Xinhua News Agency back issues from Monday, February 9:
Thai Muslim groups not to work with government on south situation: media report
Feb 09, 2004 ... Thai Muslim groups not to work with government on south situation:media reportBANGKOK, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Muslim organizations on Sundaydeclared they would no longer cooperate with the Thai government tosolve the problem in the violence-plagued south, the local pressreported ...
Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapers
Feb 09, 2004 ... Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapersISLAMABAD, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Pakistani English newspapers on Monday.The News: -- Indian and Pakistani senior officials Sunday in Germany pledgedto work to stop the ...
Indonesia reconfirms no bird flu in human
Feb 09, 2004 ... Indonesia reconfirms no bird flu in humanJAKARTA, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian government reconfirmedMonday that no one person has been infected with avian influenza,which already spread among chickens in the country. "The Ministry of Health has been randomly examining ...
Australian govt approves trade pact with US
Feb 09, 2004 ... Australian govt approves trade pact with USCANBERRA, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Australian government on Mondayapproved in principle a free trade agreement signed between Australiaand the United States, Prime Minister John Howard said. Hailing the deal as a historic one, he ...
Bali bomber gets life prison sentence
Feb 09, 2004 ... Bali bomber gets life prison sentenceJAKARTA, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- A district court in Bali rendered onMonday a lifetime jail sentence on a man for planning and carryingout bomb attacks on two nightclubs that killed 202 people in October2002. The judge panel also found ...
No bird flu cases so far reported in Myanmar
Feb 09, 2004 ... No bird flu cases so far reported in MyanmarYANGON, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- There has been so far no bird flu casesreported in Myanmar as the country has taken some precautionarymeasures in this regard, an official of the Livestock Breeding andVeterinary Department told Xinhua ...
Methane heating enters 84,000 Chinese homes
Feb 09, 2004 ... Methane heating enters 84,000 Chinese homesBEIJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- An investigation has shown that marshgas has replaced power and coal as the house heating energy of choicefor 84,000 Chinese families. It also proves to be one of the cheapest renewable energy ...
Alleged Marriott bomber rejects prosecutors' charge
Feb 09, 2004 ... Alleged Marriott bomber rejects prosecutors' chargeJAKARTA, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Alleged Marriott hotel bomber M. Raisin the trial in South Jakarta on Monday rejected the prosecutors'charge that he was involved in the blast on Aug. 5, 2003 which killed12 people and injured dozens ...
Philippine rebels dismiss peace agreement before May elections
Feb 09, 2004 ... Philippine rebels dismiss peace agreement before May electionsMANILA, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine rebels group of NewPeople's Army (NPA) dismissed the possibility to reach a final peaceagreement with the government before the May 10 general elections, alocal newspaper ...
Refurbished Thai Embassy opens one year after anti-Thai riots
Feb 09, 2004 ... Refurbished Thai Embassy opens one year after anti-Thai riotsPHNOM PENH, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- The refurbished Thai Embassy inPhnom Penh opened on Monday, one year after being torched by anti-Thai riots in Phnom Penh in Jan. 29, 2003. Some people are lining up outside the ...
Two-year-old boy to be arrested in southern Bangladesh
Feb 09, 2004 ... Two-year-old boy to be arrested in southern BangladeshDHAKA, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- A two-year-old boy is among sevenpersons issued warrant of arrest by a court in southern Bangladesh,the Bengali daily Ittefaq reported Monday. A magistrate court in the southern district ...
China raises energy production target by 20 percent
Feb 09, 2004 ... China raises energy production target by 20 percentBEIJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- China plans to increase its energyproduction by 20 percent by 2005 as the market demand keeps soaring,according to an unnamed source with the China Petroleum and ChemicalIndustry Association quoted in ...
Jackson declines invitation for Grammy: CBS statement
Feb 09, 2004 ... Jackson declines invitation for Grammy: CBS statementLOS ANGELES, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- US pop singer Janet Jacksondeclined the invitation to attend Sunday night's 46th Grammy Awardsas she refused to apologize again on air for her Super Bowl breast-baring incident, the CBS TV ...
