Xinhua News Agency back issues from Wednesday, June 8:
Major news items in leading Indian newspapers
Jun 08, 2005 ... Major news items in leading Indian newspapersNEW DELHI, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Following are major news headlinesin leading Indian newspapers on Wednesday.The Hindu: -- L. K. Advani quitted his post as president of Bharatiya JanataParty, India's major opposition ...
Ten seriously hurt by bombs in southernmost Thailand
Jun 08, 2005 ... Ten seriously hurt by bombs in southernmost ThailandBANGKOK, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Seven policemen and three soldierswere seriously injured on Wednesday morning, when two bombs explodedin Thailand's insurgent deep south. A bomb went off around 8:15 a.m. (0115 GMT) near a ...
EU grants 4.7 million dollars in aid to Niger
Jun 08, 2005 ... EU grants 4.7 million dollars in aid to NigerLOME, June 7 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) provided Nigerwith 2.5 billion African Francs (about 4.7 million US dollars) in aidto continue improving Niger people's food security, according to thereports of the Nigerien news ...
More Children suffer from Malnutrition in Indonesia's West Nusa Tenggara province
Jun 08, 2005 ... More Children suffer from Malnutrition in Indonesia's West NusaTenggara provinceJAKARTA, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Widespread incidence of malnutrition inWest Nusa Tenggara has added to the long list of health problemsfaced by the province's four million people, English daily ...
Xinhua world economic news summary at 0430 GMT, June 8
Jun 08, 2005 ... Xinhua world economic news summary at 0430 GMT, June 8OTTAWA -- Canadian Auto Workers President Buzz Hargrove saidTuesday that General Motors' plans to axe 25,000 jobs over the nextfew years will affect Canadian auto industry. "I was shocked and I knew immediately that you ...
Chinese representative wins seat on ILO governing body
Jun 08, 2005 ... Chinese representative wins seat on ILO governing bodyGENEVA, June 7 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese employers' representative haswon a seat on the Governing Body of the International LaborOrganization (ILO) at the organization's ongoing annual conferencehere, the ILO said Tuesday ....
Nepal welcomes investment in hydropower
Jun 08, 2005 ... Nepal welcomes investment in hydropowerKATHMANDU, June 8 (Xinhua) -- The Nepali government has created aninvestment friendly environment for the development of hydropower inprivate sector through necessary policy as well as legal framework, asenior government official said ...
Bush says he is looking forward to meeting with Chinese president
Jun 08, 2005 ... Bush says he is looking forward to meeting with Chinese president WASHINGTON, June 7 (Xinhua) -- US President George W. Bush said onTuesday that he is looking forward to meeting with Chinese PresidentHu Jintao during their exchange of visits later this year. Bush made the ...
Solana: Bosnia's police reform impasse hampers EU accession
Jun 08, 2005 ... Solana: Bosnia's police reform impasse hampers EU accessionBELGRADE, June 7 (Xinhua) -- European Union (EU) foreign policychief Javier Solana said Tuesday that the Serb parliament's veto onan EU-proposed police reform plan will hamper Bosnia's efforts tojoin the bloc. The ...
Vietnam to import 4.5 mln tons of clinker this year
Jun 08, 2005 ... Vietnam to import 4.5 mln tons of clinker this yearHANOI, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam will this year have to importsome 4.5 million tons of clinker for cement production, the sameamount as last year, the country's biggest cement producer said onWednesday. The producer, the ...
Roundup: All HK sectors work together to seek measures to avoidwaste
Jun 08, 2005 ... Roundup: All HK sectors work together to seek measures to avoidwasteHONG KONG, June 8 (Xinhua) -- At the current rate of municipalsolid waste being produced from households, offices and othercommercial and industrial premises, Hong Kong will be running out oflandfill space in ...
Parliamentary exchange important part of Sino-US relationship: topChinese lawmaker
Jun 08, 2005 ... Parliamentary exchange important part of Sino-US relationship: topChinese lawmakerWASHINGTON, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Parliamentary exchange is part andparcel of the state relationship between China and the United States,Sheng Huaren, vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of ...
