Xinhua News Agency back issues from Monday, January 26:
Jihad leader says truce talks "pointless"
Jan 26, 2004 ... Jihad leader says truce talks "pointless"GAZA, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Islamic Jihad (Holy War) movementrepresentative Abdullah Shami stated on Monday that the Palestinianfactions have realized that "Hudna" (truce) talks are pointless inlight of Israeli daily military escalations ....
Egypt's FM to visit Palestinian territories: sources
Jan 26, 2004 ... Egypt's FM to visit Palestinian territories: sourcesGAZA, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Maherand intelligence chief Omar Suleiman would visit the Palestinianterritories on Tuesday, Palestinian sources disclosed on Monday. The sources said that Maher ...
Arroyo justifies executions amid kids' opposition
Jan 26, 2004 ... Arroyo justifies executions amid kids' oppositionMANILA, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Monday said the country would benefit in long term from theexecution of two convicted kidnappers. Arroyo was quoted by ABS-CBN news channel as saying ...
Iraqi university professors threatens to strike for higher salaries
Jan 26, 2004 ... Iraqi university professors threatens to strike for highersalaries BAGHDAD, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Society of University Professorsin Baghdad threatened to go on general strike if their salaries werenot adjusted, local newspaper Al Sharq Al Awsat reported Monday. The ...
Xinhua summary of Asia-Pacific stocks news at 1100 GMT, Jan. 26
Jan 26, 2004 ... Xinhua summary of Asia-Pacific stocks news at 1100 GMT, Jan. 26MANILA -- Share prices closed 0.79 percent lower Monday on across-the-board profit taking because of the lack of corporate news leadsand a weaker peso, dealers said. The composite index shed 12.32 points at ...
Vietnam to attend international bird flu conference
Jan 26, 2004 ... Vietnam to attend international bird flu conferenceHANOI, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's health and agricultureofficials will participate in a special international conference onhuman and bird flu to be held in Thailand on Jan. 28, according tothe country's Health Ministry on ...
Weather forecast for major world cities
Jan 26, 2004 ... Weather forecast for major world citiesBEIJING, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Weather forecast for 11 world cities(20:00 Jan. 26 - 20:00 Jan. 27, Beijing Time, temperatures inCelsius):Min. Max. ConditionWind scale Beijing -7 7 clear ...
Alleged JI leader pleads innocent at Indonesian court
Jan 26, 2004 ... Alleged JI leader pleads innocent at Indonesian courtJAKARTA, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Abu Rusydan, the alleged leader ofregional terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), denied Mondayprosecutors' indictment that he has facilitated a Bali bombingfugitive. "Prosecutors have ...
1st Ld-Writethru: Pakistan detects bird flu in chickens
Jan 26, 2004 ... 1st Ld-Writethru: Pakistan detects bird flu in chickensISLAMABAD, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan has for the first timedetected the avian influenza in chickens in southern Sindh province,local media reported Monday. The News Network International (NNI), a private news ...
National university entry exam held in Afghanistan
Jan 26, 2004 ... National university entry exam held in AfghanistanKABUL, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- An annual university entry examinationwas held across the post-conflict Afghanistan on Monday as nearly26,000 students participated in the process, an official of theAfghan Education Ministry here said ....
Australian PM defends decision to send troops to Iraq
Jan 26, 2004 ... Australian PM defends decision to send troops to IraqCANBERRA, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Australian Prime Minister JohnHoward on Monday defended his government's decision to send troops toIraq despite US officials say Iraq might possibly have no weapons ofmass destruction ....
Mad cow disease discovered in canned food in Iraq: newspaper
Jan 26, 2004 ... Mad cow disease discovered in canned food in Iraq: newspaperBAGHDAD, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Iraq's Institute of Food Research ofthe Ministry of Health has announced the discovery of largequantities of canned beef infected with mad cow syndrome, Al Mashriqnewspaper reported on ...
Pakistan stocks end down
Jan 26, 2004 ... Pakistan stocks end downKARACHI, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan's leading share pricesfinished almost 2 percent down on Monday. The Karachi Stock Exchange's benchmark KSE-100 ...
