Xinhua News Agency back issues from Wednesday, April 7:
Greek Cypriot side displays intransigent attitude in four-party talks: Turkish FM
Apr 07, 2004 ... Greek Cypriot side displays intransigent attitude in four-partytalks: Turkish FMANKARA, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Turkish Foreign Minister and DeputyPrime Minister Abdullah Gul said here on Tuesday that the GreekCypriot side had displayed an intransigent attitude during the ...
Shares close down in Brazil, Argentina and Mexico
Apr 07, 2004 ... Shares close down in Brazil, Argentina and MexicoMEXICO CITY, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Latin America's three major stockmarkets -- Sao Paulo, Argentina and Mexico -- closed down on Tuesday. In Sao Paulo, Latin America's biggest bourse, the leading Bovespaindex closed at 23,071 ...
Rockets waive Oakley, activate Cato
Apr 07, 2004 ... Rockets waive Oakley, activate CatoWASHINGTON, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Houston Rockets waived Tuesdayforward Charles Oakley after the veteran played seven games for theteam. Center Kelvin Cato was activated from the injured list aftermissing the last 10 games with a left ...
Carlos says "time to talk" about solutions for Real Madrid
Apr 07, 2004 ... Carlos says "time to talk" about solutions for Real MadridMADRID, April 6 (Xinhua) -- After Real Madrid was eliminated fromthe Champions League by Monaco in a surprising 3-1 upset, defenderRoberto Carlos said that it was time to talk about seeking solutionsfor the team's ...
Bayern to play soccer friendly with Qatar All-Stars
Apr 07, 2004 ... Bayern to play soccer friendly with Qatar All-StarsKUWAIT CITY, April 6 (Xinhua) -- German football giants BayernMunich will compete with Qatar All-Stars, composed of players fromthe Qatar National League, in an exhibition game in Doha Tuesdayevening. With players like ...
Roddick eyes on Olympic gold medal
Apr 07, 2004 ... Roddick eyes on Olympic gold medalWASHINGTON, April 6 (Xinhua) -- World No. 2 American tennis playerAndy Roddick said the tournament he wants most to win is theOlympics. "If you said, 'Ok, pick one tournament that you'd be victorious inthis year,' I'd probably say the ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, April 7
Apr 07, 2004 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, April 7RIGA -- Lithuanian parliament speaker Arturas Paulauskas wasappointed on Tuesday as the acting president shortly after theparliament voted to oust incumbent President Rolandas Paksas forviolating the constitution, according to ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Apr 07, 2004 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, April 7(Xinhua) -- The following are major news items in leading Japanesenewspapers on Wednesday. Asahi, Yomiuri, Mainichi, Nihon Keizai: -- Armed clashes between Shiite Muslims and US-led forces arespreading toward ...
Brazil accuses nuclear powers of failing to fulfill commitments
Apr 07, 2004 ... Brazil accuses nuclear powers of failing to fulfill commitmentsBRASILIA, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian Foreign Minister CelsoAmorin said Tuesday that while Brazil fulfilled "in an exemplary way"its obligations on nuclear issues, the great nuclear powers werefailing to comply ...
Market exchange rates -- April 7
Apr 07, 2004 ... Market exchange rates -- April 7BEIJING, April 7 (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 100 827.69 ...
Champions League quarter-final 2nd leg collated results
Apr 07, 2004 ... Champions League quarter-final 2nd leg collated resultsLONDON, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the collated results ofChampions League quarter-final, second leg matches played on Tuesday: In Monaco: Monaco 3 Real Madrid 1 First leg: 2-4; Aggregate: 5-5, Monaco win ...
Portugal to revise airport security plan for Euro2004
Apr 07, 2004 ... Portugal to revise airport security plan for Euro2004LISBON, April 6 (Xinhua) -- The Portuguese civil aviationauthorities decided Tuesday to modify the security plan for Lisbon 'sairport during the European 2004 Championship (Euro2004), ascommunication failures reportedly ...
Tour of Basque Country second stage placings/standings
Apr 07, 2004 ... Tour of Basque Country second stage placings/standingsMADRID, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading placings inthe 180km second stage of the Tour of the Basque Country cycling racefrom Bergara to Zalla in Spain on Tuesday: 1. Beat Zberg, Switzerland, Gerolsteiner...
