Xinhua News Agency back issues from Friday, August 13:
Venezuela squad for Spain game
Aug 13, 2004 ... Venezuela squad for Spain gameCARACAS, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Venezuela coach Richard Paezannounced the following squad for the friendly game against Spain inLas Palmas on Wednesday: Goalkeepers: Gilberto Angelucci (UA Maracaibo), Rafael Ponzo (Real Oviedo, Spain) ...
Opener, Advisory
Aug 13, 2004 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service forThursday, August 12, 2004, and begins ...
Philippine rebel group deploys Muslim converts for terror mission: official
Aug 13, 2004 ... Philippine rebel group deploys Muslim converts for terror mission:officialMANILA, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine Abu Sayyaf kidnap- for-ransom group has deployed 80 Muslim converts all over thePhilippines, most of them in key cities like Metro Manila, to conductbombing ...
Pakistan arrests five more al-Qaeda suspects: minister
Aug 13, 2004 ... Pakistan arrests five more al-Qaeda suspects: ministerISLAMABAD, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan's Interior Minister FaisalSaleh Hayat said on Thursday that another five suspects have beenarrested in two days, but added that it is too soon to know if theyare connected with ...
China's domestic news items from Xinhua -- Aug. 12
Aug 13, 2004 ... China's domestic news items from Xinhua -- Aug. 12BEIJING, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- The following are domestic news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Thursday: Market exchange rates -- Aug. 12 Fledging govt. websites in China weakly efficient at onlineaffairs handling: report ...
News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)
Aug 13, 2004 ... News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)HONG KONG, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Thursday: hka -- Taiwan shares close slightly higher hka -- Gold price higher in Hong Kong Malaysian ...
Coach: Chinese shooting at peak time for Athens Olympics
Aug 13, 2004 ... Coach: Chinese shooting at peak time for Athens OlympicsATHENS, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese shooting is at its peak timefor the Athens Olympic Games, national coach Xu Haifeng said here onThursday. "The Chinese shooting team competing at the Athens Olympics is ...
FIBA to help Maradona with Swiss health clinic
Aug 13, 2004 ... FIBA to help Maradona with Swiss health clinicZURICH, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- World football's governing body FIFAis to support Argentine legend star Diego Maradona try a Swiss healthclinic to recover from his drug addiction. The FIFA is ready to help Maradona's attempt to pull ...
US military chopper crashes in Afghanistan
Aug 13, 2004 ... US military chopper crashes in AfghanistanKABUL, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- A US military helicopter crashed ineastern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing one crew member and injuring12 others, the US military said. The UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter was destroyed in the crash in ...
Britain's FSA warns firms to stop pressuring analysts on comments
Aug 13, 2004 ... Britain's FSA warns firms to stop pressuring analysts on comments LONDON, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Britain's financial regulator warnedon Thursday that companies should stop pressuring market analysts tomake only positive comments or reports on their performances. The Financial ...
Differences of gym competitions between worlds and Olympics
Aug 13, 2004 ... Differences of gym competitions between worlds and OlympicsATHENS, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following are the differences of thegymnastics competitions between the world championships and theOlympic Games: There is a restriction on entries for the Olympic Games. Only thetop 12 ...
Azerbaijan seeks US help to regain control of areas lost to Armenia
Aug 13, 2004 ... Azerbaijan seeks US help to regain control of areas lost toArmeniaMOSCOW, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Azerbaijan is seeking the help of theUnited States to regain control of Nagorno-Karabakh and sevenneighboring districts it lost in a bloody conflict with Armenia inthe 1990s ....
Russian Open Scores
Aug 13, 2004 ... Russian Open ScoresMOSCOW, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading first roundscores at the 500,000-dollar Russian Open tournament here on Thursday(Par 72): 63 - Kariem Baraka, Germany 65 - Martin Wiegele,Austria 67 - Matthew King, England Euan Little, ...
Typhoon Rananim kills 29, injures 1,500 in Zhejiang
Aug 13, 2004 ... Typhoon Rananim kills 29, injures 1,500 in ZhejiangHANGZHOU, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Rananim, the 14th this year,killed at least 29 people and injured over 1,500 people in eastChina's Zhejiang Province, according to Zhejiang Provincial FloodControl and Drought Relief ...
