Xinhua News Agency back issues from Thursday, August 26:
Juventus advance into Champions League group stage
Aug 26, 2004 ... Juventus advance into Champions League group stageSTOCKHOLM, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Juventus qualified for theChampions League beating Djurgarden 4-1 on Wednesday to seal a 6-3aggregate win. The Italians, finalists in 2003, had only managed a 2-2 draw aftertrailing at home a ...
Sparta Prague beat Ferencvaros 2-0 in Champions League qualifying
Aug 26, 2004 ... Sparta Prague beat Ferencvaros 2-0 in Champions League qualifying PRAGUE, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Sparta Prague beat Hungary Ferencvaros2-0 over extra time in Champions League third qualifying round,second leg match ...
Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapers
Aug 26, 2004 ... Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapersISLAMABAD, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Pakistani English newspapers on Thursday.Dawn: -- US lawmakers and members of the 9/11 commission have once againemphasized the need to ...
Results and standings of English Premier League
Aug 26, 2004 ... Results and standings of English Premier LeagueLONDON, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of EnglishPremier League matches played on Wednesday (home teams first): Arsenal beat Blackburn Rovers 3-0 Charlton Athletic bt Aston Villa 3-0 ...
Xinhua world economic news summary at 0430 GMT, Aug. 26
Aug 26, 2004 ... Xinhua world economic news summary at 0430 GMT, Aug. 26HARARE -- Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) onWednesday signed two cooperation agreements in the mining andtransport and communications sectors. Zimbabwean Minister of Mines and Mining Development Amos ...
Thailand raises rates by 0.25 percent
Aug 26, 2004 ... Thailand raises rates by 0.25 percentBANGKOK, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Bank of Thailand on Wednesdaydeclared a 0.25-percent increase of short-term interest rates to 1. 5percent, local press reported on Thursday. The move, the first rate increase in three years, was ...
Interview: IEA chief says oil price hikes not to last long
Aug 26, 2004 ... Interview: IEA chief says oil price hikes not to last longPARIS, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- International Energy Agency (IEA)Executive Director Claude Mandil said Wednesday that the soaring oilprices will not last long, though many energy experts are worriedabout the continued world ...
Australia to buy long range missiles for air force
Aug 26, 2004 ... Australia to buy long range missiles for air forceCANBERRA, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Australian government announcedon Thursday a project worth 350-450 million dollars (245- 315 millionUS dollars) to equip air force aircraft with long range missilescapable of destroying land and ...
Vietnam reports many unlicensed X-ray facilities
Aug 26, 2004 ... Vietnam reports many unlicensed X-ray facilitiesHANOI, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Only 27.4 percent of medicalestablishments equipped with X-ray machines in Vietnam have radiationsafety certificates, while many machines are outdated. The fact that 375 out of 1,367 establishments ...
Piracy causes major blow to Indonesian record companies
Aug 26, 2004 ... Piracy causes major blow to Indonesian record companiesJAKARTA, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian record companies aresuffering a significant drop in market share due to the massivedistribution of pirate recording of CDs, VCDs and cassettes, anexecutive with the industry ...
3 more Vietnamese corporate officials arrested for corruption
Aug 26, 2004 ... 3 more Vietnamese corporate officials arrested for corruptionHANOI, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Vietnamese police have just detainedfour directors of enterprises for wrongdoing in the oil and gasindustry, following recent arrests of six other corporate officialsin the industry ....
Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani leaves Basra for Najaf
Aug 26, 2004 ... Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani leaves Basra for NajafBAGHDAD, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric GrandAyatollah Ali al-Sistani left the Iraqi southern city Basra earlyThursday for the holy city of Najaf. A senior aide to Sistani said ...
Roundup: Bangladeshi judicial commission to probe grenade attack on opposition rally by Pan Xiaozhu
Aug 26, 2004 ... Roundup: Bangladeshi judicial commission to probe grenade attackon opposition rally by Pan XiaozhuDHAKA, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- The judicial inquiry commission, formedby the government to probe into Saturday's grenade attack on theAwami League's rally in the capital, will ...