Zberg wins stage, Di Luca leads in Basque cycling tour
Apr 07, 2004 ... Zberg wins stage, Di Luca leads in Basque cycling tourMADRID, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Swiss Beat Zberg won a sprint to takethe 180-km second stage of the Tour of the Basque Country in Zalla,Spain on Tuesday. Zberg, of the German Gerolsteiner team, worked his way up to ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Apr 07, 2004 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, April 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Philippine newspapers on Wednesday. Manila Bulletin: -- The national anti-graft court Tuesday allowed former PresidentJoseph Estrada to stay at ...
6.2 billion yuan allocated for Qinghai-Tibet railway constructionin2004
Apr 07, 2004 ... 6.2 billion yuan allocated for Qinghai-Tibet railway constructionin 2004XINING, April 6 (Xinhua) -- China will allocate 6.2 billion yuan(757 million US dollars) for continuing the construction of theQinghai-Tibet railway this year, said an official with theconstruction ...
Venezuela rebuts remarks by US diplomat against Chavez
Apr 07, 2004 ... Venezuela rebuts remarks by US diplomat against ChavezCARACAS, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Venezuela rebutted on Tuesday theremarks by Roger Noriega, US Assistant Secretary of the WesternHemisphere affairs, against Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez,according to the Venezuelan state-run ...
Monaco stun Real Madrid for Champions League semifinal
Apr 07, 2004 ... Monaco stun Real Madrid for Champions League semifinalPARIS, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Monaco rallied from behind to eliminatenine-times winners Real Madrid out of the Champions League with a 3-1 second leg victory in their quarter-final on Tuesday. Captain Ludovic Giuly scored ...
Cuba to remain in Volleyball World League
Apr 07, 2004 ... Cuba to remain in Volleyball World LeagueHAVANA, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Cuba is to participate with 12 othernational teams in the 15th Men's Volleyball World League, which is toopen on June 4. After several years of organizing the competition with 16 nationalteams, the ...
Amelia Island championship WTA results
Apr 07, 2004 ... Amelia Island championship WTA resultsWASHINGTON, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from the585,000 US dollars Amelia Island championship WTA tennis tournamenton Tuesday (prefix number denotes seeding): Second round 12-Patty Schnyder, Switzerland, bt ...
Recast: 6.2 billion yuan allocated for Qinghai-Tibet railway in2004
Apr 07, 2004 ... Recast: 6.2 billion yuan allocated for Qinghai-Tibet railway in2004XINING, April 7 (Xinhua) -- China will allocate 6.2 billion yuan(757 million US dollars) for continuing the construction of theQinghai-Tibet railway this year, said an official with theconstruction headquarters ...
Asian Champions League results/standings
Apr 07, 2004 ... Asian Champions League results/standingsBEIJING, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of Asian Champions League soccer matches played on Tuesday: Group A Zob Ahan (Iran) 3 Qatar SC (Qatar) 3 Pakhtakor (Uzbekistan) v ...
Argentina to swap food with Venezuela for fuel
Apr 07, 2004 ... Argentina to swap food with Venezuela for fuelBUENOS AIRES, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Argentina, currently afflictedby an energy crisis, has agreed with Venezuela on a food- for-fuelexchange plan, Argentina's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. Argentina is giving grain and beef ...
Portugal to modify airport security plan for Euro 2004
Apr 07, 2004 ... Portugal to modify airport security plan for Euro 2004LISBON, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Portuguese civil aviation authoritiesdecided Tuesday to modify the security plans set to apply in Lisbon'sairport during the Europe 2004 Football Championship (Euro 2004),alluding communication ...
Chelsea beat Arsenal to make Champions League semifinal
Apr 07, 2004 ... Chelsea beat Arsenal to make Champions League semifinalLONDON, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Chelsea marched into the semi- finalsof the Champions League for the first time on Tuesday when theyoutscored Arsenal 2-1 at Highbury with a late winner for a 3- 2aggregate triumph. Wayne ...
West Africa promotes joint sports development initiative
Apr 07, 2004 ... West Africa promotes joint sports development initiativeLAGOS, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Sports administrators in West Africaare promoting joint sports development initiatives, said a Ghanaianminister here on Tuesday. Rasheed Bawa, Ghanaian minister for youth and sports, ...
