Xinhua News Agency back issues from Wednesday, August 20:
Protests resume in Dominican Republic
Aug 20, 2003 ... Protests resume in Dominican RepublicHAVANA, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Street protests resumed on Tuesday inSanto Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, just two days afterthe closing of the 14th Pan-American Games, reports reaching heresaid. The people in the city took to ...
Mercosur condemns attack on UN office in Baghdad
Aug 20, 2003 ... Mercosur condemns attack on UN office in BaghdadMONTEVIDEO, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The member countries of the SouthAmerican Common Market (Mercosur) condemned on Tuesday the terroristattack on the United Nations office in Baghdad, capital of Iraq. Mercosur expressed in a ...
US lawmaker backs cooperation with Thailand to fight terrorism
Aug 20, 2003 ... US lawmaker backs cooperation with Thailand to fight terrorismBANGKOK, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- US House of RepresentativesIntelligence Committee chairman Porter Goss said he would supportclose cooperation with Thailand to tackle the threat of terroristattacks after the capture of ...
Australia PM expresses horror at Israel bombing
Aug 20, 2003 ... Australia PM expresses horror at Israel bombingCANBERRA, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Australian Prime Minister JohnHoward on Wednesday expressed his horror at the latest suicidebombing in Israel, which killed 18 in Jerusalem. "Let me express myhorror at the suicide bombing in Israel," ...
Businessmen to seek references in assessing Indonesian economy from post IMF programs
Aug 20, 2003 ... Businessmen to seek references in assessing Indonesian economyfrom post IMF programsJAKARTA, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Bank IndonesiaGovernor Burhanuddin Abdullah said businessmen would seek alternativereferences in assessing this country's economy from the postInternational Monetary Fund ...
8 Nepalese die in landslides
Aug 20, 2003 ... 8 Nepalese die in landslidesKATHMANDU, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- At least nine people died earlyTuesday morning in landslides triggered by incessant rainfall inwestern Nepal, The Kathmandu Post newspaper reported Wednesday. Five persons of a single family were buried to death in ...
Pamphlet-bombs explode in Ecuador
Aug 20, 2003 ... Pamphlet-bombs explode in EcuadorQUITO, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Three pamphlet-distribution bombsexploded on Tuesday in different places in Quito, capital of Ecuador,but caused no injuries, said authorities. The grenade-like bombs, activated separately in a commercialcenter, ...
Results from Pilot Pen WTA tournament
Aug 20, 2003 ... Results from Pilot Pen WTA tournamentWASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from the625,000 US dollars Pilot Pen WTA tennis tournament at New Haven,Connecticut, on Tuesday ...
IDB says L. America faces economic challenges
Aug 20, 2003 ... IDB says L. America faces economic challengesSANTIAGO, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- President of the Inter-AmericanDevelopment Bank (IDB), Enrique Iglesias, has said Latin Americafaces the challenge of economic reactivation in order to overcomepoverty. While Asian countries have ...
Martin replaces Malone on US Olympic qualifying team
Aug 20, 2003 ... Martin replaces Malone on US Olympic qualifying teamWASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- New Jersey Nets forward KenyonMartin was called up to the US men's basketball team on Tuesday forthe Olympic qualifying tournament, replacing Karl Malone. Malone, who joined the Los Angeles ...
South Korea eyes best finish at Universiade
Aug 20, 2003 ... South Korea eyes best finish at UniversiadeDAEGU, South Korea, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- South Korea, which playshost to the 22nd World University Games, aims for a best- ever finishin the event on home turf. "We will do our utmost to achieve a best-ever result in ...
USA athletics team for world championships
Aug 20, 2003 ... USA athletics team for world championshipsPARIS, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Following is the U.S. team roster forthe World Athletics Championships which start Saturday in Paris: Men 100m: Bernard Williams, Tim Montgomery, Jon Drummond, MauriceGreene 200m: Darvis ...
