Xinhua News Agency back issues from Monday, September 13:
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua
Sep 13, 2004 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of XinhuaHONG KONG, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Sunday:URGENT: Hong Kong holds Election for Legislative Council 1st Ld: Hong Kong holds election for Legislative ...
Opener, Advisory
Sep 13, 2004 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service for Sunday,September 12, 2004, and begins ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Sept. 12
Sep 13, 2004 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Sept. 12BEIJING, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following are domestic news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Sunday: China's youngest donor donates bone marrow for ailing soldier Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- Sept. 12 Two ...
URGENT: Results of election of Hong Kong Legislative Council announced
Sep 13, 2004 ... URGENT: Results of election of Hong Kong Legislative CouncilannouncedHONG KONG, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Final results of the election ofHong Kong's third term Legislative Council began to be announced bythe Electoral Affairs Commission here Monday morning. On Sunday, a total ...
Egypt's NDP congress will not address constitution amendment:official
Sep 13, 2004 ... Egypt's NDP congress will not address constitution amendment:officialCAIRO, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Gamal Mubarak, secretary ofEgypt's ruling National Democratic Party (NDP)'s Policies Committee,on Sunday ruled out discussion of the Constitution's amendment at aNDP annual congress due ...
English premier league result
Sep 13, 2004 ... English premier league resultLONDON, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following is the result of an EnglishPremier League soccer match played on Sunday: Tottenham Hotspur tied Norwich City 0-0Played on Saturday:Aston Villa tied Chelsea 0-0 Bolton Wanderers ...
English premier league leading scorers
Sep 13, 2004 ... English premier league leading scorersLONDON, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading scorers ofEnglish Premier League after Sunday's match: 5 - Jose Antonio Reyes (Arsenal) 4 - Thierry Henry (Arsenal) 3 - Robert Pires (Arsenal), Dennis Bergkamp ...
Federer lifts U.S. Open title with win over Hewitt
Sep 13, 2004 ... Federer lifts U.S. Open title with win over HewittWASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- World number one Roger Federersolidified his top position by crushing former champion LleytonHewitt 6-0, 7-6, 6-0 as the Swiss claimed his first U.S. Open titleon Sunday. Federer raced ...
U.S. Open men's singles final result
Sep 13, 2004 ... U.S. Open men's singles final resultWASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following is the result of themen's singles final at the U.S. Open ...
Tens of thousands of Israeli settlers rally against Sharon's pullout plan
Sep 13, 2004 ... Tens of thousands of Israeli settlers rally against Sharon'spullout planJERUSALEM, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Tens of thousands of Israelisettlers and their supporters Sunday took part in a right-wingdemonstration in Jerusalem's Zion Square. The rally was organized in protest ...
Majority of Beijing's high-end apartments rented by foreigners
Sep 13, 2004 ... Majority of Beijing's high-end apartments rented by foreignersBEIJING, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Luxury villas and apartments withhotel-like service are the favorite residences of the nearly 200, 000foreigners who live in rented houses in Beijing, according to asurvey by a noted real ...
Xinhua Mideast news summary at 2115 GMT, Sept. 12
Sep 13, 2004 ... Xinhua Mideast news summary at 2115 GMT, Sept. 12BAGHDAD -- A car bomb exploded on Sunday near the highway streetin western Baghdad, killing three Iraqi police officers and woundingfour others, witnesses said. "A number of police cars were chasing a suspect car, and when ...
Zimbabwe reserve bank issues new bonds to finance market operations
Sep 13, 2004 ... Zimbabwe reserve bank issues new bonds to finance marketoperationsHARARE, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)issued new bonds here on Sunday worth 200 billion Zimbabwean dollars(about 35.65 million US dollars) to finance its market operations. In a ...
Results of Italian first division
Sep 13, 2004 ... Results of Italian first divisionROME, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of theItalian first division soccer matches played on Sunday: Atalanta tied Lecce 2-2 Brescia tied Juventus 0-3 Cagliari bt Bologna 1-0 ...
Factbox of U.S. Open champion Roger Federer
Sep 13, 2004 ... Factbox of U.S. Open champion Roger FedererWASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following is a factbox on RogerFederer, who won his first U.S. Open title with a 6-0, 7-6, 6-0victory over Australian Lleyton Hewitt on Sunday: Born: August 8, 1981 in Basel, Switzerland ...
Leading scorers of Spanish first division
Sep 13, 2004 ... Leading scorers of Spanish first divisionMADRID, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading scorers inthe Spanish first division soccer league following this weekend 'smatches: ...