URGENT: Bus explosion kills 2, wounds 33 in India
Aug 26, 2004 ... URGENT: Bus explosion kills 2, wounds 33 in IndiaNEW DELHI, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) ...
Vietnam may cut mobile phone tariff
Aug 26, 2004 ... Vietnam may cut mobile phone tariffHANOI, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam may halve the tax rate imposedon imported mobile phones to minimize the number of smuggledproducts. The Ministry of Trade has recently proposed the Ministry ofFinance lower the rate to 5 percent from ...
Vietnam expected to export 4 mln tons of rice this year
Aug 26, 2004 ... Vietnam expected to export 4 mln tons of rice this yearHANOI, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam is likely to export 4 milliontons of rice this year, up from the initial target of 3.5 milliontons, said a local agriculture official. The possibility is based on the estimation that ...
Philippine government proposes 2005 budget to Congress
Aug 26, 2004 ... Philippine government proposes 2005 budget to CongressMANILA, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine government has proposeda budget of 907.6 billion pesos (16.2 billion US dollars) for 2005,with both the government and Congress absorbing huge cuts in theirallocations. The ...
Urgent: Mortar hits mosque in Iraqi city of Kufa, causingcasualties
Aug 26, 2004 ... Urgent: Mortar hits mosque in Iraqi city of Kufa, causingcasualties BAGHDAD, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- A ...
Eight dead or missing as floods hit northern Philippines
Aug 26, 2004 ... Eight dead or missing as floods hit northern PhilippinesMANILA, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Five people were killed, three othersinjured and three more are missing as continuous rains caused heavyfloods in many low-lying areas in Metro Manila and neighboringprovinces, the Philippine ...
Taiwan landslide buries 15 people
Aug 26, 2004 ... Taiwan landslide buries 15 peopleHONG KONG, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- At least 15 people were buried bytyphoon-led landslide and were feared dead in Taiwan Hsinshu county,Hong Kong radio stations quoted local authorities as saying Thursday. After an inspection of the landslide-hit ...
Typhoon Aere strands 2 cargo vessels
Aug 26, 2004 ... Typhoon Aere strands 2 cargo vesselsWENZHOU, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Two cargo vessels with a crew of 16were stranded Thursday morning in a shoal, about 100 meters off theshoreline of Wenzhou city, after Typhoon Aere hit east China'sZhejiang Province. Rescuers still stay in ...
Hong Kong stocks lower at midday
Aug 26, 2004 ... Hong Kong stocks lower at middayHONG KONG, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong stocks ...
Codes of IOC member associations
Aug 26, 2004 ... Codes of IOC member associationsATHENS, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the codes of IOC memberassociations:Abbreviation Member association AFG Afghanistan AHO Netherlands Antilles ALB Albania ...
Biggest flood crest on Yellow River arrives in capital of E. Chinaprovince
Aug 26, 2004 ... Biggest flood crest on Yellow River arrives in capital of E. ChinaprovinceJINAN, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- The biggest-ever flood crest since 1997for the Yellow River's Shandong section, arrived at this provincialcapital Thursday morning. At 2:00 a.m. Thursday, the flood crest ...
Mortar hits mosque in Iraqi city of Kufa, causing many casualties
Aug 26, 2004 ... Mortar hits mosque in Iraqi city of Kufa, causing many casualties BAGHDAD, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- A mortar shell hit a mosque in Iraqicity of Kufa on Thursday, causing many casualties, witnesses said. The mosque was crowded with men when the mortar attack took place.Ambulances ...
1st lead: Mortar attack on Kufa mosque in Iraq, causing casualties
Aug 26, 2004 ... 1st lead: Mortar attack on Kufa mosque in Iraq, causing casualtiesEds: Updates with detailsNAJAF, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- A mortar shell hit a mosque in Iraqicity of Kufa on Thursday, causing many casualties, witnesses said. Ambulances raced to the scene to transfer scores of ...
