Xinhua News Agency back issues from Monday, August 16:
Xinhua world news summary at 1600 GMT, Aug. 15
Aug 16, 2004 ... Xinhua world news summary at 1600 GMT, Aug. 15BAGHDAD -- A group of Iraqi delegates withdrew from the nationalconference shortly after it opened here Sunday as a protest againstthe unrest in Najaf, Qatar-based al-Jazeera TV reported. The protesting group were more than 100 ...
Opener, Advisory
Aug 16, 2004 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service for Sunday,August 15, 2004, and begins ...
Greece blasts British journalist's reports on Olympic security
Aug 16, 2004 ... Greece blasts British journalist's reports on Olympic securityBy Sportswriter Wen XinnianATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Greek government strongly condemnedhere Sunday a British tabloid's report on the security issue of theAthens Olympic Games. Bob Graham, in his ...
TIMEA NAGY OF HUNGARY WINS WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL EPEE GOLD
Aug 16, 2004 ... TIMEA NAGY OF HUNGARY WINS ...
Feature: One minute duel makes success after 17 years effort
Aug 16, 2004 ... Feature: One minute duel makes success after 17 years effortby sportswriter Pan YiATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Xian Dongmei, a female veteran judokacoming from a village in China's Guangdong province, saw too many upsand downs in her 17-year sport career and smiled to the ...
Aussie Thomas wins women's 100m breaststroke gold
Aug 16, 2004 ... Aussie Thomas wins women's 100m breaststroke goldATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Australian Petria Thomas clocked 57.72 seconds to win the women's 100m breaststroke gold ...
AUSTRALIAN PETRIA THOMAS WINS WOMEN'S 100M BUTTERFLY GOLD
Aug 16, 2004 ... AUSTRALIAN PETRIA THOMAS ...
Strongwoman makes history by winning first Thai women's Olympics gold
Aug 16, 2004 ... Strongwoman makes history by winning first Thai women's OlympicsgoldBy Sportswriter Qi Zijian ATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Udomporn Polsak, a world champion inVancouver last November, Sunday made history by winning a gold in thewomen's 53kg weightlifting competition at the ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Aug. 15
Aug 16, 2004 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Aug. 15BEIJING, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- The following are domestic news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Sunday: Figures: China's exports to Germany Figures: China's exports to France Figures: China's main export commodities ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua
Aug 16, 2004 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of XinhuaHONG KONG, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Sunday:hka -- Hong Kong opens six new cross-boundary coach routes Nepali gov't puts security bodies on high alert ...
Deng Xiaoping: most successful returned overseas student
Aug 16, 2004 ... Deng Xiaoping: most successful returned overseas studentSHANGHAI, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Viewing from the school reports,Deng Xiaoping could not be considered outstanding during his overseasstudying life, however, most people believe that without thisexperience, Deng would not have ...
KOSUKE KITAJIMA OF JAPAN WINS MEN'S 100M BREASTSTROKE OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL
Aug 16, 2004 ... KOSUKE KITAJIMA OF JAPAN WINS MEN'S ...
Aussie Thomas wins women's 100m butterfly gold (corrected)
Aug 16, 2004 ... Aussie Thomas wins women's 100m butterfly gold (corrected)ATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Australian Petria Thomas clocked 57.72 seconds to win the women's 100m butterfly ...
Aussie Thomas first double winner in Athens
Aug 16, 2004 ... Aussie Thomas first double winner in AthensATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Australia's Petria Thomas became thefirst swimmer with two golds in the Athens Olympic Games after timingin first in the women's 100 meter butterfly here on Sunday.Thomas was one of the four members of ...
JAPANESE KOSUKE KITAJIMA WINS MEN'S 100M BREASTSTROKE GOLD IN 1:00.08
Aug 16, 2004 ... JAPANESE KOSUKE KITAJIMA WINS ...
