Xinhua News Agency back issues from Thursday, May 19:
China Exclusive: May 18 embarrassing those predicting RMBappreciation on same day
May 19, 2005 ... China Exclusive: May 18 embarrassing those predicting RMBappreciation on same day By Gu Qianjiang, Chen GangBEIJING, May 18 (Xinhua) -- May 18 was an embarrassing day forthose predicting the Renminbi (Rumba's appreciation as the exchangerate against the US dollar remained at ...
Four killed, 21 injured in chemical blast in E. China
May 19, 2005 ... Four killed, 21 injured in chemical blast in E. ChinaNANCHANG, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Four people were killed and twenty-one were injured by a strong furnace blast at a chemical plantWednesday afternoon in Hukou County of east China's Jiangxi Province. A fire broke out at the ...
Opener, Advisory
May 19, 2005 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service forWednesday, May 18, 2005, and begins ...
Fired Chinese coach accuses his players of match fixing
May 19, 2005 ... Fired Chinese coach accuses his players of match fixingBEIJING, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Chi Shangbin, fired on Tuesday as headcoach of defending China Super League champions Shenzhen Jianlibao, accused on Wednesday the club's key players of fixing league matchesthis season ....
4 injured in central Russia coal mine blast
May 19, 2005 ... 4 injured in central Russia coal mine blastMOSCOW, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Four people suffered burns in a methanegas explosion in a coal mine in Russia's Siberia area on Wednesday.Two people reported missing earlier have been found, according toRussian media. There has been ...
China Exclusive: Palestinian leader's dream: an independent state,a normal life
May 19, 2005 ... China Exclusive: Palestinian leader's dream: an independent state,a normal life By Xinhua writers Li Zhongfa, Li Jianmin BEIJING, May 18 (Xinhua) -- With white hair, deep-blue suit and apair of gilt-edged glasses, he seems to be very genteel. However,behind the 70-year-old ...
Mongolian president urges fair presidential election
May 19, 2005 ... Mongolian president urges fair presidential electionULAN BATOR, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Mongolian President NachagynBagabandy appeared on national television Wednesday evening, urgingthe General Election Committee (GEC) to provide all necessary meansfor a fair presidential election ...
South Korean taekwondo team set to tour Zimbabwe
May 19, 2005 ... South Korean taekwondo team set to tour ZimbabweHARARE, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The national taekwondo team from SouthKorea will comie to Zimbabwe to conduct a display on 27 May.The Zimbabwe Taekwondo Association said on Wednesday the SouthKorean national team, the best team ...
Chinese Minister of Commerce: US restriction on Chinese textile "unwise"
May 19, 2005 ... Chinese Minister of Commerce: US restriction on Chinese textile "unwise"BEIJING, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Minister of Commerce Bo Xilaisaid here Wednesday that it was an "unwise" move of the United Statesto re-impose quotas on three types of apparel imports from China ....
Icelandic president: China visit is a "historic"
May 19, 2005 ... Icelandic president: China visit is a "historic"BEIJING, May 18 (Xinhua) -- "My visit to China is a successful andhistoric one," Icelandic President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson said hereWednesday in a Xinhua Interview. The 62-year-old president arrived in Beijing Monday, ...
Poland, Belarus expel each other's diplomats
May 19, 2005 ... Poland, Belarus expel each other's diplomatsWARSAW, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Poland and Belarus expelled eachother's diplomats on Wednesday. "We have made a decision to expel a counselor of the BelarussianEmbassy from Warsaw, from our country, in an identical procedure,"Polish ...
Ashley Cole inquiry verdict to be announced on June 1
May 19, 2005 ... Ashley Cole inquiry verdict to be announced on June 1 LONDON, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The verdict in the Ashley Cole "tappingup" enquiry will be announced on June 1, the English Premier Leaguesaid on Wednesday. Arsenal and England defender Cole, champion Chelsea and ...
Italian Cup semifinal summaries
May 19, 2005 ... Italian Cup semifinal summaries ROME, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the summaries from theItalian Cup semifinal second leg matches on Wednesday: Inter Milan 3 Christian Vieri (26, 58), Obafemi Martins (90) Cagliari ...
