Xinhua News Agency back issues from Friday, April 23:
Opener, Advisory
Apr 23, 2004 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service forThursday, April 22, 2004, and begins ...
BFA Board of Directors hold meeting
Apr 23, 2004 ... BFA Board of Directors hold meetingBOAO, Hainan, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The Board of Directors of theBoao Forum for Asia (BFA) held a meeting here Thursday, which waspresided over by Chairman of the Board Fidel Ramos. Long Yongtu, secretary-general of the BFA, reported the ...
ASEAN language center inaugurated at SW China university
Apr 23, 2004 ... ASEAN language center inaugurated at SW China universityKUNMING, April 22 (Xinhua) -- A training center for studying thelanguages of countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nationswas inaugurated Thursday at the Yunnan Nationality University. The center is part of ...
1st Ld-Writethru: buildings set fire in southern Thailand
Apr 23, 2004 ... 1st Ld-Writethru: buildings set fire in southern ThailandBANGKOK, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Unidentified men on Thursday nightset fire at some 20 sites in Thailand's southernmost provinceNarathiwat, which has been disturbed by constant violence over thepast four months. ...
Xinhua world news summary at 1615 GMT, April 22
Apr 23, 2004 ... Xinhua world news summary at 1615 GMT, April 22SEOUL -- Thousands of people were feared dead and some 3,000injured Thursday when two fuel-laden freight trains collided in theDemocratic People's Republic of Korea, the YTN reported. ( DPRK-Train Clashes) - - - - ...
OIC condemns Israel's assassination of Hamas leaders
Apr 23, 2004 ... OIC condemns Israel's assassination of Hamas leadersGENEVA, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan, on behalf of theOrganization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), condemned on ThursdayIsrael's assassination of Hamas leaders. Every fair-minded nation must condemn such acts as ...
China trains 30 more anti-drug police for Myanmar
Apr 23, 2004 ... China trains 30 more anti-drug police for MyanmarKUNMING, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Thirty policemen from Myanmar endedtheir month-long training on anti-drug enforcement Thursday in YunnanProvince, southwest China. Trained at the Yunnan Police College, the policemen from ...
China publicizes document to curb malpractice among doctors
Apr 23, 2004 ... China publicizes document to curb malpractice among doctorsBEIJING, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The Health Ministry of ChinaThursday publicized a document to curb the malpractice among doctorslike taking money from patients and commissions from medicinecompanies, which has caused ...
Kim Jong Il highly evaluates latest visit to China
Apr 23, 2004 ... Kim Jong Il highly evaluates latest visit to ChinaBEIJING, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Kim Jong Il, leader of theDemocratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), said Thursday that hislatest meeting with China's new collective leadership will furtherpromote the friendship and trust ...
China shows concern, displeasure over US hearing on TaiwanRelations Act: FM spokesman
Apr 23, 2004 ... China shows concern, displeasure over US hearing on TaiwanRelations Act: FM spokesmanBEIJING, April 22 (Xinhua) -- China showed serious concern anddispleasure over a US congressional hearing on Taiwan Relations Actand lodged serious representation with the US side, Chinese ...
Singapore sets up committee to probe highway collapse
Apr 23, 2004 ... Singapore sets up committee to probe highway collapseSINGAPORE, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Singapore's Ministry of Manpower(MOM) has set up a committee of inquiry to investigate the cause ofNicoll Highway collapse, which killed two people, and wounded threeothers. Announcing ...
China's health ministry makes prompt actions to prevent SARS spread
Apr 23, 2004 ... China's health ministry makes prompt actions to prevent SARSspreadBEIJING, April 22 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Health held anemergent tele-conference Thursday night after the announcement of onesuspect SARS case in Beijing, making detailed actions to prevent thespread of ...
Russia, China vow further security cooperation
Apr 23, 2004 ... Russia, China vow further security cooperationMOSCOW, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Senior Russian and Chinese officialspledged here on Thursday to strengthen their cooperation in the fieldof security and to intensify consultation and coordination ininternational affairs. "A more ...
