Xinhua News Agency back issues from Friday, December 3:
ADB approves anti-flood project for Bangladesh
Dec 03, 2004 ... ADB approves anti-flood project for BangladeshDHAKA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB)Thursday approved a loan of 80 million US dollars for funding aproject to protect Bangladesh's secondary towns from onslaught offloods that hit the country perennially ....
Higher fuel price to affect Thai economic growth in 2005
Dec 03, 2004 ... Higher fuel price to affect Thai economic growth in 2005BANGKOK, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- The expected higher diesel price andinterest rates could affect economic growth in Thailand next year,according to the Center for Economic and Business Forecasting at theUniversity of Thai ...
Ugandan army rejects rebels' request for ceasefire unlimited in time
Dec 03, 2004 ... Ugandan army rejects rebels' request for ceasefire unlimited intimeKAMPALA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Ugandan army has rejected theLord's Resistance Army (LRA) request for a ceasefire unlimited intime and space, reported official newspaper The New Vision on Friday. The ...
Major foreign exchange rates in Pakistan
Dec 03, 2004 ... Major foreign exchange rates in PakistanISLAMABAD, Dec. 3 (Xinhua)-- The following are major exchangerates against the Pakistani rupee issued by the Treasury ManagementDivision of the National Bank of Pakistan on Friday.Selling Buying Buying TT & OD ...
OPEC president to drop concurrent secretary general post
Dec 03, 2004 ... OPEC president to drop concurrent secretary general postJAKARTA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Organization of Petroleum ExportingCountries (OPEC) president Purnomo Yusgiantoro has said he wouldresign from the secretary general post which he serves concurrently. "I will resign from ...
Trade minister urges Indonesia to take advantage of ASEAN-China FTA
Dec 03, 2004 ... Trade minister urges Indonesia to take advantage of ASEAN-ChinaFTAJAKARTA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia must take advantage of theFree Trade Agreement (FTA) between China and the 10-memberAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and developspecialization and expertise in ...
NBA standings after Thursday's games
Dec 03, 2004 ... NBA standings after Thursday's gamesWASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings afterNational Basketball Association games played Thursday: EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION W L PCT GB New York 8 6 .571 - ...
New Zealand share market pauses after record rally
Dec 03, 2004 ... New Zealand share market pauses after record rallyWELLINGTON, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- The New Zealand sharemarket tooktime out for a cuppa Friday, ending the seven-session string of gainsthat pushed its key index above the 3000 point level for the firsttime Thursday. In quiet, ...
Foreign exchange rates in New Zealand
Dec 03, 2004 ... Foreign exchange rates in New ZealandWELLINGTON, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the NZ dollar here on Friday:FridayThursday Australian dollar 0.92500.9236 ...
US ambassador to UN resigns
Dec 03, 2004 ... US ambassador to UN resignsUNITED NATIONS, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- US Ambassador to the UnitedNations John Danforth resigned on Thursday after serving in the postfor less than six months. Danforth, 68, said in a letter released Thursday that he chose tostep down to spend more ...
No-confidence vote in Vanuatu derailed
Dec 03, 2004 ... No-confidence vote in Vanuatu derailedCANBERRA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- A scheduled vote of no-confidence inVanuatu's Prime Minister Serge Vohor has been derailed onconstitutional grounds. The motion was put forward by the opposition leader Sato Kilman,and is supported by 19 ...
Russian President arrives in New Delhi on official visit
Dec 03, 2004 ... Russian President arrives in New Delhi on official visitNEW DELHI, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putinarrived here early Friday on a three-day visit to India. Putin, who is heading a high-level delegation of ministers,officials and businessmen, will hold ...
PM urges to build Singapore into exceptional metropolis
Dec 03, 2004 ... PM urges to build Singapore into exceptional metropolisSINGAPORE, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Singapore on Friday outlined itsstrategies to cement its status as a thriving metropolis andcosmopolitan hub-city. Opening the Shaping Singapore Exhibition at the City Gallery onFriday, ...