Urgent: Japanese court rules PM's shrine visit "unconstitutional"
Apr 07, 2004 ... Urgent: Japanese court rules PM's shrine visit "unconstitutional" TOKYO, April 7 (Xinhua) -- A Japanese court on Wednesday ...
Los Angeles immigration scam ring members sentenced to jail
Apr 07, 2004 ... Los Angeles immigration scam ring members sentenced to jailLOS ANGELES, April 6 (Xinhua) -- A US woman who was leading animmigration scam in Los Angeles was sentenced Tuesday to 121 monthsin jail. Elzbieta Malgorzata Bugajska, of Polish origin, posed asimmigration ...
Paraguay to play S. Korea in soccer friendly
Apr 07, 2004 ... Paraguay to play S. Korea in soccer friendlyASUNCION, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Paraguay will play a soccer friendlyagainst 2002 World Cup semi-finalists South Korea in Seoul on April28, the Paraguayan Football Federation said on Tuesday. Paraguay currently sits second ...
Casablanca WTA tournament results
Apr 07, 2004 ... Casablanca WTA tournament resultsPARIS, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from 110, 000US dollars WTA tournament in Casablanca, Morocco on Tuesday ( prefixnumber denotes seeding): First round Stephanie Cohen Aloro, France, bt 2-Marion Bartoli, France, ...
Acosta resigns as Bolivian soccer coach
Apr 07, 2004 ... Acosta resigns as Bolivian soccer coachMEXICO CITY, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Nelson Acosta resigned on Tuesdayto end his nine-month stint as coach of Bolivian national soccerteam. Acosta, who was born in Uruguay but holds Chilean citizenship,handed in his resignation one week ...
Colombian army arrests 60 armed rebels
Apr 07, 2004 ... Colombian army arrests 60 armed rebelsBOGOTA, April 6 (Xinhua) -- The Colombian army arrested 41paramilitaries and 19 guerrillas in raids started Monday in fourprovinces in the country, the military said on Tuesday. The operations centered on the provinces of Boyaca, ...
Hong Kong stocks open lower
Apr 07, 2004 ... Hong Kong stocks open lowerHONG KONG, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong ...
Japanese court rules PM's shrine visit "unconstitutional"
Apr 07, 2004 ... Japanese court rules PM's shrine visit "unconstitutional" EDS:1st leadTOKYO, April 7 (Xinhua) -- A Japanese court on Wednesday ruledthat Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's pilgrimage to a controversialwar shrine violates ...
Uruguay fires national soccer coach Carrasco
Apr 07, 2004 ... Uruguay fires national soccer coach CarrascoMONTEVIDEO, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Uruguay coach Juan Ramon Carrascowas fired on Tuesday, one week after a 3-0 World Cup qualifying homedefeat by Venezuela. Carrasco, who rated himself as one of the world's top 15 coaches,had been ...
Brazil calls for more dialogue to boost FTAA talks
Apr 07, 2004 ... Brazil calls for more dialogue to boost FTAA talksBRASILIA, April 6 (Xinhua) -- A Brazilian trade official calledfor further dialogue Tuesday on the establishment of the Free TradeArea of the Americas (FTAA) despite a dwindled possibility ofreaching the agreement. The ...
URGENT: Japanese court rules PM's shrine visit "unconstitutional"
Apr 07, 2004 ... URGENT: Japanese court rules PM's shrine visit "unconstitutional" TOKYO, April 7 (Xinhua) -- A Japanese court on Wednesday ruled thatPrime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit to a controversial warshrine violated the constitution, Kyodo news agency reported.The decision was ...
Want ad for father arouses concern over single parents' children
Apr 07, 2004 ... Want ad for father arouses concern over single parents' childrenTAIYUAN, April 7 (Xinhua) -- A classified ad from a six-year- oldboy looking for a father in central China's province of Hunan hasmoved many people to tears, and aroused widespread concern over thecountry's rising ...
Backgrounder: Candidates running for Algerian presidency
Apr 07, 2004 ... Backgrounder: Candidates running for Algerian presidencyALGIERS, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Among six candidates running for theAlgerian presidency Thursday, incumbent President AbdelazizBouteflika and former prime minister Ali Benflis are leading thecontest. A run-off will be ...
