Xinhua News Agency back issues from Saturday, February 19:
DPRK willing to resume nuclear talks when conditions met: newspaper
Feb 19, 2005 ... DPRK willing to resume nuclear talks when conditions met:newspaperSEOUL, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic ofKorea (DPRK) is willing to return to talks in any form if someconditions are met, a South Korean newspaper reported on Saturday,quoting a DPRK ...
Colombia makes biggest cocaine haul in two years
Feb 19, 2005 ... Colombia makes biggest cocaine haul in two yearsBOGOTA, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Colombia's army seized on Friday fourtons of cocaine in the country's biggest drug haul in nearly twoyears in a Pacific coastal area some 500 km southwest of its capitalcity Bogota, said army officials ....
Astronomers record massive energy burst in Milky Way
Feb 19, 2005 ... Astronomers record massive energy burst in Milky WayWASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Astronomers on Friday reported amassive energy burst from a neutron far beyond the Solar system,saying the flash is the brightest ever recorded in the gamma-rayrange. The US National ...
US FDA panel approves return of Merck's Vioxx to market
Feb 19, 2005 ... US FDA panel approves return of Merck's Vioxx to marketWASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- A US Food and Drug Administration(FDA) advisory panel on Friday approved the safety of the painkillerVioxx withdrawn by Merck & Co. Inc. and its return to the market. However, it ...
Education & Careers Expo: key to the future
Feb 19, 2005 ... Education & Careers Expo: key to the futureHONG KONG, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Riding on the theme "Keys to theFuture", the Education and Careers Expo 2005 opens up a world ofopportunities, benefiting not only the individual, but also theeconomy as a whole, a Hong Kong government ...
Bangladeshi poultry sector in deep financial crisis
Feb 19, 2005 ... Bangladeshi poultry sector in deep financial crisisDHAKA, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh's poultry industry is indeep financial crisis due to declining demand and over productionsince it suffered a serious jolt following the outbreak of bird fluin some Southeast Asian countries ...
Philippine NPA rebels make 2 attacks on government forces
Feb 19, 2005 ... Philippine NPA rebels make 2 attacks on government forcesMANILA, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- The New Peoples Army (NPA) rebels ofthe Philippines staged two separate attacks against government forcespast midnight Friday in Quezon and Batangas province in Luzon,according to both police ...
Boat sinking in HK sea waters causes one dead, one missing
Feb 19, 2005 ... Boat sinking in HK sea waters causes one dead, one missingHONG KONG, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- A 20-meter-long boat sunk in seawaters near East Ping Chau in northeast of Hong Kong Saturdaymorning, leaving one killed and one missing, a government sourceconfirmed. A government ...
2 killed in plane crash in central Philippines
Feb 19, 2005 ... 2 killed in plane crash in central PhilippinesMANILA, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed when a twinseater plane of unspecified type crashed Saturday off Lubang islandnear Occidental Mindoro, central Philippines, ...
Myanmar prime minister to visit Philippines
Feb 19, 2005 ... Myanmar prime minister to visit PhilippinesMANILA, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar's prime minister General SoeWin will start an official visit to the Philippines on Monday aimedat enhancing relations between the two southeast Asian countries. Soe Win, who will arrive here ...
ATP and WTA Memphis results (updated)
Feb 19, 2005 ... ATP and WTA Memphis results (updated)WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results on thefifth day of an 860,000-dollar ATP and WTA tournament at Memphis, theUnited States on Friday (prefix denotes seed): Men Quarter-finals 8-Max Mirnyi, ...
Gold price higher in Hong Kong -- Feb. 19
Feb 19, 2005 ... Gold price higher in Hong Kong -- Feb. 19HONG KONG, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- The gold price in Hong Kong roseone HK dollar to 3,954 a tael Saturday, according to the Bank ...
Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapers
Feb 19, 2005 ... Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapersISLAMABAD, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Pakistani English newspapers on Saturday.Dawn: -- The Bush administration is seeking Congress's approval forfinancial assistance to ...
