Xinhua News Agency back issues from Wednesday, January 14:
Bangladesh, South Korea sign MOU for cooperation in defence industry
Jan 14, 2004 ... Bangladesh, South Korea sign MOU for cooperation in defenceindustryDHAKA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh and Republic of KoreaTuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for cooperation inthe field of logistics and defence industry. According to a report from the ...
Opener, Advisory
Jan 14, 2004 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service forTuesday, January 13, 2004, and begins ...
Fifteen killed in road accident in south China
Jan 14, 2004 ... Fifteen killed in road accident in south ChinaNANNING, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Fifteen people aboard a passenger buswere killed Tuesday and nine more injured, including two in criticalcondition, after the bus fell into a 80-meter deep valley in southChina's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous ...
Indonesian police find timer bomb in Palopo
Jan 14, 2004 ... Indonesian police find timer bomb in PalopoJAKARTA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian police disclosed onTuesday that the bomb exploded in a cafe Karaoke in Palopo, SouthSulawesi province last week, was a timer bomb. "It was a timer bomb, and it was a low explosive," ...
Threat to Prodi signed by Sardinian anarchists, say police
Jan 14, 2004 ... Threat to Prodi signed by Sardinian anarchists, say policeROME, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- The handwritten threat which wasdelivered to European Commission President Romano Prodi's home insidea dummy letter bomb was signed by a Sardinian anarchist group,Italian police confirmed on ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua - Jan. 13 (2)
Jan 14, 2004 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua - Jan. 13 (2)Sino-US statementon nuclear energy conducive to cooperation: FM spokesman China offers DPRK economic assistance: FM spokesman Weather forecast for major Chinese cities Weather forecast for major world cities ...
WHO praises China for SARS control
Jan 14, 2004 ... WHO praises China for SARS controlGENEVA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- World Health Organization (WHO) onTuesday praised the Chinese government for its prompt action indealing with the latest case of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome(SARS) in south China. "It is working much ...
Canadian pop icon to perform in Sri Lanka
Jan 14, 2004 ... Canadian pop icon to perform in Sri LankaCOLOMBO, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Canadian pop icon Bryan Adams isscheduled to give a concert in Sri Lankan capital Colombo next monthin support of the peace process and for the promotion of tourism inthe island, organizers said on Tuesday ....
2003 HK top 10 brandnames award ceremony staged in Hong Kong
Jan 14, 2004 ... 2003 HK top 10 brandnames award ceremony staged in Hong KongHONG KONG, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- "2003 Hong Kong Top Ten BrandnamesAwards" Prize giving ceremony was held here on Tuesday. The winners represent a wide spectrum of industrial sectors,including food, electrical ...
England start 2006 World Cup campaign with Austria
Jan 14, 2004 ... England start 2006 World Cup campaign with AustriaLONDON, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- England will have two difficult awaygames at the early stage of the 2006 World Cup qualifying campaign. They will visit Austria on Saturday, September 4 before travelingto Poland the following ...
South Korean pair named as IBF's Players of the Year
Jan 14, 2004 ... South Korean pair named as IBF's Players of the YearLONDON, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- The International Badminton Federationhas named South Korea's doubles stars Kim Dong Moon and Ra Kyung Minas the joint recipients of "Eddy Choong Player of the Year" for 2003. Kim, winner of the ...
Fulham sign American defender
Jan 14, 2004 ... Fulham sign American defenderLONDON, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- United States defender CarlosBocanegra signed a three-year contract with Fulham, the Englishpremier league club said on Tuesday. The 24-year-old, who moved from Major League Soccer club ChicagoFire on a free ...
S.Lankan president warns PM not to withdraw from peace process
Jan 14, 2004 ... S.Lankan president warns PM not to withdraw from peace processCOLOMBO, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan President ChandrikaKumaratunga Tuesday warned his arch political rival Prime MinisterRanil Wickremesinghe that he cannot withdraw from the peace bid withthe Tamil Tiger rebels ....