NBA results on Thursday
Dec 03, 2004 ... NBA results on ThursdayWASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results ofThursday's National ...
Bangladesh's forex reserve gets boost
Dec 03, 2004 ... Bangladesh's forex reserve gets boostDHAKA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh's foreign exchange reservegot a boost to 3.16 billion US dollars, thanks to booming exportearnings and overseas remittances, increased foreign aid inflow, andreduction in trade deficit in the current ...
Hong Kong stocks lower at midday -- Dec. 3
Dec 03, 2004 ... Hong Kong stocks lower at midday -- Dec. 3HONG KONG, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong ...
Air quality of major Chinese cities -- Dec. 3
Dec 03, 2004 ... Air quality of major Chinese cities -- Dec. 3BEIJING, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Report on the quality of air in 47major Chinese cities (12:00 Dec. 2 to 12:00 Dec. 3, Beijing Time),released by the China Environmental Monitoring Center:City Major Pollutant Air ...
Pakistan, Indian hold talks on rail service
Dec 03, 2004 ... Pakistan, Indian hold talks on rail serviceISLAMABAD, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Talks between Pakistan and India onopening a rail service to link the two sides are under way hereFriday, local media reported. A report of the Dawn newspaper said technical teams from ...
English Premier League standings
Dec 03, 2004 ... English Premier League standingsLONDON, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the English PremierLeague standings ahead of this weekend's matches (tabulated undergames played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against and points): 1. Chelsea 15 11 3 1 27 6 36 ...
South African export sector reeling from strong rand
Dec 03, 2004 ... South African export sector reeling from strong randJOHANNESBURG, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Almost 40 percent of SouthAfrican manufacturers have had to permanently shut down their exportcapacity over the past two years due to loss in competitive in theface of a 50 percent strengthening ...
December skies filled with exotic falling stars, planet sightings
Dec 03, 2004 ... December skies filled with exotic falling stars, planet sightings HEFEI, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese skies will be the backdrop for avariety of spectacular astronomical phenomena this month. According to astronomers with the Chinese University of Scienceand Technology (CUST), ...
Schedule of six-nation Champions Trophy tournament
Dec 03, 2004 ... Schedule of six-nation Champions Trophy tournamentISLAMBAD, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following is the schedule of the six-nation Champions Trophy field hockey tournament starting in Lahore,Pakistan, on Saturday: Dec. 4: New Zealand vs The Netherlands, India vs Spain, Pakistanvs ...
MILITANTS KILL 11 POLICEMEN IN ATTACK ON BAGHDAD POLICE STATION
Dec 03, 2004 ... MILITANTS KILL 11 POLICEMEN IN ...
50 kg heroin seized in Pakistan
Dec 03, 2004 ... 50 kg heroin seized in PakistanISLAMABAD, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan's Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) has recovered 50 kg of heroin in Quetta, capital of southwesternBalochistan Province. The Nation newspaper Friday quoted ANF sources as saying that araid was conducted in ...
English Premier League fixtures
Dec 03, 2004 ... English Premier League fixturesLONDON, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the English PremierLeague fixtures for December 4-6 (kickoff times 1500 GMT unlessstated): Saturday, December 4: Arsenal vs Birmingham City Aston Villa vs Liverpool ...
5 troopers killed in Indian-administered Kashmir
Dec 03, 2004 ... 5 troopers killed in Indian-administered KashmirNEW DELHI, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- At least five troopers died andseveral others injured Friday when two heavily-armed militantscarried out a suicide attack at a joint camp of Central ReservePolice Force (CRPF) and local police in ...
Rwanda denies reentering into Congo
Dec 03, 2004 ... Rwanda denies reentering into CongoKIGALI, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Rwandan government hascategorically denied any role in the on-going clashes in easternDemocratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), saying that "all reportedmoves of Rwandan troops in the DRC are false." Speaking ...
