Xinhua News Agency back issues from Tuesday, March 22:
Bomb blasts injure 5 in Ambon, Indonesia
Mar 22, 2005 ... Bomb blasts injure 5 in Ambon, IndonesiaJAKARTA, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Two bomb explosions took place earlyTuesday and Monday evening in Ambon, the capital city of the MalukuProvince in eastern Indonesia, injuring five people, local mediareported. The second bomb ...
US provides Uganda with 27 million dollars for food relief in north
Mar 22, 2005 ... US provides Uganda with 27 million dollars for food relief innorthKAMPALA, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The United States is to provideUganda with an additional 27 million US dollars for food aid in thenorth, the US embassy said in a statement available here on Tuesday. US ...
Chinese Academy of Sciences to build research networks
Mar 22, 2005 ... Chinese Academy of Sciences to build research networksBEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Vice President of the ChineseAcademy of Sciences (CAS) Shi Erwei said here Tuesday that in thecoming five years the academy will focus on building researchnetworks to combine academic resources ...
Roundup: Dry spell renders Kathmanduites sleepless nights by Chen Qiaoyan
Mar 22, 2005 ... Roundup: Dry spell renders Kathmanduites sleepless nights by Chen QiaoyanKATHMANDU, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Troubled by water shortage,residents living in Nepal's capital Kathmandu are having sleeplessnights as the city is undergoing a dry spell which will last from ...
Vietnam strives to reduce goiter rate
Mar 22, 2005 ... Vietnam strives to reduce goiter rateHANOI, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam has targeted this year toslash the percentage of goiter sufferers among children aged 8-10 tounder 5 percent from the currently near 7 percent, local newspaperNew Hanoi reported on Tuesday. To this ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0815 GMT, March 22
Mar 22, 2005 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0815 GMT, March 22CAIRO -- Jordan's King Abdullah II has ordered the return ofJordanian ambassador to Iraq, the Dubai-based al-Arabiya satellite TVchannel reported on Monday. But the report did not provide further details. Earlier on ...
Report: Real Madrid to take stake in Chinese football club
Mar 22, 2005 ... Report: Real Madrid to take stake in Chinese football clubBEIJING, Mar. 21 (Xinhua) -- Spanish football giant Real Madridplans to buy a 30 to 40 percent stake in Chinese club Beijing Guo' anfor some 30 million yuan (about 3.62 million US dollars), local mediareported on Tuesday ....
Mandela Center planned in Arusha, Tanzania
Mar 22, 2005 ... Mandela Center planned in Arusha, TanzaniaDAR ES SALAAM, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Tanzania's northern city ofArusha has been appointed to host the planned Mandela Center, whichwill act as the spearhead of promoting education and science in sub-Sahara Africa, local newspaper Daily ...
NBA standings after Monday's games
Mar 22, 2005 ... NBA standings after Monday's gamesWASHINGTON, Mar. 21 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings afterNational Basketball Association games played Monday: EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION W L PCT GB Boston38 29 .567 - ...
Zimbabwe approves 20 investment projects
Mar 22, 2005 ... Zimbabwe approves 20 investment projectsHARARE, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The Zimbabwe Investment Center ( ZIC)has approved 20 investment projects worth 6.45 million US dollarssince the beginning of this year. The manufacturing sector topped the list with projects valued ...
Vietnam to boost exports with higher values to China
Mar 22, 2005 ... Vietnam to boost exports with higher values to ChinaHANOI, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam is trying to penetrate moredeeply into Chinese markets with products of higher values, in a moveto generate an export revenue of 3 billion US dollars this year. The Vietnam Rubber ...
Shooting kills 1, injuring 3 in southern Thailand
Mar 22, 2005 ... Shooting kills 1, injuring 3 in southern ThailandBANGKOK, March 22 (Xinhua) -- One person was killed and threeothers injured in a shooting in Thailand's Songkhla province,adjacent to the violence-haunted deep South, local newspaper reportedTuesday. In Songkhla's Thepha ...
