Xinhua News Agency back issues from Tuesday, May 27:
Opener, Advisory
May 27, 2003 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service for Monday,May 26, 2003, and begins ...
India to resume Delhi- Lahore bus service
May 27, 2003 ... India to resume Delhi- Lahore bus serviceNEW DELHI, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Carrying forward the peaceinitiative, India on Monday night announced its decision to resumeDelhi-Lahore bus service and release 70 Pakistani fishermen and 60civilian prisoners in its jails. For ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- May 26 (2)
May 27, 2003 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- May 26 (2)URGENT: Chinese mainland reports 8 new SARS cases URGENT: Beijing reports 5 new SARS cases Chinese Health Ministry reports 8 new SARS cases Shenzhen slashes power fare Shanghai charges fees to save ...
Government building attacked in Swiss capital
May 27, 2003 ... Government building attacked in Swiss capitalGENEVA, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Suspected anti-globalization protesterson Monday morning attacked a government building in the capital Bern,which houses the Federal Mint and the Defense Ministry, Swiss RadioInternational (SRI) reported ....
Singaporean govt supports entrepreneurship
May 27, 2003 ... Singaporean govt supports entrepreneurshipSINGAPORE, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Singapore Monday launched the ActionCommunity for Entrepreneurship (ACE which brings together group ofpeople from the public and private sectors who want to realize thevision to turn Singapore into a ...
Italy welcomes Israel's approval of road map peace plan
May 27, 2003 ... Italy welcomes Israel's approval of road map peace planROME, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Italy welcomed the decision by theIsraeli government to accept the "road map" for peace in the MiddleEast and will work during its upcoming European Union presidency forits application, Italian ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)
May 27, 2003 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)HONG KONG, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong on Monday: Enhanced Philippine-US ties to benefit Filipinos: Arroyo URGENT: strong quake hits northeast Japan ...
EU bans re-importation of exported cheap medicines
May 27, 2003 ... EU bans re-importation of exported cheap medicinesBRUSSELS, May 26 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) decidedMonday to ban re-importation into the European market of cheapmedicines that it exported to developing countries at a lower price. The Council of the EU, the ...
China's Tang Jiaxuan meets Russian FM on bilateral ties
May 27, 2003 ... China's Tang Jiaxuan meets Russian FM on bilateral tiesMOSCOW, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan,who is accompanying President Hu Jintao on his state visit to Russia,met with Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov Monday night to ...
Xinhua Mideast news summary at 2100 GMT, May 26
May 27, 2003 ... Xinhua Mideast news summary at 2100 GMT, May 26ANKARA -- A Ukrainian plane carrying 74 people crashed near Mackatown of northern province of Trabzon in Black Sea region of Turkeyearly on Monday, reported the Anatolia News Agency. According to the report, all the 74 people ...
Mania for Welfare Lottery remains in China despite SARS (2)
May 27, 2003 ... Mania for Welfare Lottery remains in China despite SARS (2)In central China's Henan province, medical experts were invited todo a massive check on local distribution outlets' sanitation andventilation facilities and to provide basic knowledge to salespeopleon how to prevent the ...
FIFA Women's World Cup 2003 to be held in USA
May 27, 2003 ... FIFA Women's World Cup 2003 to be held in USAGENEVA, May 26 (Xinhua) -- The International Federation ofFootball Association (FIFA) Emergency Committee has taken thedecision to relocate the 4th FIFA Women's World Cup, originally dueto be played in China, to the United States of ...
Market exchange rates -- May 27
May 27, 2003 ... Market exchange rates -- May 27BEIJING, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Market exchange rates of four majorcurrencies against RMB yuan on Tuesday, announced by the People'sBank of China: Currency Unit Middle Price (in RMB yuan) US Dollar 100 827.70 ...
Shares in Argentina, Mexico, Brazil end mixed
May 27, 2003 ... Shares in Argentina, Mexico, Brazil end mixedMEXICO CITY, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Latin America's three major stockmarkets -- Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires and Mexico City -- closed mixed onMonday. In Sao Paulo, Latin America's biggest bourse, the leading Bovespaindex closed bearish ...
