Xinhua News Agency back issues from Sunday, July 11:
Rainstorms hits Beijing, damaging 6 houses, injuring 2 (recast)
Jul 11, 2004 ... Rainstorms hits Beijing, damaging 6 houses, injuring 2 (recast)BEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- A sudden strong rainstorm hit China'scapital city on Saturday afternoon and caused collapses of six housesand injured two people in addition to traffic jam in the downtownareas ....
Chad, Sudan agree to deploy joint force along their troubled border
Jul 11, 2004 ... Chad, Sudan agree to deploy joint force along their troubledborderNAIROBI, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Sudan and Chad have agreed to deploya joint force along their troubled border, according to reportsreaching here from Chadian capital N'djamena on Saturday. Sudanese President ...
Speed-savvy F1 teams go slowly at British Grand Prix
Jul 11, 2004 ... Speed-savvy F1 teams go slowly at British Grand PrixSILVERSTONE, England, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Formula One's qualifyingsystem was again in the spotlight for wrong reason as driversdeliberately went slowly in the pre-qualifying session for Sunday'sBritish Grand Prix. Under ...
British Grand Prix Results
Jul 11, 2004 ... British Grand Prix ResultsSILVERSTONE, England, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Following are theresults on Saturday of the qualifying session for the British GrandPrix on the 5.141-kilometer Silverstone circuit with driver, country,car and time: 1. Kimi Raikkonen, Finland, ...
China downs Brazil 91-71 in four-nation basketball tourney
Jul 11, 2004 ... China downs Brazil 91-71 in four-nation basketball tourneyBEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Yao Ming scored 11 of his 22 pointsin the final six minutes to lead China to a 91-71 victory over Brazilon Saturday night here at the four nation's tourney. Sparked by Yao's 6 straight ...
Olympic torch relay continues on Crete island
Jul 11, 2004 ... Olympic torch relay continues on Crete islandERAKLION, Greece, July 10 (Xinhua) -- The Olympic flame continuedits torch relay on the island of Crete Saturday as it reached thearchaeological site of Knossos. The flame, which was lit at Olympia on March 25, returned ...
Real Madrid to have presidential elections
Jul 11, 2004 ... Real Madrid to have presidential electionsMADRID, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Over 60,000 members will be able tocast their vote on Sunday to decide who will be the new president ofSpanish soccer club Real Madrid, with three candidates to choosefrom. The candidates are Florentino ...
Cuba, China define position in World Volleyball League
Jul 11, 2004 ... Cuba, China define position in World Volleyball LeagueHAVANA, July 10 (Xinhua) -- The national teams of Cuba and Chinaare to play on Saturday the second match of the series at Havana'sSports City, in the closing of the qualifying heat of the 15th WorldVolleyball League ....
Teams of Argentina v Mexico game
Jul 11, 2004 ... Teams of Argentina v Mexico gameCHICLAYO, Peru, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Following are the teams forSaturday's Copa America first round Group B match between Argentinaand Mexico: Argentina: 1-Roberto Abbondanzieri; 8-Javier Zanetti,2-RobertoAyala, 6-Gabriel Heinze, 3-Juan ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, July 11
Jul 11, 2004 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, July 11GAZA -- FourPalestinians were killed on Saturday afternoon as their car drovesouth of the Jewish settlement of Nitzarim south of Gaza City hadsuddenly detonated, Palestinian medics and witnesses reported. Ibrahim al Musadar, chief ...
City wall of ancient capital protected in central China province
Jul 11, 2004 ... City wall of ancient capital protected in central China provinceZHENGZHOU, July 11 (Xinhua) -- The municipal government ofZhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, will launch atwo-month campaign to preserve the ruins of Shang city. Discovered in 1955, the Shang ...
Xinhua News Agency launches new English wire service
Jul 11, 2004 ... Xinhua News Agency launches new English wire serviceBEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Xinhua News Agency of China haslaunched a new English wire service -- China and Asian-Pacific NewsService (CANS) -- for users interested in happenings in China and theAsia-Pacific region ....