S.Korean shares end mixed
Mar 22, 2005 ... S.Korean shares end mixedSEOUL, March 22 (Xinhua) -- South Korean stocks finished mixedTuesday. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) edged up1.14 points, or 0.11 percent, to 980.41, snapping a three-daydecline.Volume on the main bourse was ...
Indonesia's electronic sales down in February
Mar 22, 2005 ... Indonesia's electronic sales down in FebruaryJAKARTA, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The number of electronic productssold in Indonesia in February decreased by 10 percent compared toJanuary, according to the Electronic Marketers' Club here Tuesday. "Consumers limit their spending on ...
Four blasts hit Balochistan, Pakistan
Mar 22, 2005 ... Four blasts hit Balochistan, PakistanISLAMABAD, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Four bomb blasts have rockeddifferent areas of Balochistan, southwestern province of Pakistan,causing one injury and toppling a tower of power transmission line,local newspaper The Nation reported Tuesday ....
Monday's results of NBA games
Mar 22, 2005 ... Monday's results of NBA gamesWASHINGTON, Mar. 21 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results ofMonday's National Basketball Association games (home team in CAPS): ...
US researchers develop new technique to detect fingerprints
Mar 22, 2005 ... US researchers develop new technique to detect fingerprintsLOS ANGELES, March 21 (Xinhua)-- Scientists at the Los AlamosNational Laboratory said Monday that they have developed a novelmethod for detecting fingerprints based on the chemical elementspresent in sweat residue ....
China, DRC to further relations between armies
Mar 22, 2005 ... China, DRC to further relations between armiesBEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- China and the Democratic Republic ofCongo (DRC) said here Tuesday they would further enhance friendlycooperation between their militaries. The two sides expressed their willingness to do so when ...
NBA Conference standings after Monday's games
Mar 22, 2005 ... NBA Conference standings after Monday's gamesWASHINGTON, Mar. 21 (Xinhua) -- Following are the NationalBasketball Association conference standings after Monday's games: EASTERN CONFERENCE W L PCT GB 1. Miami (x)52 16 .765- 2 ....
One more joins Tanzanian presidential race on ruling party ticket
Mar 22, 2005 ... One more joins Tanzanian presidential race on ruling party ticket DAR ES SALAAM, March 22 (Xinhua) -- One more aspirant from theruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party (CCM) has declared to join thisyear's Tanzanian presidential race, adding up the total number ofaspirants on the CCM ...
Hong Kong stocks lower at midday -- March 22
Mar 22, 2005 ... Hong Kong stocks lower at midday -- March 22HONG KONG, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong ...
Roundup: HK residential market back to boom cycle
Mar 22, 2005 ... Roundup: HK residential market back to boom cycleHONG KONG, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Extending the rising momentum in2004, Hong Kong's residential market activities have remained briskduring the first two months of 2005, sending transaction volume tothe second high since the 1997 ...
Stem-cell operation on NZ woman in China has immediate effect: radio
Mar 22, 2005 ... Stem-cell operation on NZ woman in China has immediate effect:radioWELLINGTON, March 22 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand woman Willie Terpstrais showing signs of physical improvement after recent stem cellsurgery in China, New Zealand National Radio reported Tuesday. Mrs Terpstra, ...
Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapers
Mar 22, 2005 ... Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapersISLAMABAD, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Pakistani English newspapers on Tuesday.The Nation: -- The economy is expected to grow by up to 7.8 percent in thecurrent fiscal year, a ...
40 Nepali kids die daily of water borne diseases: UNICEF
Mar 22, 2005 ... 40 Nepali kids die daily of water borne diseases: UNICEFKATHMANDU, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Some 40 children die each day ofdiarrhea and other water borne diseases in Nepal, the United NationsChildren's Fund (UNICEF) said here Tuesday. "In Nepal, access to clean water and ...
