Xinhua News Agency back issues from Thursday, June 3:
Bush consults attorney over CIA leak probe
Jun 03, 2004 ... Bush consults attorney over CIA leak probeWASHINGTON, June 3 (Xinhua) -- US President George W. Bushacknowledged Thursday that he has consulted a private attorney aboutthe investigation into who in his administration may have leaked thename of a covert CIA operative to the media ...
Frame for interim period not be imposed on Iraq: German envoy
Jun 03, 2004 ... Frame for interim period not be imposed on Iraq: German envoyUNITED NATIONS, June 3 (Xinhua) -- German Ambassador to the UNGunter Pleuger said here Thursday that his government hold theprinciple that the frame for the interim period should not be imposedon Iraq. "Germany ...
Canadian economists favor rise in Bank of Canada rate
Jun 03, 2004 ... Canadian economists favor rise in Bank of Canada rateOTTAWA, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Many Canadian economists think the Bankof Canada should raise short-term interest rates in its policydecision next Tuesday, according to a survey released Thursday by aCanadian financial institute ....
S. Korean IOC member Kim sentenced to jail
Jun 03, 2004 ... S. Korean IOC member Kim sentenced to jailSEOUL, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Kim Un-yong, the disgraced South Koreanvice president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), wassentenced to two years and six months in jail and fined 788 millionwon (673,500 US dollars) for his ...
Argentine Senate approves dispatching troops to Haiti
Jun 03, 2004 ... Argentine Senate approves dispatching troops to HaitiBUENOS AIRES, June 2 (Xinhua) -- The Argentine Senate on Wednesdayapproved the dispatch of 598 troops to Haiti, saying they wouldcontribute to the UN peacekeeping mission in the country. After five hours of hot debates, ...
Roundup: Israeli PM confident of support for disengagement plan
Jun 03, 2004 ... Roundup: Israeli PM confident of support for disengagement planJERUSALEM, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharonsaid Wednesday that he was confident his disengagement plan to pullout from Gaza would be passed by the cabinet. "The plan will be adopted on ...
Foreign exchange rates in Philippines
Jun 03, 2004 ... Foreign exchange rates in PhilippinesMANILA, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the Philippine peso released Thursday by the centralbank of the Philippines: ThursdayWednesday US dollar55.7020 ...
Morning session of inter-Korean military talks ends inconclusively
Jun 03, 2004 ... Morning session of inter-Korean military talks ends inconclusively SEOUL, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The main morning session of the ongoinginter-Korean general-grade talks at the South Korean resort MountSeolak concluded, and another main discussion was scheduled to reopenlater Thursday, ...
Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapers
Jun 03, 2004 ... Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapersISLAMABAD, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Pakistani English newspapers on Thursday. Dawn: -- Efforts to find a peaceful solution to the standoff overforeign militants in the South ...
108 rebels killed in northern Uganda
Jun 03, 2004 ... 108 rebels killed in northern UgandaKAMPALA, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The Ugandan army has announced that atleast 108 rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) were killed innorthern Uganda last month. Army spokesman based in the north Lieutenant Paddy Ankunda wasquoted ...
Positions of major powers on US-British revised resolution on Iraq
Jun 03, 2004 ... Positions of major powers on US-British revised resolution on Iraq BEIJING, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The United States and Britainpresented the revised draft resolution on Iraq to the UN SecurityCouncil on Tuesday in a bid to gain support from China, Germany,France and other Security ...
US suspects chief of Peru's biggest airline of drug ties
Jun 03, 2004 ... US suspects chief of Peru's biggest airline of drug tiesLIMA, June 2 (Xinhua) -- Head of Peru's biggest airline, AeroContinente, has been placed on a blacklist of overseas drug kingpinsby the United States, the US embassy in Peru said Wednesday in a newsrelease. Fernando ...
Roundup: Key Security Council members want more changes to revisedIraq draft resolution
Jun 03, 2004 ... Roundup: Key Security Council members want more changes to revisedIraq draft resolutionBEIJING, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Some key members of the UN SecurityCouncil said Wednesday that they want more changes to the reviseddraft resolution on Iraq proposed by the United States and ...
