Xinhua News Agency back issues from Saturday, July 3:
Business confidence index drops to 8-month low in Thailand
Jul 03, 2004 ... Business confidence index drops to 8-month low in ThailandBANGKOK, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Unrest in Thailand's Muslim- dominatedsouth and soaring production costs dampened the country' s businessconfidence index to an 8-month low, Bank of Thailand said on Friday. The index for ...
Thirty-four new sites inscribed on World Heritage List
Jul 03, 2004 ... Thirty-four new sites inscribed on World Heritage ListSUZHOU, July 2 (Xinhua) -- The ongoing 28th Session of the WorldHeritage Committee has approved a total of 34 items out of the 48nominated to be inscribed on the World Heritage List, updating thetotal number of world heritage ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- July 2
Jul 03, 2004 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- July 2BEIJING, July 2 (Xinhua) -- The following are domestic news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Friday: Market exchange rates -- July 2 Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- July 2 Rescue for major northwest ...
Czech president authorizes Social Democrat to form new government
Jul 03, 2004 ... Czech president authorizes Social Democrat to form new government PRAGUE, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Czech President Vaclav Klaus Fridayauthorized Stanislav Gross, acting Social Democratic leader, FirstDeputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, to form a newgovernment, according ...
Van Nistelrooy banned for two World Cup qualifiers
Jul 03, 2004 ... Van Nistelrooy banned for two World Cup qualifiersLISBON, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy hasbeen banned for two World Cup qualifying matches by UEFA forinsulting Swedish referee Anders Frisk after their Euro 2004 semi-final loss against Portugal ....
UEFA Intertoto Cup second round, first leg fixtures
Jul 03, 2004 ... UEFA Intertoto Cup second round, first leg fixturesLONDON, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the UEFA Intertoto Cupsecond round, first leg soccer fixtures for July 3-4: SATURDAY, JULY 2 Hibernian (Scotland) v Vetra (Lithuania) VfL Wolfsburg ...
Chinese FM on regional security
Jul 03, 2004 ... Chinese FM on regional securityJAKARTA, July 2 (Xinhua) -- In face of new opportunities andchallenges, ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) should keep its dynamic andmove forward with the times, said Chinese Foreign Minister LiZhaoxing here Friday. At the one-day 11th ARF meeting, ...
Road trade route linking northern Thailand and southwestern China opens
Jul 03, 2004 ... Road trade route linking northern Thailand and southwestern ChinaopensBANGKOK, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Land-crossing trade route betweenThailand and China has opened after a truck loaded with Thai fruitsset out to a southwestern Chinese town from northern Thailand, theThai News ...
Opener, Advisory
Jul 03, 2004 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service for Friday,July 02, 2004, and begins ...
Screams, laughter overwhelm Carnival tour in Beijing
Jul 03, 2004 ... Screams, laughter overwhelm Carnival tour in BeijingBEIJING, July 2 (Xinhua) -- People were screaming and laughingwhile playing games in the Beijing International Sculpture Park asthe Carnival tour began here Friday night. It is the second time for Carnival to tour China ...
Chinese Premier calls for learning from international serviceexperience
Jul 03, 2004 ... Chinese Premier calls for learning from international serviceexperienceBEIJING, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao urged thecountry's service sector to learn from its foreign counterparts in abid to improve the service quality. The call came when Wen toured the ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)
Jul 03, 2004 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)HONG KONG, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Friday: Foreign exchange rates in Malaysia Jakarta shares end higher Cambodia's FUNCINPEC party to ...
Xinhua Mideast news summary at 2100 GMT, July 2
Jul 03, 2004 ... Xinhua Mideast news summary at 2100 GMT, July 2ANKARA -- At least 18 people were killed and 21 others injuredearly Friday in an earthquake measuring 5 points on the open-endedRichter scale in eastern Turkey bordering Iran, the semi-officialAnatolia news agency said. The ...
