Xinhua News Agency back issues from Sunday, August 8:
Leaders in Darfur should be given more power: Sudanese FM
Aug 08, 2004 ... Leaders in Darfur should be given more power: Sudanese FMKHARTOUM, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Sudanese Foreign Minister MustafaIsmail said on Saturday that according to an agreement between theUnited Nations and Sudan, leaders in the country's Darfur regionshould be given more power in ...
Urgent: 2 US soldiers, an local interpreter killed in roadside bomb in Afghanistan
Aug 08, 2004 ... Urgent: 2 US soldiers, an local interpreter killed in roadsidebomb in AfghanistanKABUL, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Two US soldiers and an afghaninterpreter were killed in a roadside bomb that ...
First main group of Chinese Olympians leave for Athens
Aug 08, 2004 ... First main group of Chinese Olympians leave for AthensBEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- A 267-member first main group ofChina's 637-strong Olympic delegates left here for the Athens Gameson Sunday. The group of 240 athletes, coaches and 27 officials left theBeijing ...
United States to keep Bangladesh off new peace force
Aug 08, 2004 ... United States to keep Bangladesh off new peace forceDHAKA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh is going to miss out anopportunity of participating in a US-led move to bolster world peaceoperations, though the country has a phenomenal track record ofcarrying out peace keeping missions ...
3rd Ld: Pacific leaders: regional cooperation must benefit peoples
Aug 08, 2004 ... 3rd Ld: Pacific leaders: regional cooperation must benefit peoples APIA, Samoa, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- South Pacific leaders on Saturdaystressed on the need to ensure that the new cooperation initiative inthe region will eventually benefit the Pacific peoples, despitequestions and ...
Sri Lanka's Buddhist monk party to support government
Aug 08, 2004 ... Sri Lanka's Buddhist monk party to support governmentCOLOMBO, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's JHU or National HeritageParty with nine Buddhist monks elected as legislators in parliamenthas decided to sign a memorandum of understanding with the governmentof President Chandrika ...
Roundup: Sudan approves deal with UN as parties to meet over Darfur
Aug 08, 2004 ... Roundup: Sudan approves deal with UN as parties to meet overDarfurKHARTOUM, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- UN spokesman Fred Eckhard said onFriday that the Sudanese government has finalized an agreement itreached Wednesday with the United Nations on steps to disarm in thenext 30 days the ...
Major news items in Indian newspapers
Aug 08, 2004 ... Major news items in Indian newspapersNEW DELHI, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Indian newspapers on Sunday.The Hindu: -- India and Pakistan on Saturday "elaborated" upon theirrespective positions on demarcation of the ...
Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapers
Aug 08, 2004 ... Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapersISLAMABAD, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Pakistani English newspapers on Sunday.Dawn: -- India and Pakistan concluded their two-day talks on Saturdayover their border demarcation ...
Bangladesh to incur loss due to international oil price hike
Aug 08, 2004 ... Bangladesh to incur loss due to international oil price hikeDHAKA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh will incur huge financialloss due to the abnormal rise in oil price in the internationalmarket, reported the Financial Express on Sunday. This was confirmed by State Minister ...
Sri Lankan Tamil party to join coalition government
Aug 08, 2004 ... Sri Lankan Tamil party to join coalition governmentCOLOMBO, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's Tamil party CeylonWorkers' Congress (CWC) is set to join the coalition government ofPresident Chandrika Kumaratunga next week, the official SundayObserver said. The CWC will extend ...
Mercosur, Ancom make progress in free trade talks
Aug 08, 2004 ... Mercosur, Ancom make progress in free trade talksMONTEVIDEO, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Common Market of the South (Mercosur) and the Andean Community (Ancom) agreed on more than 90percent of the provisions of their free trade agreements in Friday 'stalks, reports said on Saturday ....
Crisis prevails in Uruguayan soccer prior to World Cup qualifiers
Aug 08, 2004 ... Crisis prevails in Uruguayan soccer prior to World Cup qualifiers MONTEVIDEO, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Uruguayan national soccer teamis ungoing a serious crisis over wage issues just 29 days prior tothe World Cup South American qualifier against Ecuador, local presssaid on Saturday ....