Colliery gas blast traps more than 50 miners in N. China
May 19, 2005 ... Colliery gas blast traps more than 50 miners in N. ChinaSHIJIAZHUANG, May 19 (Xinhua) -- More than 50 miners were trappedin a coal mine in Chengde County, north China's Hebei Province, wherea gas blast occurred early Thursday morning, the provincial coal minesupervision ...
Most US diabetics not controlling their blood sugar
May 19, 2005 ... Most US diabetics not controlling their blood sugarWASHINGTON, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Two thirds of the 18 millionAmericans with Type 2 diabetes do not have their blood sugar undercontrol and risk early death from the disease's complicationsincluding stroke, heart attack and kidney ...
Trapped workers in SW China tunnel collapse accident safe for timebeing
May 19, 2005 ... Trapped workers in SW China tunnel collapse accident safe for timebeingKUNMING, May 19 (Xinhua) -- The 12 workers who have been trappedin a railway tunnel collapse accident are safe till early Thursdaymorning, rescuers said. According to the rescuers, who are trying to ...
Rainstorms kill 24 people in Colombia
May 19, 2005 ... Rainstorms kill 24 people in ColombiaBOGOTA, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Rainstorms that swept Colombia sinceearly April have killed 24 people, injured 34 and affected more than50,000 others, Director of the National Red Cross Society Carlos IvanMarquez said Wednesday. According ...
Chile to strengthen diplomatic, commercial ties with Asia-Pacific
May 19, 2005 ... Chile to strengthen diplomatic, commercial ties with Asia-Pacific SANTIAGO, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Chilean Foreign Minister IgnacioWalker said Wednesday that the Chilean government started a "PlanAsia," a diplomatic strategy targeting at strengthening political,economic, commercial ...
Venezuela promises not to extradite anti-Castro man to Cuba
May 19, 2005 ... Venezuela promises not to extradite anti-Castro man to CubaCARACAS, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The Venezuelan government promisedWednesday not to extradite to Cuba anti-Castro figure Luis PosadaCarriles, accused of a terrorist attack, if the United States decidesto send him to ...
Ousted Fujimori renews Peruvian identification
May 19, 2005 ... Ousted Fujimori renews Peruvian identificationLIMA, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Ousted Peruvian President AlbertoFujimori, now in exile in Japan, is applying for a renewal of hisidentification as a Peruvian national, local radio reportedWednesday. Fujimori, who governed Peru from ...
Bank robber shot after taking hostages in US
May 19, 2005 ... Bank robber shot after taking hostages in USWASHINGTON, May 18 (Xinhua) -- A bank robber was shot by police onWednesday after he took some people hostage at a bank in the centralUS state of Kansas, authorities said. The man, 44, held up a bank in Olathe and took at least ...
Domestic-led growth essential to Asia economy, US economist
May 19, 2005 ... Domestic-led growth essential to Asia economy, US economistBANGKOK, May 19 (Xinhua) -- A US economist has advised Asiancountries to undertake adjustment toward domestic demand-led growthfrom export-led growth models due to possible recession of the USeconomy. A US ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- May 18
May 19, 2005 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- May 18BEIJING, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The following are domestic news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Wednesday: China to implement first administrative regulations on Internetcopyright protections Abbas hails China's fair stance on Middle ...
Int'l Islamic organization to visit Thailand's insurgent south
May 19, 2005 ... Int'l Islamic organization to visit Thailand's insurgent southBANGKOK, May 19 (Xinhua) -- The Organization of the IslamicConference (OIC) will send a fact-finding mission in June toThailand's Muslim-dominated insurgent deep south, local mediareported Thursday. The mission ...
Albirex beat Geylang United 4-1 in S.League match
May 19, 2005 ... Albirex beat Geylang United 4-1 in S.League matchSINGAPORE, May 18 (Xinhua)-- Albirex Niigata defeated GeylangUnited 4-1 in a Singapore League match on Wednesday night. Norikazu Murakami scored two goals ...