Foreign membership supermarkets hit doldrums in China
Feb 09, 2004 ... Foreign membership supermarkets hit doldrums in ChinaBEIJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Membership superstores opened byforeign retailing giants are facing a standstill, or even losses inChina, after their early ambitions to carve out a big slice of thelucrative market. Sam's ...
Zanzibar opposition urged to stop expelling mainlandeers
Feb 09, 2004 ... Zanzibar opposition urged to stop expelling mainlandeersDAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Tanzania's ruling party, theChama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), has urged a main opposition party inZanzibar to stop expelling pro-CCM mainlanders living on the island,local newspaper The Guardian ...
Writethru: Beyonce leads Grammy Awards with five wins
Feb 09, 2004 ... Writethru: Beyonce leads Grammy Awards with five winsLOS ANGELES, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- US band Destiny's Child singerBeyonce Knowles took the lead at the 46th annual Grammy Awards heldhere Sunday night by winning five awards. Beyonce, who took six nominations, won Best ...
Ugandan president orders to investigate deaths in northern district camp
Feb 09, 2004 ... Ugandan president orders to investigate deaths in northerndistrict campKAMPALA, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni hasinstructed Army Commander Maj. Gen. Aroda Nyakairima to set up anarmy board of inquiry into the death of over 40 people in an attackby rebels ...
Results of NBA Sunday's games
Feb 09, 2004 ... Results of NBA Sunday's gamesWASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results ofSunday's National Basketball Association games (home team in CAPS): LA Lakers bt ORLANDO 98-96 INDIANA bt Miami 97-91 ...
Nearly 70 percent of consumers report rights infringement: survey
Feb 09, 2004 ... Nearly 70 percent of consumers report rights infringement: survey BEIJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 70 percent of urban consumersin China complained of rights infringement when purchasing goods orreceiving services in the past year, according to a survey by theChina Consumers ...
New Zealand stocks market closes higher
Feb 09, 2004 ... New Zealand stocks market closes higherWELLINGTON, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- The New Zealand stocks marketMonday shrugged off its recent string of lackluster performances tofinish on a Telecom-driven positive note. The benchmark NZSX-50 closed up 22.26 points at 2453.64, while ...
China spends 100 million yuan every year to train its officialsabroad
Feb 09, 2004 ... China spends 100 million yuan every year to train its officialsabroadBEIJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese central finance allocates 100million yuan (12 million US dollars) every year to send 40,000officials abroad for training, according to Liu Yanchao, deputydirector of the ...
East China strives to raise administrative efficiency
Feb 09, 2004 ... East China strives to raise administrative efficiencyHANGZHOU, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- The municipal government of Wenzhou,east China's Zhejiang Province, has taken measures to improveadministrative efficiency, laying off a number of incompetentofficials. Wenzhou extended the ...
East China city sees car sales surge
Feb 09, 2004 ... East China city sees car sales surgeNANJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Wuxi city, east China's JiangsuProvince, cemented its economic boom with soaring car sales in 2003. Last year 47,773 cars with a total value of 7.2 billion yuan ( 871million US dollars) were sold, a ...
Foreign exchange rates in New Zealand
Feb 09, 2004 ... Foreign exchange rates in New ZealandWELLINGTON, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the NZ dollar here on Monday:Monday Thursday Australian dollar 0.8983 0.8949 US ...
Germany donates fund to Uganda's anti-HIV/AIDS project
Feb 09, 2004 ... Germany donates fund to Uganda's anti-HIV/AIDS projectKAMPALA, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Germany has donated 4 million euros(about 5 million US dollars) to support anti-HIV/AIDS project inUganda, local medial The Monitor reported on Monday. The Marie Stopes International-Uganda ...
Two Indonesian students die during mountain hiking
Feb 09, 2004 ... Two Indonesian students die during mountain hikingJAKARTA, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Two students of the HasanuddinUniversity in Indonesia's South Sulawesi province were found dead onMonday at Mountain Bawakaraeng in Gowa district, some 11 km south ofthe provincial capital of ...
