Xinhua News Agency back issues from Monday, September 26:
Dengue cases on rise in Malaysian state of Sembilan
Sep 26, 2005 ... Dengue cases on rise in Malaysian state of SembilanKUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Dengue fever cases are on therise in the Malaysian state of Sembilan, local media reported onSunday. This week saw 42 reported cases of dengue state-wide while only 20cases were recorded ...
Chinese leader greets centennial of Beijing Hospital
Sep 26, 2005 ... Chinese leader greets centennial of Beijing HospitalBEIJING, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice-President Zeng Qinghongattended a ceremony to mark Beijing Hospital's 100th anniversary ofits founding here Sunday. Zeng, who is also a member of the Standing Committee of ...
Opener, Advisory
Sep 26, 2005 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service for Sunday,September 25, 2005, and begins ...
Typhoon Damrey makes waves before landing in south China
Sep 26, 2005 ... Typhoon Damrey makes waves before landing in south ChinaHAIKOU, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Impending typhoon Damrey expected tobe the strongest cyclone hitting south China in 10 years has begunmaking waves before its landing. Sea water engulfed two coastal villages in ...
News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua
Sep 26, 2005 ... News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of XinhuaHONG KONG, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Sunday:More suspected bird flu patients hospitalized in Jakarta Urgent: Macao's legislative poll kicks off ...
Facts and figures about Macao's legislative elections
Sep 26, 2005 ... Facts and figures about Macao's legislative electionsMACAO, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Elections for the third term of theLegislative Assembly (LA) of the Macao Special Administrative Region(MSAR) ended here on Sunday evening. The following are a batch of figures and facts worth ...
China exclusive: CPC initiates rural election reform
Sep 26, 2005 ... China exclusive: CPC initiates rural election reform By Meng Na,Ding Xiguo JINAN, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Election of secretary of villagecommittee of the CPC will no longer an internal affair of theCommunist Party of China (CPC), as non-Party people have been allowedto attend ...
China Focus: Chinese enterprises, are you ready for doing business with UN?
Sep 26, 2005 ... China Focus: Chinese enterprises, are you ready for doing businesswith UN?WUHAN, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) - Despite of obvious advantage in priceand quality, made-in-China has to do due homework before doingbusiness with the United Nations (UN), officials of Chinese Ministryof ...
Chinese senior leaders visit armies, herdsmen in Xinjiang
Sep 26, 2005 ... Chinese senior leaders visit armies, herdsmen in XinjiangURUMQI, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) --- Chinese senior leaders Luo Gan andHui Liangyu visited armies, farmers and herdsmen in northwest China'sXinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, to convey the Party andgovernment's regards to them at ...
Singapore considers default pension plan under CPF
Sep 26, 2005 ... Singapore considers default pension plan under CPFSINGAPORE, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Singapore Prime Minister Lee HsienLoong said on Sunday that the government is considering a defaultpension plan under the Central Provident Fund (CPF), according toChannel NewsAsia report on Sunday ...
Djibouti Prime Minister ends China tour
Sep 26, 2005 ... Djibouti Prime Minister ends China tourSHANGHAI, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Djibouti Prime Minister DileitaMohamed Dileita left Shanghai on Sunday, concluding his week-longvisit to China. During his stay in Chinese ...
Senior mainland officials meet HK's Chief Executive, lawmakers
Sep 26, 2005 ... Senior mainland officials meet HK's Chief Executive, lawmakersGUANGZHOU, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Senior Guangdong provincialleaders met with Hong Kong's Chief Executive Donald Tsang andlegislators on Sunday night, who were on a two-day visit in thePearl River Delta area ....
China sets traditional Chinese medicine as strategic industry
Sep 26, 2005 ... China sets traditional Chinese medicine as strategic industryCHENGDU, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese government has designatedtraditional medicine production as a strategic industry, a seniortechnology official told participants to an international conferenceheld here Sunday ....
Domestic news item from Xinhua -- Sept. 25
Sep 26, 2005 ... Domestic news item from Xinhua -- Sept. 25BEIJING, Sept. 25(Xinhua) -- Following are the domestic news items released by Xinhuaon Sunday: Chinese artist elected as president of Int'l Association of Art(more added) Domestic news item from Xinhua -- Sept. 24 ...
News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua
Sep 26, 2005 ... News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of XinhuaHONG KONG, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Sunday:More suspected bird flu patients hospitalized in Jakarta Urgent: Macao's legislative poll kicks off ...
URGENT: Results of Macao's legislative poll
Sep 26, 2005 ... URGENT: Results of Macao's legislative pollMACAO, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Association for New DemocraticMacao led by Ng Kuok Cheong was at the head of the poll in ...