Vietnamese underworld's kingpin executed
Jun 03, 2004 ... Vietnamese underworld's kingpin executedHO CHI MINH CITY (Vietnam), June 3 (Xinhua) -- Nam Cam, head ofVietnam's most notorious criminal gang, and his four underlings wereexecuted on Thursday morning, mainly on murder charge. Last October, the court of appeal in Ho Chi Minh ...
Foreign exchange rates in Philippines
Jun 03, 2004 ... Foreign exchange rates in PhilippinesMANILA, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the Philippine peso released Thursday by the centralbank of the Philippines: ThursdayWednesday US dollar55.7020 ...
Xinhua world economic news summary at 0430 GMT, June 3
Jun 03, 2004 ... Xinhua world economic news summary at 0430 GMT, June 3ABU DHABI -- The United Arab Emirates plans to increase its oiloutput in June by 400,000 barrels per day, the state news agency WAMreported Wednesday. The agency quoted Obeid bin Saif Al Nasiri, Minister of ...
Hong Kong stocks lower at midday
Jun 03, 2004 ... Hong Kong stocks lower at middayHONG KONG, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong stocks ...
Ugandan govt. pardons 13,000 ex-rebels
Jun 03, 2004 ... Ugandan govt. pardons 13,000 ex-rebelsKAMPALA, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The Ugandan government through theAmnesty Law has managed to pardon over 13,000 rebels since itsinception in January 2000, The Monitor newspaper reported onThursday. Amnesty Commission principal public ...
Collated results of international soccer matches
Jun 03, 2004 ... Collated results of international soccer matchesBEIJING, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the collated results ofinternational soccer games: World Cup Qualifying Played on Thursday Brazil bt Argentina 3-1 Played on Wednesday South America ...
New Zealand soccer team in shock loss to Vanuatu
Jun 03, 2004 ... New Zealand soccer team in shock loss to VanuatuWELLINGTON, June 3 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand's Confederation andWorld Cup dreams are in tatters after an embarrassing 4-2 loss toVanuatu Thursday in a match of Oceania Nations Cup in Adelaide,Australia. The NZ soccer team All ...
Results/standings of South American World Cup qualifying
Jun 03, 2004 ... Results/standings of South American World Cup qualifyingRIO DE JANEIRO, June 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the collatedresults and standings in the South American World Cup qualifyingcompetition after Wednesday's matches: Brazil bt Argentina 3-1 Ecuador bt Colombia ...
Inamoto ruled out Asian Cup
Jun 03, 2004 ... Inamoto ruled out Asian CupLONDON, June 2 (Xinhua) -- Japanese midfielder Junich Inamoto willmiss next month's Asian Cup soccer tournament after suffering abroken ankle during the closing minutes of an international friendlyagainst England on Tuesday. The 24-year-old ...
Major foreign exchange rates in Pakistan
Jun 03, 2004 ... Major foreign exchange rates in PakistanISLAMABAD, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The following are major exchangerates against the Pakistani rupee issued by the Treasury ManagementDivision of the National Bank of Pakistan on Thursday. Selling Buying Buying TT & OD ...
Leading scorers of South American World Cup qualifying
Jun 03, 2004 ... Leading scorers of South American World Cup qualifyingRIO DE JANEIRO, June 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leadingscorers in the South American zone of the 2006 World Cup qualifyingcompetition after Wednesday's games. 6 - Ronaldo ...
Real Madrid to visit Japan in summer tour
Jun 03, 2004 ... Real Madrid to visit Japan in summer tourMADRID, June 2 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid will pay its visit to Japanthis summer, the Spanish first division giant club said on itswebsite Wednesday. Madrid's five-day tour in Japan, taking place from July 27 to Aug.1, includes ...
Bangladeshi frozen food traders to improve quality control
Jun 03, 2004 ... Bangladeshi frozen food traders to improve quality controlDHAKA, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Facing strict international criteria forexports, the frozen food exporters of Bangladesh on Wednesday agreedto regulate themselves, reported the Financial Express on Thursday. The agreement ...