New international exhibition center to be built in SW China
Feb 09, 2004 ... New international exhibition center to be built in SW ChinaCHENGDU, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Construction of a new internationalconvention and exhibition center started recently in this capitalcity of southwest China's Sichuan Province. The center, which covers 100 hectares in ...
Three Gorges Project to transmit electricity to Guangdong
Feb 09, 2004 ... Three Gorges Project to transmit electricity to GuangdongYICHANG, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- The hydropower station of the ThreeGorges Project, the largest hydro-electric project in the world,began to supply electricity to energy-starved Guangdong Province onSunday. The power ...
ROUNDUP: Free trade pact with US triggers mixed responses in Australia (1) by Mi Ligong
Feb 09, 2004 ... ROUNDUP: Free trade pact with US triggers mixed responses inAustralia (1) by Mi LigongCANBERRA, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- The free trade agreement with theUnited States has been described by some as "historic," and by othersas "hell of a shock" in Australia on Monday ....
Daytona accident kill track worker
Feb 09, 2004 ... Daytona accident kill track workerWASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- A track worker died after being hitby a compact racing car, the Daytona International Speedway directorof communications David Talley confirmed on Sunday. Roy H Weaver III, who had worked seven year on the ...
ROUNDUP: Free trade pact with US triggers mixed responses in Australia (2) by Mi Ligong
Feb 09, 2004 ... ROUNDUP: Free trade pact with US triggers mixed responses inAustralia (2) by Mi LigongThe exclusion of sugar, a major Australian export, means theindustry will miss out on about 100 million Australian dollars ( 77million US dollars), he said. Political leaders ...
Major news items in leading Kenyan newspapers
Feb 09, 2004 ... Major news items in leading Kenyan newspapersNAIROBI, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Kenyan newspapers on Monday. Kenya Times: -- At least seven worshipers of Kenya's Mungiki sect were arrestedon Sunday when members of the outlawed ...
More local private banks resume operations after crisis
Feb 09, 2004 ... More local private banks resume operations after crisisYANGON, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Three more local private banks haveresumed normal their business after a bank crisis erupted early lastyear, officials of the banks told Xinhua on Monday. The three banks -- Kanbawza, ...
Zimbabwe army to improve conditions of service for personnel
Feb 09, 2004 ... Zimbabwe army to improve conditions of service for personnelHARARE, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Zimbabwe Defense Forces (ZDF) willsoon embark on a major drive aimed at having agro-driven self-sufficiency and equipment replacement as well as improvement ofconditions of service for its ...
German president to visit Tanzania
Feb 09, 2004 ... German president to visit TanzaniaDAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- German President Johannes Rau isto pay an official visit to Tanzania from March 19 to 24 at theinvitation of his Tanzanian counterpart Benjamin Mkapa. This will be a return visit to that by Mkapa to Germany ...
Standings of NBA after Sunday's games
Feb 09, 2004 ... Standings of NBA after Sunday's gamesWASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings afterNational Basketball Association games played on Sunday: EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION New Jersey29 20 .592 - New York 25 ...
Foreigners cheated by illegal taxi drivers at Beijing airport
Feb 09, 2004 ... Foreigners cheated by illegal taxi drivers at Beijing airportBEIJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- A taxi ride from the Beijing CapitalAirport to the downtown area costs around 100 yuan (12 US dollars),but several foreigners arriving in Beijing have complained they werecharged 5 to 10 ...
APEC workshop on sci-tech intermediary mechanisms begins
Feb 09, 2004 ... APEC workshop on sci-tech intermediary mechanisms beginsBEIJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- More than 100 officials and expertsfrom 13 members of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) areattending a workshop on science and technology intermediarymechanisms, which started here ...