London focuses on Olympics bid despite BBC allegations
Aug 16, 2004 ... London focuses on Olympics bid despite BBC allegationsATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- London bid committee for the 2012Olympics has tried to put behind the bribery allegation by BBC reportand shift public attention to the technical aspect of its bid. London, along with the ...
Japanese Kitajima wins men's 100m breast gold
Aug 16, 2004 ... Japanese Kitajima wins men's 100m breast goldATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Kosuke Kitajima on Sunday wonthe men's 100m breaststroke gold ...
Thorpe leads Phelps in men's 200m semifinals
Aug 16, 2004 ... Thorpe leads Phelps in men's 200m semifinalsATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Aussie Ian Thorpe took an earlyadvantage over American Michael Phelps after winning the semifinalagainst the potential seven-gold winner in the women's 200 metersfreestyle here on Sunday. The men's ...
Hungarian Nagy wins women's individual epee gold medal
Aug 16, 2004 ... Hungarian Nagy wins women's individual epee gold medalATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Timea Nagy of Hungary beat LauraFlessel-Colovic of France 15-10 to take the women's individual epeegold ...
Ginobili beats Serbians one-handedly in Olympic basketball
Aug 16, 2004 ... Ginobili beats Serbians one-handedly in Olympic basketballATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Emanuel Ginobili scored an incrediblerunning shot at the buzzer, leading Argentina to a sweet 83-82revenge at the Olympic basketball tournament over reigning worldchampion Serbia and Montenegro ...
New USOC chief to get tough against doping
Aug 16, 2004 ... New USOC chief to get tough against dopingATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- The newly-appointed U.S. OlympicCommittee (USOC) chief Peter Ueberroth pledged on Sunday to be tough-handed against doping which has beleaguered American athletics in thebuild-up to the Athens Olympics ....
FRANCE'S LAURE MANADUDOU WINS WOMEN'S 400M FREESTYLE GOLD IN 4:05.34
Aug 16, 2004 ... FRANCE'S LAURE MANADUDOU WINS ...
SOUTH AFRICA WINS MEN'S 4X100M FREESTYLE RELAY AT ATHENS OLYMPIC GAMES IN NEW WORLD RECORD OF 3:13.17
Aug 16, 2004 ... SOUTH AFRICA WINS MEN'S 4X100M FREESTYLE RELAY AT ...
Halil Mutlu of Turkey wins men's 56kg weightlifting
Aug 16, 2004 ... Halil Mutlu of Turkey wins men's 56kg weightliftingATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Turkey's Halil Mutlu lifted his thirdOlympic gold medal when he won the men's 56kg weightlifting at the28th Olympic Games on Saturday. With 135kg from ...
Hungarian Nagy defends women's individual epee title
Aug 16, 2004 ... Hungarian Nagy defends women's individual epee titleATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Olympic champion Timea Nagy of Hungarydefended her individual epee gold medal at the Athens Olympic Gamesby beating France's Laura Flessel-Colovic at the Helliniko FencingHall Sunday evening ....
Preview: Gao hopes to repeat Wang's feat in Olympic shooting
Aug 16, 2004 ... Preview: Gao hopes to repeat Wang's feat in Olympic shootingBy Sportswriter Gao PengATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Chinese veteran shooter Wang Yifu wonan Olympic gold at the age of 44. Now compatriot Gao E is hoping tofollow suit. The second oldest athlete of Team ...
Results of men's 56kg weighlifting at Athens Olympics
Aug 16, 2004 ... Results of men's 56kg weighlifting at Athens OlympicsATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of men's56kg weightlifting at the 28th Olympic Games Sunday evening: 1. Halil Mutlu, Turkey, 295kg (135/160) 2. Wu Meijin, China, 287.5 (130/157.5) 3 ....
Japan's Kitajima wins men's 100m breaststroke in Athens
Aug 16, 2004 ... Japan's Kitajima wins men's 100m breaststroke in AthensATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Kosuke Kitajima beat worldrecord holder Brendan Hansen of the United States to win the goldmedal in the men's 100 meters breaststroke at the 28th Olympic Gameshere on Sunday ....