Cows, sheep ticket to wealth for herdsmen, pioneering China'sgrassland economy
Jun 03, 2004 ... Cows, sheep ticket to wealth for herdsmen, pioneering China'sgrassland economyHOHHOT, June 3 (Xinhua) -- As he did every day before, ChineseMongolian herdsman Shuangqing on Thursday handed in milk to the localmilk collection station and announced with joy, "I earned 98 ...
Nepal's new prime minister sworn in
Jun 03, 2004 ... Nepal's new prime minister sworn inKATHMANDU, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Nepali King Gyanendra administeredthe oath of office to newly appointed Prime Minister Sher BahadurDeuba at a function held in the Royal Palace on Thursday morning. Deuba said after the function that he will ...
300 Bangladeshi workers stranded in Laos
Jun 03, 2004 ... 300 Bangladeshi workers stranded in LaosDHAKA, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Three hundred Bangladeshi workers, whowent abroad seeking jobs in other Asian countries but cheated bymanpower agencies at home, were stranded in Laos. Source from the country's apex business trade body ...
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
Jun 03, 2004 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapersJERUSALEM, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The following are the major newsitems in leading Israeli newspapers on Thursday.Haaretz: -- Israel is not contributing to the peace process, is killingwomen and children indiscriminately ...
London's Heathrow airport paralyzed by computer glitch
Jun 03, 2004 ... London's Heathrow airport paralyzed by computer glitchLONDON, June 3 (Xinhua) -- All flights into and out of London'sHeathrow airport, the largest in Europe, were suspended Thursday dueto a major computer failure in the air traffic control system,British Airways (BA) said ....
7 security men injured in grenade attack in India-controlled Kashmir
Jun 03, 2004 ... 7 security men injured in grenade attack in India-controlled KashmirNEW DELHI, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Seven security personnel wereinjured, two of them seriously, in a grenade explosion in Doda townof India-controlled Kashmir in the wee hours of Thursday. Five soldiers and ...
Uganda has 1.4 million internally displaced persons
Jun 03, 2004 ... Uganda has 1.4 million internally displaced personsKAMPALA, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Uganda has about 1.4 millioninternally displaced persons (IDPs), most of them in the war-tornnorth, the fourth highest number throughout the world , according tothe 2004 World Refugee Survey released ...
New Zealand sharemarket closes higher
Jun 03, 2004 ... New Zealand sharemarket closes higherWELLINGTON, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The New Zealand sharemarket surgedahead during a buoyant day's trading Thursday. The benchmark NZSX-50 gross index was up 15.63 points at 2613. 59,while the NZSX-All capital index was up 4.87 points at 879 ....
Foreign exchange rates in New Zealand
Jun 03, 2004 ... Foreign exchange rates in New ZealandWELLINGTON, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the NZ dollar here on Thursday:Thursday Wednesday Australian dollar 0.8969 0.8894US ...
US may discuss free trade pact with UAE: paper
Jun 03, 2004 ... US may discuss free trade pact with UAE: paperABU DHABI, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The United States is likely to beginnegotiations with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for a free tradeagreement (FTA) as part of its strategy to have a Middle East FreeTrade Area in a decade, a senior ...
Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers
Jun 03, 2004 ... Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapersCAIRO, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Egyptian newspapers on Thursday.Al Ahram: -- Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa said the coming fewdays will witness commence of the Arab ...
Air quality of major Chinese cities -- June 3
Jun 03, 2004 ... Air quality of major Chinese cities -- June 3BEIJING, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Report on the quality of air in 47major Chinese cities (12:00 June 2 to 12:00 June 3, Beijing Time),released by the China Environmental Monitoring Center:City Major Pollutant Air ...
Major news items in leading Kenyan newspapers
Jun 03, 2004 ... Major news items in leading Kenyan newspapersNAIROBI, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Kenyan newspapers on Thursday. Daily Nation: -- Kenya and Libya plan to form a ministerial commission todiscuss investment in farming and water, ...