Uganda plans to construct over 800 health units countrywide
Feb 09, 2004 ... Uganda plans to construct over 800 health units countrywideKAMPALA, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Ugandan government is to construct868 health units, including 214 sub-district hospitals countrywide toextend and deliver efficient services to its people. Ugandan Minister of State ...
Turkey expresses understanding of S.Korea's decision to dispatch troops to Iraq
Feb 09, 2004 ... Turkey expresses understanding of S.Korea's decision to dispatchtroops to IraqSEOUL, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Turkey has expressed its understandingof South Korea's decision to dispatch troops to Iraq to helpstabilize security and rehabilitation work in the war-torn country, apress ...
S. Korean president to carry out minor cabinet reshuffle
Feb 09, 2004 ... S. Korean president to carry out minor cabinet reshuffleSEOUL, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun willreplace some Cabinet members Wednesday morning to fill posts vacatedby those contesting the parliament general elections in April,announced Yoon Tai-young, ...
International forum on hospital management to be held in Shanghai
Feb 09, 2004 ... International forum on hospital management to be held in Shanghai SHANGHAI, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Shanghai in east China is expected tohost an international medical forum from Feb. 28 to March 1, with thetheme of construction and development of modern hospitals, localhealth ...
Stockbreeder develops technology to produce more milch cows
Feb 09, 2004 ... Stockbreeder develops technology to produce more milch cowsHARBIN, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- A stockbreeding company based inChina's northernmost Heilongjiang province is using something similarto test-tube technologies to breed more milch cows by increasing thenumber of female embryos ...
World Bank's funds lying idle because of Zambia's slow pace in economic growth
Feb 09, 2004 ... World Bank's funds lying idle because of Zambia's slow pace ineconomic growthLUSAKA, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank still has 300 million USdollars waiting to be disbursed to Zambia under its InternationalDevelopment Assistance (IDA) portfolio, local newspaper Times ...
Japan held by Iran in Olympic warm-up
Feb 09, 2004 ... Japan held by Iran in Olympic warm-upKUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Olympic team were held toa 1-1 draw by Iran's counterparts in their final preparations for thequalifying phase for Athens 2004 Games at Saitama Stadium on Sundaynight, the AFC website reported ....
Ugandan women score third highest fertility rate in world
Feb 09, 2004 ... Ugandan women score third highest fertility rate in worldKAMPALA, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Ugandan women have the third highestfertility rate in the world after Yemen and Niger, a researcheraffiliated to Makerere Institute of Social Research has said. In her paper on the impact ...
Major news items in leading Nigerian newspapers
Feb 09, 2004 ... Major news items in leading Nigerian newspapersLAGOS, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Nigerian newspapers on Monday. The Guardian: -- Contrary to suspicions in many quarters across the country, thekilling last Friday of Aminosari ...
Spokesman system instituted in southwest China city
Feb 09, 2004 ... Spokesman system instituted in southwest China cityCHONGQING, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- A spokesman system has beenintroduced in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality as a move tomake government affairs public and raise the administrativeefficiency. Liu Kun, an official with ...
Major foreign exchange rates in Pakistan
Feb 09, 2004 ... Major foreign exchange rates in PakistanISLAMABAD, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- The following are major exchangerates against the Pakistani rupee issued by the Treasury ManagementDivision of the National Bank of Pakistan on Monday.Selling Buying Buying TT & OD ...
No new SARS cases reported on Chinese mainland
Feb 09, 2004 ... No new SARS cases reported on Chinese mainlandBEIJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Health said hereMonday that no new cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)were reported in the 24 hours from 10:00 a.m. Sunday to 10: 00 a.m.Monday on the Chinese mainland ....
Tokyo stocks end lower
Feb 09, 2004 ... Tokyo stocks end lowerTOKYO, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks closed lower Monday amidthe view that the yen's uptrend against the US dollar will continuedespite a warning by finance leaders on Saturday that currency marketvolatility poses a risk to the global economy. The ...