South Africa break men's 4x100m freestyle relay world record
Aug 16, 2004 ... South Africa break men's 4x100m freestyle relay world recordATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- South Africa broke the men's 4x100mfreestyle relay world record Sunday as they took a stunning victoryin the Olympic swimming pool. South Africa posted three minutes 13.17 seconds to ...
Dutch Zijlaard-van Moorsel's race road in doubt
Aug 16, 2004 ... Dutch Zijlaard-van Moorsel's race road in doubtATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Dutch cyclist Leontien Zijlaard-vanMoorsel might miss the women's individual time trial slated forAugust 18 at the Athens Olympics, said the Athens cycling pressoffice on Sunday. Zijlaard-van ...
South Africa wins men's 4x100m free in new world record
Aug 16, 2004 ... South Africa wins men's 4x100m free in new world recordATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- South Africa won the men's 4x100mfreestyle gold in a new world record time of 3:13.17 at the ...
Super Dan out of badminton singles at Athens Olympics (updated)
Aug 16, 2004 ... Super Dan out of badminton singles at Athens Olympics (updated)ATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Super Dan, China's best hope for themen's singles' gold, suffered his waterloo here Sunday in the firstround of 28th Olympic badminton tournament, losing to Singapore'sRonald Susilo 15-12, ...
Aussie Thomas first double winner in Athens
Aug 16, 2004 ... Aussie Thomas first double winner in AthensATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Australia's Petria Thomas became thefirst double gold medalist in the Athens Olympic Games after winningthe women's 100 meters butterfly here on Sunday. Thomas was one of the four members of Australia's ...
Super Dan out of badminton singles at Athens Olympics
Aug 16, 2004 ... Super Dan out of badminton singles at Athens OlympicsATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Super Dan, China's best hope for themen's singles' gold, met his waterloo here Sunday in the first roundof the 28th Olympic badminton tournament, losing to Singapore'sRonald Susilo 15-12, 15-10 ....
SOUTH AFRICA WINS MEN'S 4X100M FREESTYLE RELAY GOLD IN WORLD RECORD
Aug 16, 2004 ... SOUTH AFRICA WINS MEN'S 4X100M ...
Australian Carrigan wins women's road race at Athens Olympics
Aug 16, 2004 ... Australian Carrigan wins women's road race at Athens OlympicsBy sportswriter Ji GuohuaATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Australian cyclist Sara Carrigan wonthe women's road race at the Athens Olympics with a time of 3: 24:24on Sunday, ahead of German Judith Arndt and Russian ...
LAURE MANAUDOU OF FRANCE WINS WOMEN'S 400M FREESTYLE OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL
Aug 16, 2004 ... LAURE MANAUDOU OF FRANCE WINS ...
HALIL MUTLU OF TURKEY WINS MEN'S 56KG WEIGHTLIFTING GOLD AT ATHENS OLYMPICS
Aug 16, 2004 ... HALIL MUTLU OF TURKEY WINS MEN'S 56KG ...
Results of Olympic swimming finals
Aug 16, 2004 ... Results of Olympic swimming finalsATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of Sunday 'sswimming finals at the Athens Olympic Games: Women's 100m butterfly final 1. Petria Thomas, Australia, 57.72 2. Otylia Jedrzejczak, Poland, 57.84 3 ....
French swimmer Manaudou wins women's 400m freestyle
Aug 16, 2004 ... French swimmer Manaudou wins women's 400m freestyleATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Laure Manaudou of France won thewomen's 400 meter freestyle at the 28th Olympic Games here on Sunday. Manaudou, 18, who won the event in this year's Europeanchampionships, clocked four minutes ...
