Xinhua News Agency back issues from Tuesday, October 26:
Philippine gov't asks Kuwait to reconsider green light to OFWs to Iraq
Oct 26, 2004 ... Philippine gov't asks Kuwait to reconsider green light to OFWs toIraqMANILA, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines has asked Kuwait tohold the ban on overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) seeking employmentin Iraq until the country's elections in January are over. "We know it's ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Oct. 25
Oct 26, 2004 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Oct. 25BEIJING, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the domestic news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Monday: Insurance funds in China given access to stock market Insurance funds in China given access to stock market (more ...
Opener, Advisory
Oct 26, 2004 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service for Monday,October 25, 2004, and begins ...
1st Ld-Writethru: At least 5 killed in southern Thailand's riot
Oct 26, 2004 ... 1st Ld-Writethru: At least 5 killed in southern Thailand's riotBANGKOK, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- At least five people have been killedand dozens injured in a riot on Monday afternoon in Thailand'sviolence-plagued deep south. Security forces fired shots in the air and used water ...
Chinese Vice-Premier meets Macao financial delegation
Oct 26, 2004 ... Chinese Vice-Premier meets Macao financial delegationBEIJING, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice-Premier Huang Ju methere Monday with a Macao financial delegation headed by Anselmo Teng,president of the Monetary Authority of Macao Special AdministrativeRegion (SAR). Huang ...
China to hold First China Int'l Credit and Risk ManagementConference
Oct 26, 2004 ... China to hold First China Int'l Credit and Risk ManagementConferenceBEIJING, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- The First China International Creditand Risk Management Conference is scheduled to be held in Beijingbetween Oct. 27-29, the China Council for the Promotion ofInternational Trade ...
Canadian Embassy in Sri Lanka closed after anthrax scare
Oct 26, 2004 ... Canadian Embassy in Sri Lanka closed after anthrax scareCOLOMBO, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Canadian Embassy in Sri Lankancapital Colombo was forced to be closed Monday due to an anthraxthreat, diplomatic sources said. A Buddhist monk who is a Sri Lankan national had called at ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)
Oct 26, 2004 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)HONG KONG, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Monday:News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 1) Soldiers called in after 2,000 visitors storm ...
Shares Close up in Argentina; down in Brazil and Mexico
Oct 26, 2004 ... Shares Close up in Argentina; down in Brazil and MexicoMEXICO CITY, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Latin America's three major stockmarkets -- Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico -- closed mixed on Monday. The Buenos Aires stock market closed with its Merval index up 0.41 percent to end at ...
Market exchange rates -- Oct. 26
Oct 26, 2004 ... Market exchange rates -- Oct. 26BEIJING, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Market exchange rates of four majorcurrencies against RMB yuan for Tuesday, announced by the People'sBank of China:Currency Unit Middle Price (in RMB yuan) US Dollar 100827.65 ...
Canada, Mexico to enhance bilateral relations
Oct 26, 2004 ... Canada, Mexico to enhance bilateral relationsOTTAWA, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Canadian and Mexican leaders issued ajoint statement here Monday, pledging to strengthen and enhancestrategic bilateral partnership in the region. The joint statement issued by Canadian Prime Minister ...
Andean countries, US begin new round of FTA negotiations
Oct 26, 2004 ... Andean countries, US begin new round of FTA negotiationsQUITO, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- The fifth round of negotiations for afree trade agreement (FTA) between the United States and the bloc ofAndean countries formed by Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, started Mondayat the Ecuadorian city ...
St Petersburg Open first round results
Oct 26, 2004 ... St Petersburg Open first round resultsMOSCOW, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the first round resultsfrom the 1 million US dollars St Petersburg Open ATP tennistournament on Monday (prefix number denotes seeding): 3-Mardy Fish, United States, beat Jan Hernych, Czech ...