China actually uses 4.1 bln US dollars of foreign investment inJanuary
Feb 19, 2005 ... China actually uses 4.1 bln US dollars of foreign investment inJanuaryBEIJING, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- China actually utilized about 4.1billion US dollars of foreign direct investment (FDI) in January of2005, a year-on-year rise of 10.72 percent, official statistics fromMinistry ...
Foreign exchange rates in Hong Kong -- Feb. 19
Feb 19, 2005 ... Foreign exchange rates in Hong Kong -- Feb. 19HONG KONG, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Following are the foreign exchangerates against the Hong Kong dollar released by Bank of China (HongKong) Limited at 11:02 p.m. on Saturday: Buying Selling Japanese yen ...
Asian-African Summit in Indonesia to proceed as planned: official
Feb 19, 2005 ... Asian-African Summit in Indonesia to proceed as planned: official JAKARTA, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian foreign ministry hasconfirmed that the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the BandungConference and the Asian-African Summit will go ahead as scheduled. Ministry ...
Susilo urges release of Indonesian journalists held in Iraq
Feb 19, 2005 ... Susilo urges release of Indonesian journalists held in IraqJAKARTA, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian President Susilo BambangYudhoyono has urged the captors of two Indonesian TV journalists inIraq to release them, a local newspaper reported Saturday. "The two are doing their ...
Foreign exchange rates in Indonesia
Feb 19, 2005 ... Foreign exchange rates in IndonesiaJAKARTA, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Following are the foreign exchangerates against the Indonesian rupiah here Saturday: SaturdayFriday US dollar9,250/9,280 9,270/9,300 ...
Top online game provider buys 19.5 pct stake of key portal website
Feb 19, 2005 ... Top online game provider buys 19.5 pct stake of key portal website BEIJING, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Shanda Interactive EntertainmentLimited, China's largest online game operator, announced Saturdaythat the company acquired 19.5 percent of the outstanding ordinaryshares of Sina ...
UAE's GDP grows 6.6 percent in 2004
Feb 19, 2005 ... UAE's GDP grows 6.6 percent in 2004ABU DHABI, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- The gross domestic product (GDP) ofthe United Arab Emirates (UAE) grew by 6.6 percent in 2004, reaching85.36 billion US dollars, the Gulf News daily reported Saturday. Last year's GDP has helped the UAE ...
Three traffic accidents kill 14 in China
Feb 19, 2005 ... Three traffic accidents kill 14 in ChinaBEIJING, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Three separate traffic accidentskilled 14 people in China on Friday, according to sources with localpolice and governments Saturday. In northwest China's Shaanxi Province, a passenger van fell offroad ...
East African Community to hold joint military exercise
Feb 19, 2005 ... East African Community to hold joint military exerciseDAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- The three East AfricanCommunity (EAC) member countries of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania are tohold a joint military exercise in Arusha of northern Tanzania, localmedia reported Saturday ....
Tanzania to invest 135 million dollars in agriculture in 6 years
Feb 19, 2005 ... Tanzania to invest 135 million dollars in agriculture in 6 yearsDAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Tanzania is to invest 135billion shillings (135 million US dollars) into the country'sagricultural sector in the next six years, as a tangible step tomaterialize the agricultural ...
Uganda loses 30 million dollars from coffee wilt annually
Feb 19, 2005 ... Uganda loses 30 million dollars from coffee wilt annuallyKAMPALA, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Uganda lost some 30 million USdollars from coffee wilt every year, an official with the UgandaCoffee Development Authority (UCDA) has said. George Lukwago, research development manager of ...
Major news items in leading Nigerian newspapers
Feb 19, 2005 ... Major news items in leading Nigerian newspapersLAGOS, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Nigerian newspapers on Saturday. This Day: -- Fresh insight into Thursday's public endorsement of theproposed National Dialogue by Southern ...
Major news items in leading Kenyan newspapers
Feb 19, 2005 ... Major news items in leading Kenyan newspapersNAIROBI, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Kenyan newspapers on Saturday. Daily Nation: -- The Kenyan cabinet met Friday for six hours with corruption theonly item on the agenda. The ...