Rwanda to reopen border with Congo on Saturday
Jul 03, 2004 ... Rwanda to reopen border with Congo on SaturdayKIGALI, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Rwanda will reopen its border with theDemocratic Republic of the Congo on Saturday, a government ministersaid, one month after the tension between the two neighboring nationswas heightened. Rwanda ...
Italian economy minister offers resignation
Jul 03, 2004 ... Italian economy minister offers resignationROME, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Italian Economy Minister Giulio Tremontihas offered his resignation, the Italian Ansa news agency reportedearly Saturday. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who accepted Tremonti'sresignation, temporarily ...
At least five killed in US shooting incident
Jul 03, 2004 ... At least five killed in US shooting incidentWASHINGTON, July 2(Xinhua) -- At least five people were killed in a shooting incidentat a factory in the central US state of Kansas on Friday afternoon,media reports said. An employee of a meatpacking plant, the ConAgra Foods Inc ....
Greece to crackdown on market profiteering in two weeks
Jul 03, 2004 ... Greece to crackdown on market profiteering in two weeksATHENS, July 2 (Xinhua) -- The Greek government on Fridayannounced that it would intensify market inspections from July 15 incrackdown on profiteering and illegal trade in view of the OlympicGames slated for August 13-29 ....
Musharraf welcomes Pakistan's inclusion into ASEAN Regional Forum
Jul 03, 2004 ... Musharraf welcomes Pakistan's inclusion into ASEAN Regional Forum ISLAMABAD, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani President General PervezMusharraf has said inclusion of Pakistan in the ASEAN Regional Forum(ARF) reflects Pakistan's respect and stature it enjoys not only inAsia, but in the ...
One more subway shooting renews fear of New York commuters
Jul 03, 2004 ... One more subway shooting renews fear of New York commutersNEWYORK, July 2 (Xinhua) -- A man standing on a subway platform was shotin the face Thursday night in the fourth seemingly random shooting inthe city transit system in a month, police sources said Friday.The bullet ...
Peru aspire to win Copa America
Jul 03, 2004 ... Peru aspire to win Copa AmericaLIMA, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Paulo Autuori, the coach of the Peruviannational team, said on Friday that he wants to change the soccerhistory of the country, hosts of 2004 Copa America, and win thetitle. The Brazilian said that the soccer powers ...
Former US agriculture secretary Glickman to succeed valenti as MPAAchief
Jul 03, 2004 ... Former US agriculture secretary Glickman to succeed valenti asMPAA chiefLOS ANGELES, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Dan Glickman, former USagricultural secretary during the Clinton administration, willsucceed Jack Valenti as new chief of the Motion Picture Associationof America (MPAA), ...
Shares close up in Brazil and Argentina, down in Mexico
Jul 03, 2004 ... Shares close up in Brazil and Argentina, down in MexicoMEXICO CITY, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Latin America's three major stockmarkets -- Brazil, Argentina and Mexico -- closed mixed on Friday. In Sao Paulo, Latin America's biggest bourse, the leading Bovespaindex, closed at ...
First phase of Euro 2004 has great audience
Jul 03, 2004 ... First phase of Euro 2004 has great audienceLISBON, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Marketing agency Crat Portugal releasedon Friday a report that indicated that the 24 first-phase matches ofthe Euro 2004 were watched by at least 1.334 billion people in theworld. In its report, the ...
ATHOC chief lauds national football team as ambassadors of Olympics
Jul 03, 2004 ... ATHOC chief lauds national football team as ambassadors ofOlympicsATHENS, July 2 (Xinhua) -- President of Athens Olympics organizers(ATHOC) Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki said on Friday that the Greeknational football team, who have fought into the final of the Euro2004 soccer ...
Olympic Games secretary general to monitor management of Athens inAugust
Jul 03, 2004 ... Olympic Games secretary general to monitor management of Athens inAugustATHENS, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Olympic Games secretary general SpyrosKapralos will assume the daily monitoring of the management of theAttica prefecture during the August 13-29 Games, Greek governmentspokesman ...