Cameroon's Supreme Court confirms President Biya's re-election
Oct 26, 2004 ... Cameroon's Supreme Court confirms President Biya's re-electionYAOUNDE, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Cameroon's Supreme Court ruled onMonday that President Paul Biya has been re-elected in the Oct. 11elections, turning down the opposition's appeal for nullifying theresults. The ...
Chile to recall abandoned player Pizarro
Oct 26, 2004 ... Chile to recall abandoned player PizarroSANTIAGO, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Chile coach Juvenal Olmos said hewould recall playmaker David Pizarro for next month's World Cupqualifying match in Peru after leaving him out of this month'squalifiers as a disciplinary measure ....
Annan hails destruction of mines in Colombia
Oct 26, 2004 ... Annan hails destruction of mines in ColombiaBOGOTA, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan onMonday welcomed the destruction of antipersonnel mines by the armedforces of Colombia in compliance with the Ottawa Convention. The Colombian military Sunday destroyed ...
Linz Open WTA tournament results
Oct 26, 2004 ... Linz Open WTA tournament resultsVIENNA, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the first round resultsfrom the 585,000 US dollars Linz Open WTA tennis tournament inAustria on Monday (prefix number denotes ...
Horror thriller "Grudge" earns less in final weekend box officecount
Oct 26, 2004 ... Horror thriller "Grudge" earns less in final weekend box officecountLOS ANGELES, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Columbia Pictures' horrorthriller "The Grudge" scared up 39.1 million US dollars in thepassing weekend debut, 900,000 dollars less than estimates, the finalbox office ...
Italian prosecutors seek for jail terms in Juve doping trial
Oct 26, 2004 ... Italian prosecutors seek for jail terms in Juve doping trialROME, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Italian prosecution in a sportsdoping trial has asked for a three-year sentence for RiccardoAgricola, the medical chief at the first division club Juventus, anda two-year sentence for ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Oct. 26
Oct 26, 2004 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Oct. 26JERUSALEM -- Israel decided on Monday to allow Palestinian leaderYasser Arafat to leave his Ramallah compound and receive medicaltreatment in a hospital in the West Bank city. Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz made the ...
Colombian soccer player Miguel Mosquera murdered
Oct 26, 2004 ... Colombian soccer player Miguel Mosquera murderedBOGOTA, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- A group of assassins killed Colombiansoccer player Miguel Mosquera, former player of Bolivia' s Blooming,at the city of Buga, police said on Monday. The crime was carried out by two unknown ...
Mallorca sack coach Floro for poor results
Oct 26, 2004 ... Mallorca sack coach Floro for poor resultsMADRID, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Real Mallorca have sacked coach BenitoFloro after a run of poor results has left the team second frombottom of the Spanish first division league, the club said on Monday. The board gave Floro a vote of ...
Mabizela released by Tottenham
Oct 26, 2004 ... Mabizela released by TottenhamLONDON, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Tottenham Hotspur have released SouthAfrica defender Mbulelo Mabizela by mutual agreement, the EnglishPremier League club said on their website on Monday. Now a free agent, Mabizela joined Spurs after their ...
Brazil's nuclear program not for military purposes: minister
Oct 26, 2004 ... Brazil's nuclear program not for military purposes: ministerBRASILIA, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Brazilian government said theredoes not exist any possibility that its nuclear program could be usedfor military purposes, the local media reported Monday. "It is clear we'll only ...
Stockholm Open first round results
Oct 26, 2004 ... Stockholm Open first round resultsSTOCKHOLM, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of firstround matches at the 650,000 euros Stockholm Open tennis tournamenton Monday (prefix denotes seeding) 8-Fernando Verdasco, Spain, beat Robby Ginepri, United States, 6-2, 2-1 ...
China reports stable growth of auto production, sale in Jan.-Sept.
Oct 26, 2004 ... China reports stable growth of auto production, sale in Jan.-Sept.BEIJING, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- China manufactured 3.9 millionautomobiles and sold 3.7 million in the year's first three quarters,up 19.3 percent and 18.4 percent over the same period last year,according to figures ...
