Xinhua News Agency back issues from Friday, October 29:
Straw says UK to vote on EU constitution in early 2006
Oct 29, 2004 ... Straw says UK to vote on EU constitution in early 2006LONDON, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- British Foreign Secretary Jack Strawsaid on Friday that Britain's referendum on the EU constitution wouldtake place "early in 2006" if the ruling Labor Party wins a thirdterm. "No precise ...
Pakistan stocks finish lower
Oct 29, 2004 ... Pakistan stocks finish lowerKARACHI, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan's leading share pricesclosed lower for the fourth straight day amid scantier trade Fridayas investors groped for direction in the absence of any market movingnews, with financial institutions kept to sidelines on ...
Thai bourse up 6.59 points
Oct 29, 2004 ... Thai bourse up 6.59 pointsBANGKOK, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Stock Exchange of Thailand ( SET)index on Friday moved up 6.59 points to close at 628.16 points ....
Court annuls results of poll in Georgia's renegade region
Oct 29, 2004 ... Court annuls results of poll in Georgia's renegade regionMOSCOW, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- The supreme court of Georgia'sbreakaway republic of Abkhazia annulled overnight the results of adisputed "presidential" election held earlier this month, Russia'sInterfax news agency reported ...
Foreign exchange rates in Singapore
Oct 29, 2004 ... Foreign exchange rates in SingaporeSINGAPORE, Oct.29 (Xinhua) -- The following are inter-bank ratesof foreign currencies against the Singapore dollar on Friday: Friday Thursday bid/askbid/ask Australian ...
Schlager plays magic win over Olympic champ
Oct 29, 2004 ... Schlager plays magic win over Olympic champXIAOSHAN, Zhejiang Province, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- Just back to gameafter two-week sick leave, Werner Schlager showed his magic skill tostun the in-form Olympic champion Ryu Seng-Min of South Korea 4-2 ina group match at the ITTF World ...
China's interest rate hike necessary, but not sufficient: ADBexpert
Oct 29, 2004 ... China's interest rate hike necessary, but not sufficient: ADBexpertBEIJING, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- An economist with Asian DevelopmentBank said Friday that China's decision to raise interest rates isnecessary, but not enough to curb inflation. Tang Min, chief economist ...
2nd Ld: Sihamoni ascends throne of Cambodia
Oct 29, 2004 ... 2nd Ld: Sihamoni ascends throne of CambodiaPHNOM PENH, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- Newly selected king NorodomSihamoni ascended the throne of Cambodia at a solemn coronationceremony held in the Throne Room of the Royal Palace here Fridayevening. In the presence of hundreds of ...
Profile: King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia
Oct 29, 2004 ... Profile: King Norodom Sihamoni of CambodiaPHNOM PENH, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- Norodom Sihamoni ascended thethrone here Friday evening. Sihamoni, who was chosen as Cambodia's monarch by the nine- memberRoyal Council on Oct. 14 following his father king Norodom ...
Over 80 suicide attackers against Russia trained abroad
Oct 29, 2004 ... Over 80 suicide attackers against Russia trained abroadMOSCOW, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- Over 80 suicide bombers have beentrained abroad to carry out terrorist acts in Russia, chief ofRussia's Federal Security Service said Friday. Nikolai Patrushev told the State Duma, Russia's ...
EU leaders call for early ratification of constitution
Oct 29, 2004 ... EU leaders call for early ratification of constitutionROME, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- EU leaders on Friday called for an earlyratification of the EU constitution treaty, the bloc's firstconstitution, after 25 member states signed it at Campidoglio ofRome. "The signing of the ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Oct. 28
Oct 29, 2004 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Oct. 28BEIJING, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Following are the domestic news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Thursday: Market exchange rates -- Oct. 28 About 4,000-year-old tombs unearthed in east China World largest cross-river project ...
Chinese leaders call for further development of IT industry
Oct 29, 2004 ... Chinese leaders call for further development of IT industryBEIJING, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, VicePresident Zeng Qinghong and Vice Premier Huang Ju called for moreefforts to boost the country's information technology (IT) industryWednesday evening while ...