Indonesian trade minister to visit Turkey, Egypt and Iran
Jun 08, 2005 ... Indonesian trade minister to visit Turkey, Egypt and IranJAKARTA, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian Minister of Trade Mari E.Pangestu will lead a delegation to visit Turkey, Egypt and Iran nextweek, aiming to bolster bilateral relations in the areas of trade,investment, technology ...
Surinamese diplomat elected to No. 2 post of OAS
Jun 08, 2005 ... Surinamese diplomat elected to No. 2 post of OASFORT LAUDERDALE, United States, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Surinamesediplomat Albert Ramdin was elected as assistant secretary general ofthe Organization of American States (OAS) at the group's annualGeneral Assembly meeting here on ...
Hong Kong stocks close higher at midday -- June 8
Jun 08, 2005 ... Hong Kong stocks close higher at midday -- June 8HONG KONG, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong stocks went up 79.82points, or 0.58 ...
Roundup: HK all sectors work together to seek measures to avoid waste
Jun 08, 2005 ... Roundup: HK all sectors work together to seek measures to avoidwasteHONG KONG, June 8 (Xinhua) -- At the current rate of municipalsolid waste being produced from households, offices and othercommercial and industrial premises, Hong Kong will be running out oflandfill space in ...
Central Africa summit discusses regional integration
Jun 08, 2005 ... Central Africa summit discusses regional integrationYAOUNDE, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Leaders of the Economic Community ofCentral African States held a summit meeting on Tuesday inBrazzaville, capital of the Republic of the Congo, to discuss issuesconcerning the regional integration ...
Mine explosion kills father, injures daughter in Vietnam
Jun 08, 2005 ... Mine explosion kills father, injures daughter in VietnamHANOI, June 8 (Xinhua) -- A 48-year-old man was killed on the spotand his daughter injured when a mine exploded in Vietnam's centralHue city, local newspaper Saigon Liberation reported Wednesday. The explosion occurred ...
Thai boy dies of dengue fever
Jun 08, 2005 ... Thai boy dies of dengue feverBANGKOK, June 8 (Xinhua) -- A Thai boy has died of dengue fever,the latest victim as disease spreads in tropical Thailand, localpress reported Wednesday. The seven-year-old boy from the southern Suratthani provincecollapsed Tuesday after six ...
Air quality of major Chinese cities -- June 8
Jun 08, 2005 ... Air quality of major Chinese cities -- June 8BEIJING, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Report on the quality of air in 47major Chinese cities (12:00 June 7 to 12:00 June 8, Beijing Time),released by the China Environmental Monitoring Center:City Major Pollutant Air ...
Foreign exchange rates in Indonesia
Jun 08, 2005 ... Foreign exchange rates in IndonesiaJAKARTA, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Following are foreign exchange ratesagainst the Indonesian rupiah here on Wednesday: Wednesday Tuesday U.S. dollar 9,565/9,595 9,545/9,575 Euro ...
Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapers
Jun 08, 2005 ... Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapersISLAMABAD, June 8 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Pakistani English newspapers on Wednesday.Dawn: -- India has expressed interest in participating in the proposedgas pipelines from ...
Major news items in leading Afghan newspapers
Jun 08, 2005 ... Major news items in leading Afghan newspapersKABUL, June 8 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inAfghan leading newspapers on Wednesday.Outlook: -- Two Afghan soldiers were injured in a mine explosion in ShahWalikot district of southern Kandahar ...
WCQ CONMEBOL results and standings
Jun 08, 2005 ... WCQ CONMEBOL results and standings LIMA, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results and standingsfrom the WCQ CONMEBOL matches on Tuesday: Tuesday, June 7 Peru tied Uruguay 0-0 Standings (tabulated under games played, drawn, lost, goals for,against, ...
Philippine Senate briefly evacuated in bomb hoax
Jun 08, 2005 ... Philippine Senate briefly evacuated in bomb hoaxMANILA, June 8 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine Senate building wasbriefly evacuated Wednesday after a bomb threat was made, but noexplosive was found, reported the local television ABS-CBN Mews. More than 1,000 Senate employees and ...
Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers
Jun 08, 2005 ... Major news items in leading Turkish newspapersANKARA, June 8 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Turkish newspapers on Wednesday.HURRIYET (LIBERAL) -- Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer on Tuesday met visitingUkrainian President Viktor ...