Porto sacks coach Del Neri
Aug 08, 2004 ... Porto sacks coach Del NeriLISBON, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- European champions Porto has fired newcoach Luigi Del Neri, the Portuguese club said on Saturday followingmedia reports that the Italian had been dismissed for repeatedabsences. Del Neri and Porto officials met late on ...
Results of Montreal Cup WTA tournament
Aug 08, 2004 ... Results of Montreal Cup WTA tournamentOTTAWA, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Following are the semi-final resultsfrom the 1.3 million US dollars Montreal Cup WTA tournament onSaturday ...
Pacific Islands Forum announces Thailand to be 13th dialogue partner
Aug 08, 2004 ... Pacific Islands Forum announces Thailand to be 13th dialoguepartnerAPIA, Samoa, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The 35th Pacific Islands Forumsummit announced Saturday to accept Thailand to be its 13th Post-Forum dialogue partner to take effect at the 36th Forum next year. A ...
1st Ld Writethru: Two US soldiers, one Afghan killed in southern Afghanistan
Aug 08, 2004 ... 1st Ld Writethru: Two US soldiers, one Afghan killed in southernAfghanistanKABUL, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Two American soldiers and their localinterpreter were killed and another US soldier was wounded aftertheir vehicle run into an improvised explosive device in southernGhazni ...
Mauresmo, Likhovtseva enter Montreal Cup final
Aug 08, 2004 ... Mauresmo, Likhovtseva enter Montreal Cup finalOTTAWA, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- 2002 champion Amelie Mauresmo cruisedinto the final of the 1.3 million US dollars Montreal Cup to faceunseeded Elena Likhovtseva, after a 7-6, 6-2 win over Russia's VeraZvonareva on Saturday ....
Australia backs better governance in Pacific states withnew program
Aug 08, 2004 ... Australia backs better governance in Pacific states with newprogramAPIA, Samoa, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Australia has launched a new 6million Australia dollars (4.2 million US dollars) program aimed atsupporting high standards of governance in Pacific states. Australian Prime ...
Australia protracts agreement with Pacific island statesto support Fiji's major industry
Aug 08, 2004 ... Australia protracts agreement with Pacific island states tosupport Fiji's major industryAPIA, Samoa, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Australia has decided to extendthe lifespan of the South Pacific Regional Trade and EconomicCooperation Agreement (textiles, clothing and footwear ...
Cycling safety campaign launched in HK
Aug 08, 2004 ... Cycling safety campaign launched in HKHONG KONG, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong police on Sunday launcheda two-week bicycle safety campaign to educate riders on road safetyand take stringent enforcement action against law offenders. According to statistics from the Hong Kong ...
18 rebels surrender to Ugandan army
Aug 08, 2004 ... 18 rebels surrender to Ugandan armyKAMPALA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- A total of 18 rebels of the Lord'sResistance Army (LRA) surrendered to the Uganda People's DefenseForces (UPDF) at Lacekecot in the northern district of Pader onSaturday, reported state-owned weekly Sunday Vision ....
Over 20,000 job-related crimes probed in China in six months
Aug 08, 2004 ... Over 20,000 job-related crimes probed in China in six monthsBEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Chinese prosecutors investigated atotal of 21,164 job-related criminal cases in the first half of thisyear, in which 24,247 suspects were involved, according to an ongoingmeeting attended by ...
Israeli army to distribute radiation antidote near Dimona
Aug 08, 2004 ... Israeli army to distribute radiation antidote near DimonaJERUSALEM, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Israel Defence Forces will startdistributing radiation antidotes in areas close to the nuclearresearch center in Dimona on Sunday, the Ha'aretz daily reported. The move intends to ...
Major news items in leading Kenyan newspapers
Aug 08, 2004 ... Major news items in leading Kenyan newspapersNAIROBI, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Kenyan newspapers on Sunday. Kenya Times: -- Kenyan Vice President Moody Awori has blamed delayed roadrepairs in the country to inefficiency in ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Aug 08, 2004 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Philippine newspapers on Sunday:Manila Bulletin: -- President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo cited on Friday night theclose historical and cultural ...