Monday's women's singles results at the French Open
May 27, 2003 ... Monday's women's singles results at the French OpenPARIS, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results Monday on thefirst day of the French Open (prefix number deontes seeding): Women's singles First round: 1-Serena Williams, United States, bt Barbara ...
Another shipment of heroin found by Australian police
May 27, 2003 ... Another shipment of heroin found by Australian policeCANBERRA, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Australia Police Tuesday foundanother shipment of heroin linked to the Democratic People's Republicof Korean freighter Pong Su. The Australian Associated Press cited the federal police as ...
Sixers coach Brown quits
May 27, 2003 ... Sixers coach Brown quitsWASHINGTON, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Larry Brown resigned as coach ofthe Philadelphia 76ers on Monday after six seasons. The 62-year-old said he had considered resigning since the 76erslost in the second round of the playoffs to the Detroit Pistons insix ...
Mbeki congratulates S.African climber's success reach of Mt.Qomolangma
May 27, 2003 ... Mbeki congratulates S.African climber's success reach of Mt.QomolangmaJOHANNESBURG, May 26 (Xinhua) -- South Africa President ThaboMbeki was awash with praise for Sibusiso Vilane, 32, who became thefirst black South African to reach the peak of the world's highestmountain, Mt ....
Mania for Welfare Lottery remains in China despite SARS (1)
May 27, 2003 ... Mania for Welfare Lottery remains in China despite SARS (1)BEIJING, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Mania for welfare lotteries among thepeople in China is still around despite the severe acute respiratorysyndrome (SARS) epidemic. As of May 12, lottery tickets worth some 5.5 billion ...
Monday's men's singles results at French Open
May 27, 2003 ... Monday's men's singles results at French OpenPARIS, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of men'ssingles at French Open on Monday (prefix number denotes seeding): Men's singles first round: 23-Younes El Aynaou, Morroco, bt Anthony Dupuis, France, 6-4, 6-4, ...
Zimbabwe takes measurers to deal with threats of violent demonstrations
May 27, 2003 ... Zimbabwe takes measurers to deal with threats of violentdemonstrationsHARARE, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwean Minister of Home AffairsKembo Mohadi said here on Monday that the government has put in placeadequate security measurers to deal with threats of violentdemonstrations by ...
Portuguese premier soccer league result
May 27, 2003 ... Portuguese premier soccer league resultLISBON, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Following is the result of a Portuguesepremier league match played on Monday: Boavista lost to Uniao Leiria 0-1 Played on Sunday: Varzim lost to Academica 0-3 Pacos Ferreira bt Santa ...
Venezuela reiterates wish to join Mercosur
May 27, 2003 ... Venezuela reiterates wish to join MercosurCARACAS, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavezreiterated in Argentina on Monday that his country is interested inbecoming a member of the South American Common Market (Mercosur) . "I've said Venezuela wants to become a ...
Volunteers increasing in China
May 27, 2003 ... Volunteers increasing in ChinaBEIJING, May 27 (Xinhua) -- The number of registered volunteersacross China has reached 4.5 million, according to Zhang Xuecheng,deputy secretary-general of the China Young Volunteers Association. More than 30,000 volunteer service centers have ...
Larsson retires from international soccer
May 27, 2003 ... Larsson retires from international soccerSTOCKHOLM, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Celtic striker Henrik Larsson hasannounced his international retirement for good, Swedish coachesTommy Soderberg and Lars Lagerback said on Monday. Marcus Allback of Aston Villa was named as his ...
Uruguay urges Argentina to jointly strengthen MERCOSUR
May 27, 2003 ... Uruguay urges Argentina to jointly strengthen MERCOSURBUENOS AIRES, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Uruguayan PresidentJorge Batlle Monday called on his Argentine counterpart NestorKirchner to make joint efforts to strengthen the South AmericanCommon Market (MERCOSUR). Batlle ...