Indonesian police to summon two former heads of financial institutions
Jan 14, 2004 ... Indonesian police to summon two former heads of financialinstitutionsJAKARTA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian police would soon summontwo former top officials of the central bank and the Indonesian BankRestructuring Agency (IBRA) over the mishandling of billions of USdollars ...
Indonesian armed forces lend hands to police for general election
Jan 14, 2004 ... Indonesian armed forces lend hands to police for general election JAKARTA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI)would deploy half of its strength to back up the police in securingthe general election this year, a senior TNI officer said here onTuesday. The ...
China's export, import bank reports record business volume
Jan 14, 2004 ... China's export, import bank reports record business volumeBEIJING, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Import and Export Bank of China, thecountry's major policy bank for import and export, reported recordbusiness volume in granting loans, a leading bank official said onTuesday. Yang ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)
Jan 14, 2004 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)HONG KONG, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Tuesday:News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 1) Iraq seeks Australia's help to clean river ...
Bangladesh, India to conduct joint census of tigers in world's largest mangrove forest
Jan 14, 2004 ... Bangladesh, India to conduct joint census of tigers in world'slargest mangrove forestDHAKA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh and India will start acensus of tigers on Wednesday in the world's largest mangrove forestpartially located in southwest Bangladesh. According to a ...
Nigeria's proposed fuel tax to be canceled
Jan 14, 2004 ... Nigeria's proposed fuel tax to be canceledABUJA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- A new fuel tax is to be canceled soonas Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday sent letters toboth the National Assembly and House of Representative to ask them todelete the proposed fuel tax from his ...
Egyptian, Saudi leaders mull Mideast situation over phone
Jan 14, 2004 ... Egyptian, Saudi leaders mull Mideast situation over phoneCAIRO, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak onTuesday had phone talks with Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul-Aziz over the volatile Middle East situation, the official MENA newsagency reported ....
Egyptian, Moroccan leaders mull Mideast issues
Jan 14, 2004 ... Egyptian, Moroccan leaders mull Mideast issuesCAIRO, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak onTuesday held talks with visiting Moroccan King Mohammed VI on thevolatile Middle East situation, the state-run television said. During the talks, the two leaders ...
12,000 evacuated as violent storms hit Bolivia
Jan 14, 2004 ... 12,000 evacuated as violent storms hit BoliviaLIMA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Violent tropical storms caused theevacuation of 12,000 people from the Bolivian city of Trinidad,capital of the Amazon state of Beni, the official news agency ABIreported on Tuesday. Figures from ...
Shares close up in Argentina, Mexico; down in Brazil
Jan 14, 2004 ... Shares close up in Argentina, Mexico; down in BrazilMEXICO CITY, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Latin America's three major stockmarkets -- Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires and Mexico -- closed mixed onTuesday. The Buenos Aires stock market closed with its Merval index up 2.57 percent to end ...
Tunisian squad for African Nations Cup
Jan 14, 2004 ... Tunisian squad for African Nations CupCAIRO, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Following is the Tunisian squad forthis month's African Nations Cup finals announced by coach RogerLemerre on Tuesday:Goalkeepers: Khaled Azaiez (Club Africain), Ali Boumnijel (FCRouen, France), Khaled ...
World Cup swimming results (1)
Jan 14, 2004 ... World Cup swimming results (1)STOCKHOLM, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theWorld Cup short-course swimming meet here on Tuesday: Men 100m backstroke: 1. Randall Ball, United States, 51.61 seconds 2. Tomomi Morita, Japan, 52.59 ...
English FA Cup fourth round draw
Jan 14, 2004 ... English FA Cup fourth round drawLONDON, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Following is the draw for the fourthround of the English FA Cup (Roman numerals denote division of non-premier league teams, ML denotes minor league): Saturday, January 24: Arsenal vs Middlesbrough ...