Dar es Salaam port to scan containers on board ships
Feb 19, 2005 ... Dar es Salaam port to scan containers on board shipsDAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Tanzania has moved to solve thecongestion of the Dar es Salaam port through scanning containersdirectly on board ships, local newspaper Daily News reported onSaturday. The Dar es Salaam ...
Susilo plans more overseas trips
Feb 19, 2005 ... Susilo plans more overseas tripsJAKARTA, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian President Susilo BambangYudhoyono is planning to visit a number of countries including Japan,China, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and several otherAsian and European nations, according to an ...
Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers
Feb 19, 2005 ... Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapersCAIRO, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Egyptian newspapers on Saturday.Al Ahram: -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Friday talked with AlgerianPresident Abdelaziz Bouteflika over ...
Air quality of major Chinese cities -- Feb. 19
Feb 19, 2005 ... Air quality of major Chinese cities -- Feb. 19BEIJING, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Report on the quality of air in 47major Chinese cities (12:00 Feb. 18 to 12:00 Feb. 19, Beijing Time) ,released by the China Environmental Monitoring Center:City Major Pollutant ...
Backgrounder: Iraqi Shiites celebrate Ashura
Feb 19, 2005 ... Backgrounder: Iraqi Shiites celebrate AshuraBAGHDAD, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Shiites Muslims in Iraq began tocelebrate their most important holiday of Ashura in Baghdad onSaturday, one day after five attacks targeting them left at least 30dead. The following are some key ...
Malaysia share market to see further consolidation next week
Feb 19, 2005 ... Malaysia share market to see further consolidation next weekKUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia share market is likelyto see further consolidation next week and strong support on lowerliners may cap the market from further losses. The market volume is expected to be ...
Former US presidents arrive in Thailand
Feb 19, 2005 ... Former US presidents arrive in ThailandBANGKOK, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Two former US presidents, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, arrived in Thailand's southern resortprovince of Phuket Saturday morning to inspect areas which weredevastated by the Dec. 26 tsunamis and to confer ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0915 GMT, Feb. 19
Feb 19, 2005 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0915 GMT, Feb. 19BAGHDAD -- Seven people were killed and 10 others wounded when acar bomb exploded Friday evening outside a Shiite mosque in the townof Iskandariya, south of Baghdad, police sources said. (Iraq-Bombing) - - - - CAIRO ...
29th Japanese tsunami victim confirmed
Feb 19, 2005 ... 29th Japanese tsunami victim confirmedTOKYO, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- A 43-year-old Japanese woman, who wentmissing from the Thai resort of Phuket following the Dec. 26 tsunamiin the Indian Ocean, has been confirmed dead in Thailand, bringingthe Japanese death toll in the disaster to ...
Mideast tourism grows 20 percent in 2004: report
Feb 19, 2005 ... Mideast tourism grows 20 percent in 2004: reportABU DHABI, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Middle East area recorded atourism growth of 20 percent in 2004, the UAE News daily said onSaturday, citing a World Tourism Organization (WTO) report. According to the WTO report, ...
MAS expects slight lower revenue for current financial year
Feb 19, 2005 ... MAS expects slight lower revenue for current financial yearKUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia Airlines (MAS) expectsthe sales revenue for the current financial year ending March 2005 toreach 9 billion ringgit (2.36 billion US dollars), slightly lowerthan previous year, a ...
New Zealand to send technicians help cyclone-hit Cook Island
Feb 19, 2005 ... New Zealand to send technicians help cyclone-hit Cook IslandWELLINGTON, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand will sendtelecommunications technicians to the Cook Islands to help repairdamage caused by Cyclone Olaf Friday night, and further assistance islikely in the next few days, ...
Israel to make "painful concessions" for peace: Sharon
Feb 19, 2005 ... Israel to make "painful concessions" for peace: SharonCAIRO, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharonsaid Israel is willing to make "painful concessions" to achieve peacewith the Palestinians, but indicated little flexibility on securityand other fundamental ...