Writethru: Provisional results of Macao's legislative poll come out
Sep 26, 2005 ... Writethru: Provisional results of Macao's legislative poll comeoutMACAO, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Association for New DemocraticMacao led by Ng Kuok Cheong was at the head of the poll in Sunday' selections for the third-term Legislative Assembly (LA) of China' sMacao Special ...
Damrey Hits Hainan in South China
Sep 26, 2005 ... Damrey Hits Hainan in South China By Liu Hua HAIKOU, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Damrey, No. 18 typhoon of the year,hit South China at 4:00 in the morning Monday, which is the strongestsince 1974. The Hainan Pronvincial Meteorological Station said Damrey landedon the north of ...
Dein confident about Henry's future
Sep 26, 2005 ... Dein confident about Henry's futureLONDON, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Arsenal vice-chairman David Deinclaimed on Sunday he is "quietly confident" that Thierry Henry willsee out his career at the club. The 28-year-old striker - currently sidelined with a groin injury -has two ...
Gerrard blames fitness problem
Sep 26, 2005 ... Gerrard blames fitness problemLONDON, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Steven Gerrard on Sunday blamed alack of fitness for his poor performances in England's recent WorldCup qualifiers against Wales and Northern Ireland. Gerrard, 25, who had been recovering from a calf injury prior ...
Chile loses 4-1 to England in women's field hockey tournament
Sep 26, 2005 ... Chile loses 4-1 to England in women's field hockey tournamentSANTIAGO, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Chile ended their participation inthe Youth World Women's Field Hockey Championship, held at thiscapital, after losing 4-1 to England, to end 10th in the tournament. At any rate this ...
Spanish Alonso makes history in Formula One
Sep 26, 2005 ... Spanish Alonso makes history in Formula OneBRASILIA, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Spanish Formula One (F-1) pilotSunday became the youngest participant, and first Spanish to becomeworld champion by finishing third in the Grand Prix of Brazil, won byColombian Juan Pablo Montoya ....
Belgian Tom Boonen wins in cycling world tournament
Sep 26, 2005 ... Belgian Tom Boonen wins in cycling world tournamentMADRID, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- The dominion of Spanish cyclists inthe world cycling-race championship concluded Sunday with Belgian TomBoonen who defeated Alejandro Valverde and French Anthony Geslin, ina sprint. The ...
Greece wins second title of European Basketball Championship
Sep 26, 2005 ... Greece wins second title of European Basketball ChampionshipBELGRADE, Serbia-Montenegro, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Greeknational basketball team won its second title of European BasketballChampionship here on Sunday evening, after beating Germany with 78-62. During the ...
Wenger advocates points awarded for goals
Sep 26, 2005 ... Wenger advocates points awarded for goalsLONDON, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Arsenal boss manager Arsene Wengerrevealed on Sunday extra points should be awarded to those teams whowin by three or more goals in the England's premier league. Wenger believes he found the answer for ...
Uganda's exiled opposition leader Obote asked to leave party power
Sep 26, 2005 ... Uganda's exiled opposition leader Obote asked to leave party power KAMPALA, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Apolo Milton Obote, the exiledpresident of the opposition Uganda People's Congress (UPC), has beenasked to hand over power to the young generation, local press The NewVision reported on ...
Kenian Martin Lel wins half-Marathon of Portugal
Sep 26, 2005 ... Kenian Martin Lel wins half-Marathon of PortugalLISBON, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Kenian Martin Lel Sunday won the halfmarathon of Portugal with an official time of 1:01:36 hours, leavingbehind by two seconds the record of the race, held between Vasco daGama Bridge and Nations Park ...
Brazilian referees suspended after fraud denunciations
Sep 26, 2005 ... Brazilian referees suspended after fraud denunciationsRIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Brazilian SoccerConfederation (CBF) Sunday decided to suspend referees EdilsonPereira de Carvalho and Paulo Jose Danelon, accused of forcing thegame results to benefit a mafia of ...
English Premier League soccer standings
Sep 26, 2005 ... English Premier League soccer standingsLONDONG, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings ofEnglish Premier League after a match played on Sunday (tabulatedunder games played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against and points): 1. Chelsea7 7 0 0 14 ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Sept. 26
Sep 26, 2005 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Sept. 26GAZA -- Mohamed Sheikh Khalil, commander of the Islamic Jihad(Holy War) armed wing Saraya al-Quds, was assassinated on Sundaynight together with his deputy as an Israeli drone fired one rocketat their car that drove in the Gaza ...
Middlesbrough loses to Sunderland 2-0
Sep 26, 2005 ... Middlesbrough loses to Sunderland 2-0LONDON, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Sunderland pulled off their firstleague victory of the season in the north-east derby on Sunday whenthey beat hosts Middlesbrough 2-0. And the Black Cats' first Premiership win in 22 games sinceDecember ...
