Xinhua News Agency back issues from Wednesday, March 3:
Cyprus president adheres to May 1 deadline for solution
Mar 03, 2004 ... Cyprus president adheres to May 1 deadline for solutionNICOSIA, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulosstressed here Wednesday that he adheres to the May 1 deadline forfinding a solution to the Cyprus issue. Papadopoulos made the remarks after Greece said ...
UAE newspaper urges for UN security forces in Iraq
Mar 03, 2004 ... UAE newspaper urges for UN security forces in Iraq Eds: Updateswith correction in 1st para, change "United States" into "UnitedNations"ABU DHABI, March 3 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations should inductand send security forces to Iraq to replace the Americans inmaintaining ...
N. China province strengthens production safety after coal mineblast
Mar 03, 2004 ... N. China province strengthens production safety after coal mineblastTAIYUAN, March 3 (Xinhua) -- The provincial government Shanxi innorth China has urged local mining enterprises to enhance theinspection on safe production after a severe gas explosion in theprovince on Monday ....
Malaysia Securities Exchange closes sharply lower
Mar 03, 2004 ... Malaysia Securities Exchange closes sharply lowerKUALA LUMPUR, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Share prices on the MalaysiaSecurities Exchange closed sharply lower on Wednesday with thebenchmark Composite Index losing 17.25 points to 877.2. A dealer said losses in the bluechip ...
Singapore refuses extradition agreement with Indonesia
Mar 03, 2004 ... Singapore refuses extradition agreement with IndonesiaJAKARTA,March 3 (Xinhua) --Indonesian Minister of Justice and Human RightsYusril Ihza Mahendra said Wednesday that the Singaporean governmentis not willing to make an extradition agreement with Indonesiaalthough efforts have been ...
Iraqis complain Americans use ancient city for target practice
Mar 03, 2004 ... Iraqis complain Americans use ancient city for target practiceBAGHDAD, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Iraqis residing in the ancientAbbasid capital of Samarra, 110 kilometers north of Baghdad, havecomplained that US troops have been using areas around the city fortarget practices and ...
2 rebels arrested in southern Philippines for deadly 2002 bombing
Mar 03, 2004 ... 2 rebels arrested in southern Philippines for deadly 2002 bombing MANILA, March 3 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine police has arrested twoMoro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) allegedly involved in a bombattack that left 17 dead in the southern Philippines in 2002. MILF members ...
US condemns killing of election candidate in Sri Lanka
Mar 03, 2004 ... US condemns killing of election candidate in Sri LankaCOLOMBO, March 2 (Xinhua) -- The United States condemned onTuesday the killing of an election candidate from minority Tamilcommunity in the eastern city of Batticaloa of Sri Lanka on Saturdaynight, the US embassy here said in ...
Opener, Advisory
Mar 03, 2004 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service forTuesday, March 02, 2004, and begins ...
Vietnam contains bird flu: government
Mar 03, 2004 ... Vietnam contains bird flu: governmentHANOI, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam has achieved its target forcontaining bird flu by the end of February, the country's Bird FluControl Committee said Tuesday. An estimated 700 villages, 150 districts and 20 provinces are ableto claim ...
Musharraf condemns terrorist attack on Ashura activities
Mar 03, 2004 ... Musharraf condemns terrorist attack on Ashura activitiesISLAMABAD, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani President General PervezMusharraf Tuesday strongly condemned the terrorist attack on anAshura procession in western city Quetta and directed the concernedauthorities to take all ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (part 2)
Mar 03, 2004 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (part 2)HONG KONG, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Tuesday:Sri Lankan Tamil party member shot dead in east Vietnamese sports official dismissed 26 ...
Syria, EU possibly to sign partnership accord: Italian official
Mar 03, 2004 ... Syria, EU possibly to sign partnership accord: Italian officialDAMASCUS, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Italian Minister of ForeignTrade Adolfo Urso said Tuesday that Syria and the European Union willpossibly sign a partnership accord, the official news agency SANAreported ....
