Xinhua News Agency back issues from Tuesday, June 14:
Susilo thanks Arroyo for release of hostages
Jun 14, 2005 ... Susilo thanks Arroyo for release of hostagesJAKARTA, June 14 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian President Susilo BambangYudhoyono has conveyed his personal thanks to Philippine PresidentGloria Macapagal Arroyo for the safe release of two out of threeIndonesians held hostage by Muslim ...
PGA Tour Money Leaders
Jun 14, 2005 ... PGA Tour Money LeadersWASHINGTON, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Following are the PGA Tour MoneyLeaders through June 12: ^ Trn Money 1.Vijay Singh 17 $5,322,444 2. Phil Mickelson13$4,215,494 3. Tiger Woods 11 $4,100,290 4 ....
ElBaradei wins third-term as head of IAEA
Jun 14, 2005 ... ElBaradei wins third-term as head of IAEAVIENNA, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Former Egyptian diplomat MohamedElBaradei on Monday won his third-term as Director-General ofInternational Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United Nation'snuclear watchdog. "The board has reached a ...
US uses immigration law as anti-terrorism tool: news report
Jun 14, 2005 ... US uses immigration law as anti-terrorism tool: news reportWASHINGTON, June 13 (Xinhua) -- More than 500 people have beencharged with immigration violations in the United States over thepast two years, after an initial report linked them to a terrorism orhomeland security ...
PGA Tour Schedule
Jun 14, 2005 ... PGA Tour ScheduleWASHINGTON, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Following are the PGA Tourschedule for year 2005: Jan. 6-9 _ Mercedes Championships (Stuart Appleby) Jan. 13-16 _ Sony Open (Vijay Singh) Jan. 20-23 _ Buick Invitational (Tiger Woods) Jan. 26-30 _ Bob ...
Opener, Advisory
Jun 14, 2005 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service for Monday,June 13, 2005, and begins ...
ElBaradei wins third-term as head of IAEA
Jun 14, 2005 ... ElBaradei wins third-term as head of IAEAVIENNA, June 13 (Xinhua)-- Mohamed ElBaradei on Monday won histhird-term as Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA), the United Nation's nuclear watchdog. As Japanese delegation dropped its objection on the ...
Brazil's Belletti out of Confederations Cup for tendon injury
Jun 14, 2005 ... Brazil's Belletti out of Confederations Cup for tendon injuryBERLIN, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Juliano Belletti was forced to pullout of Brazil's Confederations Cup squad on Monday because of anAchilles tendon injury. The Barcelona full-back complained of a pain in his right foot ...
Zimbabwe mobilizes aid for displaced children
Jun 14, 2005 ... Zimbabwe mobilizes aid for displaced children HARARE, June 13 (Xinhua) -- The Zimbabwean government has put up astrategic system aimed at ensuring provision of basic needs forchildren displaced by the ongoing cleanup exercise, Minister ofHealth and Child Welfare David Parirenyatwa ...
Sri Lankan president pushes ahead with joint tsunami relief mechanism
Jun 14, 2005 ... Sri Lankan president pushes ahead with joint tsunami reliefmechanismCOLOMBO, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan President under siege forher plan to implement a joint tsunami relief mechanism with TamilTigers pursued her plan Monday despite more violent protests. Chandrika ...
WTA Tour Schedule-Winners
Jun 14, 2005 ... WTA Tour Schedule-WinnersWASHINGTON, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Following are the WTA TourSchedule-Winners (H-hard, RC-red clay, GC-green clay, G-grass, C-carpet): Jan. 2-8 _ Uncle Tobys Hardcourts, HO (Patty Schnyder) Jan. 3-8 _ ASB Classic, HO (Katarina Srebotnik) ...
Malaysian PM offers hints to invest in Asia
Jun 14, 2005 ... Malaysian PM offers hints to invest in AsiaHONG KONG, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Business decision-makers should payspecial attention to identities of different markets when they areinvesting in Asia, Prime Minister of Malaysia said here Monday. While addressing at the dinner of ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)
Jun 14, 2005 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)HONG KONG, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Monday:News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 1) No-confidence motion possible in current ...