France's Manaudou wins women's 400m freestyle
Aug 16, 2004 ... France's Manaudou wins women's 400m freestyleATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Laure Manaudou of France won thewomen's 400 meter freestyle at the 28th Olympic Games here on Sunday. Manaudou, 18, who won the event in this year's EuropeanChampionships, clocked four minutes 5.34 ...
France's Manaudou wins women's 400m freestyle (updated)
Aug 16, 2004 ... France's Manaudou wins women's 400m freestyle (updated)ATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Laure Manaudou of France won thewomen's 400 meter freestyle at the 28th Olympic Games here on Sunday. Manaudou, 18, who won the event in this year's Europeanchampionships, clocked four minutes ...
AMERICAN "DREAM TEAM" BEATEN BY PUERTO RICO 92-73 IN OLYMPIC MEN'S POOL B BASKETBALL
Aug 16, 2004 ... AMERICAN "DREAM TEAM" BEATEN BY PUERTO ...
Sunday's medal winners at Athens Olympic Games
Aug 16, 2004 ... Sunday's medal winners at Athens Olympic GamesATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Following are Sunday's medal winnersat the Athens Olympic Games: Shooting: Women's 10m air pistol: Gold: Olena Kostevych, Ukraine Silver: Jasna Sekaric, Serbia and Montenegro ...
South Africa break men's 4x100m freestyle relay world record (updated)
Aug 16, 2004 ... South Africa break men's 4x100m freestyle relay world record(updated)ATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- South Africa broke the men's 4x100mfreestyle relay world record Sunday as they took a stunning victoryin the Olympic swimming pool. South Africa posted three minutes 13.17 ...
Sunday's medal table at Athens Olympic Games
Aug 16, 2004 ... Sunday's medal table at Athens Olympic GamesATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Following is the medal table afterSunday's finals at the Athens Olympic Games (tabulated under gold,silver, bronze and total medals):China 5218 Australia ...
American Dream Team beaten 92-73 in Olympic basketball
Aug 16, 2004 ... American Dream Team beaten 92-73 in Olympic basketballATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- American Dream Team suffered its first-ever Olympic defeat, losing to Puerto Rico 92-73 in the men' s ...
Results of Olympic table tennis (updated)
Aug 16, 2004 ... Results of Olympic table tennis (updated)ATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Following are the second day resultsfrom the table tennis tournament of the Athens Olympic Games here onSunday: Men's singles Second round Ko Lai Chak, Hong Kong, China, bt Sharath Kamal ...
Table tennis day 2 roundup: Chinese table tennis girls lock opponents in Olympic debut
Aug 16, 2004 ... Table tennis day 2 roundup: Chinese table tennis girls lockopponents in Olympic debutATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- After two days of waiting, the all-mighty Chinese female paddlers finally locked their opponents intheir debut matches at the Athens Olympics as the first two rounds ...
French swimmer Manaudou wins women's 400m freestyle (updated 2)
Aug 16, 2004 ... French swimmer Manaudou wins women's 400m freestyle (updated 2)ATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Laure Manaudou of France won thewomen's 400 meter freestyle at the 28th Olympic Games here on Sunday. Manaudou, 18, who won the event in this year's Europeanchampionships, clocked four ...
Dream turns into nightmare for American Dream Team
Aug 16, 2004 ... Dream turns into nightmare for American Dream TeamATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Everybody knows the American DreamTeam has to end, but nobody expected such an humiliating ending atthe Athens Olympic Games here Sunday evening. Trailing 49-27 at the half time, the Dream Team ...
Medal standings of cycling at Athens Olympics
Aug 16, 2004 ... Medal standings of cycling at Athens OlympicsATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Following are the cycling medalstandings after the women's road race on Sunday at the Athens OlympicGames (tabulated under gold, silver, bronze and total): Australia1 -- ...
Day 2 Roundup: American dreams dashed
Aug 16, 2004 ... Day 2 Roundup: American dreams dashedBy Sportswriter Cao JianjieATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Dreams became nightmares. U.S. "Dream Team" of NBA players became a butt of joke on hardwoodas American swimmer Michael Phelps' dream to be the best ever swimmerwas dashed ...