Chinese women gymnasts aims at apparatus golds in Athens
Aug 13, 2004 ... Chinese women gymnasts aims at apparatus golds in AthensATHENS, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese women gymnasts will try totake golds on individual apparatus instead of team and all-aroundtitles. Lu Shanzhen, head coach of China's women team, told XinhuaThursday after training ...
Zamolodchikova ready to repeat her Olympic glory in Athens
Aug 13, 2004 ... Zamolodchikova ready to repeat her Olympic glory in AthensATHENS, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Elena Zamolodchikova, who took women'svault and floor golds for Russia at the Sydney Olympics, said hereThursday that she was in good form and was ready to do her best inAthens. "Our ...
Three world records fall in archery
Aug 13, 2004 ... Three world records fall in archeryATHENS, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- South Korea underlined theirsuperiority in archery by rewriting three world records on the firstcompetition day of the sport on Thursday, one day before the officialopening of the Olympic Games. Im Dong-hyun ...
Iraq holds Portugal 2-2 in 1st half
Aug 13, 2004 ... Iraq holds Portugal 2-2 in 1st halfPATRAS, Greece, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- With deafening cheers fromthousands of supporters, Iraq held more favored Portugal 2-2 in theOlympic soccer tournament here on Thursday. The Portuguese opened the scoring at the 13th minute, but ...
Olympic gymnastics competition format
Aug 13, 2004 ... Olympic gymnastics competition formatATHENS, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following is the format of the AthensOlympic gymnastics competition, which will kick off on Saturday: In Artistic Gymnastics, men and women compete separately, with mencompeting in six apparatus: floor, pommel ...
South Korean Im sets archery world mark
Aug 13, 2004 ... South Korean Im sets archery world markATHENS, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's Im Dong-hyun set a newworld record for the men's ...
Sydney Olympic sprint champion Kenteris fails to appear at dope test: report
Aug 13, 2004 ... Sydney Olympic sprint champion Kenteris fails to appear at dopetest: reportATHENS, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Greek sprinter Kostadinos Kenteris,200m Olympic champion in Sydney, has failed to appear at a mandatorydope test on the eve of the Athens Olympic Games, according to ...
Skowronska from Poland injured in gym training in Athens
Aug 13, 2004 ... Skowronska from Poland injured in gym training in AthensATHENS, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Joanna Skowronska of Poland was takento KAT Hospital in Athens on Thursday evening following a fall fromthe uneven bars during a training session ahead of the Athens OlympicGames to open on ...
Swedish rookie gymnast Wagner looks forward to Beijing 2008
Aug 13, 2004 ... Swedish rookie gymnast Wagner looks forward to Beijing 2008ATHENS, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Veronica Wagner, Swedish first femalegymnast to compete in the Olympics in recent years, hopes to use herAthens experience for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. "It is hard to be in the ...
Olympic men's soccer standings
Aug 13, 2004 ... Olympic men's soccer standingsATHENS, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of themen's Olympic soccer tournament (tabulated under games played, won,drawn, lost, goals for, against and points): GROUP A Greece 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 ...
Iraq stuns Portugal 4-2 in Group D
Aug 13, 2004 ... Iraq stuns Portugal 4-2 in Group DPATRAS, Greece, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- With deafening cheers fromthousands of supporters, Iraq upset Portugal 4-2 in their group Dopener of the Olympic soccer tournament here on Thursday. Portugal took a lead at the 13th minute as Iraq's ...
South Korean archers break three world records
Aug 13, 2004 ... South Korean archers break three world recordsATHENS, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- South Korean archers displayed theirsuper power in archery range with three world records in the rankinground of the Olympic event at the Dekelia Airforce Base on Thursday. The day's action began with ...
Men's Olympic soccer leading scorers
Aug 13, 2004 ... Men's Olympic soccer leading scorersATHENS, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading scorers inthe Olympic soccer ...