Somali gov't relocates from exile in Kenya
Jun 14, 2005 ... Somali gov't relocates from exile in Kenya NAIROBI, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Somalia's exiled interim governmenton Monday officially relocated from the relative safety ofneighboring Kenya to the Horn of Africa nation to embark on a keytask of rebuilding the war-torn nation after ...
COMESA pushes for free trade of pharmaceutical products
Jun 14, 2005 ... COMESA pushes for free trade of pharmaceutical products LUSAKA, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Pharmaceutical manufacturers andregulators from the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) members began their three-day meeting in Zambian capitalLusaka Monday to discuss ways of ...
Top Chinese leaders visit exhibition of Chen Yun
Jun 14, 2005 ... Top Chinese leaders visit exhibition of Chen Yun BEIJING, June13 (Xinhua) -- Top Chinese leaders Monday visited a specialexhibition of Chen Yun, a late proletarian revolutionary and founderof China's socialist economy, in commemoration of his 100th birthanniversary. Top ...
Kenyan hotel bombing suspect released on bail
Jun 14, 2005 ... Kenyan hotel bombing suspect released on bail NAIROBI, June 13 (Xinhua) -- One of the suspects previouslyacquitted of murder charges in the 2002 Paradise Hotel bombing inKenyan coastal city Mombasa was freed on bail Monday by the Kenyancourt after being rearrested. Omar ...
Roundup: Violence in Addis Ababa throws heavy burdens on poor souls
Jun 14, 2005 ... Roundup: Violence in Addis Ababa throws heavy burdens on poorsoulsADDIS ABABA, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Residents of Ethiopian capitalAddis Ababa said Monday the recent violent riots impacted theirbusinesses, daily incomes and put stress on their normal lives. Any act that ...
Nigeria resumes air link with India
Jun 14, 2005 ... Nigeria resumes air link with IndiaLAGOS, June 13 (Xinhua) -- The Nigerian government on Mondaydirected the resumption of flight services between the west Africancountry and India after 18-year suspension, the state-run News Agencyof Nigeria reported. Nigeria suspended ...
Oil villages in Nigeria ask Shell to leave
Jun 14, 2005 ... Oil villages in Nigeria ask Shell to leaveLAGOS, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Thirteen villages in Nigeria's oil-rich but impoverished Niger Delta have served oil multinational RoyalDutch/Shell with a quit notice, the state-run News Agency of Nigeriareported on Monday. Damfebo ...
Nigeria's new national carrier to begin operation this month
Jun 14, 2005 ... Nigeria's new national carrier to begin operation this monthLAGOS, June 13 (Xinhua) -- The first flight of Nigeria's newnational carrier, Virgin Nigeria, will begin with a London-Lagosservice on June 28, the airline's chief executive officer said onMonday. "On Tuesday, ...
Israeli envoy elected vice president of next UN General Assembly
Jun 14, 2005 ... Israeli envoy elected vice president of next UN General Assembly JERUSALEM, June 13 (Xinhua) --Israeli Ambassador to the UnitedNations Dan Gillerman was unanimously elected on Monday as the newvice president of the UN General Assembly, local newspaper Ha'aretzdaily reported ....
Rich nations told to focus on development assistance to Africa
Jun 14, 2005 ... Rich nations told to focus on development assistance to AfricaJOHANNESBURG, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Debt relief to the world'spoorest nations must be accompanied by increased developmentassistance and fair trade practice, South African official, politicalopposition and religious ...
Arab FMs coordinate stance on UN reform
Jun 14, 2005 ... Arab FMs coordinate stance on UN reformDOHA, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Arab foreign ministers met here Mondayon the sidelines of the second Group of 77 (G77) plus China summit tocoordinate their stance on UN reform. Arab league Secretary General Amr Moussa told the press that ...
Zimbabwe's youth need government protection: minister
Jun 14, 2005 ... Zimbabwe's youth need government protection: minister HARARE, June 13 (Xinhua) -- The youth in Zimbabwe are a vulnerablegroup that needs the protection of the government and their societyfor the nation to develop and progress, a senior official saidMonday. Minister of Youth ...
