Xinhua News Agency back issues from Sunday, March 7:
Domestic violence, a serious social problem of Russia
Mar 07, 2004 ... Domestic violence, a serious social problem of RussiaMOSCOW, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Russian women would receivecompliments and flowers from their male compatriots on theInternational Women's Day, which falls on March 8 annually, but finewords and beautiful bouquets cannot mask the ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua
Mar 07, 2004 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of XinhuaHONG KONG, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Saturday:Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers Major news items in Philippine leading newspapers ...
Thailand postpones privatization plan for electricity enterprise
Mar 07, 2004 ... Thailand postpones privatization plan for electricity enterpriseBANGKOK, March 6 (Xinhua) -- The Thai government on Saturdaydeclared to postpone its planned privatization of the ElectricityGeneration Authority of Thailand (Egat) as protest was mountinghigh. "The initial ...
Opener, Advisory
Mar 07, 2004 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service forSaturday, March 06, 2004, and begins ...
Eritrea urges African leaders to persuade Ethiopia to follow Algiers agreement
Mar 07, 2004 ... Eritrea urges African leaders to persuade Ethiopia to followAlgiers agreementABUJA, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Eritrea on Saturday called on Africanleaders to prevail on Ethiopia to adhere strictly to the Algiersagreement on the border dispute between the two countries. In a ...
North China improves environment for Taiwanese investors
Mar 07, 2004 ... North China improves environment for Taiwanese investorsTIANJIN, March 7 (Xinhua) -- The government of north China'sTianjin Municipality will improve its service standards andfacilitate procedures for Taiwanese investors, says Mayor DaiXianglong. Taiwan-funded enterprises ...
Guangdong has China's biggest transient population
Mar 07, 2004 ... Guangdong has China's biggest transient populationGUANGZHOU, March 7 (Xinhua) --South China's Guangdong Province hasthe biggest transient population in China, figures from theprovincial committee for comprehensive treatment of social ordershow. Guangdong is home to ...
CEPA brings about south China logistics boom
Mar 07, 2004 ... CEPA brings about south China logistics boomGUANGZHOU, March 7 (Xinhua) -- The Closer Economic PartnershipArrangement (CEPA) between Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland hasbrought about more extensive logistical cooperation between southChina's Guangdong Province and Hong Kong ...
English premier league leading scorers
Mar 07, 2004 ... English premier league leading scorersLONDON, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading scorers inthe English premier league after Saturday's match: 20 - Thierry Henry (Arsenal) 18 - Ruud Van Nistelrooy (Manchester United) 17 - Alan Shearer (Newcastle ...
Seven missing after water taxi capsizes in United States
Mar 07, 2004 ... Seven missing after water taxi capsizes in United States WASHINGTON, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Seven people were missing Saturdayafter a tourist water taxi carrying 25 people capsized in Baltimore'sInner Harbor during a fierce rain and wind storm, authorities said. Six of the 18 ...
English FA Cup quarter-final results
Mar 07, 2004 ... English FA Cup quarter-final resultsLONDON, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of EnglishFA Cup quarter-finals played on Saturday: ...
Result of Qatar Open WTA tournament
Mar 07, 2004 ... Result of Qatar Open WTA tournamentDOHA, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Following is the result of the final atthe 600,000 US dollars Qatar Open ...
U.S. women soccer beat Mexico 3-2 in Olympic qualifier
Mar 07, 2004 ... U.S. women soccer beat Mexico 3-2 in Olympic qualifierWASHINGTON, March 6 (Xinhua) -- The American women's soccer teambeat Mexico 3-2 Friday night in an Olympic qualifying tournament inSan Jose, Costa Rica. Julie Foudy scored in the 87th minute to give the United States ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, March 7
Mar 07, 2004 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, March 7TRIPOLI -- Libya announced a cabinet reshuffle Saturday with theintroduction of five new ministries and two ministers replaced. The energy ministry was restored after being abolished in 2000,and ministries of national security, ...
Results of Dubai Open ATP tournament
Mar 07, 2004 ... Results of Dubai Open ATP tournamentABU DHABI, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the semi-finalresults from the one million US dollars Dubai Open ATP tennistournament on ...
Result/standings of English premier league
Mar 07, 2004 ... Result/standings of English premier leagueLONDON, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Following is the result of an Englishpremier league soccer match played on Saturday: Birmingham City beat Bolton Wanderers 2-0 Standings (tabulated under games played, won, drawn, lost, goalsfor, ...
Kobe might be out for a month
Mar 07, 2004 ... Kobe might be out for a monthWASHINGTON, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Los Angeles Lakers guard KobeBryant could be sidelined up to a month, head coach Phil Jackson saidSaturday in El Segundo, California. Bryant was injured by the shoulder after a collision with ReggieEvans 54 ...