"Tomorrow Plan" brightens future for disabled orphans in S. Chinaregion
Jul 11, 2004 ... "Tomorrow Plan" brightens future for disabled orphans in S. ChinaregionNANNING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- South China's Guangxi ZhuangAutonomous Region has launched a "Tomorrow Plan" to provide freeoperations for the disabled orphans in the region, bringing new hopefor these ...
Uruguay beat Ecuador 2-1 in first round Group B of Copa
Jul 11, 2004 ... Uruguay beat Ecuador 2-1 in first round Group B of CopaLIMA, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Uruguay beat Ecuador 2-1 in the firstround Group B match of Copa America. Scorer: Uruguay - Diego Forlan 61, Carlos Bueno 78 Ecuador - Franklin Salas 73 Halftime: 0-0; ...
Bulgarian mission on way to Iraq, seeking to free 2 hostages
Jul 11, 2004 ... Bulgarian mission on way to Iraq, seeking to free 2 hostagesSOFIA, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Bulgarian Foreign Minister SolomonPassy declared Saturday that a diplomatic mission had left for Iraqto coordinate efforts to free the two kidnapped Bulgarian drivers,the Bulgarian Telegraph ...
Group A results of African Champions League
Jul 11, 2004 ... Group A results of African Champions LeagueJOHANNESBURG, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results ofAfrican Champions League group A matches played on Saturday: In Abidjan: Africa Sports (Ivory Coast) lost to Enyimba (Nigeria) 0-3 ...
Figures: China's exports to Germany
Jul 11, 2004 ... Figures: China's exports to GermanyBEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- China's main exports to Germany fromJanuary to May, with the value in million US dollars: Items Value Machinery, electronic products and audio-video facilities4,640.115 ...
US-Cuba Friendship Caravan arrives in Havana
Jul 11, 2004 ... US-Cuba Friendship Caravan arrives in HavanaHAVANA, July 10 (Xinhua) -- The members of the 15th Caravan forthe US-Cuba Friendship arrived in Havana on Saturday by plane in opendefiance of the US-imposed embargo on Cuba. At the Jose Marti International Airport, leader of the ...
Voting begins for Japan's upper house election
Jul 11, 2004 ... Voting begins for Japan's upper house electionTOKYO, July 11(Xinhua) -- Voting for Japan's upper house election began Sundaymorning, with voters expected to deliver a verdict on Prime MinisterJunichiro Koizumi's policies, including his tough state pensionreforms and policy on Iraq ....
Shaq O'Neal and Koby's future still floating after Tomjanovich'sarrival
Jul 11, 2004 ... Shaq O'Neal and Koby's future still floating after Tomjanovich'sarrivalWASHINGTON, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Los Angeles Lakers' All-Starcenter Shaquille O'Neal is still likely to leave in spite of thenaming of Tomjanovich as head coach on Saturday. Media reports suggested ...
Ancom summit to open in Ecuador
Jul 11, 2004 ... Ancom summit to open in EcuadorQUITO, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Leaders of the Andean Community (Ancom) countries will open a five-day summit Tuesday in Quito,capital of Ecuador, to discuss the future negotiations on anassociation agreement with the European Union (EU). Ancom ...
Results of African Confederation Cup
Jul 11, 2004 ... Results of African Confederation CupJOHANNESBURG, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results ofAfrican Confederation Cup fourth round, first leg matches played onSaturday: In Kigali: APR FC (Rwanda) bt Enugu Rangers International (Nigeria) 1-0 Scorer: ...
Figures: China's exports to France
Jul 11, 2004 ... Figures: China's exports to FranceBEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- China's major exports to France fromJanuary to May, with the value in million US dollars: Items Value Machinery, electronic products and audio-video facilities 2,085.899 Textile ...
Overseas tourists to S. China scenic city resume rising trend
Jul 11, 2004 ... Overseas tourists to S. China scenic city resume rising trendNANNING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- The arrivals of overseas tourists inthe renowned scenic city of Guilin, south China's Guangxi ZhuangAutonomous Region, reached 315,800 in the first half of the year, up64.9 percent ...