U.S. rout Austria in Daivis Cup
Feb 09, 2004 ... U.S. rout Austria in Daivis CupWASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- With the score 5-0, United Statesrouted Austria in their Davis Cup World Group first round tie inConnecticut on Sunday. Following are the Results (U.S. names first): Sunday's singles Robby ...
New Zealand FM welcomes Australia-US trade deal
Feb 09, 2004 ... New Zealand FM welcomes Australia-US trade dealWELLINGTON, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand Foreign Affairs andTrade Minister Phil Goff has welcomed the free trade agreement ( FTA)reached Sunday by Australia and the United States, saying New Zealandwill continue its efforts to ...
Hong Kong stocks close higher
Feb 09, 2004 ... Hong Kong stocks close higherHONG KONG, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Hong ...
Air quality of major Chinese cities -- Feb. 9
Feb 09, 2004 ... Air quality of major Chinese cities -- Feb. 9BEIJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Report on the quality of air in 47major Chinese cities (12:00 Feb. 8 to 12:00 Feb. 9, Beijing Time),released by the China Environmental Monitoring Center:CityMajor Pollutant Air ...
World Bank provides Uganda with funds for mineral investment program
Feb 09, 2004 ... World Bank provides Uganda with funds for mineral investmentprogramKAMPALA, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Uganda has secured a 25 million USdollar-grant from the World Bank to fund mineral investment program. Permanent Secretary from the Ministry of Energy and MineralDevelopment ...
One more person dies of bird flu in Vietnam
Feb 09, 2004 ... One more person dies of bird flu in VietnamHANOI, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- A 27-year-old man, who died on Mondaymorning in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City, tested positive to the H5N1strain of bird flu, a doctor at the city-based Pasteur Institute toldXinhua on Monday. "The young ...
Foreign exchange rates in Indonesia
Feb 09, 2004 ... Foreign exchange rates in IndonesiaJAKARTA, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the Indonesian rupiah here Monday:MondaySaturdayUS dollar 8,405/8,455 8,450/8,480Euro ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0800 GMT, Feb. 9
Feb 09, 2004 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0800 GMT, Feb. 9HANOI -- A 30-year-old man from Vietnam's central highlands LamDong province has been confirmed to contract H5N1, the Ho Chi MinhCity Department of Health announced on Monday. The patient from the province's Di Linh district, ...
COMESA designs regional telecoms project
Feb 09, 2004 ... COMESA designs regional telecoms projectKAMPALA, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Common Market for East andSouthern Africa (COMESA) has designed a 250 million US dollar-regional telecoms project. Director of infrastructure development at the COMESA secretariatAmos Marawa was ...
Papua New Guinean PM arrives in Beijing
Feb 09, 2004 ... Papua New Guinean PM arrives in BeijingBEIJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Michael T. Somare, prime minister ofthe Independent ...
Korea Air signs agreement with Lockheed Martin on maritime patrol aircraft upgrade
Feb 09, 2004 ... Korea Air signs agreement with Lockheed Martin on maritime patrolaircraft upgradeSEOUL, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Korea Air, South Korean largest airlinecarrier in South Korea, on Monday signed an agreement with LockheedMartin on the P-3 Orion Maritime Patrol Aircraft upgrade ...
More people confident of govt's efforts to contain bird flu
Feb 09, 2004 ... More people confident of govt's efforts to contain bird fluBANGKOK, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- More people have confidence in thegovernment's efforts to contain the outbreak of an avian influenza inThailand, according to a poll by Assumption University or ABAC PollMonday. The ...
Iranian president meets Prince Charles of Britain
Feb 09, 2004 ... Iranian president meets Prince Charles of BritainTEHRAN, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Mohammad Khatami onMonday met visiting Prince Charles who is on the first visit to theIslamic republic by a member of the British royal family. The two, smiling broadly, shook ...
Foreign exchange rates in Kenya
Feb 09, 2004 ... Foreign exchange rates in KenyaNAIROBI, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- The following are the foreign exchangerates against the Kenyan shilling released by the Central Bank ofKenya on Monday. Monday Friday US dollar 76.3722 76.3556 British ...