Xinhua News Agency back issues from Thursday, February 17:
NBA Wednesday's results
Feb 17, 2005 ... NBA Wednesday's resultsWASHINGTON, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results ofWednesday's National Basketball Association games (home team inCAPS): BOSTON bt Memphis 90-88 Chicago bt TORONTO 121-115 Detroit bt PHILADELPHIA 93-75 ...
NGOs in northwest Bangladesh under bomb attack
Feb 17, 2005 ... NGOs in northwest Bangladesh under bomb attackDHAKA, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Eight people have been injured in bombattacks on some non-government organizations (NGOs) in northwesternBangladesh since Sunday. According to the Daily Star, eight people including six employeesof ...
Indonesia mulls visa privilege for Chinese tourists after Singapore transit
Feb 17, 2005 ... Indonesia mulls visa privilege for Chinese tourists afterSingapore transitJAKARTA, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia has received an informalrequest from neighboring Singapore to offer visa privilege fortourists from China who visited Singapore and are willing to extendtrip to ...
Boat collision in Hong Kong injures over 70 people
Feb 17, 2005 ... Boat collision in Hong Kong injures over 70 peopleHONG KONG, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- A Hong Kong ferry boat collidedwith a freight boat of the Chinese mainland in sea waters southwestof Tsing Yi Thursday, injuring over 70 people on board of the ferryboat, local media reported ....
Major foreign exchange rates in Pakistan
Feb 17, 2005 ... Major foreign exchange rates in PakistanISLAMABAD, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- The following are major exchangerates against the Pakistani rupee issued by the Treasury ManagementDivision of the National Bank of Pakistan on Thursday. Selling Buying Buying TT & OD...
Roundup: Venezuela, Colombia start efforts to improve ties
Feb 17, 2005 ... Roundup: Venezuela, Colombia start efforts to improve tiesCARACAS, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The foreign ministries of Venezuelaand Colombia started talks Wednesday to improve bilateral tiesdisrupted over the arrest of a Colombian rebel leader. The talks came after a meeting ...
Libertadores Cup results
Feb 17, 2005 ... Libertadores Cup resultsRIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results ofSouth American Libertadores Cup second stage matches on Wednesday: Group Two In La Paz: Bolivar, Bolivia, bt Santos, Brazil, 4-3 Scorers: Bolivar - ...
Roddick eases into quarters in Memphis
Feb 17, 2005 ... Roddick eases into quarters in MemphisWASHINGTON, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Top seed Andy Roddick advanced tothe quarter-finals of the Kroger St Jude ATP/WTA tournaments here onWednesday with an easy straight-set victory over France's ArnaudClement. Roddick, seeking his 17th ...
Hong Kong stocks lower at midday -- Feb. 17
Feb 17, 2005 ... Hong Kong stocks lower at midday -- Feb. 17HONG KONG, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong ...
Results of Kroger St Jude ATP/WTA tournaments
Feb 17, 2005 ... Results of Kroger St Jude ATP/WTA tournamentsWASHINGTON, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theKroger St Jude ATP/WTA tournaments in Memphis, the United States onWednesday (prefix number denotes seeding): Men: First round Cyril Saulnier, ...
NBA standings after Wednesday's games
Feb 17, 2005 ... NBA standings after Wednesday's gamesWASHINGTON, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings afterNational Basketball Association games played on Wednesday: EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION W L PCT GB Boston27 26 .509 - ...
Singapore economy rebounds in 2004, but growth to moderate in 2005: MTI
Feb 17, 2005 ... Singapore economy rebounds in 2004, but growth to moderate in2005: MTISINGAPORE, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Singapore economy registered arobust rebound of 8.4 percent in 2004, and the growth rate isexpected to remain healthy but moderate in 2005, the Ministry ofTrade and ...
Project to be launched for tsunami-affected children in Thailand
Feb 17, 2005 ... Project to be launched for tsunami-affected children in ThailandBANGKOK, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- A learning-for-healing project willbe set up in Thailand's southern Phangnga to assist children affectedby last year's tsunami. Initiated by the Thai Red Cross Society and the World ...