Tomjanovich named coach of Lakers
Jul 11, 2004 ... Tomjanovich named coach of LakersWASHINGTON, July 10 (Xinhua) -- The Los Angeles Lakers named RudyTomjanovich as head coach on Saturday. "I beat cancer. I'm telling you I'm so grateful to be here. Itchanged my life and now I have a chance to start a new family withthe ...
Collated quarter-final results of Fed Cup World Group
Jul 11, 2004 ... Collated quarter-final results of Fed Cup World GroupLONDON, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Following are the collated results ofFed Cup World Group quarter-final matches played on Saturday: In Jerez de la Frontera: Belgium lead Spain 2-0 Results (Spanish names first): ...
Uruguay beat Ecuador to score their first win
Jul 11, 2004 ... Uruguay beat Ecuador to score their first winLIMA, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Striker Carlos Bueno scrambled a latewinner as Uruguay beat Ecuador 2-1 in the Copa America on Saturdayfor their first win under coach Jorge Fossati in his fifth game incharge. Diego Forlan had put the ...
Venezuelan President restates US backs campaign to unseat him
Jul 11, 2004 ... Venezuelan President restates US backs campaign to unseat himCARACAS, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez onSaturday restated his long-time contention that Washington wasbacking the Venezuelan opposition to remove him from power through arecall referendum ....
Renewable energy a priority of China's high-tech development
Jul 11, 2004 ... Renewable energy a priority of China's high-tech developmentBEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Technology for the production ofrenewable energy, including wind power, has been listed as a priorityof China's high-tech development. Other priorities include the production of fuel ...
Figures: China's exports to Switzerland
Jul 11, 2004 ... Figures: China's exports to SwitzerlandBEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- China's major exports to Switzerlandfrom January to May, with the value in million US dollars: ItemsValue Textile materials and products 147.013 Machines, electronic products and ...
Golden Jubilee of K2 start in Pakistan
Jul 11, 2004 ... Golden Jubilee of K2 start in PakistanISLAMABAD, July 11 (Xinhua) -- A five-day event to mark the firstascent of K2 and Nanga Parbat started with a seminar here Saturday. Inaugurating the Golden Jubilee of world's second highest peak K-2 (8,611 meters) and the 51st ...
Figures: China's exports to Italy
Jul 11, 2004 ... Figures: China's exports to ItalyBEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- China's major exports to Italy fromJanuary to May, with the value in million US dollars: Items Value Machinery, electronic products and audio-video facilities 1,322.560 ...
Figures: China's exports to Belgium
Jul 11, 2004 ... Figures: China's exports to BelgiumBEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- China's major exports to Belgium fromJanuary to May, with the value in million US dollars: Items Value Machinery, electronic products and audio-video facilities666.723 ...
Figures: China's exports to UK
Jul 11, 2004 ... Figures: China's exports to UKBEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- China's major exports to the UnitedKingdom from January to May, with the value in million US dollars: Items Value Machines,electronic products and audio-video ...
Figures: China's exports to Netherlands
Jul 11, 2004 ... Figures: China's exports to NetherlandsBEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- China's major exports to theNetherlands from January to May, with the value in million USdollars: Items Value Machinery, electronic products and ...
Rehhagel refused to take over Germany :Beckenbauer
Jul 11, 2004 ... Rehhagel refused to take over Germany :BeckenbauerBERLIN, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Greece coach Otto Rehhagel refused toback to Germany and take over his home side, Franz Beckenbauerdisclosed on Saturday. "I had a long conversation with Dr. Rehhagel and unfortunately heturned ...
Figures: China's exports to Sweden
Jul 11, 2004 ... Figures: China's exports to SwedenBEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- China's major exports to Sweden fromJanuary to May, with the value in million US dollars: Items Value Machinery, electronic products and audio-visual facilities 230.944 ...
Figures: China's exports to Finland
Jul 11, 2004 ... Figures: China's exports to FinlandBEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- China's major exports to Finland fromJanuary to May, with the value in million US dollars: Items Value Machinery, electronic products and audio-video facilities571.976 ...