Results of German first division
Sep 13, 2004 ... Results of German first divisionBERLIN, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of theGerman first division soccer matches played on Sunday: Hanover 96 tied SC Freiburg 2-2 Hansa Rostock lost to Kaiserslautern 2-3 Played on Saturday: FSV ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Sept. 13
Sep 13, 2004 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Sept. 13MOSCOW -- A Russian Mi-24 military helicopter gunship crashed inChechnya on Sunday, killing both crew members on board, Interfax newsagency reported. Col. Alexander Drobyshevsky, Russian Air Force spokesman said theincident ...
Results of Spanish first division
Sep 13, 2004 ... Results of Spanish first divisionMADRID, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of theSpanish first division soccer matches played on Sunday: Albacete lost to Atletico Madrid 0-2 Deportivo Coruna lost to Osasuna 1-3 Getafe lost to Real Mallorca 1-2 ...
Standings of French first division
Sep 13, 2004 ... Standings of French first divisionPARIS, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings after aFrench first division soccer match played on Sunday (tabulated undergames played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): 1. Toulouse 5 3 2 0 11 5 ...
Market exchange rates -- Sept. 13
Sep 13, 2004 ... Market exchange rates -- Sept. 13BEIJING, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Market exchange rates of four majorcurrencies against RMB yuan for Monday, announced by the People'sBank of China:Currency Unit Middle Price (in RMB yuan) US Dollar 100...
Results of French first division
Sep 13, 2004 ... Results of French first divisionPARIS, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following is the result of a Frenchfirst division soccer match played on Sunday: Sochaux bt Olympique Marseille 2-0 Played on Saturday: Bastia bt AJ Auxerre 1-0 Stade Rennes ...
Standings of German first division
Sep 13, 2004 ... Standings of German first divisionBERLIN, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings after theGerman first division soccer matches played on Sunday ( tabulatedunder games played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): 1. VfB Stuttgart 4 3 ...
Standings of Spanish first division
Sep 13, 2004 ... Standings of Spanish first divisionMADRID, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings after theSpanish first division soccer matches played on Sunday ( tabulatedunder games played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): 1. Atletico Madrid 2 2 0 0 ...
Leading scorers of French first division
Sep 13, 2004 ... Leading scorers of French first divisionPARIS, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading scorers ofthe French first division soccer league after Sunday's match: 4 - Alexander Frei (Stade Rennes), Mickael Pagis (RacingStrasbourg) 3 - Marouane Chamakh (Girondins ...
Leading scorers of German first division
Sep 13, 2004 ... Leading scorers of German first divisionBERLIN, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading scorers inthe German first division after soccer matches played on Sunday: 4 - Cacau (VfB Stuttgart) 3 - Dimitar Berbatov (Bayer Leverkusen), Thomas Brdaric ...
Standings of Italian first division
Sep 13, 2004 ... Standings of Italian first divisionROME, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings after theItalian first division soccer matches played on Sunday ( tabulatedunder games played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): 1. Juventus1 1 0 0 3 0 3 ...
Brazilian soccer championship results
Sep 13, 2004 ... Brazilian soccer championship resultsRIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results ofBrazilian championship matches played at the weekend: Palmeiras lost to Santos 1-2 Figueirense bt Botafogo 3-1 Fluminense bt Flamengo 2-1 Atletico ...
Results of Italian Grand Prix
Sep 13, 2004 ... Results of Italian Grand PrixROME, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following are the official results ofSunday's Italian Formula One Grand Prix at Monza: Race distance: 53 laps, 306,720 km 1. Rubens Barrichello, Brazil, Ferrari, one hour 15 minutes 18.448 seconds (average ...
Results of Argentine soccer championship
Sep 13, 2004 ... Results of Argentine soccer championshipBUENOS AIRES, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results ofArgentine Apertura (Opening) championship soccer matches at theweekend: Almagro tied Huracan-Tres Arroyos 1-1 Quilmes lost to Colon 0-1 Newell's Old Boys ...
Standings of Argentine soccer championship
Sep 13, 2004 ... Standings of Argentine soccer championshipBUENOS AIRES, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standingsafter Argentine Apertura (Opening) championship soccer matches at theweekend (tabulated under games played, won, drawn, lost, goals for,against, points): 1. Boca ...
Standings of Brazilian soccer championship
Sep 13, 2004 ... Standings of Brazilian soccer championshipRIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standingsafter Brazilian soccer championship matches played at the weekend(tabulated under games played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against,points): 1. Santos ...