Papua New Guinea to provide candidate for ACP Secretary-General
Aug 08, 2004 ... Papua New Guinea to provide candidate for ACP Secretary-GeneralAPIA, Samoa, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Papua New Guinea was chosen at aregional summit here Saturday to provide candidate for the newSecretary-General of African Caribbean Pacific (ACP) group. Announcing the ...
Acne treatment threats pregnant women: doctor
Aug 08, 2004 ... Acne treatment threats pregnant women: doctorBANGKOK, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Pregnant women should not use acnetreatments or any other substance containing the retinoidisotretinoin or they will pose treats to the babies, said adermtologist. Pregnant women who use acne ...
Writethru: Pacific countries push ahead with cooperation plan By Mi Ligong, Xia Wenhui
Aug 08, 2004 ... Writethru: Pacific countries push ahead with cooperation plan By Mi Ligong, Xia WenhuiAPIA, Samoa, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- South Pacific leaders on Saturdaystressed on the need to ensure that the fresh cooperation initiativein the region will eventually benefit the Pacific ...
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
Aug 08, 2004 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapersJERUSALEM, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Israeli newspapers on Sunday.Ha'aretz: -- The Israeli government will try to evacuate illegal outposts inthe West Bank before the US ...
Road accident kills eight people in Zimbabwe
Aug 08, 2004 ... Road accident kills eight people in ZimbabweHARARE, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Eight people died in a road accident atthe 71-km peg along the Harare-Bulawayo road on Saturday evening whena Mazda pick-up truck they were traveling in burst its right reartyre and overturned. Police ...
US helicopter makes "precautionary landing" north of Sadr City
Aug 08, 2004 ... US helicopter makes "precautionary landing" north of Sadr CityBAGHDAD, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- A US military helicopter made a "precautionary landing" north of Baghdad's Sadr City on Sunday, butthe two pilots aboard were both safe, the US military said. "We had an OH-58 Delta ...
Results and standings of German first division soccer league
Aug 08, 2004 ... Results and standings of German first division soccer leagueBERLIN, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of theopening round of matches of the 2004-05 Bundesliga season onSaturday: Kaiserslautern lost to Nuremberg 3-1 SC Freiburg tied Hansa Rostock 0-0 ...
Zimbabwe sets up fund to develop innovative technologies
Aug 08, 2004 ... Zimbabwe sets up fund to develop innovative technologiesHARARE, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Science and Technology DevelopmentMinistry of Zimbabwe has established the Innovation andCommercialization Fund to finance the development of inventions andinnovations, the Sunday Mail ...
Air quality of major Chinese cities -- Aug. 8
Aug 08, 2004 ... Air quality of major Chinese cities -- Aug. 8BEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Report on the quality of air in 47major Chinese cities (12:00 Aug. 7 to 12:00 Aug. 8, Beijing Time),released by the China Environmental Monitoring Center:City Major Pollutant Air ...
At least 43 killed in clashes in Baghdad, Najaf in 24 hours
Aug 08, 2004 ... At least 43 killed in clashes in Baghdad, Najaf in 24 hoursBAGHDAD, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- At least 43 people have been killed inclashes between US forces and Shiite militiamen in Baghdad and theholy city of Najaf during the past 24 hours, the Iraqi HealthMinistry said on Sunday ....
Cradle of China's rural reform sees tremendous changes
Aug 08, 2004 ... Cradle of China's rural reform sees tremendous changesHEFEI,Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Tremendous changes have taken place inXiaogang Village, the cradle of China's rural reform, since 1978 whenthe village initiated a bold practice to set peasants free fromcollective farms. The ...
Int'l seminar on Jewish culture to be held in northeast China
Aug 08, 2004 ... Int'l seminar on Jewish culture to be held in northeast ChinaHARBIN, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) An international seminar on Jewishhistory and culture will be held in Harbin, capital of China'snortheast Heilongjiang Province, from Aug. 30 to Sept. 2. The seminar is sponsored by the ...