US men's athletic coach ensures a clean team to Athens
Jul 11, 2004 ... US men's athletic coach ensures a clean team to AthensWASHINGTON, July 10 (Xinhua) -- U.S. men's Olympic coach GeorgeWilliams believes the American team heading to Athens will be thebest and cleanest at the Olympics. "We hope the whole Olympics is as clean as we are," ...
Figures: China's exports to Spain
Jul 11, 2004 ... Figures: China's exports to SpainBEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- China's major exports to Spain fromJanuary to May, with the value in million US dollars: Items Value Machinery, electronic products and audio-video facilities 666.478 Textile ...
Colombia urges establishing Andean customs union
Jul 11, 2004 ... Colombia urges establishing Andean customs unionQUITO, July 10(Xinhua) -- Colombia's Agriculture Minister Gustavo Cano saidSaturday that an "urgent" issue for the upcoming Summit of the AndeanCommunity (Ancom) is to create a common external tariff that willlead to a regional customs ...
Roundup: Kidnappers say Filipino hostage remains in custody
Jul 11, 2004 ... Roundup: Kidnappers say Filipino hostage remains in custodyCAIRO, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Kidnappers holding a Philippine truckdiver as hostage denied Saturday that he had been freed, the Dabai-based Arabic satellite TV channel al Jazeera reported. The kidnappers again ...
Colombia expects to ink agreement on gas pipeline with Venezuela
Jul 11, 2004 ... Colombia expects to ink agreement on gas pipeline with VenezuelaBOGOTA, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Colombian President Alvaro Uribe saidSaturday that his country expects to ink an agreement with Venezuelaon building a natural gas pipeline between the two countries. "We expect that ...
Ralf Schumacher hopes a return at Hungary GP
Jul 11, 2004 ... Ralf Schumacher hopes a return at Hungary GPLONDON, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Ralf Schumacher hopes to be back inaction at the Hungary Grand Prix in mid August, his Williams teamsaid on Saturday. "I spoke to him (this morning) and he's quite optimistic," saidBMW motorsport ...
Jones failed to qualify for Olympics in 100m
Jul 11, 2004 ... Jones failed to qualify for Olympics in 100mWASHINGTON, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Reigning Olympic 100m championMarion Jones has no chance to defend her title at the Athens Gamesfor failing to qualify after finishing fifth in Sarcramento Saturdayin the 100m final at the US Olympic ...
Women's Federation collects business projects for women
Jul 11, 2004 ... Women's Federation collects business projects for womenBEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- The All-China Women's Federation hasstarted to collect business projects suitable for women wishing tostart their own enterprises. A selection committee, composed of renowned experts in ...
Woman official gets death sentence for embezzling over 11 millionyuan of public money
Jul 11, 2004 ... Woman official gets death sentence for embezzling over 11 millionyuan of public moneyGUANGZHOU, July 11 (Xinhua) -- A female official, in Qingyuan Cityof south China's Guangdong Province, was sentenced to death Friday oncharges of embezzlement and all her personal property ...
Bird flu virus not mutating: official
Jul 11, 2004 ... Bird flu virus not mutating: officialHEFEI, July 11 (Xinhua) -- A senior bird flu control official saidhere Saturday that the bird flu virus which hit the eastern provinceof Anhui early July has not mutated and remained the same as when itaffected the country in the spring ...
Caribbean foreign ministers to visit Haiti
Jul 11, 2004 ... Caribbean foreign ministers to visit HaitiHAVANA, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Five Caribbean foreign ministers aretraveling to Haiti to meet with leaders of the interim governmentTuesday, reports reaching here said. Foreign ministers of Guyana, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, ...
Head injury ends Pizarro's journey at Copa
Jul 11, 2004 ... Head injury ends Pizarro's journey at CopaLIMA, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Peru captain Claudio Pizarro is set tomiss the rest of Copa America after suffering a head injury duringFriday night's 3-1 win over Venezuela, team doctor Ramon Apariciosaid on Saturday. "He's not going ...
Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- July 11
Jul 11, 2004 ... Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- July 11BEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Highlights of major Beijing-basednewspapers on Sunday:People's Daily -- The Ministry of Supervision vows to seriously investigate andseverely punish those officials involved in ...