Zimbabwe discovers vast nickel reserves
Jun 14, 2005 ... Zimbabwe discovers vast nickel reserves HARARE, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Bindura Nickel Corporation (BNC) ofZimbabwe has discovered vast new reserves of nickel, valued at 2billion US dollars at current prices, in the Midlands province, anofficial of the group said on Monday ....
Mozambique welcomes debt relief by G8
Jun 14, 2005 ... Mozambique welcomes debt relief by G8 MAPUTO, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Mozambican President Armando Guebuzahas welcomed in Washington the cancellation of all of itsmultilateral debt by the Group of Eight (G8), local media reportedMonday. Guebuza arrived in Washington to take ...
World Bank has much responsibility on Africa: Wolfowitz
Jun 14, 2005 ... World Bank has much responsibility on Africa: Wolfowitz ABUJA, June 13 (Xinhua) -- New World Bank President PaulWolfowitz, who wants to get firsthand information on Africanproblems, told Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo here Monday thatthe bank has a lot of responsibility on ...
Pele's son could spend three years in prison
Jun 14, 2005 ... Pele's son could spend three years in prisonRIO DE JANEIRO, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Edson Cholbi do Nascimento,son of Brazilian soccer legend Pele, said he will be in jail at leastthree years, sentenced on drug-trafficking charges. Edinho, 34, admitted his responsibility in a ...
Single visa for Southern African countries by 2010
Jun 14, 2005 ... Single visa for Southern African countries by 2010JOHANNESBURG, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Eight Southern AfricanDevelopment Community (SADC) countries have committed to workingtowards a "uni-visa" for the region by 2010 when the World Cup soccerfinals is staged in South Africa. ...
US condemns bombing in southern Kashmir
Jun 14, 2005 ... US condemns bombing in southern KashmirWASHINGTON, June 13 (Xinhua) -- The United States on Mondaystrongly condemned a bombing in southern Kashmir that resulted inmass casualties. "The United States strongly condemns today's bombing in Pulwama insouthern Kashmir, which ...
Strong earthquake shakes northern Chile, killing at least one
Jun 14, 2005 ... Strong earthquake shakes northern Chile, killing at least oneSANTIAGO, June 13 (Xinhua) -- A strong earthquake with a magnitudeof 7.9 rocked northern Chile late on Monday, killing at least oneperson and injuring several others, authorities said. The quake struck at 6:48 ...
Cuba, Jamaica meet in women's volleyball
Jun 14, 2005 ... Cuba, Jamaica meet in women's volleyballHAVANA, June 13 (Xinhua) -- The Cuban women volleyball team is tomeet Monday Jamaica in the fourth round of the 4th Pan-American Cupin Dominican Republic. The Cubans defeated ...
ODESUR offers Santiago South American Games
Jun 14, 2005 ... ODESUR offers Santiago South American GamesRIO DE JANEIRO, June 13 (Xinhua) -- The Executive Committee of theSouth American Sports Organization (ODESUR) Monday unanimouslycancelled the South Ameircan Games that was previously scheduled totake place in 2006 at La Paz, Bolivia, ...
FIFA World Youth Championship to see 1500th goal in its history
Jun 14, 2005 ... FIFA World Youth Championship to see 1500th goal in its historyUTRECHT, Netherlands, June 13 (Xinhua) -- The 2005 FIFA WorldYouth Championship is likely to see the competition's 1500th goalsince it was first held in Tunisia in 1977. Johan Vonlanthen (Switzerland)'s goal ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, June 14
Jun 14, 2005 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, June 14VIENNA -- Mohamed ElBaradei on Monday won his third-term asDirector General of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), theUnited Nation's nuclear watchdog. As Japanese delegation dropped its objection on the ...
Cubans dominate judo event
Jun 14, 2005 ... Cubans dominate judo eventHAVANA, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Cubans have swept seven out of eighttitles at the Fedojudo Cup women's judo event at Dominican Republicwhich attracted 10 countries. According to reports reaching here, the Cuban winners were ...
Argentine full-back praises Confederations Cup
Jun 14, 2005 ... Argentine full-back praises Confederations CupBUENOS AIRES, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Argentine defender Walter Samuelsaid this year's Confederations Cup will test the level of his teamfor Germany 2006, the local daily said Monday. Samuel, who plays for Spain's Real Madrid, ...