Italian Serie A second in UEFA rankings
Jan 14, 2004 ... Italian Serie A second in UEFA rankingsROME, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Italian Serie A came second after Spainin the 2003 rankings by European soccer governing body UEFA, thelocal media reported Tuesday. The report said that according to a table released Tuesday, Spainwas in ...
England goalkeeper James set to sign for Man. City
Jan 14, 2004 ... England goalkeeper James set to sign for Man. CityLONDON, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- England goalkeeper David James is setto join premier league side Manchester City from first division'sWest Ham United. His likely move came when City goalkeeper David Seaman announcedhis ...
Leading N. China port city reports rise in foreign trade
Jan 14, 2004 ... Leading N. China port city reports rise in foreign tradeTIANJIN, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Imports and exports through Tianjin,the largest port city in north China, reported a 26.4 percent riseyear-on-year in foreign trade to 46.17 billion US dollars in 2003,according to local ...
Marion Jones to return to European arena
Jan 14, 2004 ... Marion Jones to return to European arenaLONDON, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- American sprint star Marion Jones willreturn to European track and field next month at the Norwich UnionGrand Prix indoor meet in Birmingham of England. The Olympic champion has taken a year off to give ...
Former England goalkeeper David Seaman hangs up boots
Jan 14, 2004 ... Former England goalkeeper David Seaman hangs up bootsLONDON, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Former England goalkeeper DavidSeaman, plagued by a recurring shoulder injury, announced hisretirement from football on Tuesday. His last match came in City's 4-2 loss at Portsmouth last ...
Security exercise for 2004 Games scheduled early next month
Jan 14, 2004 ... Security exercise for 2004 Games scheduled early next monthATHENS, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- A security readiness exercise isplanned for early February with the participation of the country'spolice force and the four military branches - army, navy, air forceand coast guard - the sixth ...
Papandreou calls on parties to dedicate day to peace, sign Olympictruce
Jan 14, 2004 ... Papandreou calls on parties to dedicate day to peace, sign OlympictruceATHENS, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Greek Foreign minister GeorgePapandreou, who is considered certain to succeed Prime MinisterCostas Simitis as ruling PASOK's president pending a party vote onFebruary 8, on ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Jan. 14
Jan 14, 2004 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Jan. 14MOSCOW -- A Uzbek plane crashed Tuesday in the country's capitalof Tashkent, killing 37 people on board, including all the crew,Russian Itar-Tass news agency reported. Itar-Tass said that Uzbek President Islam Karimov went to ...
U.S. hammer thrower Price tested positive for THG
Jan 14, 2004 ... U.S. hammer thrower Price tested positive for THGWASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- U.S. national champion hammerthrower Melissa Price was tested positive for THG during the 2003U.S. championships and in an out-of-competition test, the U.S.Olympic Committee announced Tuesday ....
Market exchange rates -- Jan. 14
Jan 14, 2004 ... Market exchange rates -- Jan. 14BEIJING, Jan. 14 (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 ...
English FA Cup replay results
Jan 14, 2004 ... English FA Cup replay resultsLONDON, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of EnglishFA Cup third round replays on Tuesday. Bolton lost to Tranmere 1-2 (after extra time) Wolves beat ...
Spanish King's Cup third round result
Jan 14, 2004 ... Spanish King's Cup third round resultMADRID, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Following is the result of a King'sCup third round, second leg match played on Tuesday (Roman numeralsdenote division of non-Primera Liga teams): Real Madrid beat Eibar (II) 2-0 (Real Madrid win 3-1 ...
Rio continues to fingerprint US visitors
Jan 14, 2004 ... Rio continues to fingerprint US visitorsRIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- A Brazilian government orderTuesday repealed the decision by the Federal Tribunal of the FirstRegion to end fingerprinting and photographing of United Statestourists arriving in the second largest city ...