HK launches Intellectual Property Tutor Program in schools
Feb 19, 2005 ... HK launches Intellectual Property Tutor Program in schoolsHONG KONG, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Hong Kong Intellectual PropertyDepartment (IPD) Saturday launched the "Intellectual Property (IP)Tutor Program in Schools," with the support of the Hong KongProfessional Teachers' Union ...
Eritrean president leaves Beijing for Xi'an
Feb 19, 2005 ... Eritrean president leaves Beijing for Xi'anBEIJING, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Eritrean President Issayas Aferwerkileft Beijing Saturday for Xi'an, capital of northwest China's ShaanxiProvince, to continue his China tour. Issayas arrived ...
Sharapova back to action at Qatar Open from illness
Feb 19, 2005 ... Sharapova back to action at Qatar Open from illnessABU DHABI, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapovaarrived in Doha on Saturday and will be back to action at the WTAevent in Qater which starts on Monday after sidelined by the illnessthat forced her to withdraw ...
Weather forecast for major world cities -- Feb. 19
Feb 19, 2005 ... Weather forecast for major world cities -- Feb. 19BEIJING, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Weather forecast for 11 world cities(20:00 Feb. 19 - 20:00 Feb. 20, Beijing Time, temperatures inCelsius):Min. Max. ConditionWind scale Beijing -11 -2 ...
Weather information for Asia-Pacific cities -- Feb. 19
Feb 19, 2005 ... Weather information for Asia-Pacific cities -- Feb. 19HONG KONG, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- The following are temperatures andweather forecast for Feb. 20 for 22 Asian-Pacific cities dispatchedby the Hong Kong Observatory on Saturday:Cities Temperature (Degree Celsius) ...
Major news items in leading British newspapers
Feb 19, 2005 ... Major news items in leading British newspapersLONDON, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading British newspapers Saturday: The Times: -- Millions of food products have been recalled from supermarketshelves across Britain over concern that ...
Terrorists may be planning to attack foreign aid workers in Aceh:Australian FM
Feb 19, 2005 ... Terrorists may be planning to attack foreign aid workers in Aceh:Australian FMCANBERRA, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Australian Foreign MinisterAlexander Downer on Saturday said the government has received newinformation suggesting terrorists may be planning to attack foreignaid ...
HK Financial Secretary rules out tax rise in budget
Feb 19, 2005 ... HK Financial Secretary rules out tax rise in budgetHONG KONG, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- If economic situation allows, theHong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government will notraise taxes in the March 16 Budget, Financial Secretary Henry Tangsaid Saturday. Tang made ...
Four people die in mine mishap in Zambia
Feb 19, 2005 ... Four people die in mine mishap in ZambiaLUSAKA, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Four miners are feared dead followingan accident at Mopani Copper Mine on the Copperbelt town of Kitwe,Zambia News Agency reported here Saturday. President of Mine Workers Union of Zambia Andrew Mwanza ...
DPRK says no justification for direct talks with US now
Feb 19, 2005 ... DPRK says no justification for direct talks with US nowPYONGYANG, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic ofKorea (DPRK) on Saturday said that there is no justification now tohold one-to-one bilateral talks with the United States on the nuclearissue of the Korean ...
Turkish Cypriots to elect new parliament members Sunday
Feb 19, 2005 ... Turkish Cypriots to elect new parliament members SundayANKARA, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Turkish Cypriots are expected to go toearly polls on Sunday to elect their new parliament representatives,Anatolia News Agency reported on Saturday. Sunday's election will be the ninth for ...
Interview: Hong Kong -- a creative platform for world performers
Feb 19, 2005 ... Interview: Hong Kong -- a creative platform for world performersHONG KONG, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong is an international city,people are exposed to all sorts of international trends and they haveinternational and sophisticated tastes, said executive director ofthe Hong Kong ...
Weather forecast for major Chinese cities -- Feb. 19
Feb 19, 2005 ... Weather forecast for major Chinese cities -- Feb. 19BEIJING, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Weather forecast for 17 major Chinesecities (20:00 Feb. 19 - 20:00 Feb. 20 Beijing Time, temperatures inCelsius):Min.Max. Condition Wind scale Beijing-11 ...