Roundup: School girl killing rattles Japan
Jun 03, 2004 ... Roundup: School girl killing rattles JapanTOKYO, June 3 (Xinhua) -- One year after the Japanese suffered theshock of a juvenile murder case, a throat-cutting killing perpetratedby an 11-year-old primary school girl this week revived concerns overjunior crimes. Satomi ...
Australian Senate president to visit China
Jun 03, 2004 ... Australian Senate president to visit ChinaBEIJING, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Paul Henry Calvert, president of theAustralian Senate, will pay an ...
Two bodies recovered from flooded coal mine in C. China
Jun 03, 2004 ... Two bodies recovered from flooded coal mine in C. ChinaZHENGZHOU, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Two bodies have been recovered froma flooded coal mine in Yiyang City, central China's Henan Province,as of 4:20 Thursday morning, rescuers said. The dead miners were identified as Chen ...
New round six-party talks expected to be held as planned:S.Korean FM
Jun 03, 2004 ... New round six-party talks expected to be held as planned: S.KoreanFMSEOUL, June 3 (Xinhua) -- South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon said Thursday he expects a new round of six-party talks onnuclear program of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)to take place by ...
British flights fully operational again: air traffic spokesman
Jun 03, 2004 ... British flights fully operational again: air traffic spokesmanLONDON, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The computer system in Britain's airtraffic control service has returned to normal after a temporarybreakdown and all flights at British airports are fully operationalagain, a spokesman for ...
London's Heathrow airport paralyzed by computer glitch
Jun 03, 2004 ... London's Heathrow airport paralyzed by computer glitchLONDON, June 3 (Xinhua) -- All flights into and out of London'sHeathrow airport, the largest in Europe, were suspended Thursdaymorning due to a major computer failure in the air traffic controlsystem, National Air Traffic ...
Tokyo stocks end lower
Jun 03, 2004 ... Tokyo stocks end lowerTOKYO, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocksended lower almost across the board Thursday following a volatilesession, with worries over a possible interest rate hike in Chinaspurring selling in the afternoon. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average plunged 215.29 ...
Arrested al-Qaeda suspect trained Philippine rebel: military
Jun 03, 2004 ... Arrested al-Qaeda suspect trained Philippine rebel: militaryMANILA, June 3 (Xinhua) -- An arrested al-Qaeda member trainedrebel Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) fighters on demolition andeven helped the secessionists defend a major camp and its surroundingcomplex from ...
Hong Kong stocks close down
Jun 03, 2004 ... Hong Kong stocks close downHONG KONG, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Hong ...
Philippine stocks end higher on bargain hunting
Jun 03, 2004 ... Philippine stocks end higher on bargain huntingMANILA, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine share prices closed 0.37 percent higher on Thursday on follow-through bargain hunting,dealers said. The composite index closed 5.69 points higher at 1,532.63, whilethe all-share index ...
Zimbabwe seeks funds to clear landmines
Jun 03, 2004 ... Zimbabwe seeks funds to clear landminesHARARE, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwean Defense Minister SydneySekeramayi has said that his country is seeking approximately 10.5million US dollars to clear the landmine in Gaza-Kruger-GonarezhouTransfrontier Park in order to attract ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0800 GMT, June 3
Jun 03, 2004 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0800 GMT, June 3LONDON -- The computer system in Britain's air traffic controlservice has returned to normal after a temporary breakdown and allflights at British airports are fully operational again, a spokesmanfor the National Air Traffic Services ...
S.Korean stocks plummet
Jun 03, 2004 ... S.Korean stocks plummetSEOUL, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Stocks on South Korea's bourses droppedThursday. The Korea Composite Stock Price Index lost 4.26 percent, or 34. 33points, to 770.06. On the main Korea Stock Exchange, foreign investors turned to netsellers of ...
Lebanese PM hopes OPEC to stabilize world oil prices
Jun 03, 2004 ... Lebanese PM hopes OPEC to stabilize world oil pricesBEIRUT, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese Prime Minster Rafik Haririexpressed his hope on Thursday that OPEC can stabilize world oilprices by efforts at its extraordinary ministerial meeting to beopened here later in the day ....