Results of US Olympic athletics trials
Jul 11, 2004 ... Results of US Olympic athletics trialsWASHINGTON, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results inSarcramento on Saturday from the United States Olympic AthleticsTrials (top three in each event qualify for Athens Games providingthey have made Olympic qualifying standard): ...
Resedski advances to final at Hall of Fame Tennis Championship
Jul 11, 2004 ... Resedski advances to final at Hall of Fame Tennis ChampionshipWASHINGTON, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Unseeded Greg Rusedski booked aberth in the final of ATP Hall of Fame Tennis Championship by beatingAntony Dupuis of France, 7-5, 7-6 (12-10) in the semi- finals inNewport of Rhode ...
Chile, Czech Republic to promote trade
Jul 11, 2004 ... Chile, Czech Republic to promote tradeSANTIAGO, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Chile and the Czech Republic signeda treaty here Saturday to promote bilateral trade and exchanges ofcommercial delegations. According to local reports, the agreement is also designed toprovide facilities ...
Congo Republic banned from legitimate diamond trade
Jul 11, 2004 ... Congo Republic banned from legitimate diamond tradeKINSHASA, July 10 (Xinhua) -- A United Nations-backed group hasbarred the Republic of Congo from the world's legitimate diamondtrade, after an investigation found the central African country wasnot complying with its rules ....
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Jul 11, 2004 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, July 11 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Sunday: Mainichi, Yomiuri, Asahi, Nihon Keizai: -- Voters to go to polls Sunday for Japan's upper house election,with ...
Israel asks US to block UN resolution on barrier
Jul 11, 2004 ... Israel asks US to block UN resolution on barrierJERUSALEM, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Foreign Minister SilvanShalom said Saturday that Israel had asked the United States to vetoany resolution by the UN Security Council that declares illegalIsrael's barrier in the West Bank ....
Electronic information industry booms in E. China
Jul 11, 2004 ... Electronic information industry booms in E. ChinaHANGZHOU, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Electronic information industry hasrapidly developed in the eastern province of Zhejiang, becoming itsnew mainstay and leading trade, said Chen Daxin, director of theprovincial Information Industry ...
Asia Pacific leaders meet to foster political commitment inCombating AIDS
Jul 11, 2004 ... Asia Pacific leaders meet to foster political commitment inCombating AIDSBANGKOK, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Ministers from theAsia Pacific region met here Sunday to call for political commitmentin the fight against HIV/AIDS. Over 30 ministers from the region were expected to ...
Backgrounder: Japan's upper house election
Jul 11, 2004 ... Backgrounder: Japan's upper house electionTOKYO, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Japan kicked off the upper houseelection early Sunday after two weeks of neck-and-neck competitionbetween the ruling and opposition parties. The number of seats in the upper house will be reduced by five ...
22 deaths in lightning strikes in SW China province
Jul 11, 2004 ... 22 deaths in lightning strikes in SW China provinceGUIYANG, July 11 (Xinhua) -- A total of 22 persons were killed and56 injured in 149 lightning strikes by July 9 this year in southwestChina's Guizhou Province, according to the provincial lightningprevention office. Most ...
Ancom to establish guidelines for trade negotiations with US
Jul 11, 2004 ... Ancom to establish guidelines for trade negotiations with USQUITO, July 10 (Xinhua) -- A summit of the Andean Community (Ancom) next week will set down the guidelines for some membercountries in their negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) withthe United States, Ancom ...
Xinhua world economic news summary at 0430 GMT, July 11
Jul 11, 2004 ... Xinhua world economic news summary at 0430 GMT, July 11UNITED NATIONS -- With more and more people preferring a smallfamily, the world fertility is expected to continue declining and thetotal population will likely see some sort of stability in 40 years,a senior UN population ...
FLASH: EXPLOSION OCCURS ON A BUS IN TEL AVIV: PUBLIC RADIO.
Jul 11, 2004 ... FLASH: EXPLOSION OCCURS ON A ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Jul 11, 2004 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, July 11 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Philippine newspapers on Sunday:Manila Bulletin: -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan Saturday joined thePhilippines in calling for ...