Guatemala rips Trinidad 4-1 to extend unbeaten run
Aug 13, 2004 ... Guatemala rips Trinidad 4-1 to extend unbeaten runRIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Guatemala extended itsunbeaten run to seven matches following a 4-1 victory over 10-manTrinidad and Tobago in Guatemala city on Wednesday. In their warm-up for the 2006 World Cup qualifier ...
Soccer results at Athens Olympic Games
Aug 13, 2004 ... Soccer results at Athens Olympic GamesATHENS, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results in the men'sOlympic soccer tournament: Group B Paraguay bt Japan 4-3 Scorers: Paraguay - Pablo Gimenez 5, Jose Cardozo 26, 37, Aureliano Torres62 ...
Kenteris misses mandatory drug test
Aug 13, 2004 ... Kenteris misses mandatory drug testATHENS, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Greek Olympic Committee confirmedthat Olympic 200 meters champion Kostadinos Kenteris missed amandatory doping test on the eve of the Athens Olympic Games onThursday. Greek Ekaterini Thanou, the silver ...
Iraq stunned Portugal 4-2 in Olympic football
Aug 13, 2004 ... Iraq stunned Portugal 4-2 in Olympic footballPATRAS, Greece, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Iraq stunned more fanciedPortugal 4-2 in a Group D match of the Olympic football tournament onThursday. A 13th minute own goal from Haidar Jabar put Portugal 1-0 aheadbut the Iraqi team ...
Spain hopes for over 15 medals in Athens Olympics
Aug 13, 2004 ... Spain hopes for over 15 medals in Athens OlympicsMADRID, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Spanish Olympic Committee (COE)expressed its confident that Spain will achieve more in Athens thanin Sydney at the Olympic Games. COE president Jose Echevarria said "we will have to win over ...
Ecuadorian walker runs for IOC Commission of Athletes
Aug 13, 2004 ... Ecuadorian walker runs for IOC Commission of AthletesQUITO, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Ecuadorian walking athlete JeffersonPerez said in Cuenca that he will run for the Commission of Athletesof the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Perez, the ...
Iraq stuns Portugal as Ghana holds Italy in Olympic soccer
Aug 13, 2004 ... Iraq stuns Portugal as Ghana holds Italy in Olympic soccerATHENS, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Iraq stunned Portugal 4-2 in itsOlympic soccer opening match on Thursday while hot favorite Italy wasforced to a 2-2 draw by Ghana. The Iraqi team, who has been absent from Olympic soccer ...
Iraq wins happy soccer game over Portugal
Aug 13, 2004 ... Iraq wins happy soccer game over PortugalPATRAS, Greece, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi soccer players broughtsome comfort to their war-torn country with an astonishing 4-2victory over Portugal in their Group D opener at the Athens OlympicGames on Thursday. The Iraqi eleven, ...
Eto'o of Cameroon joins in Barcelona
Aug 13, 2004 ... Eto'o of Cameroon joins in BarcelonaMADRID, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Striker Samuel Eto'o of Camerooncompleted his rounds of negotiations to join Spanish soccer clubBarcelona for 24 million euros (30 million dollars). The negotiations involved Mallorca, Real Madrid and ...
China gets "not bad" draw in Olympic table tennis
Aug 13, 2004 ... China gets "not bad" draw in Olympic table tennisATHENS, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Ping-Pong giant China got someacceptable results as the Olympic table tennis draw was conductedhere Thursday evening. The 150-minute draw, held at the table tennis venue -- GalatsiOlympic Hall, ...
Men's singles seeds in Olympic table tennis
Aug 13, 2004 ... Men's singles seeds in Olympic table tennisATHENS, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following are the 16 seeds for men' ssingles in the table tennis draw of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games,which was conducted Thursday evening: First half: 1. Wang Liqin, China 2. Joo Sae ...
Maradona meets Argentine President Kirchner
Aug 13, 2004 ... Maradona meets Argentine President KirchnerBUENOS AIRES, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Soccer legend Diego Maradona metArgentine President Nestor Kirchner at the Presidential Residence onThursday. Maradona is seeking a judicial authorization that allows him toleave the country and ...
