Xinhua News Agency back issues from Friday, January 14:
Roundup: Hosts shine at Winter Universiade
Jan 14, 2005 ... Roundup: Hosts shine at Winter UniversiadeINNSBRUCK, Austria, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Host Austria shone at the22nd Winter Universiade here on Thursday by winning three gold medalsin snowboard and ski-jumping. The Austrians finished one-two in the men's ski-jumping as ...
Japan, US eye revising security cooperation treaty: paper
Jan 14, 2005 ... Japan, US eye revising security cooperation treaty: paperTOKYO, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Japan and the United States are movingtoward revising their key documents on security cooperation in a bidto deal with "new threats", like international terrorism, a Japanesenewspaper reported ...
O'Neil resigns as IOC member
Jan 14, 2005 ... O'Neil resigns as IOC memberGENEVA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Legendary American swimmer Susie O'Neil has resigned as a member of the International Olympic Committeeand the IOC's athletes' commission, the IOC announced on Thursday. An IOC statement reaching here said the IOC had ...
Winter Universiade organizers to compensate opening ceremony ticket- holders
Jan 14, 2005 ... Winter Universiade organizers to compensate opening ceremonyticket- holdersINNSBRUCK, Austria, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- The 2005 WinterUniversiade Organizing Committee decided on Thursday that they wouldcompensate all visitors who bought tickets for the opening ceremonybut were not ...
NFL fines Vikings Moss 10,000 US dollars
Jan 14, 2005 ... NFL fines Vikings Moss 10,000 US dollarsWASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- The National Football LeagueThursday fined Vikings wide receiver Randy Moss 10,000 US dollars forhim pretending to pull his trousers down in front of Green BayPackers fans. Moss was fined for ...
Italian Cup third round, second leg results
Jan 14, 2005 ... Italian Cup third round, second leg resultsROME, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of Italian Cupthird round, second leg matches played on Thursday (B denotes Serie Bside): Lazio bt Cagliari 3-2 - after extra time (First leg: 1-2; Aggregate: 4-4; ...
Death toll of Argentina's nightclub fire rises to 190
Jan 14, 2005 ... Death toll of Argentina's nightclub fire rises to 190BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- The death toll of last month' snightclub fire in this Argentine capital rose to 190 as ahospitalized woman died early Thursday, said the judicialauthorities. The woman died at a private ...
Nicaraguan teachers to go on nationwide strike
Jan 14, 2005 ... Nicaraguan teachers to go on nationwide strikeMANAGUA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Some 20,000 Nicaraguan teachers willgo on a nationwide strike on Jan. 18 to force the government tonegotiate their demands, said the teachers' union Thursday. According to Jose Acevedo, leader of the ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0100 GMT, Jan. 14
Jan 14, 2005 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0100 GMT, Jan. 14PARIS -- Interim Iraqi President Ghazi al-Yawar said here Thursdaythat the Iraqi general elections, scheduled for Jan. 30, should takeplace as scheduled and called on all Iraqis to do their duty in theelections. "These ...
Italian children getting fatter, consumer group warns
Jan 14, 2005 ... Italian children getting fatter, consumer group warnsROME, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- About 20 percent of Italian childrenbetween the age of six and 17 are overweight, a consumer group warnedhere on Thursday. The Italian consumer group Altroconsumo said it would ...
Colombian guerrillas to participate in elections
Jan 14, 2005 ... Colombian guerrillas to participate in electionsBOGOTA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- The guerrillas of the NationalLiberation Army (ELN) of Colombia announced Thursday they willparticipate in the coming elections but not join the FARC movement. A spokesman of the ELN Milton ...
Seven killed, five injured in Spanish warehouse explosion
Jan 14, 2005 ... Seven killed, five injured in Spanish warehouse explosionMADRID, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- At least seven people were killed andfive others injured Thursday in an explosion at a warehouse in thenorthern Spanish city of Burgos, the police said. All of the victims belonged to the ...
Spanish King's Cup third round, first leg result
Jan 14, 2005 ... Spanish King's Cup third round, first leg resultMADRID, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Following is the result of King's Cupthird round, first leg match played on Thursday (Roman numeralsdenote division of non-Primera Liga team):Valladolid (II) tied Real Madrid 0-0 Played ...