Market exchange rates -- June 14
Jun 14, 2005 ... Market exchange rates -- June 14BEIJING, June 14 (Xinhua) -- Market exchange rates of four majorcurrencies against RMB yuan for Tuesday, announced by the People'sBank of China:Currency Unit Middle Price (in RMB yuan) US Dollar 100827.65 ...
Teenagers heaviest drinkers: NZ survey
Jun 14, 2005 ... Teenagers heaviest drinkers: NZ surveyWELLINGTON, June 14 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 75 percent of 18-19 year-olds breath-tested as they left on-license premises were too drunk todrive, according to a New Zealand survey revealed Tuesday. The first such survey of young drinkers ...
10 Filipino government soldiers killed in rebel ambush
Jun 14, 2005 ... 10 Filipino government soldiers killed in rebel ambushMANILA, June 14 (Xinhua) -- Ten Philippine government soldierswere killed Tuesday morning in an ambush by alleged left-wing anti-government guerrillas of New People's Army (NPA) in Ilocos Surprovince, northern Philippines, a ...
Spain supports advancement of European integration
Jun 14, 2005 ... Spain supports advancement of European integrationMADRID, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Spanish Prime Minister Jose LuisRodriguez Zapatero called here Monday for the integration process ofthe European Union (EU) to advance according to the conditions ofthe bloc's member countries ....
Swedish soccer results
Jun 14, 2005 ... Swedish soccer resultsSTOCKHOLM, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results andstandings from the Swedish championship matches on Monday: Monday, June 13 Djurgarden 0 IFK Gothenburg 0Kalmar 1 Assyriska FF0Sunday, ...
Nicaraguan defense minister resigns
Jun 14, 2005 ... Nicaraguan defense minister resignsMANAGUA, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Nicaragua's Defense Minister JoseAdan Guerra has presented a letter of resignation, which will becomeeffective on Wednesday, Nicaraguan President Enrique Bolanos saidMonday. "The agreement with minister ...
Hundreds of paramilitaries soon to be disarmed in Colombia
Jun 14, 2005 ... Hundreds of paramilitaries soon to be disarmed in ColombiaBOGOTA, June 13 (Xinhua) -- At least 425 members of theparamilitary United Self-Defense Forces (AUC) will be demobilized intwo days, the Colombian government announced here on Monday. The disarmament of the ...
Shares close up in Mexico, down in Brazil and Argentina
Jun 14, 2005 ... Shares close up in Mexico, down in Brazil and ArgentinaMEXICOCITY, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Latin America's three major stock markets -- Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires and Mexico City -- closed mixed on Monday. Mexico City's stock market IPC index, led by transportation andconstruction ...
Road accident kills six in Peru
Jun 14, 2005 ... Road accident kills six in PeruLIMA, June 13 (Xinhua) -- At least six people were killed and 25others injured when a bus tumbled down an 80-meter deep ravine insouthern Peru, officials with the National Police of Peru (PNP) saidon Monday ....
Gaudio, Moya and Costa out of Wimbledon
Jun 14, 2005 ... Gaudio, Moya and Costa out of Wimbledon LONDON, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Former French Open champions ArgentineGaston Gaudio and Spaniards Carlos Moya and Albert Costa have allwithdrawn from ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Jun 14, 2005 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, June 14 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inthe leading Philippine newspapers on Tuesday:Philippine Daily Inquirer: -- Opposition groups who want President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyoout of power ...
Fugitive former Daewoo head arrested upon return to S.Korea
Jun 14, 2005 ... Fugitive former Daewoo head arrested upon return to S.KoreaSEOUL, June 14 (Xinhua) -- Kim Woo-choong, founder of the bankruptSouth Korean Daewoo Group who had been on the run for nearly sixyears, was arrested upon his arrival at the South Korean IncheonInternational Airport ...
Norwegian soccer results
Jun 14, 2005 ... Norwegian soccer resultsOSLO, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results and standingsfrom the Norwegian championship matches on Monday: Monday, June 13 Viking Stavanger 0 Brann Bergen 0Sunday, June 12 Lyn Oslo 1 ...