Indonesian military chief resigns, new chiefs of staff announced
Feb 17, 2005 ... Indonesian military chief resigns, new chiefs of staff announcedJAKARTA, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian Military (TNI)officially announced Thursday the appointment of new chiefs of staffof the Army, the Air Force and the Navy, and the resignation of itscommander General ...
US embassy in Jakarta receives bomb threat
Feb 17, 2005 ... US embassy in Jakarta receives bomb threatJAKARTA, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian bomb disposal squadThursday combed the US embassy compound here for an hour following aphone call threatening that a bomb was planted somewhere at theembassy. A security guard at the ...
Tanzania announces general elections date
Feb 17, 2005 ... Tanzania announces general elections dateDAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Tanzania's National ElectoralCommission (NEC) has announced October 30 as the polling day for thisyear's general elections apart from proclaiming August 21 as thestarting date for the presidential ...
Philippine stocks up despite Moody down-grading
Feb 17, 2005 ... Philippine stocks up despite Moody down-gradingMANILA, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine stocks advancedThursday as buying momentum resumed despite Moody's credit ratingsdowngrade Wednesday. The main index added 18.51 points, or 0.8906 percent, to close2,096.99 ....
Australian scientists successfully clone world first cow using new method
Feb 17, 2005 ... Australian scientists successfully clone world first cow using newmethodCANBERRA, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- A group of Australian scientistsannounced on Thursday they have cloned a cow using a new researchmethod known as serial nuclear transfer (SNT), the first time in theworld ...
Zimbabwean health practitioners urged to be alert to malaria
Feb 17, 2005 ... Zimbabwean health practitioners urged to be alert to malariaHARARE, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Zimbabwean government has calledon health practitioners in the southern African country to be on highalert for malaria in rainy season, the Herald reported Thursday. Deputy director ...
New Zealand share market closes higher
Feb 17, 2005 ... New Zealand share market closes higherWELLINGTON, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Leading stocks and corporateresults pulled the New Zealand sharemarket in different directionsThursday, leaving the top 50 share index mildly in the positive. The benchmark NZSX-50 index closed 5.80 ...
Defense witness soft on accused at UN court
Feb 17, 2005 ... Defense witness soft on accused at UN courtDAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- A defense witness has spoken infavor of an accused during the Rwandan genocide trial at theInternational Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) based in Tanzania'snorthern city of Arusha, according to ...
Gene therapy pioneer arrested on child molestation charges
Feb 17, 2005 ... Gene therapy pioneer arrested on child molestation chargesLOS ANGELES, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- A renowned US scientist, dubbed"Father of Gene Therapy," was arrested here Wednesday on a warrantissued by authorities in Maryland for child molestation charges,police sources said ....
Rwandan troops in Darfur returns home
Feb 17, 2005 ... Rwandan troops in Darfur returns homeKIGALI, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Rwandan troops that have been servingon the African Union (AU) mission in the troubled Darfur region ofSudan will return home on Thursday, according to Defense MinisterMarcel Gatsinzi. The announcement was ...
China conducts survey on coral reefs at Xisha Archipelago
Feb 17, 2005 ... China conducts survey on coral reefs at Xisha Archipelago GUANGZHOU, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese ecologists completed thecountry's first ever general survey on coral reefs at the XishaArchipelago in the South China Sea recently. The aim of the underwater survey is to provide a ...
Samoa escapes worst cyclone
Feb 17, 2005 ... Samoa escapes worst cycloneWELLINGTON, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Cyclone Olaf has left Samoa mostlyunscathed but continues to hover off the coast of American Samoa withgusts up to 240kmh predicted to cause damage, New Zealand PressAssociation (NZPA) reported Thursday. Further ...
A set of 2,800-year-old pottery discovered in NW China
Feb 17, 2005 ... A set of 2,800-year-old pottery discovered in NW ChinaLANZHOU, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Archaeologists in northwest China' sGansu Province recently discovered two pottery cooking utensils made2,800 years ago. A pot and a food steamer, excavated from a site in Lintao Countyof ...
