Xinhua News Agency back issues from Saturday, October 22:
UN holds street ceremony to thank China
Oct 22, 2005 ... UN holds street ceremony to thank ChinaBEIJING, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- A large signboard reading "UnitedNations' 60th Anniversary. Thank you, China" caught the attention ofpassers-by on crowded Wangfujing Street in downtown Beijing on Fridayafternoon. UN organizations in China were ...
Opener, Advisory
Oct 22, 2005 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service for Friday,October 21, 2005, and begins ...
US Army National Guard's domestic ability hampered by Iraq deployment: newspaper
Oct 22, 2005 ... US Army National Guard's domestic ability hampered by Iraqdeployment: newspaperWASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The US Army National Guard doesn'thave enough equipment to respond to domestic disasters as the bulk oftheir equipment is being used in Iraq, The New York Times ...
Construction of coal-transporting railway starts
Oct 22, 2005 ... Construction of coal-transporting railway startsSHIJIAZHUANG, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Construction of the coalshipping Qian'an-Caofeidian railway started Friday in Hebei Province,north China. The 213-km line will be linked with the Datong-Qinhuangdao railwayrelieve the ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Oct. 21
Oct 22, 2005 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Oct. 21BEIJING, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Following are the domestic news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Friday: Market exchange rates -- Oct. 21 Central bank to issue commemorative coins of the Year of Dog China's ads income reaches ...
EU bans bird imports from most regions of Russia
Oct 22, 2005 ... EU bans bird imports from most regions of RussiaBRUSSELS, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) has extendedits ban on live pet birds and feathers from the Russian regions eastof the Ural Mountains to all of Russia except a few regions, theEuropean Commission (EC), said in ...
ADB, WB to assess quake reconstruction needs in Pakistan
Oct 22, 2005 ... ADB, WB to assess quake reconstruction needs in PakistanISLAMBAD, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- A joint team from the AsianDevelopment Bank (ADB) and World Bank (WB) will begin an assessmentof the needs and reconstruction costs following the 7.6 magnitudeearthquake that devastated parts ...
EC recommends opening SAA talks with Bosnia-Herzegovina
Oct 22, 2005 ... EC recommends opening SAA talks with Bosnia-HerzegovinaBELGRADE, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The European Commission hasrecommended opening talks with Bosnia-Herzegovina on theStabilization and Association Agreement (SAA), the first step for thewar-torn Balkan country towards European ...
Chechnya under law enforcers' control: Chechen president
Oct 22, 2005 ... Chechnya under law enforcers' control: Chechen presidentMOSCOW, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The situation in Russia's breakawayrepublic of Chechnya has been stabilized and is under control,Chechen President Alu Alkhanov said on Friday. "On the whole, the situation in the republic ...
Swiss gov't orders poultry indoors to avoid catching bird flu
Oct 22, 2005 ... Swiss gov't orders poultry indoors to avoid catching bird fluGENEVA, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Swiss government said Friday thatit had banned the keeping of poultry outdoors to avoid domestic fowlcontracting bird flu through contact with migratory birds carryingthe virus ....
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)
Oct 22, 2005 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)HONG KONG, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Friday:Chinese mainland to exempt tariffs on all Macao products Anti-government rally held in Philippine ...
Xinhua Mideast news summary at 2225 GMT, Oct. 21
Oct 22, 2005 ... Xinhua Mideast news summary at 2225 GMT, Oct. 21BEIRUT -- Lebanese President Emile Lahoud on Friday denied hisinvolvement, claimed by a UN report on Thursday, in the assassinationof former prime minister Rafik Hariri. According to a UN report issued on Thursday evening, ...
Brazil's Petrobras to invest 732 millon US dollars in oil exploration
Oct 22, 2005 ... Brazil's Petrobras to invest 732 millon US dollars in oilexplorationRIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's state owned oilcompany Petrobras will invest 732 million US dollars in 96 potentialnew oil fields, whose development rights it has won in the seventhround of ...