Brazil denies presence of Colombian guerrillas
Oct 26, 2004 ... Brazil denies presence of Colombian guerrillasRIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian Defense MinisterJose Viegas said Monday the government has rejected a purportedpresence of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) inBrazilian territory. But the defense ...
Key drug lord captured in Mexico
Oct 26, 2004 ... Key drug lord captured in MexicoMEXICO CITY, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- One of the most wanted drugtraffickers in Mexico, Carlos Rosales, has been arrested in thesouthwestern state of Michoacan, said Defense Minister Gerardo Vegaon Monday. Rosales was captured Sunday along with ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Oct 26, 2004 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Philippine newspapers on Tuesday:Philippine Daily Inquirer: -- Faced with criticisms that she was not taking an active stanceto control the ...
Spain, Britain to discuss Gibraltar issue
Oct 26, 2004 ... Spain, Britain to discuss Gibraltar issueMADRID, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Spain and Britain will hold a newround of talks Wednesday over the disputed sovereignty of Gibraltar,a British colony at Spain's southern tip, diplomats said Monday. The talks, between Spanish Foreign ...
Chile, Argentina defense ministers stressed cooperation
Oct 26, 2004 ... Chile, Argentina defense ministers stressed cooperationSANTIAGO, Oct. 25 (Xinhua)-- Chilean Defense Minister JaimeRavinet and his Argentine counterpart Jose Pampuro met at the Chileancapital of Santiago and stressed their cooperation in military field,Chile's Defense Ministry ...
Chile rejects remarks of Bolivian president
Oct 26, 2004 ... Chile rejects remarks of Bolivian presidentSANTIAGO, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Chilean government rejected andlamented the words of Bolivian President Carlos Mesa that his Chileancounterpart is "extremely temperamental," local daily El Mercurioreported Monday. The Chilean ...
Luxembourg Open WTA tournament results
Oct 26, 2004 ... Luxembourg Open WTA tournament resultsPARIS, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the first round resultsfrom the 225,000 US dollars Luxembourg Open WTA tennis tournament onMonday (prefix number denotes seeding): ...
Holes found in inter-Korean boundary fence: ministry
Oct 26, 2004 ... Holes found in inter-Korean boundary fence: ministrySEOUL, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- South Korean military patrol foundholes in the two-layer wire fence, which forms the South Korea'sboundary of the 4-kilometer-wide Demilitarized Zone bisecting SouthKorea and Democratic People's ...
Hong Kong shares open higher
Oct 26, 2004 ... Hong Kong shares open higherHONG KONG, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Hong ...
Bulgaria attracts 1.34 billion euros in first 7 months
Oct 26, 2004 ... Bulgaria attracts 1.34 billion euros in first 7 monthsSOFIA, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Bulgaria attracted 1.34 billion euros(about 1.68 billion US dollars) of foreign investment in the firstseven months of this year, nearly 800 million euros (about 1 billiondollars) more than that in ...
Cuba to stop circulation of US dollars
Oct 26, 2004 ... Cuba to stop circulation of US dollarsHAVANA, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- As a drastic measure in response totightened US sanctions, Cuba said Monday that it will bantransactions in US dollars in the country starting Nov. 8. Under the Central Bank decree read on national ...
Japanese company to buy stake of French soccer team
Oct 26, 2004 ... Japanese company to buy stake of French soccer teamPARIS, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Japanese investor Index Corporation isset to become the largest shareholder in French second dvisionfootball side Grenoble Foot 38 after the local council agreed to sellits stake to them on Monday ....
Dutch first division soccer fixtures
Oct 26, 2004 ... Dutch first division soccer fixturesBRUSSELS, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Dutch first division soccer fixturesfor October 27-31 (kickoff times GMT): Wednesday, October 27 (all 1900): ADO Den Haag vs Twente Enschede NAC Breda vs Roda JC Kerkrade Graafschap ...