Australian PM condemns Baghdad bombing
Aug 20, 2003 ... Australian PM condemns Baghdad bombingCANBERRA, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Australian Prime Minister JohnHoward on Wednesday condemned the fatal Baghdad bombing as "brutalmurder by terrorists." "Can I express on behalf of the Australian government and theAustralian people my ...
Roundup: Vajpayee government defeats no-confidence motion in Lower House by Xiong Changyi
Aug 20, 2003 ... Roundup: Vajpayee government defeats no-confidence motion in LowerHouse by Xiong ChangyiNEW DELHI, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Prime Minister Atal BihariVajpayee's government defeated the Opposition-sponsored no-confidence motion in Lower House by 312 to 186 votes Tuesday ...
Hong Kong stocks open lower
Aug 20, 2003 ... Hong Kong stocks open lowerHONG KONG, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Hong ...
IDB president says Chilean economy on right path
Aug 20, 2003 ... IDB president says Chilean economy on right pathSANTIAGO, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Chile's economy is moving on theright path, Enrique Iglesias, president of the Inter-AmericanDevelopment Bank (IDB), said on Tuesday. "Last year, when Latin America nearly lost 1 percent of ...
Writethru: Former Iraqi vice president captured as UN loses topenvoy
Aug 20, 2003 ... Writethru: Former Iraqi vice president captured as UN loses topenvoyBAGHDAD, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Iraq's former Vice President TahaYassin Ramadan was confirmed captured in northern Iraq on Tuesday.The confirmation came as on the same day as top UN envoy for Iraq,Sergio ...
Roundup: Jerusalem bombing draws condemnation, endangers peaceprocess
Aug 20, 2003 ... Roundup: Jerusalem bombing draws condemnation, endangers peaceprocessJERUSALEM, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- The suicide bombing that killed atleast 20 people and wounded about 100 others in central JerusalemTuesday night has drawn worldwide condemnation and is posing a gravethreat to ...
Chinese national flag hoisted at Universiade athletes' village
Aug 20, 2003 ... Chinese national flag hoisted at Universiade athletes' villageDAEGU, South Korea, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- The flag-raising ceremonyfor the Chinese delegation was held Wednesday morning at the 22ndUniversiade Athletes' Village. Village mayor Synn Ilhi joined around 100 Chinese ...
Happy mother's day for giant panda Bai Yun, at US zoo
Aug 20, 2003 ... Happy mother's day for giant panda Bai Yun, at US zooLOS ANGELES, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Bai Yun, a female giant pandafrom China, gave birth on Tuesday to the first of her twin cubs inthe San Diego Zoo, on the United States west coast. Scientists at the zoo were eagerly ...
China smashes illegal ring dealing with fake invoices, receipts
Aug 20, 2003 ... China smashes illegal ring dealing with fake invoices, receiptsCHENGDU, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Police have arrested more than 20suspects engaged in fabricating invoices and receipts in southwestChina's Sichuan Province, according to the Sichuan provincial publicsecurity department ....
Major news items in leading Indian newspapers
Aug 20, 2003 ... Major news items in leading Indian newspapersNEW DELHI, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Indian newspapers on Wednesday.The Indian Express: -- As expected, the Vajpayee Government managed to defeat theOpposition's motion of ...
Foreign exchange rates in Thailand
Aug 20, 2003 ... Foreign exchange rates in ThailandBANGKOK, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the baht on Wednesday as offered by the Bangkok Bank: Wednesday Tuesday US dollar 41.25/41.81 41.22/41.82 British ...
Hambali being questioned by international interrogators
Aug 20, 2003 ... Hambali being questioned by international interrogatorsBANGKOK, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Hambali is being questioned by a teamof international interrogators, including a Thai police officer fromSpecial Branch, as well as intelligence officers from the UnitedStates and Indonesia, the ...