Urgent: Death toll from Iraq bombings rises to 182: BBC
Mar 03, 2004 ... Urgent: Death toll from Iraq bombings rises to 182: BBCBAGHDAD, March 2 (Xinhua) -- The death toll in a ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, March 3
Mar 03, 2004 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, March 3HANOI -- Vietnam has achieved its target for containing bird fluby the end of February, the country's Bird Flu Control Committee saidTuesday. An estimated 700 villages, 150 districts and 20 provinces are ableto claim an end to ...
Shares close up in Argentina; down in Brazil, Mexico
Mar 03, 2004 ... Shares close up in Argentina; down in Brazil, MexicoMEXICO CITY, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Latin America's three major stockmarkets -- Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires and Mexico -- closed mixed onTuesday. In Sao Paulo, Latin America's biggest bourse, the leading Bovespaindex closed at ...
Market exchange rates -- March 3
Mar 03, 2004 ... Market exchange rates -- March 3BEIJING, March 3 (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 100 827.68 ...
Solana arrives in Cairo over Mideast situation
Mar 03, 2004 ... Solana arrives in Cairo over Mideast situationCAIRO, March 2 (Xinhua) -- EU foreign policy chief Javier Solanaarrived here on Tuesday for talks over the volatile Mideastsituation, Egypt's official MENA news agency reported. During his stay here, Solana is expected to hold ...
Feature: Iraqi Shiites' Ashura festival witnesses bloody blasts
Mar 03, 2004 ... Feature: Iraqi Shiites' Ashura festival witnesses bloody blastsby Li Jizhi, Nie XiaoyangBAGHDAD, March 2 (Xinhua) -- At least 182 people were killed onTuesday in coordinated bombing attacks that targeted Shiite holyshrines in Baghdad and the southern city of Karbala as ...
World team table tennis championships results (6)
Mar 03, 2004 ... World team table tennis championships results (6)DOHA, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the second day results atthe world team table tennis championships here on Tuesday: Championship division: Men Group A China bt Italy 3-0 Kong Linghui ...
Jordanian king denounces serial blasts in Iraq
Mar 03, 2004 ... Jordanian king denounces serial blasts in IraqAMMAN, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Jordanian King Abdullah II Tuesdaycondemned a series of blasts in Shiite Muslim holy shrines in Iraq,which killed at least 143 people and wounded hundreds of others, theofficial Petra news agency said ....
Interview: Peres says Israel to face crucial time in coming months
Mar 03, 2004 ... Interview: Peres says Israel to face crucial time in coming months By Ming Dajun, Gao LuTEL AVIV, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Israeli opposition leader ShimonPeres said Tuesday that the coming two to three months will becrucial for the peace between Israel and the Palestinians ....
Writethru: Death toll of Iraq bombings rises to 182
Mar 03, 2004 ... Writethru: Death toll of Iraq bombings rises to 182 Eds: Updateswith more detailsBAGHDAD, March 2 (Xinhua) -- The death toll of the multiplebombings targeting Shiite Muslim shrines in Iraq on Tuesday has risento 182, the BBC Arabic service reported. Among the dead, 70 ...
Italian Deputy PM backs fraud probe of soccer clubs
Mar 03, 2004 ... Italian Deputy PM backs fraud probe of soccer clubsROME, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Italian Deputy Prime Minister GianfrancoFini on Tuesday expressed his support for a recently- launched probeinto suspected accounting fraud in Italian soccer. According to a report by national ...
World team table tennis championships results (7-last)
Mar 03, 2004 ... World team table tennis championships results (7-last)DOHA, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the second day results atthe world team table tennis championships here on Tuesday: Championship division: Men Group A China bt Italy 3-0 Kong ...
Results of Qatar Open WTA tennis tournament
Mar 03, 2004 ... Results of Qatar Open WTA tennis tournamentDOHA, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the first round resultsfrom the 600,000 US dollars Qatar Open WTA tennis tournament onTuesday (prefix number denotes seeding): 5-Silvia Farina Elia, Italy, bt Lina Krasnoroutskaya, Russia, ...
China unstoppable at table tennis worlds
Mar 03, 2004 ... China unstoppable at table tennis worldsDOHA, March 2 (Xinhua) -- The all-mighty Chinese men's and women'stable tennis teams have posted a perfect record after the second dayof the world team championships whereas former men's winners Swedenshowed only glimpses of brilliance to ...