PSG imposed stadium ban after crowd trouble
Jan 14, 2005 ... PSG imposed stadium ban after crowd troublePARIS, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Paris St Germain will have to play itsnext Ligue 1 game behind closed doors because of crowd trouble, theFrench Professional Soccer League (LFP) said on Thursday. Play was interrupted during the first ...
Dakar Rally 13th stage placings/standings
Jan 14, 2005 ... Dakar Rally 13th stage placings/standingsDAKAR, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading placings inthe Dakar Rally after a 370 km special stage during Thursday's 13thstage between Bamako in Mali and Kayes in Senegal: Cars 1. Stephane Peterhansel, France, ...
Venezuela recalls ambassador to Colombia
Jan 14, 2005 ... Venezuela recalls ambassador to ColombiaCARACAS, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Venezuelan Vice President Jose Rangelannounced Thursday that Venezuela has called back its ambassador toColombia as Colombia admitted bribing Venezuelan security officialsto capture a Colombian guerrilla ...
16 arrested on torture charges in Brazilian juvenile prison
Jan 14, 2005 ... 16 arrested on torture charges in Brazilian juvenile prisonBRASILIA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- At least 16 employees of areformatory in Brazil have been arrested after being accused oftorturing 60 minor inmates, while a riot presumably induced by guardswas reported Thursday from ...
Italian Cup third round, second leg summaries
Jan 14, 2005 ... Italian Cup third round, second leg summariesROME, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Following are the summaries of ItalianCup third round, second leg matches played on Thursday (B denotesSerie B side): Lazio 3 - Antonio Filippini 10, Tommaso Rocchi 64, 119 Cagliari2 - ...
US scientists map genome of deadly fungus related to HIV
Jan 14, 2005 ... US scientists map genome of deadly fungus related to HIVLOS ANGELES, Jan. 13 (Xinhua)-- Scientists at Saint LouisUniversity School of Medicine have decoded the genomes of two strainsof a fungus that can lead to brain swelling and death in those withcompromised immune systems, ...
Hong Kong shares open lower -- Jan. 14
Jan 14, 2005 ... Hong Kong shares open lower -- Jan. 14HONG KONG, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- ...
EU appeals against WTO ruling on sugar subsidies
Jan 14, 2005 ... EU appeals against WTO ruling on sugar subsidiesGENEVA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- The European Union Thursday filed anappeal against a WTO ruling that said EU subsidies for sugarproduction were illegal, a spokesman for the EU delegation to theWorld Trade Organization (WTO) said ....
Spanish military planes arrive in Indonesia with humanitarian aid
Jan 14, 2005 ... Spanish military planes arrive in Indonesia with humanitarian aid MADRID, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Two C-130 Hercules cargo planes of theSpanish Army arrived Thursday in Indonesia with humanitarian aid aspart of the first contingent of the mission dubbed " SolidaryResponse," Spanish ...
Chile judge requests authorization to probe Pinochet's foreignaccounts
Jan 14, 2005 ... Chile judge requests authorization to probe Pinochet's foreignaccountsSANTIAGO, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- The judge in charge of investigationinto former Chilean leader Augusto Pinochet's foreign accountsrequested authorization Thursday to investigate several foreignbanks, local ...
German strikes first gold at Winter Universiade (updated 2)
Jan 14, 2005 ... German strikes first gold at Winter Universiade (updated 2)SEEFELD, Austria, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- German's Georg Hettich wonthe first gold medal of the Winter Student Games which opened inAustria on Thursday. Hettich took the men's nordic combined with a total of ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Jan 14, 2005 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- The followings are major news items inthe leading Philippine newspapers on Friday:The Philippine Star: -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has vowed to raise 100billion pesos in ...
Valencia defender Torres out for 10 weeks
Jan 14, 2005 ... Valencia defender Torres out for 10 weeksMADRID, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Valencia defender Curro Torres will besidelined for around 10 weeks after undergoing surgery on his rightknee, the Primera Liga club said on Thursday. The 28-year-old right back ...