Uruguay play scoreless draw with Peru
Jun 08, 2005 ... Uruguay play scoreless draw with PeruLIMA, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Uruguay fought to a scoreless draw withPeru on Tuesday in a World Cup qualifier to keep alive its hopes fora berth in the 2006 tournament in Germany. Uruguay currently stood with 18 points but Peru was left near ...
HK First, Business Class airfares up in second quarter: survey
Jun 08, 2005 ... HK First, Business Class airfares up in second quarter: surveyHONG KONG, June 8 (Xinhua) -- First Class and Business Classairfares from Hong Kong have jumped 2.3 percent and 1.8 percentrespectively during the quarter, according to the second quarterAmerican Express Airfare Index ...
Three US soldiers killed in Iraq's insurgent attacks
Jun 08, 2005 ... Three US soldiers killed in Iraq's insurgent attacksBAGHDAD, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Three US soldiers have been killed intwo separate insurgent attacks north of Baghdad, the US military saidon Wednesday. Two US soldiers, assigned to the 42nd Infantry Division, werekilled at ...
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
Jun 08, 2005 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapersJERUSALEM, June 8 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Israeli newspapers on Wednesday.Ha'aretz: -- Three workers, a Chinese and two Palestinians, were killedTuesday afternoon in a mortar shell ...
OAS General Assembly adopts final statement
Jun 08, 2005 ... OAS General Assembly adopts final statementFORT LAUDERDALE,June 7 (Xinhua) -- The Organization of American States (OAS) closedits three-day General Assembly meetings here in the southern US Stateof Florida late Tuesday by issuing a final statement that omitted theUS proposal to ...
Australian tennis turns to Tiley for player development
Jun 08, 2005 ... Australian tennis turns to Tiley for player developmentCANBERRA, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Tennis Australia has appointed SouthAfrican coach Craig Tiley as the organisation's director of playerdevelopment. Geoff Pollard, president of Tennis Australia, said on Wednesdaythat Tiley ...
Santini named as Auxerre coach
Jun 08, 2005 ... Santini named as Auxerre coach PARIS, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Former French national coach JacquesSantini has been named as coach of AJ Auxerre. "He (Santini) will have the difficult task to take ...
Philippine stocks go down
Jun 08, 2005 ... Philippine stocks go downMANILA, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Philippine stock prices closed 2. 4833percent lower Wednesday as the market resumed its technicalcorrection. The main index Phisix tumbled 49.74 points to 1,953.28. The oilindex advanced while the all-shares, financial, ...
Malaysia wants amicable settlement of Ambalat dispute with Indonesia
Jun 08, 2005 ... Malaysia wants amicable settlement of Ambalat dispute withIndonesiaJAKARTA, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia wants to settle the Ambalatoil block dispute with Indonesia in an amicable manner, state- ownednews agency Antara Wednesday quoted Indonesian Minister of ForeignAffairs ...
Two Pakistanis killed as oil truck under attack in southern Afghanistan
Jun 08, 2005 ... Two Pakistanis killed as oil truck under attack in southernAfghanistanKABUL, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Two Pakistani nationals were killed onTuesday as their fuel truck came under insurgents attack in thesouthern border town of Spin Boldak, a senior Defense Ministryofficial said ...
C.China province provides training for "farmer-brokers"
Jun 08, 2005 ... C.China province provides training for "farmer-brokers"CHANGSHA, June 8 (Xinhua) -- China's major rice and live pigsprovider, Hunan province, this month launched a training program forits farmer-brokers to help them enter markets, said an official withthe Hunan provincial ...
Bomb exploded outside home of deportee from Malaysia
Jun 08, 2005 ... Bomb exploded outside home of deportee from MalaysiaJAKARTA, June 8 (Xinhua) -- A bomb exploded Wednesday morningoutside the home of an Islamic militant deportee from Malaysia in thetown of Pamulang, about 35 km south of Jakarta, causing no casualty,amid heightened warnings of ...