Irish Olympian athlete tested positive
Aug 08, 2004 ... Irish Olympian athlete tested positiveLONDON, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- A member of Ireland's Olympic team hastested positive for a banned substance, the Irish AthleticsAssociation (IAA) said on Saturday. "The Irish ...
Media give Athens Games MPC thumbs up: official
Aug 08, 2004 ... Media give Athens Games MPC thumbs up: official By SportswriterQi ZijianATHENS, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- People from international media havenodded their approval to the current operations of the Main PressCenter (MPC) of the Athens Olympic Games, an MPC official saidSunday ....
Urgent: US helicopter makes "precautionary landing" north of SadrCity
Aug 08, 2004 ... Urgent: US helicopter makes "precautionary landing" north of SadrCityBAGHDAD, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- A US military helicopter made a "precautious landing" north of Baghdad's Sadr City on Sunday, but thetwo pilots aboard were both safe, the US ...
Bayern starts new season with win under Magath
Aug 08, 2004 ... Bayern starts new season with win under MagathBERLIN, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Bayern Munich began the new season inGerman first division socer league with a 2-0 victory over Hamburg SVon Saturday to give new coach Felix Magath a winning start. Germany's Michael Ballack opened ...
Results of Stockholm WTA tournament
Aug 08, 2004 ... Results of Stockholm WTA tournamentSTOCKHOLM, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Following are the semi-final resultsat the 140,000 US dollars (117,000 euros) WTA tournament on ...
FLASH: IRAQI PM CALLS ON SHIITE MILITIAMEN TO QUIT NAJAF, PUT DOWN ARMS, ABIDE BY LAW -- AL-JAZEERA
Aug 08, 2004 ... FLASH: IRAQI PM CALLS ON SHIITE MILITIAMEN TO ...
Monaco beat St Etienne 1-0 in new season opener
Aug 08, 2004 ... Monaco beat St Etienne 1-0 in new season openerPARIS, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Monaco clinched a 1-0 win over promotedSt Etienne from a first-minute goal by new striker Ernesto Chevantonon the opening weekend of the French first division league onSaturday. Uruguayan Chevanton, ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0800 GMT, Aug. 8
Aug 08, 2004 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0800 GMT, Aug. 8MADRID -- The separatist organization Basque Homeland and Freedom(ETA) reappeared on Saturday after seven months of silence, explodingtwo small bombs at two different places in North Spain. The explosions, causing no casualties, ...
Agassi, Hewitt advance to Cincinnati final
Aug 08, 2004 ... Agassi, Hewitt advance to Cincinnati finalWASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Andre Agassi put in anotheroutstanding performance with a thrilling 7-5, 6-7, 7-6 victory overUS Open champion Andy Roddick at the ATP Master Series tournament inCincinnati, Ohio to reach his first final in ...
Former Labor head recommends not to demand portfolios
Aug 08, 2004 ... Former Labor head recommends not to demand portfoliosJERUSALEM, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Former chairman of Israel'sopposition Labor Amram Mitzna said Sunday that the party should notdemand any ministerial portfolios if it joins the coalitiongovernment. "I definitely think that ...
Major news items in leading Nigerian newspapers
Aug 08, 2004 ... Major news items in leading Nigerian newspapersLAGOS, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Nigerian newspapers on Sunday. The Guardian: -- Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, also current chairman ofthe African Union, Saturday night ...
28th Int'l Congress of Psychology opens in Beijing
Aug 08, 2004 ... 28th Int'l Congress of Psychology opens in BeijingBEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The 28th International Congress ofPsychology (ICP) opened at the Beijing International ConventionCenter Sunday. The congress, held in China for the first time, ...
Athens Olympics to make new viewing records, IOC said
Aug 08, 2004 ... Athens Olympics to make new viewing records, IOC saidATHENS, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Athens Olympics will become the mostwatched Games with nearly four billion viewers, the InternationalOlympic Committee (IOC) said on Saturday. The IOC said 300 channels worldwide would transmit ...
UN concerned about security in upcoming Afghan election: spokesman
Aug 08, 2004 ... UN concerned about security in upcoming Afghan election: spokesman KABUL, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations is concerned over thesecurity situation in Afghanistan as the post-Taliban nation isapproaching the first-ever presidential election, the spokesman ofthe UN Assistance ...