Air China raises additional fees on jet fuel again by 100 percent
Oct 22, 2005 ... Air China raises additional fees on jet fuel again by 100 percent BEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Air China, the national carrier, hasdecided to further lift the additional fees for jet fuel on theinternational routes by almost 100 percent starting on Thursday, theBeijing News said ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Oct.22
Oct 22, 2005 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Oct.22BELGRADE, Serbia-Montenegro -- The bird flu virus has beenconfirmed in Croatia on samples taken from wild swans found dead in alake in the east of the country, according to reports reaching herefrom Croatia on Friday. (Belgrade-Bird ...
Annan urges Eritrean president to lift helicopter ban on UN peacekeepers
Oct 22, 2005 ... Annan urges Eritrean president to lift helicopter ban on UNpeacekeepersUNITED NATIONS, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General KofiAnnan has written to Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, calling onhim to lift Eritrea's ban on helicopter flights by the UNpeacekeeping mission ...
Colombia army detects, destroys FARC explosives
Oct 22, 2005 ... Colombia army detects, destroys FARC explosivesBOGOTA, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Colombian army said on Friday ithad found and destroyed 135 kg of explosives belonging to rebelorganization the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The explosives were concealed in 27 ...
Yellow fever kills 8 in Venezuela
Oct 22, 2005 ... Yellow fever kills 8 in VenezuelaCARACAS, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Eight people have died of yellowfever in Guanare, capital of Portuguesa state in west-centralVenezuela, municipal authorities reported on Friday. Rafael Calles, mayor of Guanare said the dead were from ...
F1 champion Alonso wins Spain's Prince of Asturias prize
Oct 22, 2005 ... F1 champion Alonso wins Spain's Prince of Asturias prizeMADRID, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Formula One world champion FernandoAlonso, the youngest ever to win the car racing competition, hasbecome the youngest person ever to win Spain's Prince of Asturiasprice, Spanish media reported ...
Osleidys Menendez, Asafa Powell receive athletics honor
Oct 22, 2005 ... Osleidys Menendez, Asafa Powell receive athletics honorHAVANA, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Cuban javelin thrower OsleidysMenendez and Jamaican runner Asafa Powell were honored as the bestalthetes in the central America and Caribbean region in 2005, Cubanmedia reported on Friday ....
Three Chinese paddlers enter quarter-finals of men's World Cup
Oct 22, 2005 ... Three Chinese paddlers enter quarter-finals of men's World CupLIEGE, Belgium, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Three players from China onFriday booked their places at the quarter-finals of the Liebherrmen's table tennis World Cup, which opened at the Belgian town ofLiege. Asian ...
Ukraine, S. Korea vow to strengthen economic, technological cooperation
Oct 22, 2005 ... Ukraine, S. Korea vow to strengthen economic, technologicalcooperationKIEV, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenkomet with visiting South Korean Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan here onFriday and the two leaders pledged to further strengthen bilateraleconomic ...
Sokolova leads women's short program at Skate America
Oct 22, 2005 ... Sokolova leads women's short program at Skate AmericaWASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Elena Sokolova of Russia took thelead of Skate America Grand Prix figure skating in Atlantic city onFriday after the women's short program with 57.94 points, more thanthree points ahead of ...
US defense chief leaves Seoul for Mongolia
Oct 22, 2005 ... US defense chief leaves Seoul for MongoliaSEOUL, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Visiting US Defense Secretary DonaldRumsfeld left Seoul for Mongolia on Saturday after ending a three-day visit aimed at reviewing the half-century military alliancebetween South Korea and the United States ....
Portuguese soccer championship results and standings
Oct 22, 2005 ... Portuguese soccer championship results and standingsLISBON, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results andstandings from the Portuguese championship soccer matches onFriday (tabulated under matches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for,against and points): ...
Shanghai orders dangerous-materials transport vehicles to have GPS devices
Oct 22, 2005 ... Shanghai orders dangerous-materials transport vehicles to have GPSdevicesSHANGHAI, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- The city government of Shanghai, thelargest economic hub of eastern China, has recently required allvehicles transporting dangerous and toxic materials to be equippedwith GPS ...