Mexican national soccer team leaves for Copa America
Jul 03, 2004 ... Mexican national soccer team leaves for Copa AmericaMEXICO CITY, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Aiming at reaching the final, theMexican national soccer team left Mexico on Friday to take part inthe Copa America competition that will take effect in Peru this year. The team is coached by ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, July 3
Jul 03, 2004 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, July 3PRAGUE -- Czech President Vaclav Klaus Friday authorized StanislavGross, acting Social Democratic leader, First Deputy Prime Ministerand Minister of the Interior, to form a new government, according tothe Czech news agency CTK ....
Algerian citizen accused of involving in March 11 bombings
Jul 03, 2004 ... Algerian citizen accused of involving in March 11 bombingsMADRID, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Spanish authorities on Friday orderedthe imprisonment of Algerian citizen Nasreddine Bousbaa, who wasaccused of collaborating with an Islamic terrorist organization inthe March 11 bombings and ...
Mexican president promotes concrete actions against crime
Jul 03, 2004 ... Mexican president promotes concrete actions against crimeMEXICO CITY, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Mexican President Vicente Fox saidFriday that his country should take the "historical opportunity" towage an in-depth war on crime with the full collaboration of policeorganizations ....
Colombian peace process credible if AUC respects commitment:president
Jul 03, 2004 ... Colombian peace process credible if AUC respects commitment:presidentBOGOTA, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Colombian President Alvaro Uribe saidFriday that the country's peace process with the United Self- DefenseForces of Colombia (AUC), formally launched Thursday, will becredible if ...
Figures: China's imports from Russia
Jul 03, 2004 ... Figures: China's imports from RussiaBEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) -- China's major imports from Russia fromJanuary to May, with the value in million US dollars: Imports Value Base metals and products1,161.272 Mineralproducts1,414.208 ...
Colombian forces clash with rebel FARC, killing 19 guerrillas
Jul 03, 2004 ... Colombian forces clash with rebel FARC, killing 19 guerrillas BOGOTA, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Colombian forces clashed with the rebelRevolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in Vista Hermosa in theeastern state of Meta, killing at least 19 guerrillas, the militarysaid on Friday ....
Figures: China's imports from Japan
Jul 03, 2004 ... Figures: China's imports from JapanBEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) -- China's main imports from Japan fromJanuary to May, with the value in million US dollars: Imports Value Machinery, electronic products, audio and video equipment 19,620.254 Base metals and products ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Jul 03, 2004 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, July 3 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Saturday.Asahi: -- The industry ministry has admitted it suppressed a crucial 1994study showing that its proposed nuclear ...
US to evacuate family members of troops from Bahrain
Jul 03, 2004 ... US to evacuate family members of troops from BahrainWASHINGTON, July 2 (Xinhua) -- The US Defense Department issued atemporary evacuation order on Friday for non-emergency defenseemployees and family members of American military personnel inBahrain, in response to concerns about ...
"Chinese Culture Year in France" ends
Jul 03, 2004 ... "Chinese Culture Year in France" endsPARIS, July 2 (Xinhua) -- The "Chinese Culture Year in France," anine-month culture-promotion fair held across France, concluded hereon Friday night. A splendid fireworks display was staged at the Orangerie duChateau de Versaille in ...
Figures: China's imports from France
Jul 03, 2004 ... Figures: China's imports from FranceBEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) -- China's major imports from France fromJanuary to May, with the value in million US dollars: Imports Value Machinery, electronic products, audio-visual equipment andaccessories 1,303.636 Transport ...
Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- July 3
Jul 03, 2004 ... Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- July 3BEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Highlights of major Beijing-basednewspapers on Saturday:People's Daily -- The Ministry of Agriculture will push forward its promotion foragricultural products processing by ...
Greece to provide humanitarian aid to Turkey amid earthquake
Jul 03, 2004 ... Greece to provide humanitarian aid to Turkey amid earthquake ATHENS, July 2 (Xinhua) -- The Greek government announced on Fridaythat it would provide humanitarian aid to Turkey after an earthquakerocked the country earlier in the day. Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Evripidis ...