College boys cause heated debate by seeking rich wives
Mar 07, 2004 ... College boys cause heated debate by seeking rich wivesBEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Want to live a well-off life at anearly age? Seeking wealthy spouses has often been a shortcut chosenby women, but now some college boys in east China's Nanjing city havejoined the pursuit ....
Leading scorers in German first division soccer league
Mar 07, 2004 ... Leading scorers in German first division soccer leagueBERLIN, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading scorers inthe German first division soccer league after Saturday's matches: 20 - Ailton (Werder Bremen) 15 - Roy Makaay (Bayern Munich) 14 - Martin ...
China's portals eyeing MMS for future explosive growth
Mar 07, 2004 ... China's portals eyeing MMS for future explosive growthby Fan Xi BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) -- China's Internet portals areincreasingly reporting that they are expanding their multimediamessaging service (MMS) as they believe the business will becomeanother "gold mine" ...
Results of women's triple jump at world indoor athleticschampionships
Mar 07, 2004 ... Results of women's triple jump at world indoor athleticschampionshipsBUDAPEST, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of thewomen's triple jump final at the world indoor athletics championshipson Saturday: 1. Tatyana Lebedeva, Russia, 15.36 meters (world record) ...
Summary of English premier soccer match
Mar 07, 2004 ... Summary of English premier soccer matchLONDON, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Following is the summary of an Englishpremier league soccer ...
Results of women's 400m at world indoor athletics championships
Mar 07, 2004 ... Results of women's 400m at world indoor athletics championshipsBUDAPEST, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of thewomen's 400 meters final at the world indoor athletics championshipson Saturday: 1. Natalya ...
Scare crow tactics ruffle feathers of animal lovers
Mar 07, 2004 ... Scare crow tactics ruffle feathers of animal loversSHENYANG, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Animal rights campaigners areflocking to protest a government-supported move to scare off tens ofthousands of crows from the city of Shenyang, capital of northeastChina's Liaoning Province ....
Standings of German first division soccer league
Mar 07, 2004 ... Standings of German first division soccer leagueBERLIN, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of Germanfirst division soccer league after matches played on Saturday(tabulated under games played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, againstand points): 1. Werder Bremen ...
Results of women's 1,500m at world indoor athletics championships
Mar 07, 2004 ... Results of women's 1,500m at world indoor athletics championships BUDAPEST, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of thewomen's 1,500 meters final at the world indoor athleticschampionships on Saturday: 1. Kutre Dulecha, Ethiopia, 4 minutes 06.40 seconds 2 ....
Results of men's long jump at world indoor athletics championships
Mar 07, 2004 ... Results of men's long jump at world indoor athletics championships BUDAPEST, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of themen's long jump final at the world indoor athletics championships onSaturday: 1. Savante Stringfellow, United States, 8.40 meters 2. James ...
Results of German first division soccer league
Mar 07, 2004 ... Results of German first division soccer leagueBERLIN, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of Germanfirst division soccer matches played on Saturday: Borussia Moenchengladbach bt Hanover 96 1-0 Kaiserslautern bt Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0 Schalke 04 bt ...
Results of women's pole vault at world indoor athleticschampionships
Mar 07, 2004 ... Results of women's pole vault at world indoor athleticschampionshipsBUDAPEST, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of thewomen's pole vault final at the world indoor athletics championshipson Saturday: 1. Yelena Isinbayeva, Russia, 4.86 meters (world record) ...
Chile: CARICOM backs troops deployment in Haiti
Mar 07, 2004 ... Chile: CARICOM backs troops deployment in HaitiSANTIAGO, March 6 (Xinhua) -- The Caribbean Community and CommonMarket (CARICOM) supports Chile in deploying troops in Haiti to jointhe international peacekeeping forces, Chilean President RicardoLagos said on Saturday ....
Results of men's 400m at world indoor athletics championships
Mar 07, 2004 ... Results of men's 400m at world indoor athletics championshipsBUDAPEST, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of themen's 400 meters final at the world indoor athletics championships onSaturday: 1. Alleyne Francique, Grenada, ...
Works of US critic Sontag published in China
Mar 07, 2004 ... Works of US critic Sontag published in ChinaSHANGHAI, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Two works of Susan Sontag, a famousfemale critic of the United States who has criticized the US-launched Iraqi War publicly, were published together in China for thefirst time recently. The ...
Sexual purity still very important to China's youth, survey shows
Mar 07, 2004 ... Sexual purity still very important to China's youth, survey shows FUZHOU, March 7 (Xinhua) -- A recent survey conducted by theFujian Academy of Social Sciences (FASS) on the sexual education ofmiddle school students in Fujian Province, southeastern China, showedthat about 50 ...