Pakistani army reaches agreement with wanted tribesmen
Apr 23, 2004 ... Pakistani army reaches agreement with wanted tribesmenISLAMABAD, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The Pakistani army has reached anagreement with tribesmen accused of sheltering al-Qaeda suspects inthe tribal region bordering Afghanistan, a senior official saidThursday. Both sides ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- April 22
Apr 23, 2004 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- April 22BEIJING, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the domestic newsitems released by Xinhua on Thursday:Market exchange rates -- April 22 China curbs fertilizer prices Highlights of major Beijing-based ...
Russia downplays UN investigation on Iraq's oil-for-food program
Apr 23, 2004 ... Russia downplays UN investigation on Iraq's oil-for-food programMOSCOW, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Russia said Thursday that it respectsa United Nations investigation into alleged corruption in the UnitedNations oil-for-food program in Iraq but that it does not see it as apriority ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (part 2)
Apr 23, 2004 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (part 2)HONG KONG, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Thursday:Thai government downplays postponement of Myanmar meeting Japanese FM quits parliament meeting for ...
Singapore minister stresses need of multilateral responses to fight terrorism
Apr 23, 2004 ... Singapore minister stresses need of multilateral responses tofight terrorismSINGAPORE, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Singapore's Defense Minister TeoChee Hean on Thursday night stressed the need of multilateralresponses to deal with the new security threats facing the worldtoday ....
Chinese mainland Red Cross briefs SARS situation to Taiwancounterpart
Apr 23, 2004 ... Chinese mainland Red Cross briefs SARS situation to TaiwancounterpartBEIJING, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Su Juxiang, secretary-general of theRed Cross Society of China, sent a letter to the Red Crossorganization of Taiwan early Friday, briefing the latter about thesuspect SARS case ...
Zimbabwe government claims land reform irreversible
Apr 23, 2004 ... Zimbabwe government claims land reform irreversibleHARARE, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabweans could now proudly claimthey are an independent nation following the successful completion ofthe land reform, Zimbabwean Minister of State for Information andPublicity Jonathan Moyo said ...
Results of Chinese athletics Grand Prix (3)
Apr 23, 2004 ... Results of Chinese athletics Grand Prix (3)GUILIN, South China, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Following are theresults of second stage of the Chinese athletics Grand Prix thisseason here on Thursday: WOMEN 100m: 1. Li Xuemei, 11.40 seconds 2. Zhu Juanhong, ...
Ice hockey world championships previous winners
Apr 23, 2004 ... Ice hockey world championships previous winnersPRAGUE, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the world ice hockeychampioships winners in the previous 15 years ahead of the start ofthe 2004 championships here on Saturday: 2003: Canada 2002: Slovakia 2001: ...
Cuba drops Guantanamo motion, warns of raising it again
Apr 23, 2004 ... Cuba drops Guantanamo motion, warns of raising it againHAVANA, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Cuba on Thursday dropped a call tothe UN Human Rights Commission to probe US treatment of detainees atGuantanamo naval base, but warned it might table it again at anyinternational meeting ....
Results of Chinese athletics Grand Prix (1)
Apr 23, 2004 ... Results of Chinese athletics Grand Prix (1)GUILIN, South China, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Following are theresults of second stage of the Chinese athletics Grand Prix thisseason here on Thursday: MEN 100 meters: 1. Hu Kai, 10.38 seconds 2. Zhao ...
Summaries of UEFA Cup semi-final, first leg
Apr 23, 2004 ... Summaries of UEFA Cup semi-final, first legLONDON, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the summaries of UEFACup semi-final, first leg soccer matches played on Thursday: In Newcastle: Newcastle United, England, tied Olympique Marseille, France, 0- 0 ...
Maradona may do without artificial respirator in the next hours
Apr 23, 2004 ... Maradona may do without artificial respirator in the next hoursBUENOS AIRES, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Argentine former football starDiego Armando Maradona slowly improves and thus he might be alloweddo without the artificial respirator in the following hours. The last medical ...