Qinghai reports 75 percent foreign trade growth
May 27, 2003 ... Qinghai reports 75 percent foreign trade growthXINING, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Qinghai Province in northwest Chinarecorded a total foreign trade of 77.3 million US dollars in thefirst four months of this year, a hefty increase of 75.4 percent froma year earlier, according to customs ...
720 kg marijuana seized in Argentina
May 27, 2003 ... 720 kg marijuana seized in ArgentinaBUENOS AIRES, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Argentina's national policeseized 720 kilograms of marijuana early Monday in the northeastprovince of Corrientes, a spokesmen for the federal security forcesaid. The drugs were confiscated on board a ...
Mexican president to meet Bush in Evian
May 27, 2003 ... Mexican president to meet Bush in EvianMEXICO CITY, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Mexican President Vicente Fox willhold an informal meeting with his US counterpart George W. Bush atthe summit of the Group of Eight (G8) in Evian, France, thepresident's office announced here on Monday ....
Egypt to bid for 2010 World Cup
May 27, 2003 ... Egypt to bid for 2010 World CupCAIRO, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Egypt will officially lodge its bid tohost the 2010 World Cup, Youth Minister Ali Eddin Hilal said onMonday. The government has agreed to make the bid, Hilal told a pressconference. Egypt, which reached the ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
May 27, 2003 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, May 27 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Philippine newspapers on Tuesday. Manila Bulletin: -- Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Monday gavemaritime authorities 15 days to ...
Earthquake in Indonesia detected
May 27, 2003 ... Earthquake in Indonesia detectedBEIJING, May 27 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 7.0 on theRichter scale jolted Indonesia in the wee hours of Tuesday, the StateSeismological Bureau of China said here Tuesday ...
Key FARC member surrenders to Colombian authorities
May 27, 2003 ... Key FARC member surrenders to Colombian authoritiesBOGOTA, May 26 (Xinhua) -- A key member of the Revolutionary ArmedForces of Colombia (FARC), William Forero, has surrendered to thepolice of the San Luis municipality, official sources said Monday. The rebel, also known as ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0015 GMT, May 27
May 27, 2003 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0015 GMT, May 27ALGIERS -- The quake toll in Algeria rose to at least 2,212 Mondaywith injuries jumping to 9,085, according to the local radio. More than 15,000 people were rendered homeless facing the threatof disease amid lack of clean water ...
Federer bumped out of French Open
May 27, 2003 ... Federer bumped out of French OpenPARIS, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Fifth seed Roger Federer of Switzerlandbowed out of the French Open on Monday after losing 7- 6, 6-2, 7-6 toPeru's Luis Horna in the biggest shock of the opening day at thisyear's claycourt grand slam. Touted as a ...
Portuguese premier soccer league standings
May 27, 2003 ... Portuguese premier soccer league standingsLISBON, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings ofPortuguese premier soccer league after a match played on Monday: 1. Porto 33 26 5 2 71 26 83 - champions 2. Benfica 33 22 6 5 70 27 72 - ...
Kodak aims to take lion share of Chinese digital printing market
May 27, 2003 ... Kodak aims to take lion share of Chinese digital printing marketSHANGHAI, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Kodak, a transnational film giant,plans to cooperate with the Bank of China to launch the second roundof a lending operation to assist the formation of a nationwidenetwork to print ...
Albania announce squad for Euro qualifiers
May 27, 2003 ... Albania announce squad for Euro qualifiersTIRANA, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Albania coach Hans-Peter Briegelrecalled defender Nevil Dede on Monday despite knee surgery for histeam's Euro 2004 away qualifiers against Ireland and Switzerland onJune 7 and 11. Elvin Beqiri has also ...
Japan grants GSP for more Thai products
May 27, 2003 ... Japan grants GSP for more Thai productsBANGKOK, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Thai exporters will join theircounterparts in other developing countries in enjoying Japan'sgeneralized system of preference (GSP), as Tokyo has announced togrant the GSP for more imported products from them ....