Four Palestinians wounded in Israeli raid on Rafah
Aug 08, 2004 ... Four Palestinians wounded in Israeli raid on RafahGAZA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- At least four Palestinians were woundedduring an Israeli raid on the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah onSunday morning, Palestinian security and medical sources said. The four wounded were all ...
African Champions League result
Aug 08, 2004 ... African Champions League resultTUNIS, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- African Champions League soccer resulton Saturday: Group A: Etoile Sahel, Tunisia, beat Enyimba, Nigeria, 1-0 Scorer: Zoubier Baya 89 Halftime: 0-0; Attendance: 18,000Standings ...
US provides Nigeria with 53 million dollars for agricultural development
Aug 08, 2004 ... US provides Nigeria with 53 million dollars for agriculturaldevelopmentLAGOS, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The United States Agency forInternational Development (USAID) has earmarked about 53 million USdollars for a five-year agricultural development project in Nigeria,local newspaper ...
Philippine gov't to help Filipinos in Lebanon after 3 deaths
Aug 08, 2004 ... Philippine gov't to help Filipinos in Lebanon after 3 deathsMANILA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine Department of Labor andEmployment will help thousands of overseas Filipino working illegallyin Lebanon, where three Philippine women died after trying to escapefrom their ...
Two South Koreans reportedly abducted in Philippines
Aug 08, 2004 ... Two South Koreans reportedly abducted in PhilippinesMANILA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Unidentified armed men abducted onSaturday three foreigners -- allegedly South Koreans -- in Tanza townin Cavite across the Manila Bay from Metro Manila, but one of themescaped after a scuffle with ...
Arab League chief urges Sudan to work with AU on Darfur crisis
Aug 08, 2004 ... Arab League chief urges Sudan to work with AU on Darfur crisisCAIRO, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussaon Sunday urged the Sudanese government to work with the AfricanUnion (AU) to solve the Darfur crisis. Speaking to reporters, Moussa said that ...
Allawi visits Najaf, calls on militiamen to lay down weapons
Aug 08, 2004 ... Allawi visits Najaf, calls on militiamen to lay down weaponsBAGHDAD, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi onSunday visited the holy Shiite city of Najaf which witnessed fiercefighting between militiamen and coalition forces in the past severaldays. He ...
"Two-wife" problem vs "two-child" policy: Philippine paper
Aug 08, 2004 ... "Two-wife" problem vs "two-child" policy: Philippine paperMANILA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Many Philippine police officers may runafoul of the proposed two-child policy of Congressman Edcel Lagman,as it is common knowledge that a significant number of policemen inthe country have at ...
Arafat accuses Israel of blocking Palestinian general elections
Aug 08, 2004 ... Arafat accuses Israel of blocking Palestinian general electionsGAZA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat onSunday accused Israel of blocking Palestinian general electionsslated for November. Arafat said roadblocks and checkpoints set up by the Israeli ...
Kuwaiti company claims seven employees to be freed in Iraq soon
Aug 08, 2004 ... Kuwaiti company claims seven employees to be freed in Iraq soonKUWAIT CITY, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- A Kuwaiti transport companyclaimed that its seven employees, who were taken hostages in Iraqlast month, might be released soon, the Kuwait Times quoted aspokeswoman of the company as ...
Urgent: Sharon says no official decision on rearming Palestinian police
Aug 08, 2004 ... Urgent: Sharon says no official decision on rearming PalestinianpoliceJERUSALEM, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime ...
Security stepped up at Larnaca airport in Cyprus
Aug 08, 2004 ... Security stepped up at Larnaca airport in CyprusNICOSIA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Security has been stepped up inCyprus' Larnaca Airport on the even of Athens Olympic Games, localpress reported on Sunday. Larnaca international airport is one of several in the region ...
Major news items in leading British newspapers
Aug 08, 2004 ... Major news items in leading British newspapersLONDON, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inthe leading British newspapers on Sunday:The Sunday Times: -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair has launched an unprecedentedmolehunt within Whitehall ...