Russia denies removing explosives from Iraq
Oct 29, 2004 ... Russia denies removing explosives from IraqMOSCOW, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Russia on Thursday denied a USnewspaper report that its forces removed explosives from an Iraqimilitary base before the US-led invasion in March 2003. The denial came in response to a report in The ...
Ukraine marks anniversary of liberation with military parade
Oct 29, 2004 ... Ukraine marks anniversary of liberation with military paradeKIEV, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Ukraine Thursday marked the 60thanniversary of the country's liberation from Nazi occupation with ahigh-profile parade of wartime military hardware and armed forcestroops as well as gala ...
Opener, Advisory
Oct 29, 2004 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service forThursday, October 28, 2004, and begins ...
Norwegian king starts visit to Singapore
Oct 29, 2004 ... Norwegian king starts visit to SingaporeSINGAPORE, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Norwegian King Harald V and QueenSonja on Thursday began their two-day state visit to Singapore. Harald V on Thursday met with Singapore's President S.R. Nathan,and he will also meet Singapore's Prime ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)
Oct 29, 2004 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)HONG KONG, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Thursday:News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part I) hka -- Taiwan share prices close up ...
Vietnam holds national beauty contest in resort island
Oct 29, 2004 ... Vietnam holds national beauty contest in resort islandHALONG CITY, Vietnam, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Forty-one young womengathered here Thursday to start showing their attractive appearanceas well as intelligent power in the final stage of a national beautycontest. Some 8,000 ...
Arafat's spirits as high as usual: personal physician
Oct 29, 2004 ... Arafat's spirits as high as usual: personal physicianRAMALLAH, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat'spersonal physician said late Thursday that Arafat's spirits were ashigh as usual when talking with his medical team. Ashraf Kurdi said the medical team sat ...
Interview: Botswana welcomes investors from China: president
Oct 29, 2004 ... Interview: Botswana welcomes investors from China: presidentby Ren Haijun, Chen YaoGABORONE, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Botswana government welcomesinvestors of any kind, of any source, including those from China,President Festus Mogae told Xinhua Thursday in an exclusive ...
Fatah, PLO convene over Arafat's health situation
Oct 29, 2004 ... Fatah, PLO convene over Arafat's health situationRAMALLAH, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat'sFatah movement and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) metlate Thursday over the veteran leader's deteriorating healthconditions. Yasser Abed Rabu, ...
Bus accident kills 12 in southern Jordan
Oct 29, 2004 ... Bus accident kills 12 in southern JordanAMMAN, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- A total of 12 people, including nineBritish tourists, were killed in a bus accident in southern Jordan,the official Petra News Agency reported Thursday. Another nine passengers were injured in the crash, who ...
Xinhua Mideast news summary at 2230 GMT, Oct. 28
Oct 29, 2004 ... Xinhua Mideast news summary at 2230 GMT, Oct. 28BAGHDAD -- One US soldier was killed and two others injured when acar bomb hit a patrol vehicle on a main road in southern BaghdadThursday morning, the US military said in a statement. "One Task Force Baghdad soldier died and ...
Porto eliminated from Portugal Cup soccer
Oct 29, 2004 ... Porto eliminated from Portugal Cup soccerLISBON, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Portuguese club Porto, the currentEuropean champion, was eliminated in the first round of the Cup ofPortugal, after a 2-1 defeat by Vitoria de Guimaraes. The protagonist of the Wednesday match was the ...
Italian first division soccer result and standings
Oct 29, 2004 ... Italian first division soccer result and standingsROME, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Following is the result of a Italianfirst division soccer match played on Thursday: Juventus beat AS Roma 2-0 Played on Wednesday: AC Milan bt Atalanta 3-0 Bologna lost to ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Oct. 29
Oct 29, 2004 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Oct. 29MOSCOW -- Russia on Thursday denied a US newspaper report that itsforces removed explosives from an Iraqi military base before the US-led invasion in March 2003. The denial came in response to a report in The Washington Times ...