World Bank selects 40 projects in Nepal to compete for grants
Mar 22, 2005 ... World Bank selects 40 projects in Nepal to compete for grantsKATHMANDU, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank Nepal Office onTuesday made public the 40 finalists from 1,037 enterprising projectsto compete for the innovation grants in a bid to effectively deliverbasic services to ...
Major foreign exchange rates in Pakistan
Mar 22, 2005 ... Major foreign exchange rates in PakistanISLAMABAD, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are major exchangerates against the Pakistani rupee issued by the Treasury ManagementDivision of the National Bank of Pakistan on Tuesday. Selling Buying Buying TT & OD...
Singapore denies reports of joint military drill with Taiwan
Mar 22, 2005 ... Singapore denies reports of joint military drill with TaiwanSINGAPORE, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Singapore on Tuesday denied thepress reports that the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) will hold jointmilitary exercises with troops of China's Taiwan. There is no truth in Taiwan's ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 1)
Mar 22, 2005 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 1)HONG KONG, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Tuesday:Fire kills two people in HK Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers India to start ...
Foreign exchange rates in Indonesia
Mar 22, 2005 ... Foreign exchange rates in IndonesiaJAKARTA, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the foreign exchangerates against the Indonesian rupiah here Tuesday:Tuesday Monday US dollar9,390/9,420 9,360/9,390 Euro ...
Hong Kong stocks close lower -- March 22
Mar 22, 2005 ... Hong Kong stocks close lower -- March 22HONG KONG, March 22 (Xinhua) -- ...
Uganda's fish exports fall in January
Mar 22, 2005 ... Uganda's fish exports fall in JanuaryKAMPALA, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Uganda exported 2,556.60 tons offish in January, worth of 9.6 million US dollars, down from theprevious month's 10.5 million dollars. Commissioner for Fisheries in the Ministry of Agriculture DickNyeko ...
Norwegian FM to visit China
Mar 22, 2005 ... Norwegian FM to visit ChinaBEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Norwegian Foreign Minister JanPetersen will pay an official visit to China from March 28 to April ...
Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers
Mar 22, 2005 ... Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapersCAIRO, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Egyptian newspapers on Tuesday.Al Ahram: -- The mother of the Egyptian young man who was suspected ofcarrying out Doha bombing that took place ...
Indonesian DPR to receive revised state budget draft soon
Mar 22, 2005 ... Indonesian DPR to receive revised state budget draft soonJAKARTA, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian government will soonsubmit the draft of revised 2005 State Budget to the House ofRepresentatives (DPR), as the DPR Monday called for the government toreview its decision to ...
Macao to issue stamps depicting new bridge
Mar 22, 2005 ... Macao to issue stamps depicting new bridgeMACAO, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The Macao Post Office will issuestamps on the image of Sai Van Bridge starting on Wednesday, theoffice announced here Tuesday. As the largest public construction project since Macao's return tothe ...
Chinese FM to visit three Asian countries
Mar 22, 2005 ... Chinese FM to visit three Asian countriesBEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxingwill visit Nepal, Maldives and Afghanistan from March 31 to April 4,Chinese Foreign ...
US to assist Indian Navy in submarine rescue
Mar 22, 2005 ... US to assist Indian Navy in submarine rescueNEW DELHI, March 22 (Xinhua) -- India and the US are set to enterinto a contract under which the US Navy will assist in the rescue ofIndian submarines in distress on "humanitarian" grounds, Indo-AsianNews Agency reported Tuesday ....
Spurs succumb to Knicks with Duncan on sidelines
Mar 22, 2005 ... Spurs succumb to Knicks with Duncan on sidelinesWASHINGTON, Mar. 21 (Xinhua) -- Stephon Marbury scored 31 pointsand dished out 10 assists as the New York Knicks claimed an 88-75 winover the San Antonio Spurs, who were missing the injured Tim Duncanon Monday. The Spurs ...