Skoda to sponsor Tour de France
Mar 03, 2004 ... Skoda to sponsor Tour de FrancePRAGUE, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Czech-built Skoda cars will be theofficial accompanying cars of riders in the Tour de France, theworld's most prestigious cycling race, local reports said Tuesday. Skoda spokesman Jaroslav Cerny confirmed this ...
Championship division standings at table tennis worlds
Mar 03, 2004 ... Championship division standings at table tennis worldsDOHA, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the group standings of thechampionship division at the world table tennis championships onTuesday (tabulated under matches won, lost and points): Men's Group A ...
Major news items in Philippine leading newspapers
Mar 03, 2004 ... Major news items in Philippine leading newspapersMANILA, March 3 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Philippine newspapers on Wednesday:Philippine Daily Inquirer: -- The fate of 134 people missing from the burned out SuperFerry14 remained a ...
CARICOM analyzes situation in post-Aristide Haiti
Mar 03, 2004 ... CARICOM analyzes situation in post-Aristide HaitiHAVANA, March 2 (Xinhua) -- The Caribbean Community and CommonMarket (CARICOM) held an emergency meeting Tuesday to analyze Haiti'ssituation in face of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide'sresignation. Representatives ...
Tens of Canadians flee from Haiti to Dominican Republic
Mar 03, 2004 ... Tens of Canadians flee from Haiti to Dominican RepublicHAVANA, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Tens of Canadians arrived in theDominican Republic after evacuating from Haiti by airplanes rented bytheir government, the spokesman to 21th Century Dominican Airports(AERODOM) Ellis Perez said ...
Roundup: New Zealand tourism benefit from Lord of Rings Oscar Glory by Huang Jianming
Mar 03, 2004 ... Roundup: New Zealand tourism benefit from Lord of Rings OscarGlory by Huang JianmingWELLINGTON, March 3 (Xinhua) -- The Lord of the Rings Oscar gloryis expected to bring a multimillion-dollar windfall to the Wellingtonand New Zealand economies. The third movie in ...
Stankovic, Recoba handed two-match bans
Mar 03, 2004 ... Stankovic, Recoba handed two-match bansROME, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Inter Milan's Dejan Stankovic and AlvaroRecoba have been banned for two matches for their misconduct duringSunday's 3-1 home defeat to Brescia. Midfielder Stankovic was sent off in the 86th minute of ...
Urgent: Kerry wins Democratic primaries in three more states
Mar 03, 2004 ... Urgent: Kerry wins Democratic primaries in three more statesWASHINGTON, March 1 (Xinhua) -- John Kerry wins ...
Exiled Haitian dictator wishes to return home
Mar 03, 2004 ... Exiled Haitian dictator wishes to return homeHAVANA, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Former Haitian dictator Jean-ClaudeDuvalier said he wants to return to his country because formerPresident Jean-Bertrand Aristide has fled, news from Port-au- Princesaid Wednesday. Local media quoted ...
Results of Dubai Open ATP tournament
Mar 03, 2004 ... Results of Dubai Open ATP tournamentABU DHABI, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the first roundresults from the one million US dollars Dubai Open ATP tennistournament on Tuesday (prefix number denotes seeding): Fabrice Santoro, France, bt Alberto Martin, Spain, 6-3, 6-7 ...
Aristide enjoys freedom of movement in shelter country
Mar 03, 2004 ... Aristide enjoys freedom of movement in shelter countryYAOUNDE, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Minister of Communication ParfaitMbay of the Central African Republic said Tuesday that ousted HaitianPresident Jean-Bertrand Aristide enjoys freedom of movement in hisshelter country ....
Argentina to send "white helmets" to Haiti for humanitarian aid
Mar 03, 2004 ... Argentina to send "white helmets" to Haiti for humanitarian aidBUENOS AIRES, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Argentina agreed to send " whitehelmets" for humanitarian aid in strife-torn Haiti, following itsrejection of the deployment of military or police forces in theCaribbean nation, the ...