Bulgarian Football Unoin says goodbye to "Slavkov era"
Oct 22, 2005 ... Bulgarian Football Unoin says goodbye to "Slavkov era"SOFIA, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Having thrown the "Slavkov era" in thearchives, Borislav Mihailov, the nation's best goalkeeper in therecent past, has been picked to be the new president of the BulgarianFootball Union (BFU) ....
Results of Zurich Open women's singles quarterfinals
Oct 22, 2005 ... Results of Zurich Open women's singles quarterfinalsGENEVA, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theZurich Open women's singles quarterfinal matches on Friday (prefixnumber denotes seeding): 1-Lindsay Davenport, United States, bt Francesca ...
Canada to invest $500 million on trading links with Asia
Oct 22, 2005 ... Canada to invest $500 million on trading links with AsiaOTTAWA,Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Canada is to spend about 590 millionCanadian dollars (about 498 million US dollars) to help buildstronger trading links with the Asian markets as part of its PacificGateway Strategy, Transport ...
Kraft to build new biscuit factory in China
Oct 22, 2005 ... Kraft to build new biscuit factory in ChinaBEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Kraft Foods (China) Co. Ltd hasannounced that it would build a second biscuit factory in Beijing. Construction of the factory, which will be located in the YizhuangScience and Technology Zone 16.5 ...
Results of Masters Series Madrid men's singles quarterfinals
Oct 22, 2005 ... Results of Masters Series Madrid men's singles quarterfinalsMADRID, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theMasters Series Madrid men's singles quarterfinal matches here onFriday (prefix number denotes seeding): 5-David Nalbandian, Argentina, bt Ivo ...
Central bank: China's macro-economy maintains stable development after forex reform
Oct 22, 2005 ... Central bank: China's macro-economy maintains stable developmentafter forex reformBEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- China's macro-economy remains stableand fast-growing despite the Renminbi (RMB) exchange rate reformthree months ago, the central bank announced in a new document ....
Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- Oct. 22
Oct 22, 2005 ... Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- Oct. 22BEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Highlights of major Beijing-basednewspapers on Saturday:People's Daily -- Yiwu, an eastern city known for wholesale trading, hassuccessfully realized the synchronous development ...
Wenger: no panic on Henry's future
Oct 22, 2005 ... Wenger: no panic on Henry's futureLONDON, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger claimed onFriday that there is no need for Gunners fans to panic over strikerThierry Henry's future. The 28-year-old is yet to open talks about a new deal but is undercontract until ...
Shares in Mexico, Argentina, Brazil close higher
Oct 22, 2005 ... Shares in Mexico, Argentina, Brazil close higherMEXICO CITY, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Latin America's three major stockmarkets closed higher on Friday. Mexico City's stock market IPC index rising 0.56 percent to closeat 14,903.36 points. A total of 209.7 million shares were ...
Yang/Meng finish 1-2 at National Games' canoeing
Oct 22, 2005 ... Yang/Meng finish 1-2 at National Games' canoeingNANJING, East China, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Athens Olympic canoeingchampions Yang Wenjun and Meng Guanliang came out one-two finish inthe men's C1 1,000m at the 10th Chinese National Games here onSaturday. In 2004, Meng and ...
Xinhua International News Advisory -- Oct. 22
Oct 22, 2005 ... Xinhua International News Advisory -- Oct. 22BEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are some of the majorinternational news stories scheduled to be covered or pursued byXinhua on Saturday. -- More European countries reported bird flu cases as Britain andCroatia confirmed ...
Kenya to honor athletes next week
Oct 22, 2005 ... Kenya to honor athletes next weekNAIROBI, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Kenyan government will rewardathletes who won medals in three major championships next week. The athletes will be drawn from the teams that took part in thisyears' World Championships in Helsinki, World Cross ...
Mexican aid for Haitian elections arrives in Port-au-Prince
Oct 22, 2005 ... Mexican aid for Haitian elections arrives in Port-au-PrinceMEXICO CITY, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Parts of Mexico's aid for Haitiangeneral elections have arrived in the capital of Port-au-Prince, theMexican Foreign Ministry said on Friday. The assistance includes ballots, ...