UN observer mission arrives in Bolivia
Jun 14, 2005 ... UN observer mission arrives in BoliviaLIMA, June 13 (Xinhua) -- An United Nations observer mission arrived Monday afternoon inBolivia to assess what assistance the world body can provide to thecountry within the framework of the political transition. The mission, headed by UN ...
Venezuela says OPEC output ceiling increase unnecessary
Jun 14, 2005 ... Venezuela says OPEC output ceiling increase unnecessaryCARACAS, June 13 (Xinhua) -- There is no need for the Organizationof Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to increase daily crudeoutput by 500,000 barrels, Venezuelan Energy Minister Rafael Ramirezsaid Monday ....
Foreign exchange rates in Thailand
Jun 14, 2005 ... Foreign exchange rates in ThailandBANGKOK, June 14 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the baht on Tuesday as offered by the Bangkok Bank: TuesdayMondayUS dollar 40.54/41.1440.43/41.03...
Germany, Britain still differ over EU budget
Jun 14, 2005 ... Germany, Britain still differ over EU budgetBERLIN, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Germany and Britain failed to reach anagreement on the European Union's 2007-2013 budget on Monday, butthey hope to strike a deal at a EU summit later this week. Germany stuck to a compromise reached by ...
Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- June 14
Jun 14, 2005 ... Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- June 14BEIJING, June 14 (Xinhua) -- Highlights of major Beijing-basednewspapers on Tuesday:All the major Beijing based newspapers frontpaged the stories thattop Chinese leaders visited a special exhibition of Chen Yun, a ...
Illegal immigrants drown in north Morocco
Jun 14, 2005 ... Illegal immigrants drown in north MoroccoRABAT, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Twelve illegal immigrants drowned innorth Morocco's Tanger district Monday when they were trying to crossthe Gibraltar Strait, the regional commander of the royal gendarmeriesaid. About 91 illegal ...
Venezuela accuses US of destabilizing world
Jun 14, 2005 ... Venezuela accuses US of destabilizing worldCARACAS, June 13 (Xinhua) -- The United States is "the mostdestabilizing force in the world" and its policy toward Caracas " hasbeen a failure," Venezuelan Communication and Information MinisterAndres Izarra said Monday. His ...
China reports shrinkage of desertified, sandy areas
Jun 14, 2005 ... China reports shrinkage of desertified, sandy areasBEIJING, June 14 (Xinhua) -- China's desertification andsandification areas saw shrinkage for the first time since 1949, saidthe State Forestry Administration (SFA) Tuesday. The result was based on a SFA-sponsored ...
Philippine police ready to arrest former intelligence officer having Arroyo tape
Jun 14, 2005 ... Philippine police ready to arrest former intelligence officerhaving Arroyo tapeMANILA, June 14 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine National Capital RegionPolice Office (NCRPO) on Tuesday said it is ready to arrest a formerintelligence officer who claimed himself the owner of a tape ...
Hong Kong stocks open higher -- June 14
Jun 14, 2005 ... Hong Kong stocks open higher -- June 14HONG KONG, June 14 (Xinhua) -- ...
Death toll rises to seven in Chile's strong earthquake
Jun 14, 2005 ... Death toll rises to seven in Chile's strong earthquakeSANTIAGO, June 13 (Xinhua) -- At least seven people were killed ina strong earthquake in northern Chile late on Monday, authoritiessaid. The quake, with a magnitude of 7.9, struck at 6:48 p.m. (2248 GMT)and its ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Jun 14, 2005 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, June 14 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Tuesday: Yomiuri: -- A survey shows approval rate for Japanese Cabinet went down 4.1points to 47.3 percent ....
Central African Republic president names new prime minister
Jun 14, 2005 ... Central African Republic president names new prime ministerYAOUNDE, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Newly-elected President of theCentral African Republic Francois Bozize on Monday named an economistwho worked for African Development Bank as prime minister, stateradio said Monday ....
Major earthquake hits Chile
Jun 14, 2005 ... Major earthquake hits ChileHONG KONG, June 14 (Xinhua) -- A major earthquake measuring 7.9 onthe Richter scale rocked Tarapaca of Chile at 7:04 a.m. Hong Kongtime on Tuesday (GMT 2304 ...