Police arrest five people over coal mine blast in NW China
Jun 08, 2005 ... Police arrest five people over coal mine blast in NW ChinaXI'AN, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Local police arrested five suspectsaccused of the responsibility for a deadly coal mine blast whichclaimed 22 lives on April 28 in Hancheng, a city in northwest China'sShaanxi Province, according ...
Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers
Jun 08, 2005 ... Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapersCAIRO, June 8 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Egyptian newspapers on Wednesday.Al Ahram: -- Egyptian Foreign Minister Abul Gheit is scheduled to pay anofficial visit to Israel on June 19 for ...
Facing more road deaths, central China province pushed to improverural road safety
Jun 08, 2005 ... Facing more road deaths, central China province pushed to improverural road safetyZHENGZHOU, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Traffic police in Henan Province haslaunched a campaign to build a safer road network in the countrysideby uplifting management on farmers' vehicles and drivers in ...
Volunteers collect 10 tons garbage in world's highest region
Jun 08, 2005 ... Volunteers collect 10 tons garbage in world's highest regionBEIJING, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Thirty-three volunteers returned toBeijing Tuesday after collecting 10 tons garbage at Mount Qomolangma(Mt. Everest) in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. The volunteers from all ...
Ugandan MPs urged to stop fundraising
Jun 08, 2005 ... Ugandan MPs urged to stop fundraisingKAMPALA, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni hasdemanded that members of parliament stop fundraising that wouldcreate corruption apart from putting undue pressure on leaders. The president said he had initiated a ...
Uganda, Congo reaffirm commitment to work together for security
Jun 08, 2005 ... Uganda, Congo reaffirm commitment to work together for securityKAMPALA, June 8 (Xinhua) -- The chiefs of military intelligenceand security services of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of theCongo (DRC) have reaffirmed their commitment to work together for theimprovement of ...
Coal mine accident kills seven in central China province
Jun 08, 2005 ... Coal mine accident kills seven in central China provinceCHANGSHA, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Seven miners were choked to death byleaking gas in a coal mine in central China's Hunan Province ataround 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, according to the Hunan provincialcoal mine safety ...
China starts highway construction on Taklimakan desert
Jun 08, 2005 ... China starts highway construction on Taklimakan desertBEIJING, June 8 (Xinhua) -- At a cost of 0.8 billion yuan ( about100 million US dollars), the Chinese Ministry of Communications isbuilding China's longest domestic highway across the Taklimakandesert in the Xinjiang Uygur ...
President of Bosnia and Herzegovina to visit New Zealand
Jun 08, 2005 ... President of Bosnia and Herzegovina to visit New ZealandWELLINGTON, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Chairman of the Presidency ofBosnia and Herzegovina Borislav Paravac will begin Thursday a two-day visit to New Zealand, Prime Minister Helen Clark announcedWednesday. Paravac is coming ...
China's stocks soars over 8 percent Wednesday
Jun 08, 2005 ... China's stocks soars over 8 percent WednesdayBEIJING, June 8 (Xinhua) -- The composite indexes of both Shanghaiand Shenzhen stock exchanges jumped by more than 8 percent onWednesday, spurred by encouraging news including one that denied acentral bank plan for interest rate ...
Tokyo stocks up
Jun 08, 2005 ... Tokyo stocks upTOKYO, June 8 (Xinhua) -- The key Nikkei stock index ended higherWednesday for the first time in three days, with investors seeingHonda Motor, Advantest and other market heavyweights as good buysfollowing their recent losses. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock ...
Hushen 300 index up -- June 8
Jun 08, 2005 ... Hushen 300 index up -- June 8BEIJING, June 8 (Xinhua) -- The Hushen 300 Index reflecting thewhole fluctuation of China's Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchangesclosed at 905.77 points on Wednesday, up 68.49 ...
PNA condemns Israeli operation in northern West Bank
Jun 08, 2005 ... PNA condemns Israeli operation in northern West BankRAMALLAH, June 8 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian National Authority(PNA) condemned Wednesday the Israeli operation carried out in thevillage of Qabatya near the northern West Bank city of Jenin onTuesday. In a statement, the ...