Myanmar leader stresses building of discipline-flourishing democracy
Feb 17, 2005 ... Myanmar leader stresses building of discipline-flourishingdemocracyYANGON, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar leader Lieutenant-GeneralThein Sein on Thursday stressed that the convening of theconstitutional national convention is to build up a genuine anddiscipline-flourishing ...
Air quality of major Chinese cities -- Feb. 17
Feb 17, 2005 ... Air quality of major Chinese cities -- Feb. 17BEIJING, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Report on the quality of air in 47major Chinese cities (12:00 Feb. 16 to 12:00 Feb. 17, Beijing Time) ,released by the China Environmental Monitoring Center:City Major Pollutant ...
Foreign exchange rates in New Zealand
Feb 17, 2005 ... Foreign exchange rates in New ZealandWELLINGTON, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the NZ dollar here on Thursday:Thursday Wednesday Australian dollar 0.9106 0.9105US ...
Rice prices come down in Dar es Salaam
Feb 17, 2005 ... Rice prices come down in Dar es SalaamDAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Rice prices in Dar es Salaam 'smajor markets have dropped due to increased supplies from producingareas in Tanzania. Price indexes from the major markets in the country's biggest cityshowed that ...
US scientists unveil secrets of Saturn's polar light show
Feb 17, 2005 ... US scientists unveil secrets of Saturn's polar light showLOS ANGELES, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- A team of US astronomers saidWednesday they have found that Saturn's aurora behave differentlythan scientists have believed for the last 25 years. Based on the data from NASA's Cassini ...
Uganda's rebel spokesman surrenders to gov't army
Feb 17, 2005 ... Uganda's rebel spokesman surrenders to gov't armyKAMPALA, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Spokesman of the rebel Lord'sResistance Army (LRA), Brig. Sam Kolo Otto has surrendered to theUgandan army in northern district of Gulu, local official mediareported Thursday. Kolo made contact ...
Beijing posts drastic growth in foreign trade in January
Feb 17, 2005 ... Beijing posts drastic growth in foreign trade in JanuaryBEIJING, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Beijing registered 7.853 billion USdollars of foreign trade in January, up 36.8 percent over the samemonth of last year, customs statistics have shown. The foreign trade volume to pass ...
Angolan highway authority rebuilds 42 bridges in 2004
Feb 17, 2005 ... Angolan highway authority rebuilds 42 bridges in 2004LUANDA, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Angolan National HighwaysInstitute (INEA) rebuilt 42 bridges nationwide last year to allowbetter circulation of goods and people and boost the nation's post-war economy. Currently the ...
S. Africa imposes heavy tariff on imported Irish cheese
Feb 17, 2005 ... S. Africa imposes heavy tariff on imported Irish cheeseJOHANNESBURG, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- South Africa's InternationalTrade Administration Commission imposed a 60.2 percent tariff oncheese imported from Ireland in a move to curb the dumping of cheapcheese in the country, ...
Rebels kill 5 Assam Rifles troopers in northeast India
Feb 17, 2005 ... Rebels kill 5 Assam Rifles troopers in northeast IndiaNEW DELHI, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- At least five Indian paramilitarytroopers, including a captain, were killed and another seriouslyinjured in an ambush by separatist guerrillas in the restivenortheastern state of Manipur, the ...
China gears up energy production
Feb 17, 2005 ... China gears up energy productionBEIJING, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- China's primary energy productionreached approximately 1.85 billion tons equivalent of standard coalin 2004, up about 15 percent over the previous year, according toChina's National Development and Reform Commission ( ...
Guangdong exports 1 bln dollars worth of garments in January
Feb 17, 2005 ... Guangdong exports 1 bln dollars worth of garments in JanuaryGUANGZHOU, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- South China's Guangdong Provinceexported 1 billion US dollars worth of garments in January, up 29. 6percent year-on-year, according to a local customs official. The source said the ...
Indonesian plane maker reaches deal with Malaysian firm
Feb 17, 2005 ... Indonesian plane maker reaches deal with Malaysian firmJAKARTA, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Aerospace industry PT DirgantaraIndonesia has signed agreement on joint operation in the sale of itsCN-235 propeller planes with Malaysia's GroupTech, an executive saidThursday. Dirgantara ...