Marseille ask FFF to return their 1993 title
May 27, 2003 ... Marseille ask FFF to return their 1993 titlePARIS, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Olympique Marseille have asked theFrench Soccer Federation (FFF) to return their 1993 French leaguetitle 10 years after losing it because of match-fixing. The club's website said president Christophe ...
Foreign firms admitted into China's securities market
May 27, 2003 ... Foreign firms admitted into China's securities marketBEIJING, May 27 (Xinhua) -- China gave green light to two foreignfinancial firms to enter its securities sector Monday, an actionacclaimed by Tuesday's China Daily as the country's historic firststep to practically open up its ...
Tuesday's order of play at French Open
May 27, 2003 ... Tuesday's order of play at French OpenPARIS, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Following is Tuesday's order of play onshow courts on the second day of the French Open tennis championships(prefix number denotes seeding): Center Court (play starts 0900 GMT) Women's singles Amy ...
Myanmar seizes large amount of stimulant tablets
May 27, 2003 ... Myanmar seizes large amount of stimulant tabletsYANGON, May 27 (Xinhua) -- The Myanmar authorities seized 43, 950tablets of stimulant drugs in northeastern Shan state early thismonth, said a report of the Central Committee for Drug Abuse ControlTuesday. The seizure was ...
Bangkok rubber price
May 27, 2003 ... Bangkok rubber priceBANGKOK, May 27 (Xinhua) -- The followingare Bangkok rubber sheet F.O.B prices on Tuesday, in baht perkilogram (43.00 baht to the US dollar): this weeklast week rsst1 44.3042.00 rsst2 ...
Canada's Toronto back on WHO SARS list
May 27, 2003 ... Canada's Toronto back on WHO SARS listOTTAWA, May 26 (Xinhua) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) hasput Canada's Toronto back on its list of areas hit by severe acuterespiratory syndrome (SARS), but has stopped short of tellingtravelers to avoid the city, Health Canada ...
Giro d'Italia cycling results/standings
May 27, 2003 ... Giro d'Italia cycling results/standingsROME, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results in Monday's16th stage of the Giro d'Italia cycling race over 207 kms from Arcodi Trento to Pavie: 1. Alessandro Petacchi, Italy, Fassa Bortolo, 4 hours 39 minutes34 seconds ...
Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- May 27
May 27, 2003 ... Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- May 27BEIJING, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Following are highlights of majorBeijing-based newspapers on Tuesday:Most Beijing-based newspapers front-paged Chinese President HuJintao's arrival at Moscow on Monday afternoon for a ...
Argentine opposition, businessmen pledge support for Kirchner
May 27, 2003 ... Argentine opposition, businessmen pledge support for KirchnerBUENOS AIRES, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Argentina's opposition andbusinessmen expressed on Monday their support to President NestorKirchner in overcoming the country's economic crisis. Angel Rozas, the president of the ...
NE China province diverts water to protect wetlands
May 27, 2003 ... NE China province diverts water to protect wetlandsCHANGCHUN, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Jilin Province in northeast Chinahas begun a water diversion plan to protect its large area ofwetlands in five nature reserves, which are home to state- protectedred-crowned cranes, according to the ...
More pharmaceutical businesses to add to S. China island province
May 27, 2003 ... More pharmaceutical businesses to add to S. China island province HAIKOU, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Haikou, capital of south China's Hainanprovince, will soon pump out 700 million yuan (about 84.34 million USdollars) to build 19 new pharmaceutical businesses. The news was announced ...
Thailand approves new regulation to promote nationalism
May 27, 2003 ... Thailand approves new regulation to promote nationalismBANGKOK, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Government and state buildings, aswell as schools and universities are required to decorate the Thainational flag to promote nationalism and national pride, according toa report of TV Channel 9 on ...
Shanghai sets up state technology transfer center
May 27, 2003 ... Shanghai sets up state technology transfer centerSHANGHAI, May 27 (Xinhua) -- China State Technology TransferCenter has been set up in Shanghai, China's major economicpowerhouse, to provide domestic enterprises with the latesttechnologies as well as information and talents ....