Vietnam focuses on human resources to boost tourism
Oct 22, 2005 ... Vietnam focuses on human resources to boost tourismHANOI, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam is to pay more attention toimproving human resources in the tourism sector and enhanced trainingcollaborations with foreign nations in the next few years, localpress reported Saturday ....
Hungarian Olympic Committee sacks general secretary Ajan
Oct 22, 2005 ... Hungarian Olympic Committee sacks general secretary AjanBUDAPEST, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Hungary's Olympic Committee sackedits general secretary Tamas Ajan on Friday after a hearing on threeweightlifters disqualified at last year's Olympics in Athens, statenews agency MTI reported ....
Thousands of Lebanese rally in Beirut to demand President Lahoud step down
Oct 22, 2005 ... Thousands of Lebanese rally in Beirut to demand President Lahoudstep downBEIRUT, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Thousands of supporters of murderedformer Prime Minister Rafik Hariri gathered in downtown Beirut Fridaynight, denouncing Syria and demanding that Lebanese President ...
Hurricane Wilma leaves 7 people injured in southeast Mexico
Oct 22, 2005 ... Hurricane Wilma leaves 7 people injured in southeast MexicoMEXICO, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Seven people were wounded whenHurricane Wilma passed Playa del Carmen in southeast Mexico, localauthorities said on Friday. The hurricane lifted a gas tank and smashed it at a house, ...
Andean health ministers discuss ways to prevent bird flu
Oct 22, 2005 ... Andean health ministers discuss ways to prevent bird fluLIMA, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The health ministers of Bolivia,Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela, which form the AndeanCommunity, plus Chile held an emergency meeting in Lima Friday todiscuss how to coordinate measures to ...
Results of Skate America Grand Prix figure skating
Oct 22, 2005 ... Results of Skate America Grand Prix figure skatingWASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of theSkate America, first event in the ISU figure skating Grand Prix, inAtlantic City, New Jersey, on Friday: Women short program: 1. Elena Sokolova, ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Oct 22, 2005 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Saturday.Asahi: -- Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. said Friday that PresidentRyotaro Kaneko and two other top executives ...
Foreign exchange rates in Indonesia
Oct 22, 2005 ... Foreign exchange rates in IndonesiaJAKARTA, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are the foreignexchange rates against the Indonesian rupiah here on Saturday:Saturday Friday US dollar 10,070/10,130 10,070/10,100 ...
China to draft new law to tackle energy headaches
Oct 22, 2005 ... China to draft new law to tackle energy headachesBEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- A senior Chinese energy official saidChina will draft a new law within two years in a bid to furtherstrengthen its energy security, reported Saturday's China Daily. According to the paper, the ...
New York subway service back to normal after fire at Manhattan station
Oct 22, 2005 ... New York subway service back to normal after fire at ManhattanstationNEW YORK, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- A fire disrupted subway serviceFriday morning in Manhattan, New York, but everything has been backto normal after a few hours of suspension, said officials of thecity's transit ...
China's first joint venture company celebrates 25th birthday
Oct 22, 2005 ... China's first joint venture company celebrates 25th birthdayBEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Beijing Air Catering Company(BAC), China's first joint venture company, has been operating for 25years this month since its establishment. The BAC now serves over 280 flights of 50 ...
Hungarian bird flu vaccine proves effective in humans
Oct 22, 2005 ... Hungarian bird flu vaccine proves effective in humansBUDAPEST, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Hungary's bird flu vaccine currentlyon trial has proved effective, Jeno Racz, the country's healthminister, said on Friday. "Now we can confirm unequivocally that the vaccine ...
Spanish citizens at no risk of catching bird flu, says government
Oct 22, 2005 ... Spanish citizens at no risk of catching bird flu, says government MADRID, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Spanish citizens are facing no risk ofcatching bird flu for the moment, Spanish Vice-President Maria TeresaFernandez de la Vega told a press conference on Friday. Everything needed ...