Results of men's field hockey at Athens Olympics
Aug 16, 2004 ... Results of men's field hockey at Athens OlympicsATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of the men'sfield hockey matches at the Athens Olympic Games here on Sunday: Group A South Korea tied Spain 1-1 Scorers: South Korea: You Hyo-Sik ...
Preview: Phelps, Thorpe battle face to face in 200m free
Aug 16, 2004 ... Preview: Phelps, Thorpe battle face to face in 200m freeBy Sportswriter Ma XiangfeiATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- When Michael Phelps and Ian Thorpesplash in the same pool at the same time Monday night, a mostexciting swimming final is promised at the Athens Olympic Games ....
Medal standings of swimming at Athens Olympics
Aug 16, 2004 ... Medal standings of swimming at Athens OlympicsATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Following is the swimming medalsstandings after Sunday's competition at the Athens Olympic Games hereSunday evening (tabulated under gold, silver, bronze and total): Australia 3 1 0 4 ...
Aussie Thomas strikes gold double, S. Africa sets world record
Aug 16, 2004 ... Aussie Thomas strikes gold double, S. Africa sets world recordBy Sportswriter Wang ZijiangATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Australia's Petria Thomas became thefirst two-gold winner in the Athens Olympic Games after taking thewomen's 100 meters butterfly here on Sunday ....
Day 2 Roundup: American dreams dashed (updated)
Aug 16, 2004 ... Day 2 Roundup: American dreams dashed (updated)By Sportswriter Cao JianjieATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Dreams turned to nightmares. U.S. "Dream Team" of swaggering NBA players became a butt of jokeon Olympic hardwood as most-hyped American swimmer Michael Phelps ...
Badminton Roundup: Day of mixed fortunes for Chinese shuttlers
Aug 16, 2004 ... Badminton Roundup: Day of mixed fortunes for Chinese shuttlersATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Chinese shuttlers had mixed fortunesSunday, losing their best hope for the men's singles gold Lin Dan inthe first round of the Olympic badminton tournament and sending theirtop women to ...
Results of women's handball at Athens Olympics
Aug 16, 2004 ... Results of women's handball at Athens OlympicsATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of women' shandball matches at the Athens Olympic Games on ...
Gymnastics team standings after women's qualification at Olympics
Aug 16, 2004 ... Gymnastics team standings after women's qualification at Olympics ATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Following are the team standings afterwomen's qualification here in the Olympic Games' gymnasticscompetition on Sunday: 1. Romania, 152.436 points 2. United States, 151.848 ...
Results of women's road race at Athens Olympics
Aug 16, 2004 ... Results of women's road race at Athens OlympicsATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of thewomen's road race final at the Athens Olympic Games here on Sunday: 1. Sara Carrigan, Australia, 3 hours 24 minutes and 24 seconds 2. Judith Arndt, ...
Brown feels humiliated for U.S. loss
Aug 16, 2004 ... Brown feels humiliated for U.S. lossATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. basketball team head coach LarryBrown said he was angry and felt humiliated with a 92-73 loss Sundayto Puerto Rico in a Group B preliminary-round opener of the AthensOlympic Games. "I'm angry because the ...
Finalists for women's uneven bars at Athens Olympics
Aug 16, 2004 ... Finalists for women's uneven bars at Athens OlympicsATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Following are the finalists forwomen's uneven bars after Sunday's qualification here in the Olympicgymnastics competition: 1. Svetlana Khorkina, Russia, 9.750 points 2. Lin ...
Finalists for women's vault at Athens Olympics
Aug 16, 2004 ... Finalists for women's vault at Athens OlympicsAthens, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Following are the finalists forwomen's vault after Sunday's qualification here in the Olympicgymnastics competition: 1. Monica Rosu, Romania, 9.650 points 2. Kang Yun ...