Protesters at 2001 G8 summit under trial in Italy
Mar 03, 2004 ... Protesters at 2001 G8 summit under trial in ItalyROME, March 2 (Xinhua) -- The anti-globalization protestersagainst the 2001 Group of Eight (G8) summit were put under trialTuesday in the Italian northwestern city of Genoa, local mediareported. The 26 defendants were ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Mar 03, 2004 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, March 3 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Wednesday:Asahi, Mainichi, Nihon Keizai, Yomiuri: -- Blasts in Iraq killed over 140 people.Nihon Keizai: ...
Urgent: Kerry wins in Ohio primary
Mar 03, 2004 ... Urgent: Kerry wins in Ohio primaryWASHINGTON, March 2 (Xinhua) -- US Democratic presidential ...
Kerry defeats rival in Ohio primary
Mar 03, 2004 ... Kerry defeats rival in Ohio primaryWASHINGTON, March 2 (Xinhua) -- US Democratic presidential front-runner John Kerry defeated his rival John Edwards in primary electionin the state of Ohio on Tuesday, forcing the latter to considerdropping out of the race.The ...
Spain voices indignation over terror attacks in Iraq
Mar 03, 2004 ... Spain voices indignation over terror attacks in IraqMADRID, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Spanish Foreign Minister Ana Palacioexpressed solidarity and indignation to the Iraqi people on Tuesdayover a series of terror attacks which claimed at least more than 140lives in Karbala and ...
Chilean gov't justifies dispatch of troops to Haiti
Mar 03, 2004 ... Chilean gov't justifies dispatch of troops to HaitiSANTIAGO, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Chilean troops went to Haiti just tobuild peace, a senior official said here Tuesday to answer thecriticism of the right-wing opposition which is against the sendingof a military contingent to the ...
Capital Airport in Beijing to get third terminal
Mar 03, 2004 ... Capital Airport in Beijing to get third terminalBEIJING, March 3 (Xinhua) -- The Capital Airport Co. Ltd inBeijing said construction of a third terminal of the Beijing Airportwould break ground on March 28 as scheduled. The Beijing Architectural Design Institute has been ...
China boosts medical, health development
Mar 03, 2004 ... China boosts medical, health developmentSHANGHAI, March 3 (Xinhua) -- All levels of Chinese governmenthave endeavored to invest more in medical and health development,strengthening the construction of the public health system, ruralmedical system, and all early-warning and ...
Barna rallies to topple seeded Martinez in Qatar Open
Mar 03, 2004 ... Barna rallies to topple seeded Martinez in Qatar OpenDOHA, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Unheralded German Anca Barna came fromone set down to knock out Spanish seventh seed Conchita Martinez 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the first round of the WTA Qatar Open tennistournament here on Tuesday ....
Costa Rica supports EU's trade sanctions against US
Mar 03, 2004 ... Costa Rica supports EU's trade sanctions against USSAN JOSE, March 2 (Xinhua) -- The Costa Rican government hasvoiced support for the European Union's decision to impose tradesanctions against United States, newspapers reported Tuesday. The newspapers quoted Vice Minister ...
Urgent: Bush congratulates Kerry on winning Democratic presidentialnomination
Mar 03, 2004 ... Urgent: Bush congratulates Kerry on winning Democraticpresidential nominationWASHINGTON, March 1 (Xinhua) -- US President George W. BushTuesday congratulated Senator John Kerry for his winning theDemocratic presidential nomination. John Edwards, the only rival of Kerry, ...
UN requests Nicaragua's participation in multilateral force inHaiti
Mar 03, 2004 ... UN requests Nicaragua's participation in multilateral force inHaitiMANAGUA, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Nicaraguan Foreign Minister NormanCaldera confirmed Tuesday that his country received a request of theUnited Nations to participate in a multilateral peacekeeping force tobe ...
Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- March 3
Mar 03, 2004 ... Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- March 3BEIJING, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are highlights of majorBeijing-based newspapers on Wednesday: People's Daily-- The newspaper carries an editorial hailing the second sessionof the Tenth National ...