Men's doubles seeds in Olympic table tennis
Aug 13, 2004 ... Men's doubles seeds in Olympic table tennisATHENS, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following are the eight seeds formen's doubles in the table tennis draw of the 2004 Athens OlympicGames, which was conducted Thursday evening: First half: 1. Chen Qi/Ma Lin, China 2 ....
Former table tennis No. 1 to bear Belgian flag
Aug 13, 2004 ... Former table tennis No. 1 to bear Belgian flagBRUSSELS, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Former world top-ranked table tennisplayer Jean-Michel Saive will carry the Belgian flag at the OlympicGames opening ceremony in Athens. The 34-year-old competitor was also given the honor at the ...
Women's singles seeds in Olympic table tennis
Aug 13, 2004 ... Women's singles seeds in Olympic table tennisATHENS, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following are the 16 seeds for women'ssingles in the table tennis draw of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games,which was conducted Thursday evening: First half: 1. Zhang Yining, China 2. Lau ...
Syria radio calls for review of WMD-free Mideast draft
Aug 13, 2004 ... Syria radio calls for review of WMD-free Mideast draftDAMASCUS, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Syria's official Damascus Radio onThursday called upon the international community to review its draftresolution to free the Middle East from Weapons of Mass Destruction(WMD). "We call ...
China gets "not bad" draw in Olympic table tennis (2-last)
Aug 13, 2004 ... China gets "not bad" draw in Olympic table tennis (2-last)On the women's singles side, Sydney Olympics dual champion WangNan will face some tough battles on her way to the semi-finals, withDPR Korean Kim Yun Mi, Chinese Hong Kong's Lin Ling, Singapore's LiJia Wei and Japan's ...
Sharon opposed to comments on evacuating more settlements: report
Aug 13, 2004 ... Sharon opposed to comments on evacuating more settlements: report JERUSALEM, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharonwas opposed to Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's comments sayingIsrael intends to evacuate more than four settlements in West Bank,Ha'aretz ...
Seeds for women's doubles in Olympic table tennis draw
Aug 13, 2004 ... Seeds for women's doubles in Olympic table tennis drawATHENS, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following is a list of the eight seedsfor women's doubles in the table tennis draw of the 2004 AthensOlympics: First half: 1. Guo Yue/Niu Jianfeng, China 2. Fujinuma ...
Olympic flame lights up Acropolis Hills
Aug 13, 2004 ... Olympic flame lights up Acropolis HillsATHENS, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- For a hundred years, the Olympicflames returned to home here on Thursday atop Acropolis Hill, puttingthe global torch relay to an end for its last overnight stay outsidethe Olympic Stadium. Greek heroine ...
Euro 2004 failure helps Zidane to decide on quitting
Aug 13, 2004 ... Euro 2004 failure helps Zidane to decide on quittingPARIS, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Former France midfielder ZinedineZidane said the team's Euro 2004 quarter-final defeat by Greece hadfinally made up his mind to end his 10-year international career. "Something was broken (after ...
Experts forecast oil repercussions on Venezuelan referendum
Aug 13, 2004 ... Experts forecast oil repercussions on Venezuelan referendumCARACAS, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Different experts forecast negativeeffects on the petroleum output in Venezuela should President HugoChavez is defeated in the revocation referendum scheduled for Sunday. Analyst Jan Dehn ...
Panamanian swimmer keeps expectations secret
Aug 13, 2004 ... Panamanian swimmer keeps expectations secretPANAMA CITY, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Panamanian swimmer ElieenCoparropa, the country's ace swimmer and top Olympic hope at Athens2004, keeps her own expectations in secret for the Games. Panama has just four athletes for athletics and ...
Mercosur-EU free trade talks reach deadlock
Aug 13, 2004 ... Mercosur-EU free trade talks reach deadlockBRASILIA, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Talks on a free trade deal betweenLatin America's trade bloc, the Common Market of the South(Mercosur), and the European Union (EU) have again reached adeadlock, EU chief negotiator Karl Falkenberg ...