Masterpieces of French impressionists on show in Shanghai
Dec 03, 2004 ... Masterpieces of French impressionists on show in ShanghaiSHANGHAI, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Fifty-one original masterpieces by 12French impressionist painters arrived Tuesday morning in this largestmetropolis and cultural center of eastern China for an exhibitionfrom Dec. 9, 2004 to ...
December skies filled with exotic falling stars, planet sightings
Dec 03, 2004 ... December skies filled with exotic falling stars, planet sightings HEFEI, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese skies will be the backdrop for avariety of spectacular astronomical phenomena this month. According to astronomers with the Chinese University of Scienceand Technology (CUST), ...
URGENT: MILITANTS KILL 11 POLICEMEN IN ATTACK ON BAGHDAD POLICE STATION
Dec 03, 2004 ... URGENT: MILITANTS KILL 11 POLICEMEN IN ATTACK ON BAGHDAD POLICESTATIONBAGHDAD, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- A group of ...
Uganda loses over 100 million dollars annually in banana production
Dec 03, 2004 ... Uganda loses over 100 million dollars annually in bananaproductionKAMPALA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Uganda loses over 100 million USdollars annually from inefficiencies along the marketing chain due tobulkiness of bananas, high transport costs, poor handling and lack ofprocessing ...
S. Korean stocks inch down
Dec 03, 2004 ... S. Korean stocks inch downSEOUL, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- South Korean stocks ended marginallylower Friday as investors locked in profits following recent gains,analysts said. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) fell 1. 55points, or 0.17 percent, to 882.55 ....
One more civilian airport to be built on Tibetan Plateau
Dec 03, 2004 ... One more civilian airport to be built on Tibetan Plateau XINING, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Engineering experts have approved afeasibility report on building a civilian airport in TibetanAutonomous Prefecture of Yushu, northwest China's Qinghai Province.The project evaluation was made ...
1st lead: Militants kill 12 policemen in southern Baghdad
Dec 03, 2004 ... 1st lead: Militants kill 12 policemen in southern Baghdad Eds:Updates with new death toll, detailsBAGHDAD, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- A group of militants raided two policestations in Baghdad on Friday, killing 12 policemen and woundingseveral others, police said. Militants ...
UEFA Cup group phase collated summaries (1)
Dec 03, 2004 ... UEFA Cup group phase collated summaries (1)PARIS, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Collated summaries of Thursday's UEFACup group phase soccer matches: Group E: In Belgrade: Partizan Belgrade (Serbia and Montenegro) 1 Villarreal (Spain) 1 Scorers: ...
UEFA Cup group phase collated summaries (2-last)
Dec 03, 2004 ... UEFA Cup group phase collated summaries (2-last)Played on Wednesday: Group A: In Budapest: Ferencvaros (Hungary) 1 Basel (Switzerland) 2 Scorers: Ferencvaros: Denes Rosa 22 Basel: Julio Rossi 59, Benjamin Huggel 79 Missed ...
SEVEN KILLED IN CAR BOMB BLAST IN NORTHERN BAGHDAD
Dec 03, 2004 ... SEVEN KILLED IN CAR BOMB ...
Decision postponed on South American World Cup qualifiers
Dec 03, 2004 ... Decision postponed on South American World Cup qualifiersMEXICO CITY, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- South American soccer chiefs haveput off a decision on the organization of the continent's World Cupqualifying tournament for the 2010 Finals. "We asked the presidents of the national ...
Plane crash probe expected to deliver result in one month: Indonesian minister
Dec 03, 2004 ... Plane crash probe expected to deliver result in one month:Indonesian ministerJAKARTA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- The probe into a plane crash thatkilled 26 people in Indonesia is expected to gain result within onemonth, Transport Minister Hatta Rajasa said here Friday. He said ...