Portuguese squad for soccer friendly against Sweden
Apr 23, 2004 ... Portuguese squad for soccer friendly against SwedenLISBON, April 22 (Xinhua) - Coach Luiz Felipe Scolari named aweakened roster, without the players from Champions League semi-finalists Porto, for the international friendly against Sweden inCoimbra on April 28. Squad: ...
NATO chief disappointed about Kosovo leaders
Apr 23, 2004 ... NATO chief disappointed about Kosovo leadersBELGRADE, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), expresseddisappointment over the leaders of Kosovo on Thursday as they failedto improve local security, the ...
Albanian soccer squad for friendly against Estonia
Apr 23, 2004 ... Albanian soccer squad for friendly against EstoniaBELGRADE, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Albanian soccersquad for the international friendly against Estonia in Tallinn onApril 28: Goalkeepers: Foto Strakosha, Ilion Lika ...
Explosion rocks railway station in DPRK, casualties presumed at 3,000
Apr 23, 2004 ... Explosion rocks railway station in DPRK, casualties presumed at 3,000SEOUL, April 23 (Xinhua) -- A large explosion occurred near atrain station in the northwest of the Democratic People's Republic ofKorea (DPRK) on Thursday afternoon, killing or injuring up to 3, 000people, ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Apr 23, 2004 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, April 23 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Philippine newspapers on Friday. Philippine Daily Inquirer -- The International Monetary Fund has upgraded its 2004 economicgrowth outlook for ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, April 23
Apr 23, 2004 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, April 23GENEVA -- Two Swiss nationals held hostage in Iraq for 48 hourshave been released unharmed, Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey said Thursday. The two, kidnapped Tuesday by an unknown group in southern Iraq,had been ...
UCI Pro Tour calendar for 2005
Apr 23, 2004 ... UCI Pro Tour calendar for 2005BRUSSELS, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Following is the list of 28 raceswhich will feature on the all-new International Cycling Union (UCI)Pro Tour for 2005, which is part of the UCI's major reforms packagefor cycling announced on Thursday: March ...
UEFA Cup semi-finals finished with scoreless draw
Apr 23, 2004 ... UEFA Cup semi-finals finished with scoreless drawLONDON, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Newcastle United and OlympiqueMarseille ended their clash with 0-0 draw and the Spanish derbybetween Villarreal and Valencia also finished without a goal inThursday's UEFA Cup semi-finals. An ...
European Badminton Championships results (1)
Apr 23, 2004 ... European Badminton Championships results (1)GENEVA, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the quarter-finalresults in the European badminton championships (prefix numberdenotes seeding): Men's singles 1-Kenneth Jonassen, Denmark, bt 5/8-Dicky Palyama, Netherlands, ...
Chinese vice premier visits Chile to boost relations
Apr 23, 2004 ... Chinese vice premier visits Chile to boost relationsSANTIAGO, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyuarrived here Thursday for a three-day official visit to promote hiscountry's relations with the South American nation. Hui is scheduled to meet with Chilean ...
Shares close up in Brazil, Argentina and Mexico
Apr 23, 2004 ... Shares close up in Brazil, Argentina and MexicoMEXICO CITY, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Latin America's three majorstock markets -- Argentina and Mexico -- closed up on Thursday. In Sao Paulo, Latin America's biggest bourse, the leading Bovespaindex closed at 21,141 points, up ...
Tunisia, China to further strengthen media cooperation
Apr 23, 2004 ... Tunisia, China to further strengthen media cooperationTUNIS, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Tunisia and China will furtherstrengthen media cooperation under an agreement signed here Thursdaybetween the Agence Tunis-Afrique Presse and China's state news agencyXinhua. Under the ...
Results of Monte Carlo Masters third round (updated)
Apr 23, 2004 ... Results of Monte Carlo Masters third round (updated)PARIS, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the third round resultsfrom the 2.425 million euros Monte Carlo Tennis Masters on Thursday(prefix number denotes seeding): 5-Carlos Moya, Spain, bt Juan Ignacio Chela, Argentina, ...
Asian Badminton Championships results
Apr 23, 2004 ... Asian Badminton Championships resultsKUALA LUMPUR, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results fromthe third round of the Asian Badminton Championships here onThursday: Men's singles Muhammad Hafiz Hashim, Malaysia, bt Lee Hyun Il, South Korea, 6-15, 15-10, ...
