. Arbitrary agricultural subsidies in developed ...
Rio Group supports Venezuelan political agreement
May 25, 2003 ... Rio Group supports Venezuelan political agreementCUSCO, Peru, May 24 (Xinhua) -- The Group of Rio supportedSaturday the agreement reached between the Venezuelan government andthe opposition to search for a peaceful solution to the politicalcrisis in the Andean country ....
Riots kill 1, injure 15 in Caracas
May 25, 2003 ... Riots kill 1, injure 15 in CaracasCARACAS, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Riots left at least one dead and 15injured during an anti-government demonstration in Venezuela'scapital of Caracas on Saturday morning. A clash between police and demonstrators at the Catia district, ...
Results of Tour of Belgium cycling race
May 25, 2003 ... Results of Tour of Belgium cycling raceBRUSSELS, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from thefourth stage of the Tour of Belgium, a 21-kilometer time-trial inMenchelen on Saturday: 1. Fabian Cancellara, Switzerland, Fassa Bortolo 24 minutes 50seconds 2 ....
Summaries of Italian first division soccer league
May 25, 2003 ... Summaries of Italian first division soccer leagueROME, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the summaries of Italianfirst division soccer matches after the final round played onSaturday: Bologna 0 Reggina 2 - Emiliano Bonazzoli 13, David Di Michele ...
Manila to present evidence against MILF if asked by OIC
May 25, 2003 ... Manila to present evidence against MILF if asked by OICMANILA, May 25 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine government will presentevidence of terrorist activities by the secessionist Moro IslamicLiberation Front (MILF) only if asked during the Organization ofIslamic Conference (OIC) ...
Koizumi to run for LDP head
May 25, 2003 ... Koizumi to run for LDP headTOKYO, May 25 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Prime Minister JunichiroKoizumi said Saturday he wants to be reelected president of thegoverning Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in September. Koizumi gave the remarks to reporters on his way from the ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
May 25, 2003 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, May 25 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese news papers on Sunday. Asahi, Mainichi, Yomiuri, Nihon Keizai: -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) may considertaking part ...
Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- May 25
May 25, 2003 ... Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- May 25BEIJING, May 25 (Xinhua) -- Most Beijing-based newspapers front-page the news reporting that Hu Jintao, general secretary of theCommunist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, called for fasterprogress in national defense ...
Revised draw for French Open men's singles
May 25, 2003 ... Revised draw for French Open men's singlesPARIS, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Following is the revised draw for thefirst round of the men's singles at the French Open beginning onMonday ( prefix number denotes seeding): 1-Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, vs Brian Vahaly, United States ...
Rubin wins Madrid Open tennis tournament
May 25, 2003 ... Rubin wins Madrid Open tennis tournamentMADRID, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Top seed Chanda Rubin of the UnitedStates clinched the title at 170,000 US dollars WTA Madrid Open hereon Saturday. Rubin, 27, took two hours 11 minutes to beat local player MariaAntonia Sanchez Lorenzo ...
Group of Rio seeks UN help to resolve Colombian conflict
May 25, 2003 ... Group of Rio seeks UN help to resolve Colombian conflictCUSCO, Peru, May 24 (Xinhua) -- The Group of Rio asked the UnitedNations on Saturday to do more to resolve Colombia's internalconflict and urged the guerrillas to sign an agreement to ceasehostility. The group made ...
Argentina declared free of foot-and-mouth disease with vaccination
May 25, 2003 ... Argentina declared free of foot-and-mouth disease with vaccination BUENOS AIRES, May 24 (Xinhua) -- The general assembly of theInternational Epizootic Organization has confirmed that Argentina isfree of foot-and-mouth disease through vaccination, the Argentinegovernment said on ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
May 25, 2003 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, May 25 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Philippine newspapers on Sunday. The Sunday Times: -- Police said Saturday that two former members of the separatistMoro Islamic Liberation ...
Colombian guerrillas burn buses
May 25, 2003 ... Colombian guerrillas burn busesBOGOTA, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Suspected members of the NationalLiberation Army (ELN) burned Saturday three buses on a road in thenorthern state of La Guajira, Colombian military sources said. The vehicles had been detained by a guerrilla ...
Roddick wins Austrian tennis Grand Prix
May 25, 2003 ... Roddick wins Austrian tennis Grand PrixVIENNA, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Top seed Andy Roddick of the UnitedStates breezed past sixth seed Nikolay Davydenko of Russia 6-3, 6- 2to win the Austrian Grand Prix tennis tournament in St Poelten ...
Revised first round draw for French Open women's singles
May 25, 2003 ... Revised first round draw for French Open women's singlesPARIS, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Following is the revised draw for thefirst round of the women's singles at the French Open beginning onMonday ( prefix number denotes seeding): 1-Serena Williams, United States, vs Barbara ...