UN urges all parties in Cote d'Ivoire to promote peace process
Oct 22, 2005 ... UN urges all parties in Cote d'Ivoire to promote peace processABIDJAN, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The head of the United Nations'sanctions committee on Cote d'Ivoire called on all parties in thecountry here Friday to promote the troubled peace process. Greek diplomat Adamantios ...
Canada seeks to clarify with Australia on avian flu
Oct 22, 2005 ... Canada seeks to clarify with Australia on avian fluOTTAWA, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Canada insisted its pigeons pose nothreat to human health and has urged Australia for a talk to tacklean imports ban imposed after three racing pigeons from Canada weretested positive for avian flu ...
China to adopt fresh jobless rate next year
Oct 22, 2005 ... China to adopt fresh jobless rate next yearBEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- China will announce a freshunemployment rate calculated according to an investigation method inthe latter half of 2006, replacing the current urban registeredunemployment index, reported Saturday's China ...
Major news items in leading Indian newspapers
Oct 22, 2005 ... Major news items in leading Indian newspapersNEW DELHI, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Indian newspapers on Saturday.The Hindu: -- India has delivered on some of its commitments contained in theJuly 18 nuclear deal with the ...
Some 20 mountaineers stranded in Nepal by heavy snowfall
Oct 22, 2005 ... Some 20 mountaineers stranded in Nepal by heavy snowfallKATHMANDU, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Rescue efforts are under way for agroup of French trekkers and mountain climbers stranded by heavysnowfall in the mountains of northwest Nepal, the Himalayan RescueAssociation said here on ...
Asian champion Liu to charge for five titles at National Games canoeing
Oct 22, 2005 ... Asian champion Liu to charge for five titles at National GamescanoeingNANJING, East China, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Liu Haitao from theChinese Army, the double champion in the 2002 Busan Asiad, became thebiggest winner as he made a haul of three gold medals at China 's10th National ...
Major news items in Thailand's leading newspapers
Oct 22, 2005 ... Major news items in Thailand's leading newspapersBANGKOK, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inThailand's leading newspapers on Saturday: Bangkok Post: -- The row over the elevated train extension escalated on Fridaywith Prime Minister Thaksin ...
Nepal singles out airport for poultry import to prevent bird flu
Oct 22, 2005 ... Nepal singles out airport for poultry import to prevent bird fluKATHMANDU, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- A Nepali National Task Forcemeeting on Avian Influenza Saturday decided to import poultryproducts only through Tribhuwan International Airport (TIA). Representatives from various ...
Yang/Meng come out one-two finish at National Games canoeing (updated)
Oct 22, 2005 ... Yang/Meng come out one-two finish at National Games canoeing(updated)NANJING, East China, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Athens Olympic canoeingchampions Yang Wenjun and Meng Guanliang came out one-two finish inthe men's C1 1,000m at the 10th National Games here on Saturday. In ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Oct 22, 2005 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Philippine newspapers on Saturday:Manila Bulletin: -- The US government Friday reaffirmed its support for PresidentArroyo amid domestic ...
Sri Lanka Elections Commissioner calls for wide consensus for incident-free poll
Oct 22, 2005 ... Sri Lanka Elections Commissioner calls for wide consensus forincident-free pollCOLOMBO, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka Elections CommissionerDayananda Dissanayake called on the political parties of the 13presidential candidates to review steps that should be taken toensure a ...
Charter change allowing presidential reelection triggers debate in Colombia
Oct 22, 2005 ... Charter change allowing presidential reelection triggers debate inColombiaBOGOTA, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The approval of a constitutionalchange that allows the president to run for a second term in Colombiaon Friday triggered a fierce debate on the value of the measure andthe ...
Indonesia to cut LNG export by 10 pct in 2006
Oct 22, 2005 ... Indonesia to cut LNG export by 10 pct in 2006JAKARTA, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia will cut its liquefiednatural gas (LNG) exports by 10 percent in 2006 due to lowerproduction in the aging gas fields in the provinces of Aceh and EastKalimantan, the Jakarta Post reported ...