Portuguese president decries attack on UN office in Baghdad
Aug 20, 2003 ... Portuguese president decries attack on UN office in BaghdadLISBON, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio onTuesday condemned the bombing of the United Nations headquarters inBaghdad, calling it a "despicable act of terrorism. " In a condolence message ...
Roundup: Singaporean economy struggling amid adversities
Aug 20, 2003 ... Roundup: Singaporean economy struggling amid adversitiesSINGAPORE, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Singaporean economy, which usedto post up to double-digit growth in the 1980s and early 1990s, isnow kicking and struggling to shun further contraction in a volatileenvironment filled with ...
Chavez faces recall challenge at half-way point in office
Aug 20, 2003 ... Chavez faces recall challenge at half-way point in officeCARACAS, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavezcompleted half of his six-year term on Tuesday, marking the startingpoint for his opposition to launch a referendum which could vote himout. The ...
US budget deficit amount to 324 billion dollars over 10 months
Aug 20, 2003 ... US budget deficit amount to 324 billion dollars over 10 monthsWASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The United States' federal budgetdeficit reached a record high of 323.98 billion US dollars in thefirst 10 months of fiscal year 2003, more than double the deficit of145.47 billion ...
Roundup: Bombing of UN office in Iraq condemned, world leadersmourn slain UN envoy
Aug 20, 2003 ... Roundup: Bombing of UN office in Iraq condemned, world leadersmourn slain UN envoyBEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- The bomb attack on the United Nationsheadquarters in Baghdad Tuesday, which killed the top UN envoy inIraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello, and at least 16 others, stunned ...
Democratic management: new face of China's rural development
Aug 20, 2003 ... Democratic management: new face of China's rural developmentBy Quan Xiaoshu GUIYANG, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- In the vast remote highlands ofwestern China, a new method of natural resources management involvinglocal farmers' participation and management has been ...
London metal exchange prices
Aug 20, 2003 ... London metal exchange pricesLONDON, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The following are the closing cash andthree-month prices at the London Metal Exchange on Tuesday:Cash Three-month (US dollars per ton) (US dollars per ton) Unofficial close...
Results of Tuesday's soccer friendly matches
Aug 20, 2003 ... Results of Tuesday's soccer friendly matchesLONDON, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of ...
Venezuela accuses attack on UN office in Iraq
Aug 20, 2003 ... Venezuela accuses attack on UN office in IraqCARACAS, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Venezuelan Vice President Jose Rangelstrongly condemned the terrorist attack on the United Nations officein Iraq's capital, Baghdad, on Tuesday. Rangel expressed his deepest sorrow over the deaths of ...
Freed European hostages leave Mali for Germany
Aug 20, 2003 ... Freed European hostages leave Mali for GermanyDAKAR, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Fourteen Europeans held hostage in theSahara desert by Algerian militants for several months left Mali'scapital of Bamako Tuesday for Germany on a German military plane,according to reports reaching here ....
Mexico condemns attack on UN headquarters in Baghdad
Aug 20, 2003 ... Mexico condemns attack on UN headquarters in BaghdadMEXICO CITY, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Mexican government condemnedTuesday the attack on the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad,which left at least 17 dead and more than 100 others injured. Alfonso Durazo, the spokesman ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Aug 20, 2003 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Philippine newspapers on Wednesday. Philippine Daily Inquirer: -- Jose Miguel Arroyo, husband of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, said on ...
EC to aid Portugal in fighting foot-and-mouth disease
Aug 20, 2003 ... EC to aid Portugal in fighting foot-and-mouth diseaseLISBON, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The European Commission (EC), theexecutive arm of the European Union, will offer Portugal 125,000euros (139,100 US dollars) in compensation for the precautiousmeasures to prevent the foot-and-mouth ...
China won't register in same-sex marriages: official
Aug 20, 2003 ... China won't register in same-sex marriages: officialBEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- China is not prepared to register anymarriage between people of the same sex, but will allow AIDS patientsto marry if certain requirements for their marriage are met, a seniorChinese civil affairs ...