Results of men's high jump at world indoor athletics championships
Mar 07, 2004 ... Results of men's high jump at world indoor athletics championships BUDAPEST, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of themen's high jump final at the world indoor athletics championships onSaturday: 1. Stefan Holm, Sweden, 2.35 meters 2. Yaroslav Rybakov, ...
Powerful explosion hits Moscow apartment block, casualtiesreported
Mar 07, 2004 ... Powerful explosion hits Moscow apartment block, casualtiesreportedMOSCOW, March 7 (Xinhua) -- A huge explosion struck an apartmentblock in southern Moscow early Sunday, causing a number ofcasualties, the Itar-Tass news agency reported. At least 8 houses of the 12-storey ...
Golf courses devouring land illegally in China
Mar 07, 2004 ... Golf courses devouring land illegally in Chinaby Wei Wu BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Golf course developers are illicitlyand greedily snatching land across China for what local governmentseuphemistically call "image projects". Statistics published in People's Daily ...
China to commit record amount to beefing up agriculture
Mar 07, 2004 ... China to commit record amount to beefing up agricultureBEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government is expected tospend a record 150 billion yuan (18 billion US dollars) on a move tofire the zeal of farmers for grain production and ensure thecountry's food security this ...
College students confident in China's political prospects
Mar 07, 2004 ... College students confident in China's political prospectsHARBIN, March 7 (Xinhua) -- China's college students devote mostof their time to their studies, but they still manage to indulgetheir interest in economic and political developments at home andabroad. A survey of ...
Mercosur, EU to resume negotiations on FTA
Mar 07, 2004 ... Mercosur, EU to resume negotiations on FTABUENOS AIRES, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Envoys of the Common Market ofthe South (Mercosur) and the European Union (EU) are to resumenegotiations here on Monday for a free trade agreement (FTA), localmedia reported Saturday. Access to ...
Urgent: Powerful explosion hits Moscow apartment block, casualtiesreported
Mar 07, 2004 ... Urgent: Powerful explosion hits Moscow apartment block, casualtiesreportedMOSCOW, March 7 (Xinhua) -- A huge explosion struck an apartmentblock in southern Moscow early Sunday, causing a number ofcasualties, the Itar-Tass news agency reported. At least 8 ...
Results of men's 3,000m at world indoor athletics championships
Mar 07, 2004 ... Results of men's 3,000m at world indoor athletics championshipsBUDAPEST, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of themen's 3,000 meters final at the world indoor athletics championshipson Saturday: 1. Bernard Lagat, Kenya, 7:56.34 2. Rui Silva, ...
Results of French first division soccer league
Mar 07, 2004 ... Results of French first division soccer leaguePARIS, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of Frenchfirst division soccer league after matches played on Saturday: Lille bt AJ Auxerre 1-0 Paris St Germain tied Sochaux 1-1 Girondins Bordeaux bt Le Mans ...
Medals table at world indoor athletics championships
Mar 07, 2004 ... Medals table at world indoor athletics championshipsBUDAPEST, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Following is the medals table afterthe second day of competition at the world indoor athleticschampionships on Saturday: Gold Silver Bronze Total Russia 3...
Standings of French first division soccer league
Mar 07, 2004 ... Standings of French first division soccer leaguePARIS, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of Frenchfirst division soccer league after matches played on Saturday(tabulated under games played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, againstand points): 1. Monaco ...
FLASH: POWERFUL EXPLOSION HITS MOSCOW APARTMENT BLOCK, CASUALTIESREPORTED
Mar 07, 2004 ... FLASH: POWERFUL EXPLOSION HITS MOSCOW ...
Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- March 7
Mar 07, 2004 ... Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- March 7BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Following are highlights of majorBeijing-based newspapers on Sunday: All major Beijing-based newspapers frontpaged the reports on thecountry's economic and social development plan and ...
Results of men's 60m hurdles at world indoor athleticschampionships
Mar 07, 2004 ... Results of men's 60m hurdles at world indoor athleticschampionshipsBUDAPEST, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of themen's 60 meters hurdles final at the world indoor athleticschampionships on Saturday: 1. Allen Johnson, United States, 7.36 seconds ...
Summaries of Spanish first division soccer league matches
Mar 07, 2004 ... Summaries of Spanish first division soccer league matchesMADRID, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the summaries of Spanishfirst division soccer league matches played on Saturday: Celta Vigo1 - Edu 90+2 Espanyol 5 - Raul Tamudo 30, 65pen, Mustapha ...
Major news items in Philippine leading newspapers
Mar 07, 2004 ... Major news items in Philippine leading newspapersMANILA, March 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Philippine newspapers on Sunday.Manila Bulletin: -- Two Philippine Air Force pilots and three crew members sufferedslight injuries after ...