Russia asks Switzerland not to extradite former Russian atomicenergy minister to US
May 19, 2005 ... Russia asks Switzerland not to extradite former Russian atomicenergy minister to USMOSCOW, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The Russian Foreign Ministry saidWednesday that Switzerland should not extradite former Russian AtomicEnergy Minister Yevgeny Adamov to the United States without ...
Tennis World Team Championships round robin blue group Germany vs Sweden result
May 19, 2005 ... Tennis World Team Championships round robin blue group Germany vsSweden resultBERLIN, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theWorld Team Championships round robin blue group match between Germanyand Sweden in Duesseldorf, Germay ...
Nepal, India, Bangladesh sign deal to eradicate kala-azar disease
May 19, 2005 ... Nepal, India, Bangladesh sign deal to eradicate kala-azar disease KATHMANDU, May 19 (Xinhua) -- India, Nepal and Bangladesh havesigned an agreement to cooperate in eradicating kala-azar, whichaffects about 100,000 people each year in these countries, a HealthMinistry official said ...
Ukranian Ivanchuk wins Elite Group in Capablanca chess contest
May 19, 2005 ... Ukranian Ivanchuk wins Elite Group in Capablanca chess contestHAVANA, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Grand master (GM) of Ukraine VassilyIvanchuk assured the title of the Elite Group at the 40th "Capablancain Memorian" International Chess Tournament two rounds before the endof the contest ....
US sport bosses ensure dope cheats to be cuaght
May 19, 2005 ... US sport bosses ensure dope cheats to be cuaghtWASHINGTON, May 18 (Xinhua) -- American sports leaguecommissioners and union leaders unanimously told US lawmakersWednesday to keep their hands off doping control programs and trustthem to ensure dope cheats are caught ....
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
May 19, 2005 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, May 19 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Philippine newspapers on Thursday: Manila Bulletin: -- President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo yesterday directed allgovernment agencies to cut red ...
Market exchange rates -- May 19
May 19, 2005 ... Market exchange rates -- May 19BEIJING, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Market exchange rates of four majorcurrencies against RMB yuan for Thursday, announced by the People' sBank of China:Currency Unit Middle Price (in RMB yuan) US Dollar 100827.65 ...
Peru names provisional squad for Colombia and Uruguay qualifiers
May 19, 2005 ... Peru names provisional squad for Colombia and Uruguay qualifiersLIMA, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Peru named on Wednesday a provisional 11-man squad for its World Cup qualifiers against Colombia and Uruguay. Head coach Freddy Ternero said the squad will be completed withplayers ...
Lawmakers push baseball union to adopt tougher doping
May 19, 2005 ... Lawmakers push baseball union to adopt tougher dopingWASHINGTON, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Major League Baseball PlayersAssociation executive director Don Fehr was pressed by US lawmakershere Wednesday to adopt a tougher anti-doping program proposed by MLBcommissioner Bud Selig ....
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)
May 19, 2005 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)HONG KONG, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Wednesday:News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 1) Trading on Hong Kong stock exchange -- May 18 ...
Indonesia to send more workers abroad
May 19, 2005 ... Indonesia to send more workers abroadJAKARTA, May 19 (Xinhua) -- A lack of job creation at home due toslower-than-expected economic growth has prompted the Indonesiangovernment to intensify efforts to export workers as a solution tothe unemployment problem. The government ...
Figo applauds Sporting Lisbon despite defeat against CSKA
May 19, 2005 ... Figo applauds Sporting Lisbon despite defeat against CSKALISBON, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid player Luis Figo saidWednesday he is "proud" of his former team Sporting Lisbon in spiteof having lost against CSKA Moscow in the final of the UEFA Cup. "I believe Portugal and ...
National book fair opens in N. China city
May 19, 2005 ... National book fair opens in N. China cityTIANJIN, May 19 (Xinhua) -- The 15th National Book Fair was heldin north China's Tianjin Municipality Wednesday with the number ofbooths reaching 1,225, the largest-ever book fair held in China'smainland, according to the organizing ...