Japanese right-wing vehicle rams Chinese consulate
Apr 23, 2004 ... Japanese right-wing vehicle rams Chinese consulateTOKYO, April23 (Xinhua) -- A large vehicle belonging to a Japanese right-winggroup rammed the front gate of the Chinese Consulate General in Osakaearly Friday, but no one was injured in the event, according to theChinese Embassy ....
Zidane voted Europe's top player of 50 years
Apr 23, 2004 ... Zidane voted Europe's top player of 50 yearsGENEVA, April 22 (Xinhua) -- French midfielder Zinedine Zidane wasvoted in Nyon of Switzerland on Thursday as Europe's top soccerplayer of the past 50 years. Zidane edged out Franz Beckenbauer and Johan Cruyff in a pollconducted ...
European Badminton Championships results (2-last)
Apr 23, 2004 ... European Badminton Championships results (2-last)GENEVA, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the quarter-finalresults in the European badminton championships (prefix numberdenotes seeding): Mixed doubles 1-Nathan Robertson/Gail Emms, England, bt Simon ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Apr 23, 2004 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, April 23(Xinhua) -- The following are major news items in leading Japanesenewspapers on Friday.Asahi: -- Experts of Japan and the United States will hold talks in Tokyoas early as Saturday over the ban of US beef ...
Results of Chinese athletics Grand Prix (2)
Apr 23, 2004 ... Results of Chinese athletics Grand Prix (2)GUILIN, South China, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Following are theresults of second stage of the Chinese athletics Grand Prix thisseason here on Thursday: MEN 110m hurdles Finalist 1. Liu Xiang, 13.79 ...
Hemam, Coria advance as Hewitt out in Monte Carlo Masters
Apr 23, 2004 ... Hemam, Coria advance as Hewitt out in Monte Carlo MastersPARIS, April 22 (Xinhua) -- German baseliner Rainer Schuettlerknocked out Lleyton Hewitt 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 in the Monte Carlo Mastersthird round in Monaco on Thursday. The Australian former world number one had not won a ...
European weightlifting championship results
Apr 23, 2004 ... European weightlifting championship resultsMOSCOW, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theEuropean weightlifting championships in Kiev on Thursday: Women 69kg 1. Sibel Simsek, Turkey247.5 kg (112.5+135) 2. Tatiana Matveeva, ...
Zinedine Zidanes named European footballer of last 50 years
Apr 23, 2004 ... Zinedine Zidanes named European footballer of last 50 yearsNICOSIA, April 22 (Xinhua) -- French football star Zinedine Zidanewas elected the best European footballer of the last 50 years by fansfollowed by German Franz Beckenbauer and Dutchman Johan Cruyff. The results were ...
AU urges efforts to deal with unemployment, poverty in Africa
Apr 23, 2004 ... AU urges efforts to deal with unemployment, poverty in AfricaLOME, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The African Union (AU) has urgedAfrican countries to take concrete measures to address the issues ofhigh rate of unemployment and poverty as well as other socialsecurity difficulties facing ...
Market exchange rates -- April 23
Apr 23, 2004 ... Market exchange rates -- April 23BEIJING, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Market exchange rates of four majorcurrencies against RMB yuan for Friday, announced by the People'sBank of China:Currency Unit Middle Price (in RMB yuan) US Dollar 100 827.70 ...
Results of snooker world championship first round
Apr 23, 2004 ... Results of snooker world championship first roundLONDON, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of firstround matches (best of 19 frames) at the World Snooker Championshipin Sheffield of England on Thursday: Anthony Hamilton, England, bt Steve Davis, England, 10-7 ...
FIBA Europe League semi-final results
Apr 23, 2004 ... FIBA Europe League semi-final resultsMOSCOW, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of FIBAEurope League semi-final basketball ...