No explosion hit crashed Russian airliner: official
Aug 26, 2004 ... No explosion hit crashed Russian airliner: officialMOSCOW,Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Russian Tu-134 passenger jet, which crashedTuesday night and killed all 43 people on ...
Shop fire kills six in Indonesia
Aug 26, 2004 ... Shop fire kills six in IndonesiaJAKARTA, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Six people died in a fire that blazedtwo stores in the Indonesian town of Semarang, around 500 km east ofJakarta, early on Thursday. The fire started to blaze at around 03:00 local time from theLaris Shop ...
Chinese president sends message of condolences to Putin over air- crash
Aug 26, 2004 ... Chinese president sends message of condolences to Putin over air-crashBEIJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao sent amessage of condolences to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin onThursday over the crashes of two passenger planes in the country ....
Philippine gov't presses for financial reforms
Aug 26, 2004 ... Philippine gov't presses for financial reformsMANILA, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine government is pressingfor more reforms to ensure a resilient financial sector and a stablebanking system, a senior government official said Thursday. "The financial crunch is becoming ...
Chinese mega-ship makes maiden call at western US port
Aug 26, 2004 ... Chinese mega-ship makes maiden call at western US portLOS ANGELES, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- China's largest container vessel,COSCO Long Beach, arrived Wednesday at the Port of Long Beach, thebiggest on the western US coast, after a 17-day maiden trans-Pacificvoyage starting from ...
Rodin's Large Thinker settles down in Shanghai
Aug 26, 2004 ... Rodin's Large Thinker settles down in ShanghaiSHANGHAI, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- A statue of the Large Thinker, arenowned sculpture by great French sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), has settled down at the Shanghai Municipal Library. A ceremony was held at the library ...
Profile: Sistani, crucial person in postwar Iraq
Aug 26, 2004 ... Profile: Sistani, crucial person in postwar IraqBEIJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani,Iraq's top Shiite Muslim cleric, rarely speaks in public but wieldsleverage in shaping the future of postwar Iraq. His instructions come via supporters and aids. His ...
Winners of US Open men's singles
Aug 26, 2004 ... Winners of US Open men's singlesWASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the winners of U. S.Open men's singles: 2003 Andy Roddick, United States 2002 Pete Sampras, United States 2001 Lleyton Hewitt, Australia 2000 Marat ...
Updated results of Long Island Cup ATP tournament
Aug 26, 2004 ... Updated results of Long Island Cup ATP tournamentWASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the second roundresults in the 380,000 US dollars Long Island Cup ATP tournament inNew York on Wednesday (prefix number denotes seeding): 7-Joachim Johansson, Sweden, bt Stefan ...
Paradorn cruises into last eight in Long Island bidding for title treble
Aug 26, 2004 ... Paradorn cruises into last eight in Long Island bidding for titletrebleWASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Paradorn Srichaphan moved a stepcloser to his third successive Long Island Cup title when he battledpast veteran South African Wayne Ferreira 7-6, 7-5 in Commack of NewYork ...
Israeli army demolishes houses in Rafah
Aug 26, 2004 ... Israeli army demolishes houses in RafahGAZA, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Israeli army backed by tanks andbulldozers stormed Thursday morning the southern Gaza town of Rafahand demolished five Palestinian houses, Palestinian residents andsecurity sources reported. They said the ...
Banik Ostrava beat Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 in Champions League qualifying
Aug 26, 2004 ... Banik Ostrava beat Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 in Champions LeaguequalifyingPRAGUE, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Czech Republic's Banik Ostrava beatBayer Leverkusen 2-1 in Champions League third qualifying round,second leg match played here on ...
Ugandan president unveils master plan to rehabilitate the north
Aug 26, 2004 ... Ugandan president unveils master plan to rehabilitate the north KAMPALA, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni hasunveiled a master plan to rehabilitate the conflict-torn northernUganda, which, after 18 years of Lord's Resistance Army ( LRA) rebelactivities, is ...