First batch of Thai gov't relief funds to reach tsunami-affected people
Jan 14, 2005 ... First batch of Thai gov't relief funds to reach tsunami-affectedpeopleBANGKOK, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- The first batch of allocation ofgovernment funds of 150 million (3.6 million US dollars) will reachthe hands of tsunamis victims in Thailand, Deputy Prime MinisterSuwat ...
Host charges to first ever women's ski jumping gold at Universiade(updated)
Jan 14, 2005 ... Host charges to first ever women's ski jumping gold at Universiade(updated)SEEFELD, Austria, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Daniela Iraschko of Austriasprinted to the first ever women's ski jumping gold medal at theUniversiade as she finished with a total of 241.5 points here onThursday ....
Spain to continue contribution to world peace: King
Jan 14, 2005 ... Spain to continue contribution to world peace: KingMADRID, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Spanish King Juan Carlos said Thursdaythat his country will continue to contribute to world peace,especially in the Middle East. Spain remains "hopeful" about what happens in the Middle ...
Spanish, Moroccan police arrest 150 illegal immigrants
Jan 14, 2005 ... Spanish, Moroccan police arrest 150 illegal immigrantsMADRID, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- As many as 150 illegal immigrants fromsub-Saharan Africa were arrested in a joint patrol of Moroccan andSpanish police on Wednesday in the autonomous city of Melilla, theSpanish Civil Guard said ...
US-donated helicopter crashes in Colombia, killing 20
Jan 14, 2005 ... US-donated helicopter crashes in Colombia, killing 20BOGOTA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- A helicopter of the Colombian militarycrashed in southwest Colombia on Thursday, killing 20 soldiers onboard, said the military. The US-donated Black Hawk helicopter went down near the village ...
Germany to offer warning system to tsunami-hit Asian region
Jan 14, 2005 ... Germany to offer warning system to tsunami-hit Asian regionBERLIN, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- German Research Minister EdelgardBulmahn said on Thursday that her country is considering to offer atidal wave warning system to South and Southeast countries hit by theDec. 26 fatal tsunami ....
Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- Jan. 14
Jan 14, 2005 ... Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- Jan. 14BEIJING, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Highlights of major Beijing-basednewspapers on Friday:People's Daily -- The State Council has in principle passed a new plan forBeijing's city structure aimed at forming more ...
Four armed men killed in Haiti
Jan 14, 2005 ... Four armed men killed in HaitiHAVANA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Four armed men were killed in a policeoperation ON Wednesday in the Saline section of Port-AU- Prince,according to reports from the Haitian capital. Police also arrested a man and seized from him a ...
Palestinians committed to "road map": Abbas
Jan 14, 2005 ... Palestinians committed to "road map": AbbasRAMALLAH, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Newly-elected Palestinian NationalAuthority chief Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday the Palestinians areready to carry out their obligations under the " road map" peaceplan, which was launched in June 2003 only ...
O'Neil resigns as IOC member (corrected)
Jan 14, 2005 ... O'Neil resigns as IOC member (corrected)GENEVA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Legendary Australian swimmer Susie O'Neil has resigned as a member of the International Olympic Committeeand the IOC's athletes' commission, the IOC announced on Thursday. An IOC statement reaching here ...
Major news items in leading Indian newspapers
Jan 14, 2005 ... Major news items in leading Indian newspapersNEW DELHI, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) - - Following are the major news itemsin leading Indian newspapers on Friday.- - The Hindu: Indian Water Resources Ministry Thursday sought hefty funding fromthe World Bank for "sustained, ...
Macao Red Cross to collect 4 million US dollars in tsunamidonations
Jan 14, 2005 ... Macao Red Cross to collect 4 million US dollars in tsunamidonationsMACAO, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Macao Red Cross, which hascollected 25 million patacas (3 million US dollars) in tsunami reliefdonations, expected that as the fund-raising is still going on, thenumber could soon ...
Spanish government rejects negotiation on greater Basque autonomy
Jan 14, 2005 ... Spanish government rejects negotiation on greater Basque autonomy MADRID, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Spanish Prime Minister Jose LuisRodriguez Zapatero on Thursday rejected negotiation on greaterautonomy in Basque when meeting with regional leader. Juan Jose Ibarretxe, government ...