2004 world ice hockey championships schedule
Apr 23, 2004 ... 2004 world ice hockey championships schedulePRAGUE, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the schedule of the2004 world ice hockey championships, which begins here on Saturday:Group A: Czech Repubic, Germany, Latvia, Kazakhstan Group B: Slovakia, Finland, Ukraine, ...
Results of Chinese athletics Grand Prix (4-last)
Apr 23, 2004 ... Results of Chinese athletics Grand Prix (4-last)GUILIN, South China, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Following are theresults of second stage of the Chinese athletics Grand Prix thisseason here on Thursday: WOMEN 100m hurdles Finalists 1. Tang Yuan, 13.28 ...
Salvadoran troops to remain in Iraq: commander
Apr 23, 2004 ... Salvadoran troops to remain in Iraq: commanderMEXICO CITY, April 22 (Xinhua) -- El Salvador's military chief inIraq Col. Hugo Omar Orellana Calionio said Thursday that theSalvadoran troops will not withdraw, although troops from Spain,Honduras and the Dominican Republic would ...
Taiyuan makes last four in CUBA women basketball
Apr 23, 2004 ... Taiyuan makes last four in CUBA women basketballTAIYUAN, Central China, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Taiyuan University ofTechnology (TUT) won a home game 87-56 over China University ofMining and Technology (CUMT) to make the last four of the ChineseUniversity Basketball Association ...
Kuwaiti, Irish FMs stress cooperation between GCC, EU
Apr 23, 2004 ... Kuwaiti, Irish FMs stress cooperation between GCC, EUKUWAIT CITY, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Kuwaiti Foreign Minister SheikhMohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah and his Irish counterpart BrianCowen on Thursday highlighted the need to strengthen relationsbetween the Gulf Cooperation ...
China lists use of hydrogen into its energy development strategy
Apr 23, 2004 ... China lists use of hydrogen into its energy development strategySHANGHAI, April 23 (Xinhua) -- China has listed rational use ofhydrogen into its energy development strategy and will hike upinvestment for research of automobiles powered by hydrogen cells. The Chinese ...
S.Korea chooses Irbil for troops deployment in Iraq: newspaper report
Apr 23, 2004 ... S.Korea chooses Irbil for troops deployment in Iraq: newspaperreportSEOUL, April 23 (Xinhua) -- The South Korean governmenttentatively chose Irbil, in the Kurdish autonomous region innorthern Iraq, as the deployment location for its additional 3,000troops, the Chosun Daily ...
BOC reports 50 pct surge in international settlement business infirst quarter
Apr 23, 2004 ... BOC reports 50 pct surge in international settlement business infirst quarterBEIJING, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Bank of China, the country's largestforeign exchange bank, said Thursday its international settlementbusiness grew more than 50 percent in the first quarter, China ...
Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- April 23
Apr 23, 2004 ... Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- April 23BEIJING, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Following are highlights of majorBeijing-based newspaper on Friday. People's Daily -- Chinese President Hu Jintao held talks with Vaclav Klaus,president of the Czech Republic, ...
Chile reiterates concerns over Bolivian-Argentine gas accord
Apr 23, 2004 ... Chile reiterates concerns over Bolivian-Argentine gas accordSANTIAGO, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Chilean lawmakers voiced concernsThursday over the Bolivian-Argentine natural gas deal, which bans thepassing of "a single molecule of the fuel" to Chile. Chilean Senate President ...
Key project constructed with "green" consciousness
Apr 23, 2004 ... Key project constructed with "green" consciousnessYINCHUAN, April 23 (Xinhua) -- At the construction site of theZhongwei section of the west-east gas project in northwest China'sNingxia Hui Autonomous Region, workers are sowing grass seeds on theearth over which they have just ...
Hong Kong stocks open up
Apr 23, 2004 ... Hong Kong stocks open upHONG KONG, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong stocks rose 129.02points, or 1.06 ...
Administration urges strict quarantine measures after one suspectSARS case reported in Beijing
Apr 23, 2004 ... Administration urges strict quarantine measures after one suspectSARS case reported in BeijingBEIJING, April 23 (Xinhua) -- China's State Administration ofQuality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine has issued anemergency circular calling for immediate operation of the ...