Figures: China's imports from Belgium
Jul 03, 2004 ... Figures: China's imports from BelgiumBEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) -- China's major imports from Belgiumfrom January to May, with the value in million US dollars: Imports Value Machinery, audio, video equipment and parts...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Jul 03, 2004 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, July 3 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Philippine newspapers on Saturday. Philippine Daily Inquirer: -- House Speaker Jose de Venecia proposed Friday that PresidentGloria ...
Six Americans dead in jet crash in Panama
Jul 03, 2004 ... Six Americans dead in jet crash in PanamaPANAMA CITY, July 2 (Xinhua) -- A private jet crashed onto ahangar at an international airport here on Friday, killing sixAmericans, according to local reports. A local television showed on Friday afternoon the first images ofthe ...
US poll forecasts victory of Chavez in referendum
Jul 03, 2004 ... US poll forecasts victory of Chavez in referendumCARACAS, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez willwin the recall referendum on his rule in August, said a US pollpublished by the local daily El Universal on Friday. The poll, conducted on June 12-17 by the ...
Myanmar's wood-based industry in progress
Jul 03, 2004 ... Myanmar's wood-based industry in progressYANGON, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar's wood-based industry is inprogress through giving priority to manufacturing value-addedfinished wood products for export. A number of wood-related industrial zones in the country have beenset up ...
Figures: China's imports from UK
Jul 03, 2004 ... Figures: China's imports from UKBEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) -- China's major imports from the UnitedKingdom from January to May, with the value in million US dollars: Imports Value Machinery, electronicproducts, audio-visual ...
UN regrets US pullout of troops from peacekeeping missions
Jul 03, 2004 ... UN regrets US pullout of troops from peacekeeping missionsUNITED NATIONS, July 2 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations said Fridayit regretted the US decision to withdraw troops from two UNpeacekeeping operations after the UN Security Council refused torenew immunity for US ...
Figures: China's major imports from Canada
Jul 03, 2004 ... Figures: China's major imports from CanadaBEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) -- China's major imports from Canada fromJanuary to May, with the value in million US dollars: Imports Value Machinery, audio and video products, accessories 379.933 Chemicals and related products ...
Argentina to host Mercosur semi-annual summit
Jul 03, 2004 ... Argentina to host Mercosur semi-annual summitBUENOS AIRES, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Argentina will host a semi-annual summit of the Common Market of the South (Mercosur) next week,official sources said on Friday. The summit will be held on July 7-8 in Puerto Iguazu, in ...
Saturday's order of play at Wimbledon
Jul 03, 2004 ... Saturday's order of play at WimbledonLONDON, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Following is Saturday's order of playon show courts at the Wimbledon tennis championships (prefix numberdenotes seeding, all times GMT): Center Court (play starts 1100 GMT) Men's semi-final 1-Roger ...
Figures: China's imports from Germany
Jul 03, 2004 ... Figures: China's imports from GermanyBEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) -- China's major imports from Germanyfrom January to May, with the value in million US dollars: Imports Value Machinery, audio, video products and accessories 6,397.685 Vehicles, aircraft, ships and ...
Cuban leader meets Iranian foreign minister
Jul 03, 2004 ... Cuban leader meets Iranian foreign ministerHAVANA, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Cuban leader Fidel Castro met IranianForeign Minister Kamal Kharazi on Friday, discussing economiccooperation and regional political issues, local press said. The top Iranian diplomat concluded a 24-hour ...
Sudanese president promises to ensure humanitarian aid to Darfur:Annan
Jul 03, 2004 ... Sudanese president promises to ensure humanitarian aid to Darfur:AnnanKHARTOUM, July 2 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary General Kofi Annan saidFriday that he had obtained promise from Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir to ensure international aid to the war-torn Darfur region ...
Rome Golden League meeting results
Jul 03, 2004 ... Rome Golden League meeting resultsROME, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from the RomeGolden League athletics meeting on Friday: MEN 5,000 meters 1. Eliud Kipchoge, Kenya, 12 minutes 46.53 seconds 2. Sileshi Sihine, Ethiopia, 12:47.04 ...