Roundup: Conflicts across Iraq kill at least 16
Oct 26, 2004 ... Roundup: Conflicts across Iraq kill at least 16BAGHDAD, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Conflicts and bombings still rampagedacross Iraq on Monday, killing at least 16 people including anAmerican soldier and an Estonian trooper. In the meantime, the International Atomic Energy Agency ...
Six desert oilfields built in NW China
Oct 26, 2004 ... Six desert oilfields built in NW ChinaURUMQI, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- China has built six oilfields indesert areas in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regionwith each having an annual output of 1 million tons. The oilfields are located at the Tarim Basin in northern ...
2005 golf WC to be played in Portugal
Oct 26, 2004 ... 2005 golf WC to be played in PortugalLONDON, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Next year's World Cup of Golf will bestaged at the Victoria Clube de Golfe Course at Vilamoura inPortugal, the European Tour announced on Monday. The World Golf Championship (WGC) event, to be contested by ...
Turin mayor orders audit on winter Olympics' big gap on budget
Oct 26, 2004 ... Turin mayor orders audit on winter Olympics' big gap on budgetROME, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Turin's mayor has ordered an audit ofthe 2006 Winter Olympics budget after organizers admitted to a 180million-euro hole in their finances. Mayor Sergio Chiamparino said on Monday a team ...
Food poisoning sickens company staff in southeastern China
Oct 26, 2004 ... Food poisoning sickens company staff in southeastern ChinaXIAMEN, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Over 160 patients have recoveredTuesday after they were sickened by underdone kidney beans Monday inXiamen City, a coastal city in east China's Fujian Province,according to local hospital ...
Wales defender Melville retires from international arena
Oct 26, 2004 ... Wales defender Melville retires from international arenaLONDON, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Wales central defender Andy Melvillehas decided to retire from international football, the Welsh FootballAssociation said on Monday. "A new manager will need to look at some of the up and ...
Rugova's party leads in Kosovo parliamentary elections
Oct 26, 2004 ... Rugova's party leads in Kosovo parliamentary electionsBELGRADE, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Kosovo President Ibrahim Rugova'sDemocratic League of Kosovo (LDK) won the weekend parliamentaryelections with 45 percent of the votes, preliminary results indicatedMonday. Former ...
WTA Tour rankings
Oct 26, 2004 ... WTA Tour rankingsPARIS, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- American Lindsay Davenport remainedatop the WTA women's tennis world rankings released on Monday, a weekafter she unseated France's Amelie Mauresmo. Following are the rankings: 1. Lindsay Davenport, United States, 4546 ...
Illegal Indonesian workers in Malaysia bound for home
Oct 26, 2004 ... Illegal Indonesian workers in Malaysia bound for homeKUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Some 4,500 Indonesian migrantworkers who thronged the Indonesian embassy in Kuala Lumpur in thepast day to take advantage of the amnesty offered by the MalaysianGovernment. Home Affairs ...
Russian soccer league standings
Oct 26, 2004 ... Russian soccer league standingsMOSCOW, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Russian soccerleague standings after Monday's match (tabulated under games played,won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): CSKA Moscow 2716 7 4 482055 ...
Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- Oct. 26
Oct 26, 2004 ... Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- Oct. 26BEIJING, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Highlights of major Beijing-basednewspapers on Tuesday: All major Beijing-based newspapers front-paged the meeting ofChinese President Hu Jintao with US Secretary of State Colin Powell ....
Russian soccer league result
Oct 26, 2004 ... Russian soccer league resultMOSCOW, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following is the Russian soccer leagueresult on Monday (home teams listed first): Saint Petersburg lost to CSKA Moscow 3-0 Sunday: Dynamo Moscow lost to ...
Chinese paper says Japan taking on offensive road
Oct 26, 2004 ... Chinese paper says Japan taking on offensive roadBEIJING, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Japan has been essentially changingits security policy from the "long-held defensive to offensive,"China's English-language newspaper China Daily said Tuesday. The new concept is proposed by ...