Death penalty passed on to 2 men murdering Taiwanese compatriots
Aug 20, 2003 ... Death penalty passed on to 2 men murdering Taiwanese compatriotsSHANGHAI, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Two transients who murdered a familyof three from Taiwan province in late June have been sentenced todeath for being found guilty of robbery in Shanghai on Tuesday. The verdicts ...
Results of FIFA U17 Championships
Aug 20, 2003 ... Results of FIFA U17 ChampionshipsHELSINKI, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of theFIFA U17 World Soccer ...
Market exchange rates -- Aug. 20
Aug 20, 2003 ... Market exchange rates -- Aug. 20BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Market exchange rates of four majorcurrencies against RMB yuan for Wednesday, announced by the People'sBank of China:Currency Unit Middle Price (in RMB yuan) US Dollar 100 827.73 ...
Chronology: Major suicide bombings in Israel, cocupied territories
Aug 20, 2003 ... Chronology: Major suicide bombings in Israel, cocupied territoriesBEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- A suicide bomber blew up a bus indowntown Jerusalem Tuesday, killing at least 20 people and woundedsome 100 others. It was the 100th Palestinian suicide bombing attackagainst the Israelis since ...
US defense secretary visits Colombia
Aug 20, 2003 ... US defense secretary visits ColombiaBOGOTA, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeldstarted on Tuesday his first visit to Colombia, whose governmentseeks to increase the US assistance in fighting drug trafficking andterrorism. During his visit, Rumsfeld is ...
Shares end higher in Brazil; lower in Mexico, Argentina
Aug 20, 2003 ... Shares end higher in Brazil; lower in Mexico, ArgentinaMEXICO CITY, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Latin America's three major stockmarkets -- Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires and Mexico City -- closed mixed onTuesday. The Buenos Aires stock market closed with its Merval index down3.59 ...
New Uruguayan economy minister sworn in
Aug 20, 2003 ... New Uruguayan economy minister sworn inMONTEVIDEO, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Uruguayan government economicadviser Isaac Alfie was sworn in as new Minister of Economy andFinance on Tuesday after Alejandro Atchugarry resigned. Alfie, 41, a government's adviser for macroeconomic ...
Bolivia condemns attack on UN office in Iraq
Aug 20, 2003 ... Bolivia condemns attack on UN office in IraqLIMA, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Bolivia condemned on Tuesday theterrorist attack on the United Nations office in Baghdad, capital ofIraq, where at least 17 people were killed, the Bolivian News Agencyreported. "Violence is not ...
New discovery of cliff carvings in NW China region
Aug 20, 2003 ... New discovery of cliff carvings in NW China regionYINCHUAN, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Archaeologists have found largequantities of cliff carvings at a Neolithic site in Lingwu city innorthern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, northwest China. Hundreds of vivid and life-like pictures ...
Brazil declares national mourning for the death of UN envoy
Aug 20, 2003 ... Brazil declares national mourning for the death of UN envoyBRASILIA, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva Tuesday declared a three-day national mourning for thedeath of the United Nations special representative to Iraq, SergioVieira de Mello ....
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Aug 20, 2003 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Wednesday:Asahi, Mainichi, Nihon Keizai, Yomiuri: -- Bomb hit headquarters of the United Nations in Baghdad. ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Aug. 20
Aug 20, 2003 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Aug. 20BAGHDAD -- A suspected suicide truck knocked into the UnitedNations headquarters in Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 15persons including the top UN envoy and injuring dozens of others. The explosion at the UN's Canal Hotel ...
China to mark 1,250th anniversary of Chinese monk's journey toJapan
Aug 20, 2003 ... China to mark 1,250th anniversary of Chinese monk's journey toJapanNANJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Yangzhou, a scenic city in eastChina's Jiangsu province, will hold commemoration activities thisNovember to honor Jianzhen, a prestigious ancient Chinese monk whomade the landmark ...