U.S. PGA leading first round scores
Aug 13, 2004 ... U.S. PGA leading first round scoresWASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following Completed first-roundscores in the U.S. PGA Championship at the par-72 Whistling Straitscourse in Kohler, Wisconcin on Thursday (U.S. unless stated): 65 Darren Clarke (Britain) 66 Ernie ...
Roundup: Venezuelans to vote on Chavez's rule in recall referendum
Aug 13, 2004 ... Roundup: Venezuelans to vote on Chavez's rule in recall referendum CARACAS, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Venezuelans will decide whetherPresident Hugo Chavez will stay in office when they vote in therecall referendum scheduled for Aug. 15. According to the National Election Council ...
IDB to approve 1-billion-dollar credit for Colombia
Aug 13, 2004 ... IDB to approve 1-billion-dollar credit for ColombiaBOGOTA, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Inter-American Development Bank(IDB) will approve this year new credits for Colombia amounting tonearly one billion US dollars to finance different social projects,said a source of the financial ...
Foreign-funded companies major players in E. China's foreign trade
Aug 13, 2004 ... Foreign-funded companies major players in E. China's foreign trade NANJING, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Foreign-invested companies in eastChina's Jiangsu Province recorded 59.359 billion US dollars inforeign trade in the first half of this year, a year-on-year growthof 71.6 percent ....
Shares Close down in Argentina, Mexico; without change in Brazil
Aug 13, 2004 ... Shares Close down in Argentina, Mexico; without change in BrazilMEXICO CITY, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Latin America's three major stockmarkets -- Brazil, Argentina and Mexico -- closed mixed on Thursday. The Buenos Aires stock market closed with its Merval index down0.22 percent ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Aug 13, 2004 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Friday. Asahi, Yomiuri, Mainichi, Nihon Keizai: -- UFJ Holdings Inc. and Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc.signed a ...
Kerry slams Bush's tax cuts plan during California campaigning
Aug 13, 2004 ... Kerry slams Bush's tax cuts plan during California campaigningLOS ANGELES, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- US Democratic presidentialnominee John Kerry on Thursday slammed President George W. Bush's taxcuts policies, saying that they failed to create jobs and spureconomic growth. In ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Aug 13, 2004 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Philippine newspapers on Friday. Philippine Daily Inquirer: -- The European Union has signed an agreement to provide an aidpackage of 63 ...
Portuguese President supports strong security measures at Olympics
Aug 13, 2004 ... Portuguese President supports strong security measures at Olympics LISBON, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Portuguese President Jorge Sampaiodescribed on Thursday as indispensable the rigorous security measurestaken for the Olympic Games of Athens 2004. "We really don't know what could ...
Venezuelan President believes victory in referendum as "inevitable"
Aug 13, 2004 ... Venezuelan President believes victory in referendum as"inevitable"CARACAS, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavezstressed Thursday that his victory in Sunday's recall referendum willbe "inevitable", and he will thwart the "operations" of the UnitedStates in the ...
Roundup: Venezuelan referendum campaign comes to close
Aug 13, 2004 ... Roundup: Venezuelan referendum campaign comes to closeCARACAS, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Venezuelan opposition and pro-government activists closed their campaigning Thursday for theweekend recall referendum against President Hugo Chavez. The opponents have prepared six marches ...
Ecuador destroys over 262,000 antipersonnel mines: ministry
Aug 13, 2004 ... Ecuador destroys over 262,000 antipersonnel mines: ministryQUITO, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Ecuador has destroyed 262,272antipersonnel mines since 2000 under the Ottawa Convention andreduced the number of the mines stocked for use in military trainingand research from 16,000 to 2,000, ...
Napoli, Ancona out of Italian second division due to bankruptcy
Aug 13, 2004 ... Napoli, Ancona out of Italian second division due to bankruptcyROME, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Former Italian champions Napoli wereexpelled from Italian second division (Seria B) on Thursday becauseof their financial problems and will know next month if they cancontinue in ...
Maradona sees Argentine president for leaving permission
Aug 13, 2004 ... Maradona sees Argentine president for leaving permissionBUENOS AIRES, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Former Argentina football greatDiego Maradona met his country's president Nestor Kirchner onThursday in an attempt to gain permission to leave the country tocontinue his drug rehabilitation ...