Monument in commemoration of NW China coal mine blast victimsproposed
Dec 03, 2004 ... Monument in commemoration of NW China coal mine blast victimsproposedXI'AN, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- The acting governor of northwest China'sShaanxi Province, Chen Deming, proposes the provincial governmentshould build a cemetery and monument for the victims of the explosionat ...
1st lead: Car bomb kills 14 in northern Baghdad
Dec 03, 2004 ... 1st lead: Car bomb kills 14 in northern Baghdad Eds: Updates withdetails, backgroundBAGHDAD, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- A car bomb killed at least 14 peoplein the northern Baghdad neighborhood of al-Adhaniya on Friday, policesaid. The target of the attack was not immediately ...
Cambodia opens its 3rd annual international trade fair
Dec 03, 2004 ... Cambodia opens its 3rd annual international trade fairPHNOM PENH, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's third annualInternational Trade Fair opened here Friday, which will last fourdays at Phnom Penh's Mondial Exhibition Center. More than 52 local and international companies and ...
URGENT: Car bomb kills 14 in northern Baghdad
Dec 03, 2004 ... URGENT: Car bomb kills 14 in northern BaghdadBAGHDAD, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- A car bomb ...
DPRK condemns US "red line" on nuclear issue
Dec 03, 2004 ... DPRK condemns US "red line" on nuclear issuePYONGYANG, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic ofKorea (DPRK) on Friday accused the United States of unilaterallysetting a "red line" on the DPRK's "nuclear program," calling it anexcuse for preempting an attack on the ...
Major news items in leading Nigerian newspapers
Dec 03, 2004 ... Major news items in leading Nigerian newspapersLAGOS, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Nigerian newspapers on Friday. This Day: -- The Shell Petroleum Development Co. (SPDC) on Thursday rejecteda resolution of the Nigerian senate that ...
Commissioner of foreign affairs in HK condemns Hyde's speech
Dec 03, 2004 ... Commissioner of foreign affairs in HK condemns Hyde's speechHONG KONG, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- A spokesman for the office of thecommissioner of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong KongSpecial Administrative Region condemned the speeches delivered by USCongressman Henry J ....
Foreign exchange rates in Indonesia
Dec 03, 2004 ... Foreign exchange rates in IndonesiaJAKARTA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- The following are the foreign exchangerates against the Indonesian rupiah here on Friday: Friday Thursday US dollar 9,045/9,0759,010/9,040 Euro ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 1)
Dec 03, 2004 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 1)HONG KONG, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Friday:Pakistan keen to promote trade with neighboring countries: actingpresident Eminent New Zealanders to ...
China expects 7th China-EU Leaders' Meeting to achieve positiveresults
Dec 03, 2004 ... China expects 7th China-EU Leaders' Meeting to achieve positiveresultsBEIJING, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- China expects the upcoming SeventhChina-EU Leaders' Meeting to achieve positive results, said ViceForeign Minister Zhang Yesui Friday. "It is an important meeting and the ...
Man attacks 12 pupils with knife in NE China (more added)
Dec 03, 2004 ... Man attacks 12 pupils with knife in NE China (more added)CHANGCHUN, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- A man broke into a primary schooland injured 12 pupils with knife in Mingcheng Township of Panshi, acity in northeast China's Jilin Province, Friday morning. After attacking the grade-one ...
Indian PM, Russian President in annual summit talks
Dec 03, 2004 ... Indian PM, Russian President in annual summit talksNEW DELHI, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singhand visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin began their annualsummit talks here Friday that Indian officials said would transformbilateral ties from a ...
Largest luxury goods maker optimistic about Chinese mainland
Dec 03, 2004 ... Largest luxury goods maker optimistic about Chinese mainland ByZheng Xiaozhou, Wang lili HONG KONG, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- The world's largest luxury goodsmaker, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, plans to open 13 stores inthe Chinese mainland by the end of this year, according to ...