Italian cabinet approves soccer decree ending legal wrangles
Aug 20, 2003 ... Italian cabinet approves soccer decree ending legal wranglesROME, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Italian cabinet has approved adecree aimed at ending a string of legal wrangles that have thrownItalian soccer world into chaos shortly before the start of thesummer season. ...
Maleeva advances at second day of Pilot Pen event
Aug 20, 2003 ... Maleeva advances at second day of Pilot Pen eventWASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Sixth-seeded Magdalena Maleeva ofBulgaria beat Thai qualifier Tamarine Tanasugarn 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 in amatch of nearly 2 and a half hours on Tuesday, advancing to thesecond round of the 625,000 US ...
London key market information
Aug 20, 2003 ... London key market informationLONDON, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The following is the key marketinformation at close in London on Tuesday: Aug. 19 Aug. 18Pound sterling1.5877 1.5902 US dollars 1.4264 1.4266 euros Euro ...
EU condemns bombing of UN building in Baghdad
Aug 20, 2003 ... EU condemns bombing of UN building in BaghdadBRUSSELS, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The European Union's foreign policychief Javier Solana on Tuesday condemned the bombing of the UNheadquarters in Baghdad where at least 17 people were killed anddozens injured. "I strongly condemn ...
China battling schistosomiasis-new challenge
Aug 20, 2003 ... China battling schistosomiasis-new challengeBEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- China, still recovering from thestrain of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) disease, isfacing a new challenge with rapidly spreading schistosomiasis,commonly known as snail fever, China Daily ...
US stocks gain modestly amid mixed economic news
Aug 20, 2003 ... US stocks gain modestly amid mixed economic newsNEW YORK, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Wall Street stocks rose modestly onTuesday as mixed economic news and the bombing of UN headquarters inIraq revived investors' caution. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 16.45 points, or ...
NZ Defence Force engineers heading for Iraq despite UN bombing
Aug 20, 2003 ... NZ Defence Force engineers heading for Iraq despite UN bombingWELLINGTON, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- The New Zealand Government saysDefence Force engineers will still be deployed to Iraq despite thebombing of United Nations headquarters in Baghdad. The Tuesday suicide blast killed ...
UN releases first batch of confirmed deaths in Baghdad
Aug 20, 2003 ... UN releases first batch of confirmed deaths in BaghdadUNITED NATIONS, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations releasedthe first list of names of those killed in Tuesday's bombing attackon the UN's Baghdad headquarters. On the list were seven names whose families have been ...
Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- Aug. 20
Aug 20, 2003 ... Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- Aug. 20BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Following are the highlights of majorBeijing-based newspapers on Tuesday:People's Daily -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao Tuesday underlined the importance ofassiduous efforts for ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Aug. 19 (2)
Aug 20, 2003 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Aug. 19 (2)Traffic accident kills eight in N. China Weather forecast for major Chinese cities China has 480 million phone users Taiwan stocks close down HK stocks close lower on selling pressure ...
Opener, Advisory
Aug 20, 2003 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service forTuesday, August 19, 2003, and begins ...
China keep low key at upcoming athletic worlds
Aug 20, 2003 ... China keep low key at upcoming athletic worldsPARIS, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- China, which failed to collect a singlemedal in the 2001 athletic worlds in Canada, keep low key at the 2003world championships to be held in Paris on August 23- 31. The second group of the 35-strong ...
Revised second round draw for English League Cup
Aug 20, 2003 ... Revised second round draw for English League CupLONDON, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Following is the revised draw for thesecond round of the English League Cup after Tuesday's match: Portsmouth vs Northampton Blackpool vs Birmingham City Leicester City vs Crewe ...
Israel suspends talks with PNA: official
Aug 20, 2003 ... Israel suspends talks with PNA: officialGAZA, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian National Authority (PNA)Minister of Information Nabil Amer announced on Tuesday that theIsraeli government decided to suspend its negotiations with thePalestinians. Amer said that the Israeli ...