Powell kicks off meetings with S. Korean officials
Oct 26, 2004 ... Powell kicks off meetings with S. Korean officialsSEOUL, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- US Secretary of State Colin Powell onTuesday began a series of meetings with top South Korean officialsfor furthering talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue. Powell, who flew to Seoul on ...
Australian new ministry sworn in
Oct 26, 2004 ... Australian new ministry sworn inCANBERRA, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Australia's new ministry was swornin by Governor-General Michael Jeffery at Government House hereTuesday. John Howard, who won his fourth term as prime minister in thefederal election on Oct. 9, was the first ...
Van Nistelrooy charged by FA for foul
Oct 26, 2004 ... Van Nistelrooy charged by FA for foulLONDON, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Manchester United's Dutchinternational striker Ruud van Nistelrooy was charged Monday withserious foul play by the Football Association (FA). Van Nistelrooy was charged after an incident where he appeared ...
F1 drivers line-up for 2005 season
Oct 26, 2004 ... F1 drivers line-up for 2005 seasonPARIS, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the driver line-ups forthe 2005 Formula One season: Ferrari: Michael Schumacher, Rubens Barrichello McLaren: Juan Pablo Montoya, Kimi Raikkonen Williams: Mark Webber, To be ...
Thailand sends more troops to border with Myanmar
Oct 26, 2004 ... Thailand sends more troops to border with MyanmarBANGKOK, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- More troops have been dispatched tothe Thai-Myanmar border to beef up security following the recentleadership change in Myanmar, local press said here on Tuesday. The Third Army has sent thousands ...
Central China coalmine death toll goes up to 91
Oct 26, 2004 ... Central China coalmine death toll goes up to 91ZHENGZHOU, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Dead bodies of five miners from adeadly coalmine explosion, all obviously suffocated to death, wererecovered from an underground working platform known as 13121 at theDaping Coal Mine in Xinmi City, ...
Indonesia takes middle ground on stem-cell cloning
Oct 26, 2004 ... Indonesia takes middle ground on stem-cell cloningJAKARTA, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia has come to a uniformdecision on the country's standing on the controversial issue of stem-cell cloning, taking the middle ground in responding to thecontroversy. "We're not 100 ...
Indonesian central bank to keep rates flat until yearend
Oct 26, 2004 ... Indonesian central bank to keep rates flat until yearendJAKARTA, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Despite the soaring oil prices andthe upcoming holiday festivities, the Indonesian central bank hasvowed to keep inflation in check and maintain low interest ratesuntil the end of this year to ...
Foreign exchange rates in Thailand
Oct 26, 2004 ... Foreign exchange rates in ThailandBANGKOK, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the baht on Tuesday as offered by the Bangkok Bank: Tuesday MondayUS dollar 40.67/41.2740.98/41.58 ...
Death toll of Daping accident increases to 122
Oct 26, 2004 ... Death toll of Daping accident increases to 122ZHENGZHOU, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The death toll of the deadly Dapingcoal mine accident has increased to 122, and another 26 people arestill missing, according to State Supervision Administration ofWorking Safety. The rescue work ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Oct 26, 2004 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Tuesday:Yomiuri, Mainichi, Asahi, Nihon Keizai: -- Aftershocks continued to shake Niigata as the death toll fromthe three ...
Swiss national killed in east Sri Lanka
Oct 26, 2004 ... Swiss national killed in east Sri LankaCOLOMBO, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- A Swiss national was killed Mondaynight in east Sri Lanka's Batticaloa town, police said Tuesday. Hans Ulrich, who had been living in Batticaloa over a long time,was killed when a hand grenade was lobbed at ...
Thai-Malaysian marine police to conduct joint security operations
Oct 26, 2004 ... Thai-Malaysian marine police to conduct joint security operations BANGKOK, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Marine police from Thailand andMalaysia will conduct joint operations next week to see a crackdownon insurgents and illegal drugs and weapons, the Thai News Agencyreported Tuesday ....