New Zealand to investigate report of NZer dying of SARS in Siberia
Jan 14, 2004 ... New Zealand to investigate report of NZer dying of SARS in Siberia WELLINGTON, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- The New Zealand embassy in Moscowis to check a news report early Wednesday of a New Zealand man dyingof apparent Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Siberia,Russia ....
Italian Cup soccer result
Jan 14, 2004 ... Italian Cup soccer resultROME, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Following is the result of an ItalianCup quarter-final, first leg soccer match played on Tuesday: Udinese tied Inter ...
Traditional paper-cutting links small county with world
Jan 14, 2004 ... Traditional paper-cutting links small county with worldTAIYUAN, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Guangling, a small county in thenorthern China province of Shanxi, has found worldwide fame as acradle of paper-cutting, a popular folk art in China. The county -- located in Datong City, a ...
Zimbabwe squad for African Nations Cup
Jan 14, 2004 ... Zimbabwe squad for African Nations CupHARARE, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Following is the Zimbabwe squad forthe African Nations Cup finals in Tunisia announced by coach SundayMarimo here on Tuesday:Goalkeepers: Tapuwa Kapini (Highlanders), Ephraim Mazarura ( BlackRhinos), ...
World Cup swimming results (2-last)
Jan 14, 2004 ... World Cup swimming results (2-last)Women 50m backstroke: 1. Gao Chang, China, 27.61 2. Jennifer Carroll, Canada, 27.76 3. Sanja Jovanovic, Croatia, 27.85 4. Mai Nakamura,Japan, 2.91 5. Reiko Nakamura, Japan, 28.05 6 ....
Peru introduces new screening system for foreign visitors
Jan 14, 2004 ... Peru introduces new screening system for foreign visitorsLIMA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Peru's immigration authorities saidTuesday they had introduced a new screening system at the capital' sinternational airport for foreign visitors. The Integral Control and Checking System, ...
Agricultural issue to dominate Dominican-US free trade negotiations
Jan 14, 2004 ... Agricultural issue to dominate Dominican-US free tradenegotiationsHAVANA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Dominican Republic and the UnitedStates resumed Tuesday negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA)in Santo Domingo, with the agricultural production high on theagenda, according ...
U.S. sprinter Grimes stripped of Pan American Games gold medal fordoping
Jan 14, 2004 ... U.S. sprinter Grimes stripped of Pan American Games gold medal fordopingWASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- U.S. sprinter Mickey Grimes wasstripped of his Pan American Games 100 meters gold medal on Tuesday,the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) based in ColoradoSprings, ...
US judge arrested with cocaine in Puerto Rico
Jan 14, 2004 ... US judge arrested with cocaine in Puerto RicoHAVANA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- A 52-year-old United States judge wasarrested with 150 grams of cocaine in Puerto Rico, authorities saidon Tuesday. Leslie B. Holt, federal administrative judge of the US AgricultureDepartment, was ...
Venezuelan congress passes bill to reject US interference
Jan 14, 2004 ... Venezuelan congress passes bill to reject US interferenceCARACAS, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- The National Assembly of Venezuela onTuesday approved a bill to reject interference by the United Statesin this South American country's internal affairs. The motion was presented to the ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Jan 14, 2004 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Wednesday: Asahi: -- Japan is to provide 4 billion yen (37.3 million US dollars) inaid to Iraq, focusing on maintaining ...
Hong Kong stocks open lower
Jan 14, 2004 ... Hong Kong stocks open lowerHONG KONG, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Hong ...
World Cup European qualifying fixtures
Jan 14, 2004 ... World Cup European qualifying fixturesLONDON, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Following are the fixtures forEuropean Group 6 qualifiers for the 2006 World Cup announced onTuesday: 2004 Saturday, September 4: Northern Ireland vs Poland Azerbaijan vs Wales ...
Argentine Indians demonstrate for ancestors' land rights
Jan 14, 2004 ... Argentine Indians demonstrate for ancestors' land rightsBUENOS AIRES, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- A group of Mapuche and GuaraniIndians demonstrated outside the Argentine Presidential Palace inBuenos Aires on Tuesday, demanding the restitution of theirancestors' land rights. They ...