Kerry set to become Democratic presidential nominee after rivaldrops out
Mar 03, 2004 ... Kerry set to become Democratic presidential nominee after rivaldrops outWASHINGTON, March 1 (Xinhua) -- John Kerry is set to win theDemocratic nomination to run against President George W. Bush inNovember elections after John Edwards decided ...
Haitian rebels to disarm, says rebel leader
Mar 03, 2004 ... Haitian rebels to disarm, says rebel leaderHAVANA, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Haitian rebel leader Guy Philippe saidTuesday that he would have talks with the country's interim presidenton the disarmament of his forces. "We will soon have discussions with the interim president ...
Urgent: Kerry's rival Edward drops out of race for presidentialcandidacy
Mar 03, 2004 ... Urgent: Kerry's rival Edward drops out of race for presidentialcandidacyWASHINGTON, March 1 (Xinhua) -- John Edwards, the only rival ofJohn Kerry to race for the nominee of presidential candidate of theDemocratic Party, decided to drop ...
Aristide's supporters accuse rebels of persecution
Mar 03, 2004 ... Aristide's supporters accuse rebels of persecutionHAVANA, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Supporters of former Haitian PresidentJean-Bertrand Aristide claimed Tuesday that they had been threatenedand persecuted by rebels and opponents of the exiled leader, saidreports from the Dominican ...
ITF president calls for flexibility on doping cases
Mar 03, 2004 ... ITF president calls for flexibility on doping casesMADRID, March 2 (Xinhua) -- International Tennis Federationpresident Francesco Ricci Bitti said here on Tuesday that the WorldAnti-Doping Agency (WADA) should be more flexible on sanctions forfuture doping offenses ....
Roundup: More countries considering sending troops to Haiti
Mar 03, 2004 ... Roundup: More countries considering sending troops to HaitiHAVANA, March 2 (Xinhua) -- While the US Marines is intensifyingtheir presence through out Haiti, more countries committed to sendingtroops to the Caribbean island country plagued by looting andviolence while. The ...
Results of ATP Scottsdale tennis tournament
Mar 03, 2004 ... Results of ATP Scottsdale tennis tournamentWASHINGTON, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results Tuesdayfrom the second day of the 380,000 US dollars ATP hardcourt tennistournament in Scottsdale, the United States ( prefix number denotesseeding): First round ...
High-risk drivers face higher premiums in Beijing
Mar 03, 2004 ... High-risk drivers face higher premiums in BeijingBEIJING, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Beijing motorists with poor drivingrecords face insurance premiums up to 30 percent higher than theaverage after the city insurance watchdog signed an agreement withcity police to share information ....
Federer outclasses Safin to reach second round of Dubai Open
Mar 03, 2004 ... Federer outclasses Safin to reach second round of Dubai OpenABU DHABI, March 2 (Xinhua) -- World number one Roger Federerrepeated his Australian Open final victory over Marat Safin with a 7-6, 7-6 victory to reach the second round of the Dubai Open onTuesday. The ...
One Venezuelan anti-government protester killed in clashes
Mar 03, 2004 ... One Venezuelan anti-government protester killed in clashesCARACAS, March 2 (Xinhua) -- An anti-government protester waskilled on Tuesday in clashes with Venezuela's government troops aselectoral officials said opponents of President Hugo Chavez hadinitially failed to collect ...
Brazil to send troops to Haiti
Mar 03, 2004 ... Brazil to send troops to HaitiBRASILIA, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lulada Silva told US President George W. Bush Tuesday that his country iswilling to send troops to join the UN peacekeeping force in Haiti. Brazil will not send troops to Haiti until ...
Results of men's Olympic field hockey qualifying tournament
Mar 03, 2004 ... Results of men's Olympic field hockey qualifying tournamentMADRID, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from themen's Olympic qualifying field hockey tournament here on Tuesday: Netherlands bt South Africa 5-1 Scorers: Netherlands -- Taekema 21, R ....
Magic waives Strickland for playoff eligibility
Mar 03, 2004 ... Magic waives Strickland for playoff eligibilityWASHINGTON, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Orlando Magic waived Tuesdayveteran guard Rod Strickland, giving the point guard the opportunityto sign with a playoff team. The Magic, which has the worst record of 17-45 in the league, hadto ...