British airports remain paralyzed after computer system returns tonormal
Jun 03, 2004 ... British airports remain paralyzed after computer system returns tonormalLONDON, June 3 (Xinhua) -- British airports were still paralyzedon Thursday morning after a temporary computer failure at Britain'smain air traffic control center was ended. The National Air Traffic ...
OPEC ministers to meet on 11 percent boost in oil output
Jun 03, 2004 ... OPEC ministers to meet on 11 percent boost in oil outputBEIRUT, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Oil ministers from the 11-memberOrganization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will meet hereThursday afternoon to discuss boosting their oil production by 11percent in a bid to stabilize ...
Three Georgian troops wounded in Iraq
Jun 03, 2004 ... Three Georgian troops wounded in IraqMOSCOW, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Three Georgian soldiers serving in thecoalition forces were lightly wounded in an attack in Iraq, theGeorgian Defense Ministry said Thursday in the capital of Tbilisi. Ministry spokesman Irakli Chikovani said ...
Cyprus president says Annan report inaccurate
Jun 03, 2004 ... Cyprus president says Annan report inaccurateNICOSIA, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulossaid Thursday that the report submitted to the UN Security Council bySecretary General Kofi Annan for Cyprus contains inaccuracies. In statements to the Cyprus ...
Japan enacts law to ban overseas-made Japanese music CDs
Jun 03, 2004 ... Japan enacts law to ban overseas-made Japanese music CDsTOKYO,June 3 (Xinhua) -- Japan's upper house approved a bill Thursday toban import of Japanese music CDs made in other Asian countries. The law, which is set to take effect from Jan. 1, 2005, wasdesigned to protect ...
S.Korean defense minister leaves for Singapore for Asian-Pacific Security Meeting
Jun 03, 2004 ... S.Korean defense minister leaves for Singapore for Asian-PacificSecurity MeetingSEOUL, June 3 (Xinhua) -- South Korean Defense Minister Cho Young-kil left here for Singapore Thursday for an international securityforum and talks with his US counterpart Donald Rumsfeld ...
Major news items in leading Nigerian newspapers
Jun 03, 2004 ... Major news items in leading Nigerian newspapersLAGOS, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Nigerian newspapers on Thursday. Vanguard: -- The National Executive Council of the Nigeria Labor Congress(NLC) Wednesday gave Nigerians the ...
Major news items in leading British newspapers
Jun 03, 2004 ... Major news items in leading British newspapersLONDON, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The following are the major news itemsin leading British newspapers on Thursday:The Times: -- PrimeMinister Tony Blair is to meet Spain's Prime Minister Jose LuisRodriguez Zapatero at Downing Street ...
Chinese vice premier meets Boeing senior management
Jun 03, 2004 ... Chinese vice premier meets Boeing senior managementBEIJING, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan methere Thursday with Alan R. Mulally, executive vice president of theBoeing Co., also president ...
Portugal promises to help Cape Verde modernize military
Jun 03, 2004 ... Portugal promises to help Cape Verde modernize militaryLUANDA, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Portuguese Defense Minister PauloPortas has promised to help Cape Verde modernize its militarystructures, according to a report reaching here on Thursday fromPraia, the capital of the archipelago ....
Philippines increases protection against maritime terrorism
Jun 03, 2004 ... Philippines increases protection against maritime terrorismMANILA, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine authorities havedeployed armed sea marshals on passenger ships of major sea lanes inthe Philippines to guard against maritime terrorism. Up to six marshals from either the ...
Israeli tanks shell Palestinian houses, hospital in southern Gaza
Jun 03, 2004 ... Israeli tanks shell Palestinian houses, hospital in southern Gaza GAZA, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli military tanks stationed atthe Jewish settlement of Neveh Dekalim shelled nearby Palestinianhomes and a hospital in the southern Gaza Strip town of Kahn Younison Thursday ....