About 7,800 kg heroin seized in Pakistan in 2004
Mar 22, 2005 ... About 7,800 kg heroin seized in Pakistan in 2004ISLAMABAD, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani anti-drug departmentseized 7,783 kg of heroin during the year 2004 and there are fourmillion drug addicts in the country, The News reported Tuesday. Besides, 679 kg of opium and 57,111 ...
West Africa expected to attract 19 billion dollar oil investments by 2009
Mar 22, 2005 ... West Africa expected to attract 19 billion dollar oil investmentsby 2009LAGOS, March 22 (Xinhua) -- West Africa, including oil-richNigeria, is expected to attract about 19 billion US dollars oil andgas exploration investments in the next five years. This will account for ...
Dollar stuck at lower 105 yen in Tokyo
Mar 22, 2005 ... Dollar stuck at lower 105 yen in TokyoTOKYO, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The US dollar moved narrowly in thelower 105 yen range Tuesday in Tokyo, with many market participantsadopting a wait-and-see stance ahead of a key policy meeting by theUS Federal Reserve later in the day ....
China hopes to expand agricultural cooperation with Finland
Mar 22, 2005 ... China hopes to expand agricultural cooperation with FinlandbyXinhua Writer Che Yuming BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice-Premier Hui Liangyusaid here Tuesday in a meeting with Finnish Minister of Agricultureand Forestry Juha Korkeaoja and other Finnish guests that ...
Angola dismisses possibility of Ebola outbreak in northern province
Mar 22, 2005 ... Angola dismisses possibility of Ebola outbreak in northernprovinceLUANDA, March 22 (Xinhua) -- An Angolan government official hasdismissed the possibility of the strange disease hitting the northernUige province to be caused by the virus of Ebola, through evidencesconfirmed by ...
M5.1 aftershocks hit southwest Japan
Mar 22, 2005 ... M5.1 aftershocks hit southwest JapanTOKYO, March 22 (Xinhua) -- A major aftershock measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale hit thesouthwest Japan's Kyushu island Tuesday afternoon following Sunday'sM7.0 quake in the region, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. No casualties have ...
Air quality of major Chinese cities -- March 22
Mar 22, 2005 ... Air quality of major Chinese cities -- March 22BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Report on the quality of air in 47major Chinese cities (12:00 March 21 to 12:00 March 22, BeijingTime), released by the China Environmental Monitoring Center:City Major Pollutant ...
Tokyo stocks retreat
Mar 22, 2005 ... Tokyo stocks retreatTOKYO, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks retreated Tuesday innarrow-range trading, pressured by worries over the US FederalReserve's stance on the pace of interest rate increases. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average slipped 37.84 points, or 0 ....
Bank employees strike paralyses financial transactions in Mumbai
Mar 22, 2005 ... Bank employees strike paralyses financial transactions in MumbaiNEW DELHI, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Financial dealings came to agrinding halt Tuesday in India's commercial hub Mumbai as employeesof state-run banks struck work protesting moves to ease merger andacquisition norms in ...
New Zealand welcomes UN report on reform
Mar 22, 2005 ... New Zealand welcomes UN report on reformWELLINGTON, March 22 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand has welcomed a reportby United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan calling for decisiveand bold reform of the UN. "As the United Nations approaches its 60th anniversary, now is thetime ...
US marine killed in western Iraq's Anbar
Mar 22, 2005 ... US marine killed in western Iraq's Anbar Eds: Updates withcorrection of dateline from "March 21" to "March 22"BAGHDAD, March 22 (Xinhua) -- A US marine was killed in action onMonday in Iraq's western province of Anbar, the US military said onTuesday. "A Marine assigned ...
Ugandan president calls for concerted effort to combat AIDS
Mar 22, 2005 ... Ugandan president calls for concerted effort to combat AIDSKAMPALA, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Ugandan President Yoweri Musevenihas said there is need for a concerted effort to combat the AIDSepidemic in the east African country. Museveni made the statement on Monday at the ...