Israel allows Palestinians aged 16-35 to cross Rafah checkpoint
Feb 19, 2005 ... Israel allows Palestinians aged 16-35 to cross Rafah checkpointGAZA, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Chief of crossings and borders in thePalestinian National Authority (PNA) Salim Abu Safeya said Saturdaythat Palestinians aged between 16 and 35 will be able to travelthrough the Rafah ...
1st lead: Seven Iraqis killed in car bomb in Baghdad
Feb 19, 2005 ... 1st lead: Seven Iraqis killed in car bomb in Baghdad Eds: Updateswith detailsBAGHDAD, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- A suicide car bomb detonated atAshura commemoration in western Baghdad on Saturday, killing at leastseven people and wounding more than a dozen others, police said ....
Erekat to meet Sharon's advisor in days
Feb 19, 2005 ... Erekat to meet Sharon's advisor in daysRAMALLAH, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Chief Palestinian negotiator SaebErekat said Saturday that he is scheduled to meet Israeli PrimeMinister's advisor Dov Weisglass within the coming days. Erekat told Voice of Palestine radio that the ...
Brazil Open ATP tennis tournament results
Feb 19, 2005 ... Brazil Open ATP tennis tournament resultsRIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Following are the semi- finalresults from the 380,000 US dollars Brazil Open ATP tennis tournamentin ...
Urgent: Seven Iraqis killed in car bomb in Baghdad
Feb 19, 2005 ... Urgent: Seven Iraqis killed in car bomb in BaghdadBAGHDAD, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- A suicide car bomb detonated ...
Four Iraqis killed in bus explosion in Baghdad
Feb 19, 2005 ... Four Iraqis killed in bus explosion in BaghdadBAGHDAD, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Four Iraqis were killed and more than20 wounded on Saturday in a bus explosion in Baghdad's KadhumiyahShiite neighborhood, police said. The blast took place outside a security barrier set up to ...
Thousands of Britons hunt fox, testing limits of new ban
Feb 19, 2005 ... Thousands of Britons hunt fox, testing limits of new banLONDON, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Thousands of hunters are joining morethan 250 fox hunts Saturday to test the limits of a new ban whichcame into force across England and Wales one day earlier, theCountryside Alliance announced ....
Senior judge elected new president of Chinese Int'l Law Society
Feb 19, 2005 ... Senior judge elected new president of Chinese Int'l Law SocietyBEIJING, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Cao Jianming, vice president ofChina's Supreme People's Court (SPC), was elected as new president ofthe Chinese International Law Society during Saturday's meeting. Cao said that the ...
Egyptian PM meets WB president on cooperation
Feb 19, 2005 ... Egyptian PM meets WB president on cooperationCAIRO, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazef onSaturday met with visiting World Bank President James Wolfensohn inthe southern city of Luxor to explore cooperation potentials betweenthe two sides, the official MENA ...
India's foreign exchange reserves soar to 129.98 bln dlr.
Feb 19, 2005 ... India's foreign exchange reserves soar to 129.98 bln dlr.NEW DELHI, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- India's foreign exchange reservessoared to a staggering 129.98 billion US dollars in the week endedFeb. 11 on large-scale overseas fund inflows into the domesticmarket, the Indo-Asian News ...
Oil prices in Angola rise about 11 percent
Feb 19, 2005 ... Oil prices in Angola rise about 11 percentLUANDA, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Fuel prices in Angola rose by anaverage on 11.4 percent since Friday in the third hike of oil productprices in the last nine months. According to the Angolan official daily Jornal de Angola onSaturday, ...
Suwon Bluewings beat Yokohama F-Marinos 3-1
Feb 19, 2005 ... Suwon Bluewings beat Yokohama F-Marinos 3-1SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Suwon Bluewings from South Korea beatYokohama F-Marinos from Japan 3-1 in the East Asian Champions ...
Air France may cancel half flights out of Paris' Orly airport
Feb 19, 2005 ... Air France may cancel half flights out of Paris' Orly airportPARIS, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Air France may have to cancel half ofits flights out of Paris' Orly West air terminal due to a strike byground technical staff, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported Saturday. Air France ...