Nigeria targets oil output to 4.5 million bpd by 2010
Jan 26, 2004 ... Nigeria targets oil output to 4.5 million bpd by 2010LAGOS, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Nigerian federal government hasreviewed upwards with its crude oil production target raised to 4. 5million barrels per day (bpd) by 2010, local newspaper This Dayreported Monday. The ...
Zidane to testify in Juventus doping trial
Jan 26, 2004 ... Zidane to testify in Juventus doping trialROME, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- World footballer of the year ZinedineZidane and former Italy international Gianluca Vialli arrived at aTurin court on Monday to give evidence at the doping trial involvingJuventus officials. Two Juve ...
Ugandan president meets DPRK vice-president
Jan 26, 2004 ... Ugandan president meets DPRK vice-presidentKAMPALA, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni hasmet Yang Hyong Sob, the visiting vice-president of the DemocraticPeople's Republic of Korea (DPRK), who called on him here on Sundayevening, according to a press release ...
Foreign investors assured of conducive environment in Uganda
Jan 26, 2004 ... Foreign investors assured of conducive environment in UgandaKAMPALA, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni hasassured foreign investors of the conducive environment that prevailsin the east African country to do brisk business. The assurance was made by ...
Australia dollar closes higher
Jan 26, 2004 ... Australia dollar closes higherCANBERRA, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Australian dollar closedslightly higher Monday at 77.30 US cents compared with Friday's closeof 77.10 US cents. The ...
Two men killed in mosque shootout in western Germany
Jan 26, 2004 ... Two men killed in mosque shootout in western GermanyBERLIN, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- A gunman shot dead two worshipers in amosque in Gelsenkirchen, a town in the state of Nordrhein- Wesfalen,on Monday morning, according to German press reports. The gunman, a 59-year-old man of ...
Vietnam, Malaysia agree to boost multi-faceted ties
Jan 26, 2004 ... Vietnam, Malaysia agree to boost multi-faceted tiesHANOI, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam and Malaysia have agreed tofurther enhance their friendly relations and multi-facetedcooperation ties, especially economic ones. The consensus was reached when Vietnamese Prime Minister ...
Philippine FEALAC conference to "set direction": diplomat
Jan 26, 2004 ... Philippine FEALAC conference to "set direction": diplomatMANILA, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Trade, political and security willhighlight the discussion of the Forum on East Asia and AmericaCooperation (FEALAC) when 32 senior officials and foreign ministersfrom both regions gather in ...
Turkey FM calls for influential mediator for Cyprus issue
Jan 26, 2004 ... Turkey FM calls for influential mediator for Cyprus issueANKARA, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Turkey attaches importance to theappointment of a very influential mediator to accelerate the peaceprocess of the Cyprus issue, Turkish Foreign Minister and DeputyPrime Minister Abdullah Gul ...
Former Russian PM ends visit to Egypt
Jan 26, 2004 ... Former Russian PM ends visit to EgyptCAIRO, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Former Russian Prime Minister YevgenyPrimakov left here on Monday at the end of a four-day visit to Egypt,Egypt's official MENA news agency reported. Earlier in the day, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak met ...
UK FM says no banned weapons found in Iraq "disappointing"
Jan 26, 2004 ... UK FM says no banned weapons found in Iraq "disappointing"LONDON, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- British Foreign Secretary Jack Strawsaid on Monday it was "disappointing" that the coalition forces havenot found Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction. "I accept from a personal ...
North China port city reports fast economic growth
Jan 26, 2004 ... North China port city reports fast economic growthTIANJIN, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) hit238.69 billion yuan (29 billion US dollars) in Tianjin in 2003, up14.5 percent from the previous year, according to official statisticsin the north China port city ....
Australian Governor-General: Ties with Asia important to Australia
Jan 26, 2004 ... Australian Governor-General: Ties with Asia important to Australia CANBERRA, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Australian Governor-General MichaelJeffery said on Monday that his country's ties with Asia will beimportant to the country's future. In a televised speech delivered on the ...