Philippines forms task force to investigate bombing in Metro Manila
Feb 17, 2005 ... Philippines forms task force to investigate bombing in MetroManilaMANILA, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine government Thursdayformed a task force composed of police, military and local governmentofficials to investigate the bombing of a passenger bus in Makati,Metro Manila, ...
Fresh outbreak of anthrax reported in Uganda's national park
Feb 17, 2005 ... Fresh outbreak of anthrax reported in Uganda's national parkKAMPALA, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Ugandan government has confirmeda fresh outbreak of anthrax in Queen Elizabeth National Park some 450km southwest of the capital Kampala. The chairman of the National Task Force ...
Kenya drops in FIFA ranking
Feb 17, 2005 ... Kenya drops in FIFA rankingNAIROBI, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's devastating 1-5 loss toMorocco in the World Cup qualifier has caused the team to move downby two positions from 75 to 77 in the latest ranking issued by theworld soccer governing body FIFA, local media reported ...
Major news items in leading Nigerian newspapers
Feb 17, 2005 ... Major news items in leading Nigerian newspapersLAGOS, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Nigerian newspapers on Thursday. This Day: -- Just 24 hours after the Nigerian governmentreleased the final list of delegates to the proposed ...
Major news items in leading Kenyan newspapers
Feb 17, 2005 ... Major news items in leading Kenyan newspapersNAIROBI, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Kenyan newspapers on Thursday. Daily Nation: -- A new section to fight corruption and economic crimes wasestablished Wednesday in the Kenyan ...
Chinese people save for children's education
Feb 17, 2005 ... Chinese people save for children's educationBEIJING, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- A survey of people in China's tenlargest cities shows that saving money for children's educationconstitutes a universal feature of their saving habits. The survey was conducted by the Chinese Academy ...
Low-income family's cost of living rises in Zimbabwe
Feb 17, 2005 ... Low-income family's cost of living rises in ZimbabweHARARE, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- The consumer basket for a low- incomeurban family of six has risen marginally to 1.8 million Zimbabweandollars (about 290 US dollars) from 1.6 million Zimbabwean dollars(250 US dollars) per month, ...
Parents refusing to take kids to school risk prosecution in Kenya
Feb 17, 2005 ... Parents refusing to take kids to school risk prosecution in Kenya NAIROBI, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Kenyan government, which hadimplemented the free primary education program, has warned thatparents who fail to take their children to school risk immediateprosecution, the Kenya ...
Tokyo stocks decline
Feb 17, 2005 ... Tokyo stocks declineTOKYO, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks ended slightly lowerThursday in directionless trading, with investors buying select bluechips, but the overall market fell prey to profit-taking in a widerange of low-priced shares. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock ...
Malaysia expects more Indonesian legal workers: Najib
Feb 17, 2005 ... Malaysia expects more Indonesian legal workers: NajibKUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia expects the number ofIndonesian workers entering the country legally to reach 1.5 million,Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak said Thursday. The increase from the current total ...
Philippine martial court drops charges against 3 mutineers
Feb 17, 2005 ... Philippine martial court drops charges against 3 mutineersMANILA, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Philippine armed forces chief EfrenAbu has ordered military prosecutors in the ongoing court martialproceedings against the Oakwood mutineers to drop charges againstthree of the accused due to ...
Sao Tome's ex-PM accuses president of "insulting" parliament
Feb 17, 2005 ... Sao Tome's ex-PM accuses president of "insulting" parliamentLUANDA, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- The former prime minister of Sao Tomeand Principe, Guilherme Posser da Costa, has accused PresidentFradique de Menezes of jeopardizing democracy in the archipelago by"insulting" its ...
China to attach energy label to household air- conditioners,refrigerators
Feb 17, 2005 ... China to attach energy label to household air-conditioners,refrigeratorsBEIJING, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Beginning March 1, China will attachenergy labels to household air-conditioners and refrigerators, theChina National Institute of Standardization said here Thursday. This ...