Six killed in guerrilla attacks in Colombia
Jan 14, 2004 ... Six killed in guerrilla attacks in ColombiaBOGOTA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Five people were killed and five moreinjured in an attack on a bar by a group of armed guerrillas with agrenade and gunfire in northwestern Colombia, police sources said onTuesday. Antioquia state ...
Dakar Rally results
Jan 14, 2004 ... Dakar Rally resultsCAIRO, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Fllowing are the results from the 12thstage of the Dakar Rally following a 213km special between Bobo-Dioulasso and Bamako in Mali on Tuesday: Cars: 1. Luc Alphand, France, BMW, one hour 54 minutes 53 seconds ...
Japan ready to review ban on arms export
Jan 14, 2004 ... Japan ready to review ban on arms exportTOKYO, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Defense Agency DirectorGeneral Shigeru Ishiba has indicated readiness to review Japan's banon arms exports to allow the country to jointly develop weapons withcountries besides the United States, Kyodo ...
China intensifies check over food security prior to Spring Festival
Jan 14, 2004 ... China intensifies check over food security prior to SpringFestival By Quan Xiaoshu BEIJING, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- The first batch of domestic-made foodlabeled with production license numbers and the logo of " qualitysafety" (QS) has recently been permitted to enter the market, ...
Uzbek plane crash kills 37, including UN official
Jan 14, 2004 ... Uzbek plane crash kills 37, including UN officialALMA-ATA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- A Uzbek passenger jet crashed nearthe Uzbek capital, Tashkent on Tuesday evening as it prepared to landin thick fog, killing 37 people, including a United Nations official. A government official ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Jan 14, 2004 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Philippine newspapers on Wednesday.Philippine Daily Inquirer: -- Blaming the Commission on Elections for placing nationalelections "at grave ...
NBA Wizards' Laettner suspended for drug abuse
Jan 14, 2004 ... NBA Wizards' Laettner suspended for drug abuseWASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Washington Wizards forwardChristian Laettner has been suspended for five games for violatingthe NBA's anti-drug policy, the team said Tuesday. The 34-year-old's suspension, without pay, starts on ...
Indonesian police capture six terror suspects
Jan 14, 2004 ... Indonesian police capture six terror suspectsJAKARTA, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian police in NorthSumatra have arrested six alleged Aceh separatist rebels, who theybelieve are responsible for planting bombs in the provincial capitalof Medan. The six are charged with ...
Myanmar seizes large amount of stimulant tablets
Jan 14, 2004 ... Myanmar seizes large amount of stimulant tabletsYANGON, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Myanmar authorities seized 40, 550tablets of stimulant drugs in Tachilek, Shan state of the country,last month, said a report of the Central Committee for Drug AbuseControl Wednesday. The ...
S. African midfielder Pienaar out of the Nations Cup
Jan 14, 2004 ... S. African midfielder Pienaar out of the Nations CupJOHANNESBURG, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- South African midfielder StevenPienaar will miss the African Nations Cup finals as he has failed torecover from a knee injury, officials said on Tuesday. Doctors ruled the Ajax Amsterdam ...
Indonesia still struggling with leprosy
Jan 14, 2004 ... Indonesia still struggling with leprosyJAKARTA, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia is facing dauntingchallenges in its efforts to eradicate leprosy, which remains aserious health problem in 111 of its 440 regencies and mayoralties. Director General of Communicable Diseases Umar ...
Roundup: US makes concessions to Latin American countries atMonterrey summit by Hu Guangyao
Jan 14, 2004 ... Roundup: US makes concessions to Latin American countries atMonterrey summit by Hu GuangyaoMONTERREY, Mexico, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- The two-day Summit of theAmericas ended here Tuesday with the United States making concessionson issues affecting its relations with the ...