Brazilian scientist accuses US of pressing Brazilian atomicactivity
Apr 07, 2004 ... Brazilian scientist accuses US of pressing Brazilian atomicactivityRIO DE JANEIRO, April 6 (Xinhua) -- A Brazilian nuclear scientistsaid Tuesday the US newspaper report that Brazil is denyinginternational inspectors access to its nuclear facilities indirectlyput pressure on ...
Norway likely to bring troops home from Iraq within months
Apr 07, 2004 ... Norway likely to bring troops home from Iraq within monthsSTOCKHOLM, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Norwegian Foreign Minister JanPetersen said Tuesday that Norway may withdraw troops from Iraqwithin several months so as to shift the focus of peacekeeping toother regions, the Norwegian ...
Venezuela to increase gas output, reserves
Apr 07, 2004 ... Venezuela to increase gas output, reservesCARACAS, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Venezuela's Energy and Mines MinisterRafael Ramirez declared that Venezuela will increase investment infield exploration and production to raise the country's gas reservesand output, according to the daily El ...
Profile: Rolandas Paksas, impeached president of Lithuania
Apr 07, 2004 ... Profile: Rolandas Paksas, impeached president of LithuaniaRIGA, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Embattled Lithuanian President RolandasPaksas was ousted Tuesday for his ties to a Russian businessman thatfunded his election campaign. Arturas Paulauskas, the parliamentspeaker, will serve as ...
2 S.Koreans released after captivity by Iraqi militia
Apr 07, 2004 ... 2 S.Koreans released after captivity by Iraqi militiaSEOUL, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Two South Koreans have been releasedafter 14 hours of captivity by an Iraqi militia, South Korean YonhapNews Agency reported on Wednesday. The two, including a 33-year-old relief worker ...
Mainland's third-party logistics service an attractive market forHong Kong players
Apr 07, 2004 ... Mainland's third-party logistics service an attractive market forHong Kong playersHONG KONG, April 7 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland's ever-growing manufacturing industry needs stronger logistics support,which is a "must" in the fiercely competitive commercial world,according ...
Hong Kong GDP to grow 6.9 pct in 2004: forecast
Apr 07, 2004 ... Hong Kong GDP to grow 6.9 pct in 2004: forecastHONG KONG, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong is expected to see agross domestic product (GDP) growth of 6.9 percent in 2004, said aMacroeconomic forecast issued here Tuesday. The forecast, commissioned by the Better Hong Kong ...
Women's ice hockey world championship results
Apr 07, 2004 ... Women's ice hockey world championship resultsOTTAWA, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results on Tuesday,the final day of the Women's Ice ...
Los Angeles to restrict filmmaking activities in downtown area
Apr 07, 2004 ... Los Angeles to restrict filmmaking activities in downtown areaLOS ANGELES, April 6 (Xinhua) -- The US city of Los Angeles isexpected to restrict filmmaking activities in downtown area afterresidents' complaints about nerve-rattling staged explosions, localmedia reported Tuesday ....
1st Ld: Japanese court says PM's shrine visit of political intention
Apr 07, 2004 ... 1st Ld: Japanese court says PM's shrine visit of politicalintentionTOKYO, April 7 (Xinhua) -- A Japanese court on Wednesday saidPrime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to a controversial warshrine where war criminals are also honored were based on politicalintention, Kyodo ...
Australian cycling champion to miss Olympics
Apr 07, 2004 ... Australian cycling champion to miss OlympicsCANBERRA, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Australian sprint champion KerrieMeares will miss the Athens Olympics due to a serious back injury. Meares, one of Australia's gold hopefuls in Athens, made thedecision after doctors warned her of ...
Seven confirmed dead in NE coal mine flooding
Apr 07, 2004 ... Seven confirmed dead in NE coal mine floodingCHANGCHUN, April 7 (Xinhua) -- All the seven miners trapped in acoal mine flooding in northeast China's province of Jilin wereconfirmed dead, local sources said Wednesday. The miners had been stuck in Shunfa coal mine in Tonghua ...
Macao's real estate sector rebounds fast
Apr 07, 2004 ... Macao's real estate sector rebounds fastMACAO, April 7 (Xinhua) -- The real estate sector in Macao SpecialAdministrative Region (SAR) witnessed a robust growth period with atotal of 33 buildings completed or enlarged last year comprising1,566 flats, an increase of 311 percent on ...