Nepali gov't: door open for peace talks
Jan 14, 2005 ... Nepali gov't: door open for peace talksKATHMANDU, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Nepali government has decidedto keep the door open for peace talks with the guerrillas althoughthe deadline set by the government expired Thursday mid- night. The meeting of the Council of Ministers ...
Philippines to launch TV family planning program
Jan 14, 2005 ... Philippines to launch TV family planning programMANILA, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines is ready to launchinga television program on family planning and responsible parenthoodthis month as a measure to control the country's large population, alocal newspaper reported Friday ....
Roundup: Israel urged to abandon "anti-Palestinian" policies as newconflicts occur in Gaza
Jan 14, 2005 ... Roundup: Israel urged to abandon "anti-Palestinian" policies asnew conflicts occur in GazaCAIRO/GAZA, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian Foreign Minister NabilShaath said Thursday that international and regional powers shouldexert pressure on Israel to force it to give up what he ...
Atalanta knocks Juventus out of Italian Cup
Jan 14, 2005 ... Atalanta knocks Juventus out of Italian CupROME, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Serie A leader Juventus bowed out of theItalian Cup on Thursday after drawing 3-3 with Atalanta at Turin'sStadio delle Alpi to lose 5-3 on aggregate. Atalanta's 20-year-old midfielder Andrea Lazzari, who ...
Sweden starts probe after criticism on government reaction toTsunami
Jan 14, 2005 ... Sweden starts probe after criticism on government reaction toTsunamiSTOCKHOLM, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- An independent commission was setup Thursday to look into the opposition complaint that said theSwedish government reacted slowly in response to the Asian tsunami,to which 1,889 ...
Approval rating for Bush lowest among re-elected US presidents
Jan 14, 2005 ... Approval rating for Bush lowest among re-elected US presidentsWASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- US President George W. Bush beginshis second term with a lower approval rating than other US presidentsafter their reelection in the past five decades, according to theresults of a poll ...
Myanmar, India, Bangladesh agree on gas pipeline cooperation
Jan 14, 2005 ... Myanmar, India, Bangladesh agree on gas pipeline cooperationYANGON, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Energy ministers of Myanmar, India andBangladesh have agreed here in principle on laying a gas pipeline tobring exporting natural gas from Myanmar to India through Bangladesh,leaving some ...
New Zealand to participate UN disaster reduction conference
Jan 14, 2005 ... New Zealand to participate UN disaster reduction conferenceWELLINGTON, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Prime Minister Helen Clarkannounced Friday that the New Zealand government is sending a strongdelegation to the United Nations World Conference on DisasterReduction. The New Zealand ...
FBI arrests man in Florida for possessing biotoxin ricin
Jan 14, 2005 ... FBI arrests man in Florida for possessing biotoxin ricinWASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- The US Federal Bureau ofInvestigation (FBI) said on Thursday that it has arrested a man inFlorida after he was found to possess biotoxin ricin in his home. The man, Steven Michael ...
Nine killed in Russian plane crash
Jan 14, 2005 ... Nine killed in Russian plane crashMOSCOW, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Nine people were killed in a planecrash in northern Siberia, the Interfax news agency reported onFriday. Rescuers had found bodies of seven passengers and two crewmembers, just 10 km away from the town of Tura, ...
FAO to help Myanmar improve inland fisheries
Jan 14, 2005 ... FAO to help Myanmar improve inland fisheriesYANGON, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO) will help Myanmar improve its information on inland fisheriesin the development of the sector as part of the organization'sassistance rendered to five Southeast ...
Mexico to send 300 more experts to tsunami-hit Indonesian areas
Jan 14, 2005 ... Mexico to send 300 more experts to tsunami-hit Indonesian areasMEXICO CITY, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Mexico will send 300 moredisaster experts to Indonesia's tsunami-hit areas in the next fewdays, an official of the Mexican Health Ministry said Thursday. There are ...
Foreign exchange rates in Thailand
Jan 14, 2005 ... Foreign exchange rates in ThailandBANGKOK, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the baht on Friday as offered by the Bangkok Bank: Friday Thursday US dollar 38.33/38.93 38.45/39.05 ...