Brazilian soccer player dies of heat attack during match
Oct 29, 2004 ... Brazilian soccer player dies of heat attack during matchBRASILIA, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Player Paulo de Oliveira, "Serginho," of Brazilian First Division club Sao Caetano, Wednesdaynight died of a heart attack during the second half of a matchagainst Sao Paulo, in Morrumbi state, ...
Fox TV host O'Reilly harassment case settled out of court
Oct 29, 2004 ... Fox TV host O'Reilly harassment case settled out of courtLOSANGELES, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Fox News TV host Bill O'Reilly and aformer assistant who accused him of sexual harassment has settled thecase out of court and dropped all allegations against each other,lawyers for Fox said ...
Shares close down in Brazil, Argentina and Mexico
Oct 29, 2004 ... Shares close down in Brazil, Argentina and MexicoMEXICO CITY,Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Latin America's three major stock markets --Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico-- closed down on Thursday. In Sao Paulo, Latin America's biggest bourse, the leading Bovespaindex closed at 22,928 points, ...
Egypt names former player Shehata as caretaker coach
Oct 29, 2004 ... Egypt names former player Shehata as caretaker coachCAIRO, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) has appointed a domestic coach to take over Italian MarcoTardelli who was sacked earlier this month after a surprise defeat toLibya, a spokesman said Thursday ....
Market exchange rates -- Oct. 29
Oct 29, 2004 ... Market exchange rates -- Oct. 29BEIJING, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- Market exchange rates of four majorcurrencies against RMB yuan for Friday, announced by the People'sBank of China:Currency Unit Middle Price (in RMB yuan) US Dollar 100827.65 ...
Italian first division soccer leading scorers
Oct 29, 2004 ... Italian first division soccer leading scorersROME, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading scorers inItalian first division soccer after Thursday's match: 6 - Adriano (Inter Milan), Valeri Bojinov (Lecce), VincenzoMontella (AS Roma) 5 - Mauro Esposito ...
11 people die in boat accident in Titicaca Lake in Peru
Oct 29, 2004 ... 11 people die in boat accident in Titicaca Lake in PeruLIMA, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Eleven people, including nine students,died Thursday when a boat overturned in the Titicaca Lake in Peru,the police said. The boat, carrying a group of hikers from a school in Yunguyo, ...
Alleged American al Qaida member threatens new terror attacksagainst US: ABC
Oct 29, 2004 ... Alleged American al Qaida member threatens new terror attacksagainst US: ABCWASHINGTON, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- An American mandescribing himself as a member of al Qaida threatened a new wave ofterror attacks against the United States in a videotape broadcast byABC News on Thursday ...
Colombian president rejects integration of paramilitaries into army
Oct 29, 2004 ... Colombian president rejects integration of paramilitaries intoarmyBOGOTA, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Colombian President Alvaro Uribeon Thursday rejected a proposal by the right-wing United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) to integrate its demobilizedparamilitaries into the armed ...
Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- Oct. 29
Oct 29, 2004 ... Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- Oct. 29BEIJING, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- Highlights of major Beijing-basednewspapers on Friday: All major Beijing-based newspapers Friday run front-page theChinese central bank's interest rates hike and the centralgovernment's ...
Brazil welcomes Israeli withdrawal from Gaza
Oct 29, 2004 ... Brazil welcomes Israeli withdrawal from GazaBRASILIA, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Brazilian government saidThursday that Israeli parliament's endorsement of Prime MinisterAriel Sharon's controversial plan to withdraw troops and settlersfrom the Gaza Strip is an important step toward ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Oct 29, 2004 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Philippine newspapers on Friday.Manila Bulletin: -- Unidentified Armed have kidnapped a Filipino diplomat workingfor the United Nations in ...
Italian first division soccer summary
Oct 29, 2004 ... Italian first division soccer summaryROME, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Following is the summary of a Italianfirst division match played on Thursday: Juventus 2 - Alessandro Del Piero 31, Marcelo Zalayeta 74 AS Roma 0 Red Card: Emerson (Juventus) 89 ...