China to protect woodlands by clearing illegal requisitions
Apr 07, 2004 ... China to protect woodlands by clearing illegal requisitionsBEIJING, April 7 (Xinhua) -- The State Forestry Administration haslaunched a nation-wide probe into illegal requisition of woodlands,in a bid to prevent China's already limited forests from beingnibbled away by ...
Backgrounder: Basic facts about Algeria
Apr 07, 2004 ... Backgrounder: Basic facts about AlgeriaALGIERS, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Algerians are to go to polls to electa new president on Thursday. Following is general information aboutthe north African country: After a century of rule by France, Algeria became independent onJuly 5, ...
Philippines creates police group to handle Muslim cases
Apr 07, 2004 ... Philippines creates police group to handle Muslim casesMANILA, April 7 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine government has set up apolice group especially to handle cases involving the arrest andinvestigation of Muslims, a local newspaper reported Wednesday. President Gloria ...
Canada wins 8th consecutive ice hockey world title
Apr 07, 2004 ... Canada wins 8th consecutive ice hockey world titleOTTAWA, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Canada scored a 2-0 victory over theUnited States to take its eighth consecutive title in the women's icehockey world championships in Halifx on Tuesday. In front of a sellout audience of 10,506, ...
Hong Kong media highlight Basic Law clarification
Apr 07, 2004 ... Hong Kong media highlight Basic Law clarification HONG KONG,April 7 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's media made the focal report Wednesdayon the interpretation over the Basic Law by the Standing Committee ofthe National People's Congress (NPC), saying the act is conducive toHong Kong's ...
US says resolve in Iraq "unshakable"
Apr 07, 2004 ... US says resolve in Iraq "unshakable"WASHINGTON, April 6 (Xinhua) -- The United States said on Tuesdaythat its resolve in Iraq was "firm" and "unshakable" even though asmany as 12 US soldiers were killed in one of the worst US casualtiessince the Iraq war. "Our resolve ...
Profile: Lithuanian Acting President Arturas Paulauskas
Apr 07, 2004 ... Profile: Lithuanian Acting President Arturas PaulauskasBEIJING, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Lithuanian parliament speaker ArturasPaulauskas was appointed on Tuesday as the acting president shortlyafter the parliament voted to oust incumbent President RolandasPaksas for violating the ...
ASEAN must work together to deal with challenges
Apr 07, 2004 ... ASEAN must work together to deal with challengesSINGAPORE, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Singapore Deputy Prime Minister LeeHsien Loong on Wednesday urged the Association of Southeast AsianNations (ASEAN) to broaden and deepen economic cooperation in a bidto deal with tougher competition ...
Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- April 7
Apr 07, 2004 ... Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- April 7BEIJING, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Following are highlights of majorBeijing-based newspapers on Wednesday:People's Daily -- Shanxi province closed or dismantled 1,691 unqualified localcoal carbonization ovens as ...
Cambodia's King urges mothers to protect their daughters
Apr 07, 2004 ... Cambodia's King urges mothers to protect their daughtersPHNOM PENH, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's King Norodom Sihanoukurged Cambodia's mothers to protect their daughters from beingtrafficked for prostitution and slave work in neighboring countries. The king appealed to ...
China issues new banking supervision rules
Apr 07, 2004 ... China issues new banking supervision rulesBEIJING, April 7 (Xinhua) -- The China Banking RegulatoryCommission (CBRC) on Tuesday promulgated rules governing transactionsbetween commercial banks and affiliated parties, reported the ChinaDaily on Wednesday. The new rules, to ...
Sudan, Jordan call for Arab summit
Apr 07, 2004 ... Sudan, Jordan call for Arab summitKHARTOUM, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Sudanese President Omar Hassan AhmedEl-Bashir and Jordanian King Abdullah II Bin Al-Hussein on Tuesdayappealed Arab states to hold an Arab summit as soon as possible toenhance the unity of the Arab world. The ...
2nd Ld: Japanese court rules PM's shrine visit "unconstitutional"
Apr 07, 2004 ... 2nd Ld: Japanese court rules PM's shrine visit "unconstitutional" TOKYO, April 7 (Xinhua) -- A Japanese district court on Wednesdayruled that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to acontroversial war shrine violates the constitution.The decision was handed down in a ...