Peace Race cycling event to resume next year
Sep 26, 2005 ... Peace Race cycling event to resume next yearPRAGUE, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Peace Race international cyclingevent will be held again in 2006 after a one-year suspension, CzechCycling Association deputy head Cestmir Kalas said Sunday. The Peace Race, which enters its 58th ...
Market exchange rates -- Sept. 26
Sep 26, 2005 ... Market exchange rates -- Sept. 26BEIJING, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Market exchange rates of four majorcurrencies against RMB yuan, announced by the People's Bank of China: Currency Unit Middle Price (in RMB yuan) US Dollar 100 809.10 ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Sep 26, 2005 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- The followings are the major newsitems in the leading Philippine newspapers on Monday:Philippine Daily Inquirer: -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo continued her tough talkagainst the ...
English Premier League soccer results
Sep 26, 2005 ... English Premier League soccer resultsLONDON, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following is the result of an EnglishPremier League match played on Sunday: Middlesbrough lost to Sunderland 0-2 Played on Saturday, September 24 Birmingham City tied Liverpool 2-2 ...
Brazil beats Uruguay 3-1 in Davis Cup
Sep 26, 2005 ... Brazil beats Uruguay 3-1 in Davis CupMONTEVIDEO, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Brazil beat Uruguay 3-1 in thefinal of Davis Cup American Zone II after Ricardo de Mello came fromeone set down to defeat Marcel Felder 3-1 in Sunday's first singlesmatch. De Mello, ranked 61 in the ATP ...
Roundup: Senior US official starts image-enhancing Middle East trip
Sep 26, 2005 ... Roundup: Senior US official starts image-enhancing Middle EasttripCAIRO, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- US Under Secretary of State for PublicDiplomacy Karen Hughes kicked off a five-day Middle East tour onSunday in a bid to improve the much battered US image in the Muslimworld ....
One injured in helicopter crash in Canada
Sep 26, 2005 ... One injured in helicopter crash in CanadaOTTAWA, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- A helicopter with four occupantscrashed in northeastern Quebec of Canada on Sunday, leaving oneperson in serious condition. The pilot used a satellite phone to call police ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Sep 26, 2005 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Monday. Asahi: -- The Ground Self-Defense Force has included the possible attackfrom China into its contingency plan, ...
Spanish first division soccer standings
Sep 26, 2005 ... Spanish first division soccer standingsMADRID, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings ofSpanish first division soccer league after matches played on Sunday(tabulated under games played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, againstand points): Celta Vigo 5 ...
Three killed in tire factory blaze in Canada
Sep 26, 2005 ... Three killed in tire factory blaze in CanadaOTTAWA, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Three people were killed Sunday in atire factory fire that caused about 1 million Canadian dollars (about800, 000 US dollars) in damages near Montreal, second largest city ofCanada. The blaze ...
World Bank, IMF reiterate support for achieving development goals
Sep 26, 2005 ... World Bank, IMF reiterate support for achieving development goals WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank and theInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) on Sunday reiterated their supportfor the realization of internationally agreed development goalsincluding the Millennium ...
Results of Golf Presidents Cup
Sep 26, 2005 ... Results of Golf Presidents CupWASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the final day'sresults of the Presidents Cup team competition after the U.S. beatthe Internationals by 18-1/2 points to 15-1/2 at Robert Trent JonesGolf Club in Gainesville, Virginia, on Sunday: ...
Spanish first division soccer results
Sep 26, 2005 ... Spanish first division soccer resultsMADRID, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of Spanishfirst division soccer league matches played on Sunday (home teamslisted first): Alaves lost to Real Madrid 0-3 Mallorca lost to Malaga 1-4 Osasuna bt ...
Spanish first division soccer summaries
Sep 26, 2005 ... Spanish first division soccer summariesMADRID, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the summaries of thematches of Spanish first division soccer league played on Sunday: Celta Vigo 2 Fernando Baiano (1), Borja Oubina (15) Sevilla1 Enzo Maresca ...
Feature: Man who collects both wastes and tramps
Sep 26, 2005 ... Feature: Man who collects both wastes and tramps by Zhou FangBEIJING, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Both wastes and tramps aredisgusting for most of us. But a man living in east China's ShandongProvince loves both of them. Li Junmin is an oddity with many odd features in the eye of ...
Results from European basketball championship
Sep 26, 2005 ... Results from European basketball championshipBELGRADE, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theEuropean Basketball Championship here on Sunday: Final: Greece bt ...