PSV crush Red Star to reach Champions League
Aug 26, 2004 ... PSV crush Red Star to reach Champions LeagueBRUSSELS, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- PSV Eindhoven comfortably qualifiedfor the Champions League after defeating 10-man Red Star Belgrade 5-0 in Eindhoven of Netherlands on Wednesday to win 7-3 on aggregate. Red Star's Milan Bisevac was ...
Club Bruges held to a 2-2 draw by Shakhtar Donetsk in Champions League qualifying
Aug 26, 2004 ... Club Bruges held to a 2-2 draw by Shakhtar Donetsk in ChampionsLeague qualifyingBRUSSELS, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Belgium's Club Bruges was held to a2-2 draw by Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk in Champions League thirdqualifying round, second leg match played here on Wednesday ....
Major news items in leading Kenyan newspapers
Aug 26, 2004 ... Major news items in leading Kenyan newspapers NAIROBI, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Kenyan newspapers on Thursday. East African Standard: -- Kenyan Government Spokesman Alfred Mutua said Wednesday thatthe government cannot confirm ...
Foreign exchange rates in Indonesia
Aug 26, 2004 ... Foreign exchange rates in IndonesiaJAKARTA, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the Indonesian rupiah here Thursday:Thursday Wednesday US dollar 9,280/9,310 9,260/9,290 Euro ...
Air quality of major Chinese cities -- Aug. 26
Aug 26, 2004 ... Air quality of major Chinese cities -- Aug. 26BEIJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Report on the quality of air in 47major Chinese cities (12:00 Aug. 25 to 12:00 Aug. 26, Beijing Time) ,released by the China Environmental Monitoring Center:City Major Pollutant ...
Chinese mainland to take stowaways back from Taiwan before Mid- Autumn Festival
Aug 26, 2004 ... Chinese mainland to take stowaways back from Taiwan before Mid-Autumn FestivalFUZHOU, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland will take backsome stowaways detained in Taiwan at the end of this month, accordingto sources from eastern Chinese province of Fujian. The ...
PLC expects new cabinet soon: official
Aug 26, 2004 ... PLC expects new cabinet soon: officialGAZA, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- A senior Palestinian Legislative Council(PLC) official said Thursday that a new Palestinian NationalAuthority (PNA) cabinet was expected to be formed in the coming fewdays. Abbas Zaki, PLC member and chief of ...
Chinese official: Olympics project funds in place
Aug 26, 2004 ... Chinese official: Olympics project funds in placeBEIJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Beijing's Olympics project funds arenow in place, and the problem of holding back funds will not arise,said Chinese Vice Minister of Construction Huang Wei here Thursday. Huang told reporters at a ...
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
Aug 26, 2004 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapersJERUSALEM, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Israeli newspapers on Thursday.Ha'aretz: -- Two passengers on a Russian plane that crashed Tuesday night onits way to the southern city of ...
1 killed, 37 injured in bus blast in northeast India
Aug 26, 2004 ... 1 killed, 37 injured in bus blast in northeast IndiaNEW DELHI, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- One person died and 37 othersinjured Thursday when a bomb exploded in a bus in northeastern Indianstate of Assam's Kokrajhar district. "Militants struck for the second time within 12-hours ...
Trade fair opens to boost hinterland economy
Aug 26, 2004 ... Trade fair opens to boost hinterland economyLANZHOU, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- A four-day annual trade fair openedThursday in Lanzhou, northwest China's Gansu province, in an effortto raise the hinterland's visibility and bring in more investment. The 12th China Lanzhou ...
Turkey's Trabzonspor loses to Dynamo Kiev 2-0 in Champions League qualifying
Aug 26, 2004 ... Turkey's Trabzonspor loses to Dynamo Kiev 2-0 in Champions LeaguequalifyingANKARA, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Turkey's Trabzonspor lost to DynamoKiev 2-0 in Champions League, third qualifying round, second legmatch played in Istanbul on Wednesday. First leg 2-1; Dynamo Kiev win ...