Ugandan gov't focuses on ensuring equal opportunities for everyone: official
Dec 03, 2004 ... Ugandan gov't focuses on ensuring equal opportunities foreveryone: officialKAMPALA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Ugandan Minister ofState for Elderly and Disability Affairs Florence Nayiga has saidthat the government focuses on ensuring equal opportunities foreveryone in the east African ...
China satisfied with current China-Netherlands relations: vice FM
Dec 03, 2004 ... China satisfied with current China-Netherlands relations: vice FM BEIJING, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- China is satisfied with the currentChina-Netherlands relationship and expect Premier Wen Jiabao's visitto achieve positive results, said Vice Foreign Minister Zhang YesuiFriday. In ...
Hong Kong shares close lower -- Dec. 3
Dec 03, 2004 ... Hong Kong shares close lower -- Dec. 3HONG KONG, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- ...
Shanghai stock index up -- Dec.3
Dec 03, 2004 ... Shanghai stock index up -- Dec.3BEIJING, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Composite Stock Index on theShanghai Stock Exchange closed at 1,335.21 points on Friday, up 2. 12points from the previous ...
China to bailout 2 more state banks
Dec 03, 2004 ... China to bailout 2 more state banksBEIJING, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- China's Vice Minister of Finance LouJiwei said here that the Chinese government is prepared to injectmoney into the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China ( ICBC) andthe Agricultural Bank of China (ABC), two of the ...
UPS to acquire direct control of Sinotrans's express operations inmainland's major cities
Dec 03, 2004 ... UPS to acquire direct control of Sinotrans's express operations inmainland's major citiesHONG KONG, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- UPS, the world's leading packagedelivery company, Friday announced here an agreement with Sinotransto take over its international express operations in ...
Shenzhen stock index up -- Dec.3
Dec 03, 2004 ... Shenzhen stock index up -- Dec.3BEIJING, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Component Stock Index on theShenzhen Stock Exchange closed at 3,200.92 points on Friday, up 4. 02point from the previous ...
Russia's Duma approves new provincial election procedures
Dec 03, 2004 ... Russia's Duma approves new provincial election proceduresMOSCOW, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Russia's State Duma, the lower house ofparliament, on Friday approved a bill to end current electionprocedures of selecting provincial and regional leaders by popularvoters. The ...
Malawian mayor arrested for alleged theft
Dec 03, 2004 ... Malawian mayor arrested for alleged theftLUSAKA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- The mayor of Malawi's commercialcapital Blantyre, John Chikakwiya, has been arrested for allegedtheft of 400,000 Malawian kwacha (about 3,703 US dollars) which hecollected from a milling company, the web version ...
Oman pledges equal attention to HIV patients
Dec 03, 2004 ... Oman pledges equal attention to HIV patientsABU DHABI, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Omani Health Minister Ali BinMuhammad Bin Musa has said that Oman offers equal opportunities toboth men and women HIV/AIDS patients and both genders have equalaccess to public awareness and health ...
UN alerts Arab world on alarming drug addiction
Dec 03, 2004 ... UN alerts Arab world on alarming drug addictionABU DHABI, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- A UN official warned on Friday thatthe Arab world has to take swift actions to combat alarming drugaddiction. Mohammad Abdul Aziz, regional representative of the United Nationsoffice for ...
Five killed in NE China cannonball blast
Dec 03, 2004 ... Five killed in NE China cannonball blastHARBIN, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Five people were killed and anotherfive were injured when a disused shell exploded at 1:55 p.m.Thursday, in Shuangyashan, a city northeast China's HeilongjiangProvince ....
S.Korea hopes early resumption of six-party nuclear talks
Dec 03, 2004 ... S.Korea hopes early resumption of six-party nuclear talksSEOUL, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- South Korean government will activelypursue early resumption of the six-party nuclear talks so as topeacefully solve the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula, said aspokesman of South Korean ...