38 people killed in Bolivia's traffic accident
Sep 13, 2004 ... 38 people killed in Bolivia's traffic accidentLIMA, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Bolivian police announced Sundaythat at lease 38 people were killed and 25 wounded in a serioustraffic accident Saturday in the south of the country, said reportsfrom the Bolivian administrative capital ...
Tour of Spain ninth stage placings/standings
Sep 13, 2004 ... Tour of Spain ninth stage placings/standingsMADRID, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading placings inSunday's ninth stage of the Tour of Spain cycling race over 162 kmfrom Xativa to Alto de Aitana: 1. Leonardo Piepoli (Italy) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4:29.36 ...
Olympic champions split Golden League jackpot
Sep 13, 2004 ... Olympic champions split Golden League jackpotBERLIN, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Athens Olympic champions ToniqueWilliams-Darling and Christian Olsson each won half of the million-dollar Golden League jackpot on Sunday. Swedish triple jumper Olsson and 400m runner Williams-Darling ...
Barrichello wins Italian Grand Prix
Sep 13, 2004 ... Barrichello wins Italian Grand PrixROME, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Rubens Barrichello clinched his firstwin of the season as he held off an inspired teammate MichaelSchumacher to register a Ferrari one-two in the Italian Grand Prix atMonza on Sunday. Barrichello took the honor ...
Myanmar lifts ban on rubber export
Sep 13, 2004 ... Myanmar lifts ban on rubber exportYANGON, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar has lifted the export ban onrubber this month, one of the country's main foreign exchangeearners, the local news journal Myanmar Times reported Monday. The move, which came eight months after the export ...
U.S. Open women's doubles final result
Sep 13, 2004 ... U.S. Open women's doubles final resultWASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following is the result of thewomen's doubles final at the U.S. Open tennis ...
Mercosur, EU resume talks on free trade
Sep 13, 2004 ... Mercosur, EU resume talks on free tradeBRASILIA, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Common Market of the South (Mercosur) and the European Union (EU) resumed free trade talks hereSunday, pledging to reach an agreement before the Oct. 31 deadline. The talks, requested by EU Trade ...
Vietnam reports sudden deaths of pigs
Sep 13, 2004 ... Vietnam reports sudden deaths of pigsHANOI, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Over 60 pigs in Vietnam's northern HaiPhong City have died suddenly since late last month, while hundredsof others have become ill, local newspaper Pioneer reported Monday. All the deaths and sickening among ...
Body of mountain torrents victim recovered in E. China
Sep 13, 2004 ... Body of mountain torrents victim recovered in E. ChinaFUZHOU, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- The body of the third person who wasthe last victim of the mountain floods accident last Thursday hasbeen found in east China's Fujian Province. The body, one female tourist, was found Sunday ...
Over 200 arrested in violence on Pinochet coup anniversary in Chile
Sep 13, 2004 ... Over 200 arrested in violence on Pinochet coup anniversary inChileSANTIAGO, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- As many as 205 people were arrestedin overnight unrest Saturday on the anniversary of the 1973 coup thatled Augusto Pinochet to power. According to the Interior Ministry on ...
Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- Sept. 13
Sep 13, 2004 ... Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- Sept. 13BEIJING, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Highlights of major Beijing-basednewspapers on Monday: People's Daily -- Chinese Vice Premier Huang Ju Sunday attended the openingceremony of the 28th General Assembly of ...
Senior CPC official ends visit to DPRK
Sep 13, 2004 ... Senior CPC official ends visit to DPRKPYONGYANG, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Li Changchun, member of theStanding Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party ofChina (CPC) Central Committee, left here Monday, concluding his four-day official goodwill ...
Hong Kong stocks open higher
Sep 13, 2004 ... Hong Kong stocks open higherHONG KONG, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Hong ...
25th AIPO conference opens in Cambodia
Sep 13, 2004 ... 25th AIPO conference opens in CambodiaPHNOM PENH, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- The 25th General Assembly of theASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Organization (AIPO) opened here on Monday,focusing on various regional issues. It is the first time for Cambodia to host such meeting ...
Hong Kong stocks open higher
Sep 13, 2004 ... Hong Kong stocks open higherHONG KONG, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Hong ...
US Airways files for bankruptcy protection for second time
Sep 13, 2004 ... US Airways files for bankruptcy protection for second timeWASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- US Airways Group Inc., thenation's seventh largest airline, announced Sunday it had filed forbankruptcy protection, the second time in two years. The filing came after US Airways' key ...
Date of Iraq's elections depends on security: FM
Sep 13, 2004 ... Date of Iraq's elections depends on security: FMCAIRO, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Iraqi Foreign MinisterHoshiar al-Zibari said here on Sunday that the date of Iraq'selections would depend on the security condition. Speaking to reporters following his meeting with ...