More Chinese spending traditional holidays overseas
Jan 26, 2004 ... More Chinese spending traditional holidays overseasBEIJING, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Despite the outbreak of bird flu insome Asian nations, many Chinese are choosing to spend the SpringFestival holidays overseas. So far, 28,000 Beijing citizens went abroad for their holidays, ...
SW China province upgrades road transport to boost tourism
Jan 26, 2004 ... SW China province upgrades road transport to boost tourismKUNMING, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Southwest China's Yunnan Province, afamous tourism destination, recently reported significantachievements in road construction as an effort to attract moretravelers. According to the ...
Arafat orders to form operation chamber to control security chaos
Jan 26, 2004 ... Arafat orders to form operation chamber to control security chaos GAZA, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat issuedon Monday instructions to his Interior Minister and National securitychief to urgently form an urgent operation chamber in order to endthe security ...
Leading world golf rankings
Jan 26, 2004 ... Leading world golf rankingsLONDON, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading world golfrankings issued on Monday (United States unless stated, previousranking in brackets): 1. (1) Tiger Woods, 13.92 points average 2. (2) Vijay Singh, Fiji, 9.67 ...
Palestinian justice personnel conclude training in Jordan
Jan 26, 2004 ... Palestinian justice personnel conclude training in JordanAMMAN, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- The first batch of Palestinianprosecutors and judges Monday concluded their two-month trainingcourse in Jordan, the official Petra news agency reported. The training was organized by the ...
Iraqis deform their cars to avoid robbery
Jan 26, 2004 ... Iraqis deform their cars to avoid robberyBAGHDAD, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- All the preventive measures someIraqis had taken to avoid robbery did not do any good, said localnewspaper Baghdad on Monday. The pick-up car of Abdul Jabbar, an Iraqi citizen who drives forthe Ministry ...
Miklos Feher Factfile
Jan 26, 2004 ... Miklos Feher FactfileLISBON, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following is the factfile on MiklosFeher, who collapsed and died aged 24 while playing for Benfica in aPortuguese league match at Vitoria Guimaras on Sunday: 1979 - Born July 20 in Tatabanya, Hungary 1995 - Made ...
Vietnamese Foreign Minister to visit Singapore
Jan 26, 2004 ... Vietnamese Foreign Minister to visit SingaporeSINGAPORE, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) - Vietnamese Foreign Minister NguyenDy Nien will visit Singapore from Jan. 27 to 29, 2004 at theinvitation of his Singapore ...
HK shares end lower in thin trade
Jan 26, 2004 ... HK shares end lower in thin tradeHONG KONG, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong shares ended weakerMonday on profit-taking after a pre-holiday rally pushed thebenchmark index to a 31-month high. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index ended down 23.31 points or 0.2percent at 13727.27. It ...
Gold price in Hong Kong
Jan 26, 2004 ... Gold price in Hong KongHONG KONG, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- The gold price in Hong Kong was3,756 HK dollars a tael Monday, according to the Bank of China ( HongKong), ...
Only isolated cases of pigs infected foot-and-mouth disease foundin HK
Jan 26, 2004 ... Only isolated cases of pigs infected foot-and-mouth disease foundin HKHONG KONG, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Hong Kong Agriculture,Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) said recently that therewas no trace of increase in foot-and-mouth disease in pigs in HongKong farms ....
Indo-Pak ceasefire completes two months without violation
Jan 26, 2004 ... Indo-Pak ceasefire completes two months without violationNEW DELHI, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Indo-Pak ceasefire completedtwo months on Monday without any violation reported on either side inJammu and Kashmir, a defense spokesman said. There was no violation from either side ...
Chinese scientist develops urine test to diagnose bladder cancer
Jan 26, 2004 ... Chinese scientist develops urine test to diagnose bladder cancer HANGZHOU, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- A group of Chinese scientists hasdeveloped a urine test that can diagnose bladder cancer moreconveniently. The group is headed by Shen Zhoujun, a surgery professor with theNo.1 ...
Indonesia tests breeders' blood for avian influenza
Jan 26, 2004 ... Indonesia tests breeders' blood for avian influenzaJAKARTA, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian health ministry hasbeen conducting a laboratory test of the breeders' blood this week tofind out whether the avian influenza disease had spread to humans, asenior minister said on ...