Leading scorers of Spanish first division soccer league
Sep 26, 2005 ... Leading scorers of Spanish first division soccer leagueMADRID, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading scorers ofthe Spanish first division soccer league after matches played onSunday: 5 -- David Villa (Valencia), Samuel Eto'o (Barcelona) 4 -- Ronaldo (Real ...
New military law to come into force in Venezuela
Sep 26, 2005 ... New military law to come into force in VenezuelaCARACAS, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavezannounced Sunday that the new National Armed Force law will come intoforce as of the coming Monday. The law is aimed at maintaining Venezuela's territorial ...
U.S. win Presidents Cup for fourth victory
Sep 26, 2005 ... U.S. win Presidents Cup for fourth victoryWASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. won the President Cupfor the fourth time in the biennial sixth tournament after beatingthe Internationals by 18-1/2 points to 15-1/2 on Sunday at the RobertTrent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, ...
French first division soccer standings
Sep 26, 2005 ... French first division soccer standingsPARIS, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of Frenchfirst division soccer league after matches played on Sunday(tabulated under games played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, againstand points): 1. Olympique Lyon9 6 ...
Japanese marine sells drug on Internet: paper
Sep 26, 2005 ... Japanese marine sells drug on Internet: paperTOKYO, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- A member of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force was selling drugs to civilians through Internet incases of drug abuse involving other marine elites, the Asahi Shimbunreported Monday. The police have ...
Algerian PM vows to severely punish defying terrorists
Sep 26, 2005 ... Algerian PM vows to severely punish defying terroristsALGIERS, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Algerian Prime Minister AhmedOuyahia vowed Sunday that the terrorists who continue taking Algerianpeople as enemy would be punished severely, the Algerian pressservice reported. The report ...
Italian first division soccer results
Sep 26, 2005 ... Italian first division soccer resultsROME, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of theItalian first division soccer matches played on Sunday: Inter Milan bt Fiorentina 1-0 Cagliari tied AS Roma 0-0 Empoli bt Lecce 1-0 ...
Portoroz Open tennis result
Sep 26, 2005 ... Portoroz Open tennis resultBELGRADE, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following is the result from the140,000 US dollars Portoroz Open tennis tournament in ...
French first division soccer league results
Sep 26, 2005 ... French first division soccer league resultsPARIS, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of Frenchfirst division soccer league matches played on Sunday: Sunday, September 25 Nantes lost to Olympique Lyon 0-1 Racing Lens tied Stade Rennes 0-0 ...
Italian first division soccer standings
Sep 26, 2005 ... Italian first division soccer standingsROME, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of Italianfirst division soccer league after matches played on Sunday(tabulated under games played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, againstand points): 1. Juventus5 5 0 0 ...
Israeli helicopters attack targets in Gaza
Sep 26, 2005 ... Israeli helicopters attack targets in GazaGAZA, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Israeli helicopters fired missilesearly Monday at targets in Gaza City and Khan Yunes, a town insouthern Gaza ....
China launches new measures to regulate online news services
Sep 26, 2005 ... China launches new measures to regulate online news servicesBEIJING, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Online news sites that publishstories containing fabricated information, pornography, or violenceare facing severe punishment or even shutdown under a new regulation,the China Daily ...
Exit polls show Polish opposition center-right winning parliamentary election
Sep 26, 2005 ... Exit polls show Polish opposition center-right winningparliamentary electionWARSAW, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Poland's opposition center-right wonthe parliamentary election on Sunday with a broad lead over theruling left-wing alliance, two exit polls showed. The conservative ...
Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- Sept. 26
Sep 26, 2005 ... Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- Sept. 26BEIJING, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Highlights of major Beijing-basednewspapers:People's Daily -- Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the NationalPeople's Congress, in Shanghai called for further ...
Spanish ecologists protest against British nuclear submarine visit in Gibraltar
Sep 26, 2005 ... Spanish ecologists protest against British nuclear submarine visitin GibraltarMADRID, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Spanish ecologists on Sundayprotested against the docking of a British nuclear submarine inGibraltar over the weekend, Spanish media reported on Sunday. A spokesman ...
Hong Kong stocks open higher -- Sept. 26
Sep 26, 2005 ... Hong Kong stocks open higher -- Sept. 26HONG KONG, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- ...
German first division soccer standings
Sep 26, 2005 ... German first division soccer standingsBERLIN, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of Germanfirst division soccer league after matches played on Sunday(tabulated under games played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, againstand points): 1. Bayern Munich ...
Canadian man breaks world record in marathon jogging
Sep 26, 2005 ... Canadian man breaks world record in marathon joggingOTTAWA, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Michal Kapral from Canada broke theworld record in marathon jogging Sunday, running three hours andseven minutes while juggling three balls. The 33-year-old Toronto man beat the previous record ...