Bush visits Russian embassy to express condolences over hostagecrisis
Sep 13, 2004 ... Bush visits Russian embassy to express condolences over hostagecrisisWASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- US President George W. Bush onSunday paid an unexpected visit to the Russian embassy to expresscondolences over the hostage crisis which resulted in the deaths of334 people in ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Sep 13, 2004 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Philippine newspapers on Monday:The Philippine Star: -- The Philippine military called on the separatist Moro IslamicLiberation Front Sunday ...
Myanmar strengthens fight against cross-border human trafficking
Sep 13, 2004 ... Myanmar strengthens fight against cross-border human traffickingYANGON, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar will set up anti- traffickingliaison offices in three of its border towns to strengthen the fightagainst transnational human trafficking crimes, a local news journalreported ...
Japan's ASDF fighter aircraft makes emergency landing
Sep 13, 2004 ... Japan's ASDF fighter aircraft makes emergency landingTOKYO, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- An F-4 fighter aircraft of Japan's AirSelf-Defense Force made an emergency landing just past 9 a.m. (2400GMT) Monday at ...
Foreign exchange rates in Thailand
Sep 13, 2004 ... Foreign exchange rates in ThailandBANGKOK, Sept.13 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the baht on Monday as offered by the Bangkok Bank: MondayFriday US dollar 41.17/41.77 41.20/41.80 ...
Senior CPC official returns to Beijing after DPRK visit
Sep 13, 2004 ... Senior CPC official returns to Beijing after DPRK visitBEIJING, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- A delegation of the Communist Partyof China (CPC) and the Chinese government headed by Li ...
Roundup: Hurricane Ivan slams the Caribbean
Sep 13, 2004 ... Roundup: Hurricane Ivan slams the CaribbeanHAVANA, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Hurricane Ivan continued to slam theCaribbean on Sunday, killing at least 60 people so far. Ivan, the fourth major hurricane of the Atlantic season, hasslammed Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada, ...
2 more children put on bird flu watchlist in Thailand
Sep 13, 2004 ... 2 more children put on bird flu watchlist in ThailandBANGKOK, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Two more children have been put onthe Public Ministry's bird flu watchlist in Thailand, local pressreported here on Monday. The two newly discovered patients, one in the kingdom's ...
Powell admits miscalculating difficulty in post-war Iraq
Sep 13, 2004 ... Powell admits miscalculating difficulty in post-war IraqWASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- US Secretary of State ColinPowell admitted Sunday that the United States miscalculated thedifficulty in post-war Iraq and the insurgency in the country wouldgo on for some time. "We ...
Albanian PM arrives in Beijing
Sep 13, 2004 ... Albanian PM arrives in BeijingBEIJING, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Albanian Prime Minister Fatos Nanoarrived here on Monday for a seven-day official visit to China at theinvitation ...
Bangkok cracks down illegal road racers
Sep 13, 2004 ... Bangkok cracks down illegal road racersBANGKOK, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Bangkok police on early Sundayarrested 30 motorists suspected of taking part in illegal races indowntown, local press reported on Monday. The detainees were among some 500 illegal road racers that ...
Clashes in Pakistani tribal area leave 13 dead
Sep 13, 2004 ... Clashes in Pakistani tribal area leave 13 deadISLAMABAD, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Thirteen people including fivesoldiers were killed in fierce clashes between the security forcesand militants Sunday in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal areabordering Afghanistan, English-language ...
Philippine military urges rebels to purge JI members
Sep 13, 2004 ... Philippine military urges rebels to purge JI membersMANILA, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine military has asked therebel Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to rid its ranks of the al-Qaeda linked Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist elements even as itannounced next month's ...
Philippines says terrorists isolated via peace talks
Sep 13, 2004 ... Philippines says terrorists isolated via peace talksMANILA, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Terrorist cells are being " isolated"in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao through the peacetalks, a senior government official said Monday. "Firm mechanisms are being worked out to ...
1st Ld: Hong Kong Legislative Council elected
Sep 13, 2004 ... 1st Ld: Hong Kong Legislative Council electedHONG KONG, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's third term 60- memberLegislative Council was elected, the Electoral Affairs Commissionannounced Monday morning. Thirty ...
Army raids Islamic schools in southern Thailand
Sep 13, 2004 ... Army raids Islamic schools in southern ThailandBANGKOK, Sept. 13 (Xinhua)-- Thai army raided two Islamic schoolsin the country's southern Pattani province after reports of theirpossible link with terrorism in the region, local press reported hereon Monday. The Pattani ...