Shares close up in Brazil, Mexico and Argentina
May 19, 2005 ... Shares close up in Brazil, Mexico and ArgentinaMEXICO CITY, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Latin America's three major stockmarkets -- Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires and Mexico City -- closed up onWednesday. In Sao Paulo, Latin America's biggest bourse, the leading Bovespaindex closed at ...
WHO confirms Ebola virus kills nine in Republic of Congo
May 19, 2005 ... WHO confirms Ebola virus kills nine in Republic of CongoYAOUNDE, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The World Health Organization (WHO)said Wednesday that the disease killing nine people in northwesternregion of the Republic of the Congo was caused by Ebola virus. Medical experts from ...
Van Gundy gets two-year extension
May 19, 2005 ... Van Gundy gets two-year extensionWASHINGTON, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Houston coach Jeff Van Gundy agreedWednesday to a one-year contract extension with the Rockets throughthe 2007-08 season, reports from Houston said. Van Gundy has two years remaining on his original four-year ...
Strasbourg International tennis results
May 19, 2005 ... Strasbourg International tennis resultsPARIS, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theStrasbourg International tennis tournament on Wednesday (prefixnumber denotes seeding): Women's singles, second round: Dally Randriantefy, Madagascar, bt Julia ...
WBA reinstates John Ruiz as heavyweight champ
May 19, 2005 ... WBA reinstates John Ruiz as heavyweight champWASHINGTON, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The WBA reinstated John "TheQuietman" Ruiz as WBA heavyweight champion, effective immediatelyafter it was learned that James Toney violated the illegal substancerule after he claimed the title from Ruiz ....
Van Bommel signs for Barcelona
May 19, 2005 ... Van Bommel signs for BarcelonaBRUSSELS, May 18 (Xinhua) -- PSV Eindhoven midfielder Mark vanBommel has signed a three-year deal with Barcelona, the Dutchchampion said on Wednesday. The 28-year-old had said he would leave PSV when his contractexpired at the end of the ...
Coffee prices go up in Vietnam
May 19, 2005 ... Coffee prices go up in VietnamHANOI, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Coffee prices in Vietnam have reachedtheir highest levels in the past five years, according to VietnamCoffee and Cocoa Association (VICOFA) Thursday. The purchase price from farmers was 951-995.6 US dollars per ...
Spanish Senate ratifies EU Constitution by overwhelming support
May 19, 2005 ... Spanish Senate ratifies EU Constitution by overwhelming supportMADRID, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The Spanish Senate ratified theEuropean Union Constitution by an overwhelming majority Wednesday,three months after the treaty was passed in a referendum. The new constitution gained ...
No foreign force involved in southern violence in Thailand: report
May 19, 2005 ... No foreign force involved in southern violence in Thailand: report BANGKOK, May 19 (Xinhua) -- The long-lasting violence inThailand's deep South is apparently motivated by local grievances andthere is no evidence of external involvement, a report by theInternational Crisis Group ...
NBA says labor negotiations stalled
May 19, 2005 ... NBA says labor negotiations stalledWASHINGTON, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The NBA's negotiations with itsplayers union on a new contract to replace the one expiring on June30 have stalled, according to the league on Wednesday. "Since we are at a loss as to how we can possibly reach ...
Chelsea in chase for Eto'o
May 19, 2005 ... Chelsea in chase for Eto'oLONDON, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Chelsea manager Jose Mournho is liningup a 30-million-pound chase for Bacelona superstar Samuel Eto'o,according to local media reports on Wednesday. Mourinho is desperate to strengthen his strikeforce for nextseason's ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, May 19
May 19, 2005 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, May 19MOSCOW -- Four people suffered burns in a methane gas explosion ina coal mine in Russia's Siberia area on Wednesday. Two peoplereported missing earlier have been found, according to the Russianmedia. There has been no report of ...
Jia Qinglin arrives in Uruguay for official visit
May 19, 2005 ... Jia Qinglin arrives in Uruguay for official visitMONTEVIDEO, May 18 (Xinhua) -- China's top national advisor JiaQinglin arrived here on Wednesday for an official goodwill visit toUruguay at the invitation of the Uruguayan government. In a written statement released upon his ...