Brazilian Grand Prix MotoGP qualifying times
Jul 03, 2004 ... Brazilian Grand Prix MotoGP qualifying timesRIO DE JANEIRO, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are times in Friday'sopening qualifying session for Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix: Leading MotoGP times 1. Sete Gibernau, Spain, Honda, one minute 48.618 seconds 2 ....
Roundup: Iraqi people's reaction mixed over Saddam's trial
Jul 03, 2004 ... Roundup: Iraqi people's reaction mixed over Saddam's trialBAGHDAD, July 3 (Xinhua) -- The Iraqi people have had mixedreaction to the trial of their former President Saddam Hussein, whoappeared in court on Thursday. On Friday, hundreds of Iraqis staged a peaceful ...
Former Argentine keeper Burgos fined 2,000 euros
Jul 03, 2004 ... Former Argentine keeper Burgos fined 2,000 eurosMADRID, July 2 (Xinhua) -- The Spanish Football Federation onFriday fined former Atletico Madrid goalkeeper German Burgos wasfined 2,000 euros (2,458 US dollars) for joking to make bribery. Racing Santander forward Mario ...
Peru seizes 103 kg of cocaine
Jul 03, 2004 ... Peru seizes 103 kg of cocaineLIMA, July 2 (Xinhua) -- The Peruvian police recently made asurprise attack at a group of drug dealers, arresting six suspectsand seizing 103 kg of cocaine, according to local reports Friday. The operation was conducted 20 km north of Lima, ...
Slovenia's Ceplak sets season's 800m best at Rome meet
Jul 03, 2004 ... Slovenia's Ceplak sets season's 800m best at Rome meetROME, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Slovenia's Jolanda Ceplak set a year'sbest for the women's 800 meters at the Rome Golden Gala meeting onFriday. The 2002 European champion finished in one minute 57.68 seconds,holding off a ...
Figures: China's imports from ROK
Jul 03, 2004 ... Figures: China's imports from ROKBEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) -- China's major imports from theRepublic of Korea from January to May, with the value in million USdollars:Imports Value Machinery, electronic productsand ...
Foreign exchange rates in Indonesia
Jul 03, 2004 ... Foreign exchange rates in IndonesiaJAKARTA, July 3 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the Indonesian rupiah here Saturday:Saturday Thursday US dollar 9,130/9,1609,365/9,395 Euro ...
Figures: China's major imports from US
Jul 03, 2004 ... Figures: China's major imports from USBEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) -- China's major imports from the UnitedStates from January to May, with the value in million US dollars: Imports Value Machinery, audio, videoproducts and accessories 5,840.044 ...
Men's semi-finals at Wimbledon postponed due to rain
Jul 03, 2004 ... Men's semi-finals at Wimbledon postponed due to rainLONDON, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Play in both the men's semi-finals atWimbledon on Friday was abandoned after a day peppered with showersand rain delays. Referee Alan Mills finally called it a day at the All England Clubat ...
Figures: China's imports from European Union
Jul 03, 2004 ... Figures: China's imports from European UnionBEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) -- China's major imports from theEuropean Union from January to May, with the value in million USdollars: Imports Value Machinery and electronic goods, audio visual ...
Russia takes active measures to protect world heritage
Jul 03, 2004 ... Russia takes active measures to protect world heritageSUZHOU, July 3 (Xinhua) -- The Russian government has adoptedpersistent measures to protect its world heritage sites and preservethe historical culture, said Igor Makovetskiy, chairman of theRussian world heritage committee ....
Roundup: Iraqi people's reaction mixed over Saddam's trial
Jul 03, 2004 ... Roundup: Iraqi people's reaction mixed over Saddam's trialBAGHDAD, July 3 (Xinhua) -- The Iraqi people have had mixedreaction to the trial of their former President Saddam Hussein, whoappeared in court on Thursday. On Friday, hundreds of Iraqis staged a peaceful ...