Hang Seng China Enterprises Index down
Jan 26, 2004 ... Hang Seng China Enterprises Index downHONG KONG, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's Hang Seng ChinaEnterprises Index went down 159.70 points, or 3.22 percent, to closeat 4,803.33 Monday. The Index, initiated in August 1995 and re-based on Oct. 3, 2001,tracks the overall ...
Turkey to contribute more to solving regional problems
Jan 26, 2004 ... Turkey to contribute more to solving regional problemsANKARA, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Turkish Foreign Minister and DeputyPrime Minister Abdullah Gul expressed here Monday the hope thatTurkey would contribute more to solving the regional problems in thecoming days. On whether ...
Bremer cancels IGC decision to apply Islamic law in Iraq
Jan 26, 2004 ... Bremer cancels IGC decision to apply Islamic law in IraqBAGHDAD, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Paul Bremer, the American civilgovernor in Iraq, emphasized the canceling of the decision of theInterim Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) to apply the Islamic law inIraq, said local newspaper Al ...
Medical service welfare umbrella to cover more Tibetans
Jan 26, 2004 ... Medical service welfare umbrella to cover more TibetansLHASA, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Tibetan farmers and herders will havetheir hospital expenses partly covered by the government this year,even if they do not join a medical cooperative. This is a new policy adopted in the ...
Trial of Kenyan terror suspects postponed
Jan 26, 2004 ... Trial of Kenyan terror suspects postponedNAIROBI, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- The trial of four Kenyans chargedwith murder of at least 15 people in the 2002 suicide bombing inMombasa was on Monday declared to be postponed until Wednesday due tolegal procedures. The four suspects, ...
Chinese urbanites accept "dink" values
Jan 26, 2004 ... Chinese urbanites accept "dink" valuesTIANJIN, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- China's younger generation arerapidly replacing traditional family values with independent andcarefree lifestyles by delaying parenthood. Some 60 percent of urban dwellers in the northern ...
BusinessWeek CEO Forum to be held in Chongqing
Jan 26, 2004 ... BusinessWeek CEO Forum to be held in ChongqingCHONGQING, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- BusinessWeek CEO Forum, sponsoredby Chongqing Municipal Government and the United States magazine ofBusinessWeek will be held in Chongqing from July 6 to 7 this year. The forum, the first of its ...
China sets up fund to sponsor treatment of pneumoconiosis
Jan 26, 2004 ... China sets up fund to sponsor treatment of pneumoconiosisSHIJIAZHUANG, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- China has set up a special fundto finance the treatment of pneumoconiosis, a pulmonary diseasecaused by mine dust that claims 5,000 lives a year. The fund, approved and overseen by ...
Mozambique imports artemisinin to combat malaria
Jan 26, 2004 ... Mozambique imports artemisinin to combat malariaMAPUTO, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Mozambique is importing artemisinin ata cost of 1.1 million US dollars in order to combat malaria in urbanareas. Mozambican Health Minister Francisco Songane has revealed it inthe Swiss resort of ...
Security on Malaysia-Thailand border under control: army chief
Jan 26, 2004 ... Security on Malaysia-Thailand border under control: army chiefKUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Security along the Malaysia-Thailand border is under control with strict military operations inplace, Malaysian Army Commander Wira Mohd Azumi Mohamed said onMonday. The ...
Urgent: Chinese president arrives in Paris for state visit
Jan 26, 2004 ... Urgent: Chinese president arrives in Paris for state visitPARIS, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao arrivedhere Monday to start a three-day state visit to France, in which hewill hold talks with French leaders on bilateral relations andinternational issues of common ...
Turkey to exert efforts for solution of Cyprus issue: Turkish FM
Jan 26, 2004 ... Turkey to exert efforts for solution of Cyprus issue: Turkish FMANKARA, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Foreign Minister and Deputy PrimeMinister Abdullah Gul said on Monday that Turkey would exert effortsfor a solution of Cyprus issue on basis of facts in the island,taking Annan plan as a ...