Beckham admits disappointment instead of failure
May 19, 2005 ... Beckham admits disappointment instead of failureMADRID, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid midfielder David Beckhamsaid the runner-up in Primera Liga should not be considered as afailure for his team but he is somewhat disappointed. "Rather than calling it a failure, I'd call ...
Foreign exchange rates in Philippines
May 19, 2005 ... Foreign exchange rates in PhilippinesMANILA, May 19 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the peso released Thursday by the Central Bank of thePhilippines:ThursdayWednesday US dollar 54.4660 54.3940 ...
Stern proposes tougher testing policies
May 19, 2005 ... Stern proposes tougher testing policiesWASHINGTON, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The NBA wants to kick players outof the league for a third failed steroid test and double thesuspension for a first offense, commissioner David Stern told a U.S.congressional panel on Wednesday. In ...
Sales agents of Taiwan drinks recall products in HK super markets
May 19, 2005 ... Sales agents of Taiwan drinks recall products in HK super markets HONG KONG, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Sales agents of Taiwan-basedBullwild energy drinks have called on Hong Kong retailers to suspendthe selling of drinks which involved a suspected cyanide poisoningcase in Taiwan ....
Gazzaev: We've been incredible
May 19, 2005 ... Gazzaev: We've been incredibleLISBON, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Coach of CSKA Moscow Valery Gazzaev wasexcited after the victory of his team in the final of the UEFA Cupagainst Sporting Lisbon, saying "we've been incredible." "There were many situations against us. Sporting played ...
Hong Kong stocks close lower -- May 19
May 19, 2005 ... Hong Kong stocks close lower -- May 19HONG KONG, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Hong ...
Salvadorians satisfied with work of president
May 19, 2005 ... Salvadorians satisfied with work of presidentMEXICO CITY, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Salvadorian President EliasAntonio Saca now enjoys the highest popularity in two decades amonghis people, said a poll published by CID-Gallup on Wednesday. Among the 1,203 people polled, 62 percent ...
Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- May 19
May 19, 2005 ... Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- May 19BEIJING, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Highlights of major Beijing-basednewspapers on Thursday: People's Daily -- Chinese President Hu Jintao and visiting President of thePalestinian National Authority (PNA) Mahmoud ...
NASA to conduct new shuttle tanking test Friday
May 19, 2005 ... NASA to conduct new shuttle tanking test FridayWASHINGTON, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Engineers of the US NationalAeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will conduct a newtanking test on Discovery on Friday before the shuttle's removal fromthe launch pad to the Vehicle Assembly ...
Tennis World Team Championship round robin blue group Spain vs United States result
May 19, 2005 ... Tennis World Team Championship round robin blue group Spain vsUnited States result BERLIN, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theWorld Team Championships round robin blue group match between Spainand United States in Duesseldorf, Germany on ...
UEFA Cup final result
May 19, 2005 ... UEFA Cup final resultLISBON, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Following is the result from the UEFACup final match between Sporting Lisbon and CSKA Moscow on Wednesday: CSKA Moscow bt Sporting Lisbon 3-1 Scorers: Sporting Lisbon -- Rogerio (29) CSKA Moscow -- ...
China Focus: Soaring housing prices cool down amid complaints
May 19, 2005 ... China Focus: Soaring housing prices cool down amid complaints byXinhua Writer Wei WuBEIJING, May 19 (Xinhua) -- China's housing prices, which rose ina seemingly uncontrollable way for more than a decade, have at lastcooled down somewhat recently amid boiling complaints and ...
Myanmar reinforces aircrafts in domestic flights
May 19, 2005 ... Myanmar reinforces aircrafts in domestic flightsYANGON, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar is reinforcing the strength ofaircrafts in domestic flights by adding soon one more new aircraftwith the Air Bagan, one of the country's four airlines undertakinginternal flights, a local weekly ...
Indonesian president approves additional military funding
May 19, 2005 ... Indonesian president approves additional military fundingJAKARTA, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian President Susilo BambangYudhoyono has approved a proposal for an increase in the country'smilitary spending this year despite earlier opposition amid concernover the widening state ...