Shanghai stock index down -- March 22
Mar 22, 2005 ... Shanghai stock index down -- March 22BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The Composite Stock Index on theShanghai Stock Exchange closed at 1,209.86 points on Tuesday, down21.18 points from the previous ...
Australian dollar closes weaker
Mar 22, 2005 ... Australian dollar closes weakerCANBERRA, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The Australian dollar closed weakerat 78.51 US cents Tuesday compared to Monday's close of 79. 17 ....
US marine killed in western Iraq's Anbar
Mar 22, 2005 ... US marine killed in western Iraq's AnbarBAGHDAD, March 21 (Xinhua) -- A US marine was killed in action onMonday in western Iraq's Anbar province, the US military said onTuesday. "A Marine assigned to 1st Marine Expeditionary Force was killed inaction March 21, while ...
Saudi Arabia bans import of Canadian beef
Mar 22, 2005 ... Saudi Arabia bans import of Canadian beefABU DHABI, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The Ministry of Commerce in SaudiArabia announced that the country had banned import of Canadian beefand beef products following reports of cases of mad cow disease inCanada, the Arab News daily reported ...
Ugandan students demonstrate against UK's sovereignty violating remarks
Mar 22, 2005 ... Ugandan students demonstrate against UK's sovereignty violatingremarksKAMPALA, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Ugandan students from universitiesand tertiary institutions have held a peaceful demonstration outsidethe British High Commission office in Kampala to protest against whatthey ...
Major news items in leading Nigerian newspapers
Mar 22, 2005 ... Major news items in leading Nigerian newspapersLAGOS, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Nigerian newspapers on Tuesday. The Guardian: -- Twelve foreign firms have fallen foul of the Nigerian NationalAgency for Food Drug ...
Traffic accident kills 8, injures 23 in Tibet
Mar 22, 2005 ... Traffic accident kills 8, injures 23 in TibetLHASA, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Eight people were killed and 23 othersinjured in a traffic accident Monday afternoon in Linzhi prefectureof the Tibet Autonomous Region, southwestern China, said a localofficial in Linzhi. A Dongfeng ...
Tanzania awaits evidence on British child abuse suspect
Mar 22, 2005 ... Tanzania awaits evidence on British child abuse suspectDAR ES SALAAM, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The law enforcement branch ofthe Tanzanian jurisdiction is still waiting for evidence to takefurther actions against the British child abuse suspect Duncan Grantwho is wanted by India but ...
New Zealand share market closes lower
Mar 22, 2005 ... New Zealand share market closes lowerWELLINGTON, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The New Zealand sharemarket easedon low turnover Tuesday with prices softening among second tierstocks largely on continuing negative overseas sentiment. The benchmark NZSX-50 gross index ended 13.50 ...
Son of former Filipino senator killed amid land dispute
Mar 22, 2005 ... Son of former Filipino senator killed amid land disputeMANILA, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Unidentified men Monday shot dead theson of a late senator in Davao, Mindanao, apparently in relation to aland dispute involving the victim, the local television network ABS-CBN News reported ....
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
Mar 22, 2005 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapersJERUSALEM, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Israeli newspapers on Tuesday.Ha'aretz: --Israel plans to build 3,500 new homes in the West Bank to cementits hold on Jerusalem, government ...
Second Wallace Fountain settled in Macao
Mar 22, 2005 ... Second Wallace Fountain settled in MacaoMACAO, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Bronze sculpture of the WallaceFountain has already become a familiar scene here in Macao, as thesecond fountain was erected in the city on Tuesday. The sculpture offering running water with a quality up to ...
Foreign exchange rates in New Zealand
Mar 22, 2005 ... Foreign exchange rates in New ZealandWELLINGTON, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreignexchange rates against the NZ dollar here on Tuesday: Tuesday Monday Australian dollar 0.93710.9362 US ...
Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers
Mar 22, 2005 ... Major news items in leading Turkish newspapersANKARA, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Turkish newspapers on Tuesday.MILLIYET (Nationality): -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday met hisGreek counterpart Costas ...