Results of Spanish first division soccer league
Mar 07, 2004 ... Results of Spanish first division soccer leagueMADRID, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of Spanishfirst division soccer league matches played on Saturday: Celta Vigo lost to Espanyol 1-5 Osasuna tied Real Sociedad 1-1 Racing Santander tied Real ...
Standings of Spanish first division soccer league
Mar 07, 2004 ... Standings of Spanish first division soccer leagueMADRID, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of Spanishfirst division soccer league after matches played on Saturday(tabulated under games played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, againstand points): 1. Real Madrid ...
Results of Italian first division soccer league
Mar 07, 2004 ... Results of Italian first division soccer leagueROME, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of Italianfirst division soccer league matches played on Saturday: Brescia lost to Juventus 2-3 Modena tied Parma 2-2 ...
Netizens constitute most active "constituency" in China
Mar 07, 2004 ... Netizens constitute most active "constituency" in ChinaBEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) -- The first thing Zhou Hongyu doesafter his rise every morning is to surf his personal website, www.hongyu-online.com, to see if there are new proposals other netizenshave sent him. Zhou, ...
Standings of Italian first division soccer league
Mar 07, 2004 ... Standings of Italian first division soccer leagueROME, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of theItalian first division soccer league after matches played on Saturday(tabulated under games played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, againstand points): 1. AC Milan...
Poland's ruling SLD elects new leader
Mar 07, 2004 ... Poland's ruling SLD elects new leaderWARSAW, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Poland's ruling Democratic LeftAlliance (SLD) elected a new leader on Saturday after Prime MinisterLeszek Miller quit earlier in the day to focus on leading thegovernment. Krzysztof Janik, 54, urged the SLD ...
APEC considers creating financial intelligence units to fightterrorism
Mar 07, 2004 ... APEC considers creating financial intelligence units to fightterrorismSANTIAGO, March 6 (Xinhua) -- The Asia-Pacific EconomicCooperation (APEC) forum is to consider the possibility of creatingfinancial intelligence units in a bid to curb the diversion of moneyfrom trade to ...
Summaries of Italian first division soccer league matches
Mar 07, 2004 ... Summaries of Italian first division soccer league matchesROME, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the summaries of Italianfirst division soccer matches played on Saturday: Brescia 2 - Stefano Mauri 3, Andrea Caracciolo 39 Juventus 3 - ...
Protesters observe silence for victims of clashes in Venezuela
Mar 07, 2004 ... Protesters observe silence for victims of clashes in VenezuelaCARACAS, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Saturday's demonstration to demand arecall referendum against President Hugo Chavez ended with a minuteof silence in memory of the people killed during last week' s violentprotests ....
Leading scorers in French first division soccer league
Mar 07, 2004 ... Leading scorers in French first division soccer leaguePARIS, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading scorers inFrench first division soccer league after Saturday's matches: 18 - Djibril Cisse (AJ Auxerre) 15 - Didier Drogba (Olympique Marseille), Pierre-Alain ...
Summaries of French first division soccer league matches
Mar 07, 2004 ... Summaries of French first division soccer league matchesPARIS, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the summaries of Frenchfirst division soccer league after matches played on Saturday: Lille 1 - Matt Moussilou 53 AJ Auxerre 0 Halftime: ...
Expert: Don't say rashly that China's economy is overheated
Mar 07, 2004 ... Expert: Don't say rashly that China's economy is overheatedBEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) -- As Chinese economists are locked inheated debate about whether or not China's economy is overheated, LuBaifu, former deputy director of the State Council DevelopmentResearch Center, came out ...
Japan reports another suspected case of mad cow
Mar 07, 2004 ... Japan reports another suspected case of mad cowTOKYO, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Japan agricultural ministry said Sundaya cow from a Hokkaido farm tested positive for mad cow disease, andit would be Japan's 11th case of the brain-wasting disease ifconfirmed. A ...
Roundup: ECB keeps rate unchanged amid political pressure
Mar 07, 2004 ... Roundup: ECB keeps rate unchanged amid political pressureBRUSSELS, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Despite a strong euro and extensivepolitical pressure from major European governments, the EuropeanCentral Bank (ECB) on Thursday kept its key rates unchanged for theninth month and gave no ...
Results of Shanghai GP foil tournament women's individual event
Mar 07, 2004 ... Results of Shanghai GP foil tournament women's individual eventSHANGHAI, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Following are the knock-out resultsfrom the FIE Grand Prix Foil tournament women's individual event inShanghai on Sunday (prefix number denote seedings): 1-Valentin Vezzali, Italy, ...
Leading scorers in Spanish first division soccer league
Mar 07, 2004 ... Leading scorers in Spanish first division soccer leagueMADRID, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading scorers inthe Spanish first division soccer league after Saturday's matches: 22 - Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 15 - Salva Ballesta (Malaga) 14 - Mista ...