China, Zambia mark anniversary of diplomatic ties
Oct 29, 2004 ... China, Zambia mark anniversary of diplomatic tiesBEIJING, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao on Fridayexchanged greetings with his Zambian counterpart Levy Mwanawasa tomark the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomaticrelations. Over the past four ...
King's Cup first round result
Oct 29, 2004 ... King's Cup first round resultMADRID, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Following is the result of a King'sCup first round match played on Thursday: Girona (III) beat Villarreal 2-1 Played Wednesday: Alcala Guadaira (III) tied Real Betis 0-0 (After extra-time ....
Juve beat Roma 2-0 to establish five-point lead in league
Oct 29, 2004 ... Juve beat Roma 2-0 to establish five-point lead in leagueROME, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Juventus moved five points clear at thetop of Italian first division soccer after goals from Alessandro DelPiero and Marcelo Zalayeta gave them a 2-0 win over AS Roma onThursday. Unbeaten ...
Germany, Russia to strengthen cooperation in energy resourcesexploitation
Oct 29, 2004 ... Germany, Russia to strengthen cooperation in energy resourcesexploitationBERLIN, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- German Chancellor Gerhard Schroedersaid on Thursday that his country will strengthen cooperation withRussia in the field of energy resources. When attending the ...
Los Angeles police smash discs piracy ring
Oct 29, 2004 ... Los Angeles police smash discs piracy ringLOS ANGELES, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Los Angeles Police Department(LAPD) announced Thursday that it had smashed a ring thatmanufactured and distributed pirated CDs and DVDs and arrested fivesuspects. Police also seized tens of ...
Luxembourg Open WTA tournament results
Oct 29, 2004 ... Luxembourg Open WTA tournament resultsBRUSSELS, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of secondround matches at the 225,000 US dollars Luxembourg Open WTA tennistournament on Thursday (prefix number denotes seeding): Kveta Peschke, Czech Republic, beat ...
Agassi advances into Stockholm ATP tournament quarter-finals
Oct 29, 2004 ... Agassi advances into Stockholm ATP tournament quarter-finalsSTOCKHOLM, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Andre Agassi brushed past JonasBjorkman 6-3, 6-4 at the Stockholm Open on Thursday to set up aquarter-final meeting with Spanish sixth seed Fernando Verdasco. The American top seed ...
Foreign exchange rates in Thailand
Oct 29, 2004 ... Foreign exchange rates in ThailandBANGKOK, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the baht on Friday as offered by the Bangkok Bank: Friday Thursday US dollar 40.69/41.2940.72/41.32 ...
Henman, Nalbandian and Masu into Swiss Indoors tennis quarter-finals
Oct 29, 2004 ... Henman, Nalbandian and Masu into Swiss Indoors tennis quarter-finalsGENEVA, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- British second seed Tim Henman camethrough an unexpectedly tough match with South Africa's Wesley Moodieto reach the quarter-finals of the Swiss Indoors tournament in Baselof ...
Swiss ATP tournament second round results
Oct 29, 2004 ... Swiss ATP tournament second round resultsGENEVA, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of secondround matches at the 989,750 euros Swiss Indoors tennis tournament inBasel of Switzerland on Thursday (prefix number denotes seeding) :7-Nicolas Massu, Chile, beat ...
Backgrounder: List of foreign hostages killed or held in Iraq
Oct 29, 2004 ... Backgrounder: List of foreign hostages killed or held in IraqBEIJING, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- A Polish woman was taken hostage byan Iraqi armed group, the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera TV channel reportedon Thursday. The group, calling itself Abu Bakr Siddiq al-Salafiya, demandedthe ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Oct 29, 2004 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Friday. Asahi, Yomiuri: -- The government Thursday was unable to make much progresstowards achieving the release of a ...
Polish government rejects negotiations with Iraqi kidnappers
Oct 29, 2004 ... Polish government rejects negotiations with Iraqi kidnappersWARSAW, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Polish Foreign Minister WlodzimierzCimoszewicz said Thursday that the Polish government would notnegotiate with Iraqi militants who are taking a Polish woman hostage. Polish President ...