Xinhua summary of Asia-Pacific stocks news on Monday, Jan. 26
Jan 26, 2004 ... Xinhua summary of Asia-Pacific stocks news on Monday, Jan. 26MANILA -- Share prices closed 0.79 percent lower Monday on across-the-board profit taking because of the lack of corporate news leadsand a weaker peso, dealers said. The composite index shed 12.32 points at ...
Jordan's stock market index closes down
Jan 26, 2004 ... Jordan's stock market index closes downAMMAN, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- The price index of Jordan's AmmanFinancial Market closed at 2,772.9 points on Monday, down ...
Annan, Chirac to hold talks on Iraq Tuesday
Jan 26, 2004 ... Annan, Chirac to hold talks on Iraq TuesdayPARIS, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- United Nations Secretary-General KofiAnnan will meet with French President Jacques Chirac here on Tuesdayon the Iraqi issue, the French Foreign Ministry announced Monday. The working lunch will be an ...
Collated results of Australian Open
Jan 26, 2004 ... Collated results of Australian OpenCANBERRA, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the collated resultsfrom day eight of the Australian Open tennis championships atMelbourne Park in Melbourne on Monday (prefix number denotesseeding): Men's singles Fourth round ...
Kuwait stock exchange index closes down
Jan 26, 2004 ... Kuwait stock exchange index closes downKUWAIT CITY, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Kuwait Stock Exchange indexclosed at 5,043 points on Monday, 119.8 points ...
Chinese scholar launches online exhibition on sex culture
Jan 26, 2004 ... Chinese scholar launches online exhibition on sex cultureBEIJING, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- An exhibition on items featuringChinese sexual culture opened online recently, giving net surfers anopportunity to learn more about the sexual life of Chinese people. Chinese Sexual ...
Trade between Shenzhen, ASEAN surges ahead
Jan 26, 2004 ... Trade between Shenzhen, ASEAN surges aheadSHENZHEN, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Shenzhen, a booming city neighboringHong Kong, scored 15.31 billion US dollars worth of foreign tradewith ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) last year. The volume went up 37.3 percent over ...
Hong Kong to deepen bond market: official
Jan 26, 2004 ... Hong Kong to deepen bond market: officialHONG KONG, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Hong Kong government will inthe new year continue to adopt a multi-pronged approach to provide anenvironment conducive to the development of bond market, theSecretary for Financial & the Treasury said ...
EU supports Iraq WTO observer seat
Jan 26, 2004 ... EU supports Iraq WTO observer seatBRUSSELS, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) said onMonday that it will support Iraq's application for an observer seatin the World Trade Organization (WTO), in a move to mend the strainedtransatlantic relations. A spokeswoman ...
South Africa at no risk of Asian bird flu
Jan 26, 2004 ... South Africa at no risk of Asian bird fluJOHANNESBURG, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- South Africa is at no risk ofcontracting the avian influenza which has claimed at least eighthuman lives in Asia, the government said in Pretoria on Monday. Steve Galane, spokesman for the ...
Sudan peace talks held in Kenya adjourn
Jan 26, 2004 ... Sudan peace talks held in Kenya adjournNAIROBI, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Delegates at talks aimed at endingtwo decades of civil war in the Sudan adjourned the negotiations onMonday to allow the Khartoum side go to Saudi Arabia for the Muslimhaj pilgrimage. The chief Kenyan ...
Cambodia, Malaysia agree to strength bilateral relations
Jan 26, 2004 ... Cambodia, Malaysia agree to strength bilateral relationsPHNOM PENH, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun SenMonday afternoon met with visiting Malaysian Prime Minister AhmadBadawi and the two leaders held talks on cooperation between the twocountries in a number of ...
Hewitt, Philippoussis fall in Australian Open
Jan 26, 2004 ... Hewitt, Philippoussis fall in Australian OpenCANBERRA, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Local heroes Lleyton Hewitt and MarkPhilippoussis both lost their fourth round matches of the AustralianOpen tennis championships in Melbourne on Monday. Hewitt lost 4-6, 6-3, 6-0, 6-4 to Wimbledon ...