Paris Club freezes debt payments of Sri Lanka
Jan 14, 2005 ... Paris Club freezes debt payments of Sri LankaCOLOMBO, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Paris Club of creditor nationsprovided an unconditional freeze on debt repayments for Sri Lanka tohelp it recover from last month's Tsunami disaster, official DailyNews said on Friday. Debt ...
Honda car enjoys sales boom in Indonesia
Jan 14, 2005 ... Honda car enjoys sales boom in IndonesiaJAKARTA, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Three top Japanese carmakerssurpassed sales target in Indonesia last year with Honda recordingthe highest growth of 215 percent from 21,650 units in 2003 to 46,500 units. Honda's total sales made up 9.6 ...
New Zealand to sponsor tsunami cricket series
Jan 14, 2005 ... New Zealand to sponsor tsunami cricket seriesWELLINGTON, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- The New Zealand government is tosupport NZ Cricket's tsunami fundraising efforts by sponsoring runsscored during the national team Black Caps' three-match seriesagainst a World XI, Foreign Minister Phil ...
Nine killed in Russian plane crash
Jan 14, 2005 ... Nine killed in Russian plane crashMOSCOW, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Nine people were killed in a planecrash in northern Siberia, the Interfax news agency reported onFriday. Quoting a regional ...
Roundup: Simultaneous dual listing of A, H shares inevitable
Jan 14, 2005 ... Roundup: Simultaneous dual listing of A, H shares inevitable ByZheng XiaozhouHONG KONG, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland coal producerShenhua Group may become the first mainland company to besimultaneously listed in Hong Kong Exchange (HKEx) and Shanghai ...
13th SAARC summit likely to be held from Feb. 6
Jan 14, 2005 ... 13th SAARC summit likely to be held from Feb. 6DHAKA, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- The duration of the 13th summit of theSouth Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is likely tobe curtailed by one day as India on Thursday suggested a two-daysummit from February 6 ....
2004, most lucrative year for China's aviation industry
Jan 14, 2005 ... 2004, most lucrative year for China's aviation industryXI'AN, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- China's aviation industry garnered 8.69 billion yuan (1.04 billion US dollars) of profits upon an annualtransport turnover of 120 million passengers in 2004, according tolatest data provided by the ...
Moroccan lawmakers approve free trade agreement with US
Jan 14, 2005 ... Moroccan lawmakers approve free trade agreement with USRABAT, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Moroccan chamber of deputies onThursday approved the free trade agreement with the United States,parliamentary sources said. The agreement, which calls for free customs tariffs on 95 ...
Macao official indicates max limit of casinos for Stanley Ho
Jan 14, 2005 ... Macao official indicates max limit of casinos for Stanley HoMACAO, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- A senior economic official hinted that"18" to "19" would be the maximum number of casinos for Macao 'scasino mogul Stanley Ho, according to Friday's Macao Post. Francis Tam Pak Yuen, ...
Russia: settlement of islands dispute with Japan needs time, talks
Jan 14, 2005 ... Russia: settlement of islands dispute with Japan needs time, talks MOSCOW, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- A senior Russian official saidThursday that a solution to the decades-long territory dispute withJapan concerning the Kuril Islands may take a long time and require alot of negotiations ....
Indonesian car sales climb 36.4 pct in 2004 to record high
Jan 14, 2005 ... Indonesian car sales climb 36.4 pct in 2004 to record highJAKARTA, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Car sale volume in Indonesia rose by36.4 percent to 483,317 units in 2004 from 354,331 a year earlier,the local association has said. The Indonesian Automotive Industries Association ...
Vietnam reports another death due to bird flu
Jan 14, 2005 ... Vietnam reports another death due to bird fluHANOI, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- A 35-year-old woman from Vietnam'ssouthern Tra Vinh province died of bird flu, becoming the fifthfatality due to the disease in the country in the past two weeks. The woman died in the Hospital of ...
Chinese in Italy, Austria donate money to tsunami-hit nations
Jan 14, 2005 ... Chinese in Italy, Austria donate money to tsunami-hit nationsROME/VIENNA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Chinese expatriates in Italy onThursday donated money to help the affected people in the tsunami-devastated South and Southeast Asian countries. In the Italian capital of Rome, ...