Iraqi militants threaten to kill Turkish hostage
Jun 08, 2005 ... Iraqi militants threaten to kill Turkish hostageANKARA, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Militants in Iraq threatened to kill aTurkish hostage unless Turkey stops supporting US military actionswithin four days, the semi-official Anatolia News Agency reportedWednesday. In a videotape ...
Death toll rises to eight in Egypt's building collapse: police
Jun 08, 2005 ... Death toll rises to eight in Egypt's building collapse: policeCAIRO, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian police confirmed on Wednesdaythat so far 8 people were killed and at least 17 injuried in a six-story building collapse in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria onTuesday. The ...
Chinese youth launches drug control publicity campaign
Jun 08, 2005 ... Chinese youth launches drug control publicity campaignBEIJING, June 8 (Xinhua) -- More than 100 youth volunteers fromBeijing based universities and colleges have paid a visit Tuesday tothe municipality's drug treatment center to exchange ideas with drugaddicts who stay there to ...
S.Korean stock market closes higher
Jun 08, 2005 ... S.Korean stock market closes higherSEOUL, June 8 (Xinhua) -- South Korean stocks ended higherWednesday as strong program buying outweighed foreign tech selling. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) gained5.34 points, or 0.55 percent, to 976.22 ....
Xinhua world news summary at 0820 GMT, June 8
Jun 08, 2005 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0820 GMT, June 8LOME -- The European Union (EU) provided Niger with 2.5 billionAfrican Francs (about 4.7 million US dollars) in aid to continueimproving Niger people's food security, according to the reports ofthe Nigerian news agency on Tuesday ....
Shanghai stock index up -- June 8
Jun 08, 2005 ... Shanghai stock index up -- June 8BEIJING, June 8 (Xinhua) -- The Composite Stock Index on theShanghai Stock Exchange closed at 1,115.58 points on Wedesday, up84.64 points from Tuesday's ...
US-Iraqi troops battle insurgents in northern Iraq
Jun 08, 2005 ... US-Iraqi troops battle insurgents in northern IraqBAGHDAD, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Fierce clashes erupted between US-Iraqi forces and insurgents amid security operations in thenorthwestern Iraqi town of Tal Afar, the US military said onWednesday. "Major clashes occurred in the ...
Major news items in leading German newspapers
Jun 08, 2005 ... Major news items in leading German newspapersBERLIN, June 8(Xinhua) -- The following are major news items in leading Germannewspapers on Wednesday: Berliner Morgenpost: -- German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder roundly dismissed a reportthat he would resign before the ...
Hong Kong stocks close higher -- June 8
Jun 08, 2005 ... Hong Kong stocks close higher -- June 8HONG KONG, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Hong ...
Earthquake hits Indonesia's Sumatra
Jun 08, 2005 ... Earthquake hits Indonesia's SumatraHONG KONG, June 8 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 6.3 on theRichter scale rocked sea waters west of northern Sumatra, Indonesia,at 2:34 ...
DPRK urges US to create environment for resuming six-party talks
Jun 08, 2005 ... DPRK urges US to create environment for resuming six-party talksPYONGYANG, June 8 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic ofKorea (DPRK) confirmed on Wednesday that the DPRK and the UnitedStates are in contacts aimed to resume the six-party talks, and urgedthe US side to ...
Macao's GDP rises 8.5 pct in first quarter
Jun 08, 2005 ... Macao's GDP rises 8.5 pct in first quarterMACAO, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Macao's gross domestic product (GDP)rose 8.5 percent in the first quarter this year over the same periodof 2004, according to official statistics issued Wednesday. The figures issued by Macao's Statistics ...
NZ stocks close up
Jun 08, 2005 ... NZ stocks close upWELLINGTON, June 8 (Xinhua) -- The New Zealand stocks marketclosed higher Wednesday with the sharemarket's benchmark index, theNZSX-50, ending up 12.44 points at 3080.81. The NZSX-All capital index was up 1.45 points at 974.65. Turnover was 77.4 ...
China rises to world's second largest medicinal material producer
Jun 08, 2005 ... China rises to world's second largest medicinal material producer SHANGHAI, June 8 (Xinhua) -- With annual output of 800,000 tons ofmedicinal raw materials, China has risen to be the world's secondlargest producer of raw materials for medicine, next only to theUnited States, said ...