BOT decreases economic growth projection
Oct 29, 2004 ... BOT decreases economic growth projectionBANGKOK, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Bank of Thailand (BOT) hasrevised the economic growth estimate this year downward to 5.5-6.5percent, from 6-7 percent targeted earlier, as a result of risingfuel prices on the world market, the new outbreak ...
Stockholm Open ATP tournament results
Oct 29, 2004 ... Stockholm Open ATP tournament resultsSTOCKHOLM, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of secondround matches at the 650,000 euros Stockholm Open ATP tennistournament on Thursday (prefix number denotes seeding): 2-Joachim Johansson, Sweden, beat Jan-Michael Gambill, ...
Nicaraguan president accused of receiving funds from China's Taiwan
Oct 29, 2004 ... Nicaraguan president accused of receiving funds from China'sTaiwanMANAGUA, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Nicaraguan State AccountsInspector's Office accused President Enrique Bolanos of illegallyreceiving a 30,000-US-dollar check from a bank of China's Taiwan, thelocal press ...
Venezuela proposes energy sector integration in Latin American
Oct 29, 2004 ... Venezuela proposes energy sector integration in Latin AmericanCARACAS, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Venezuela presented a proposal forenergy sector integration in Latin American and the Caribbean duringthe 34th Meeting of Experts of the Latin American Energy Organization(OLADE) which ...
Ecuador, Chile call for earlier founding of South Americancommunity
Oct 29, 2004 ... Ecuador, Chile call for earlier founding of South AmericancommunityQUITO, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Ecuadorian Foreign Minister PatricioZuquilanda and his visiting Chilean counterpart, Ignacio Walker,called on Thursday for the earlier establishment of the community ofSouth American ...
Portuguese Premier League fixtures
Oct 29, 2004 ... Portuguese Premier League fixturesLISBON, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Portuguese PremierLeague soccer fixtures for October 30 to November 1 ( kickoff timesGMT): Saturday, October 30: Penafiel vs Sporting (1815) Nacional Madeira vs Porto (2015) ...
Mauresmo and Zvonareva join last eight in Linz
Oct 29, 2004 ... Mauresmo and Zvonareva join last eight in LinzVIENNA, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- World number two Amelie Mauresmoshrugged off a thigh strain to cruise into the last eight of the LinzOpen WTA tournament with a 6-4, 6-0 win over Marta Domachowska onThursday. The French top seed, ...
Linz WTA tournament results
Oct 29, 2004 ... Linz WTA tournament resultsVIENNA, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from the585,000 US dollars Linz Open WTA tennis tournament on Thursday (prefix number denotes seeding): Second round: Ai Sugiyama, Japan, beat Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, 6-2, 6-1 ...
Guatemalan contingent goes to Haiti for peacekeeping
Oct 29, 2004 ... Guatemalan contingent goes to Haiti for peacekeepingMexicoCity, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- A 70-member Guatemalan contingent leftGuatemala for Haiti on Thursday to join the UN peacekeeping missionthere,said the Guatemalan authorities. The Guatemalan contingent, 12 military ...
St Petersburg Open ATP results
Oct 29, 2004 ... St Petersburg Open ATP resultsMOSCOW, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of secondround matches at the 1 million US dollars St Petersburg Open ATPtennis tournament on Thursday (prefix number denotes seeding): 1-Marat Safin, Russia, beat ...
Volvo Open first round scores
Oct 29, 2004 ... Volvo Open first round scoresMADRID, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading first roundscores at the 3,750,000 euros Volvo Open tournament at the par-71Club de Golf Valderrama course in Valderrama of Spain on Thursday(British unless stated): 67 Sergio Garcia ...
Jordan likely to sign engine deal with Toyota
Oct 29, 2004 ... Jordan likely to sign engine deal with ToyotaLONDON, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Formula One team Jordan are homing inon an engine deal with Toyota that would secure their survival in therace, the team said on Thursday. The deadline for teams to enter for the 2005 championship is ...