Tokyo stocks end flat
Aug 26, 2004 ... Tokyo stocks end flatTOKYO, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks ended flat Thursday aslosses in technology shares offset early gains spurred by overnightadvances in US shares. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average inched down 0.69 point, or 0.01 percent, to close at 11,129.33 ....
Xinhua world news summary at 0800 GMT, Aug. 26
Aug 26, 2004 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0800 GMT, Aug. 26WASHINGTON -- US Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry onWednesday called on Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to resign,saying an investigation into prisoners abuses at Iraq's Abu Ghraibprison demonstrated a failure of ...
HK business delegation to visit Beijing, Tianjin
Aug 26, 2004 ... HK business delegation to visit Beijing, TianjinHONG KONG, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong Secretary for Commerce,Industry and Technology John Tsang will depart Hong Kong on Sundayfor a three-day visit to Beijing and Tianjin. Tsang will lead a delegation of more than 200 ...
Philippines extends condolence to Russia over plane crashes
Aug 26, 2004 ... Philippines extends condolence to Russia over plane crashesMANILA, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has extended her condolence to the families of the victims oftwo simultaneous plane crashes in Russia, the Philippine presidentialpalace said ...
Urgent: 13 people killed, 75 wounded after US troops fire on Kufa demonstration
Aug 26, 2004 ... Urgent: 13 people killed, 75 wounded after US troops fire on KufademonstrationNAJAF, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Thirteen people were killed ...
Major news items in leading Nigerian newspapers
Aug 26, 2004 ... Major news items in leading Nigerian newspapers LAGOS, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Nigerian newspapers on Thursday. Vanguard: -- No fewer than 500 crack mobile policemen from 10 differentsquadrons in Nigeria were deployed in the ...
Senior Chinese leader arrives in Seoul
Aug 26, 2004 ... Senior Chinese leader arrives in SeoulSEOUL, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Jia Qinglin, chairman of the National Committee of the ...
29 laborers washed away in flash floods in north India
Aug 26, 2004 ... 29 laborers washed away in flash floods in north IndiaNEW DELHI, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Twenty nine laborers were washedaway early Thursday morning in flash floods in Kailashu river in thenorthern Indian state of Uttaranchal. Twenty nine people were washed away in the floods ...
Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers
Aug 26, 2004 ... Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapersCAIRO, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Egyptian newspapers on Thursday.Al Ahram: -- Egyptian Ministry of Planning and the German Agency forTechnical Assistance (GATA) signed on ...
Senior Chinese leader leaves Beijing for ROK, Europe
Aug 26, 2004 ... Senior Chinese leader leaves Beijing for ROK, EuropeBEIJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Jia Qinglin, chairman of the NationalCommittee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference(CPPCC), left here Thursday for an official goodwill visit to theRepublic of Korea (ROK), ...
Major news items in leading S. African newspapers
Aug 26, 2004 ... Major news items in leading S. African newspapers JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are major newsitems in leading South African newspapers on Thursday. All major newspapers front-paged the news that Mark Thatcher, sonof the former British prime minister ...
No explosion hits crashed Russian airliner: official
Aug 26, 2004 ... No explosion hits crashed Russian airliner: officialMOSCOW, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Russian Tu-134 passenger jet,which crashed Tuesday night and killed all 43 people on board, didnot suffer an explosion as earlier reports said, an EmergencySituations Ministry official said ...
New Zealand sharemarket closes slightly up
Aug 26, 2004 ... New Zealand sharemarket closes slightly upWELLINGTON, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- The New Zealand sharemarket took abreather Thursday as it absorbed a fresh batch of financial resultsand corporate news. The benchmark NZSX-50 gross index was basically flat, edging up0.62 points to ...
Tuvalu to form new government
Aug 26, 2004 ... Tuvalu to form new governmentWELLINGTON, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation,will form a new government following a vote of no confidence oustedPrime Minister Saufatu Sopoanga on Wednesday. Opposition spokesman, Amasone Kilei told Fiji-based ...