Court's upholding of Zambian president's election shock opposition parties
Feb 17, 2005 ... Court's upholding of Zambian president's election shock oppositionpartiesLUSAKA, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- The decision made by the SupremeCourt to uphold the election of President Levy Mwanawasa in the 2001presidential election has shocked opposition political parties inZambia ....
Yan Shiduo steps down as Chinese soccer boss
Feb 17, 2005 ... Yan Shiduo steps down as Chinese soccer bossBEIJING, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- CEO of Chinese soccer governing bodyYan Shiduo has stepped down from the post, reported China's sportsofficial website on Thursday. Yan, 53, has been dismissed from his post as the director of ...
7 killed as van falls into gorge in north India
Feb 17, 2005 ... 7 killed as van falls into gorge in north IndiaNEW DELHI, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Seven persons including a childwere killed when a pick-up van rolled down into a gorge in Solandistrict of northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, the PressTrust of India quoted a local police ...
Shanghai stock index mixed -- Feb. 17
Feb 17, 2005 ... Shanghai stock index mixed -- Feb. 17BEIJING, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Composite Stock Index on theShanghai Stock Exchange closed at 1,276.13 points on Wednesday, down2.74 points from the previous ...
Bank of China reports imminent issue of multi-bln-yuan subordinateddebts
Feb 17, 2005 ... Bank of China reports imminent issue of multi-bln-yuansubordinated debts by Xinhua financial writer Wang Weiping BEIJING, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Bank of China (BOC) announcedThursday it would issue subordinated debts totaling 18-20 billionyuan (2.2-2.4 billion US dollars) on ...
Ugandan gov't stops staging controversial play "Vagina Monologues"
Feb 17, 2005 ... Ugandan gov't stops staging controversial play "Vagina Monologues" KAMPALA, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Ugandan government has stoppedthe launching of the play entitled "Vagina Monologues," arguing thatit offends and corrupts public morals. The Minister of State for Information ...
Shenzhen stock index mixed -- Feb. 17
Feb 17, 2005 ... Shenzhen stock index mixed -- Feb. 17BEIJING, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Component Stock Index on theShenzhen Stock Exchange closed at 3,264.34 points on Wednesday, down19.53 points from the previous ...
Two US soldiers die in vehicle accident in southern Iraq
Feb 17, 2005 ... Two US soldiers die in vehicle accident in southern IraqBAGHDAD, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Two US soldiers were killed in avehicle accident on Wednesday in southern Iraq, the military saidThursday. "Two soldiers assigned to the First Marine Expeditionary Forcewere killed in a ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0900 GMT, Feb. 17
Feb 17, 2005 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0900 GMT, Feb. 17BERLIN -- Iran has not set a timetable for the ongoingnegotiations with the European Union on its nuclear program, visitingIranian Foreign Minister Kamal Charrasi said Wednesday. In an interview with German newspaper Frankfurter ...
Foreign exchange rates in Kenya
Feb 17, 2005 ... Foreign exchange rates in KenyaNAIROBI, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- The following are the foreignexchange rates against the Kenyan shilling released by the CentralBank of Kenya on Thursday. Thursday Wednesday US dollar76.5056 76.7944 British ...
Urgent: Explosion killed two, wounded six in Mogadishu: official
Feb 17, 2005 ... Urgent: Explosion killed two, wounded six in Mogadishu: officialNAIROBI, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- A bomb attached to a motorcycleexploded in Somali capital Mogadishu Thursday morning, killing two"innocent Somalis" and wounding six others, of which three are invery serious condition, ...
Brazil Open ATP tournament results
Feb 17, 2005 ... Brazil Open ATP tournament resultsRIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Following are the second roundresults from the 380,000 US dollars Brazil Open ATP tennis tournamentin Costa do Sauipe on Wednesday (prefix number ...
211 confirmed dead in NE China coal mine blast
Feb 17, 2005 ... 211 confirmed dead in NE China coal mine blastFUXIN, Liaoning, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers have found anothercorpse in Sunjiawan coal mine in Fuxin City, northeast China'sLiaoning ...