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
May 27, 2003 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, May 27 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Tuesday: Asahi, Mainichi, Yomiuri, Nihon Keizai: -- M7 quake hit Tohoku region, northeast Japan, up to 100 ...
IDB, World Bank help set up farms in Panama
May 27, 2003 ... IDB, World Bank help set up farms in PanamaPANAMA CITY, May 26 (Xinhua) -- The Inter-American DevelopmentBank (IDB) and the World Bank have granted Panama over 500,000 USdollars for setting up 16 farms mainly in the poorest areas of thecountry. The establishment of the ...
Robbery gang smashed in N.E. province
May 27, 2003 ... Robbery gang smashed in N.E. provinceSHENYANG, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Six men of an eight-member gangsuspected of conducting a series of violent robberies in the past oneand a half months have been arrested in Shenyang, capital ofnortheast China's Liaoning province, while police ...
Foreign exchange rates in Philippines
May 27, 2003 ... Foreign exchange rates in PhilippinesMANILA, May 27 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the Philippine peso released Tuesday by the centralbank of the Philippines:Tuesday Monday US dollar 52.7740 ...
Spain arranges return of bodies from plane crash
May 27, 2003 ... Spain arranges return of bodies from plane crashMADRID, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Spanish Defense Minister FedericoTrillo arrived in the Turkish city of Trabzon late Monday to arrangewith Turkish and Ukrainian authorities repatriation of the bodies of62 Spanish troops, who were killed ...
Peruvian farmers demand tax cut
May 27, 2003 ... Peruvian farmers demand tax cutLIMA, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Farmers along the Peruvian coast staged astrike on Monday morning to demand tax cut on general sales ofseveral agricultural products and tax exemption on fertilizers andagro-chemicals. The protesters set up ...
Venezuela to abide by possible OPEC oil quota cuts
May 27, 2003 ... Venezuela to abide by possible OPEC oil quota cutsCARACAS, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Venezuela will comply with a possibleoil quota cut as it is one of the promoters of the policies of theOrganization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC), president ofVenezuelan state-run oil ...
Thailand makes more efforts against arms smuggling
May 27, 2003 ... Thailand makes more efforts against arms smugglingBANGKOK, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's efforts to curb armssmuggling were improved with a new plan on joint naval exercise withIndia, local press reported on Tuesday. Thailand and India had planned a joint naval exercise ...
S. China securities company joins hands with ROK company
May 27, 2003 ... S. China securities company joins hands with ROK companySHENZHEN, May 27 (Xinhua) -- South China Securities Ltd hasintroduced a computer system for stock trading from Korea SecuritiesComputer Corp. based in the Republic of Korea (ROK). The securities company, based in ...
Spanish King congratulates Kirchner as Argentina's new president
May 27, 2003 ... Spanish King congratulates Kirchner as Argentina's new presidentBUENOS AIRES, May 26 (Xinhua) -- King Juan Carlos of Spain Mondaydelivered his congratulations to Nestor Kirchner over hisinauguration as Argentina's new president, and expressed the hope foran improvement of ...
Hong Kong stocks open lower
May 27, 2003 ... Hong Kong stocks open lowerHONG KONG, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong stocks fell 12.20 points,or 0.13 percent, to come to ...
English no longer barrier to Chinese Internet users
May 27, 2003 ... English no longer barrier to Chinese Internet usersBEIJING, May. 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Internet users with a poorcommand of English can now visit websites by typing in domain namesin Chinese characters, according to China Daily Tuesday. The service was introduced by the ...
Canadian Air Force fighter crashes in western Canada
May 27, 2003 ... Canadian Air Force fighter crashes in western CanadaOTTAWA, May 26 (Xinhua) -- A military CF-18 jet crashed near ColdLake in Canada's western province of Alberta on Monday, killing thepilot, a Canadian Air Force spokesman has announced. The aircraft from 416 Tactical ...