Xinhua News Agency back issues from Monday, December 12:
Hong Kong stocks end up -- Dec. 12
Dec 12, 2005 ... Hong Kong stocks end up -- Dec. 12HONG KONG, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Hong ...
Nikkei hits 5-year high
Dec 12, 2005 ... Nikkei hits 5-year highTOKYO, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Japan's key Nikkei stock index turnedin this year's biggest single-day point gain Monday to end at itshighest level in five years and two months as a wide range of sharesdrew buying amid optimism over the upcoming release of the ...
African culture talks to be held in Nairobi
Dec 12, 2005 ... African culture talks to be held in NairobiNAIROBI, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Culture ministers and experts fromacross Africa will gather in the Kenyan capital Nairobi for a keymeeting starting Tuesday, local media has reported. The ministerial meeting, the first in 12 years, ...
Beijing launches Olympic supplier program
Dec 12, 2005 ... Beijing launches Olympic supplier programBEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Beijing Olympic organizers on Mondaylaunched their Supplier Program, the third tier of the 2008 OlympicsSponsorship Program. The Supplier Program includes selections of "exclusive suppliers"and ...
Chinese Premier Meets with ROK President
Dec 12, 2005 ... Chinese Premier Meets with ROK PresidentKUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao methere Monday with President of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Roh Moo-hyun on the all-round partnership cooperation between the twocountries. During the meeting, Wen said that the ...
Special voting begins across Iraq ahead of general elections
Dec 12, 2005 ... Special voting begins across Iraq ahead of general electionsBAGHDAD, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Special voting began Monday in Iraqas hospital patients, prison detainees and security forces went topolling stations to cast their ballots, three days ahead of generalelections to be held ...
China's top procurator meets Spanish guests
Dec 12, 2005 ... China's top procurator meets Spanish guestsSHENZHEN, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Jia Chunwang, procurator-general ofChina's Supreme People's Procuratorate, met here Monday with avisiting Spanish procuratorate delegation headed by ProsecutorGeneral of the Kingdom of Spain ...
1st lead: Anti-Syrian MP killed in Beirut explosion
Dec 12, 2005 ... 1st lead: Anti-Syrian MP killed in Beirut explosion Eds: Updateswith details, backgroundBEIRUT, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The anti-Syrian Christian parliamentmember Gebran Tueni was killed in a car bomb explosion in easternBeirut on Monday, medics said. His driver was also ...
Indonesia, Thailand on military cooperation against terrorism
Dec 12, 2005 ... Indonesia, Thailand on military cooperation against terrorismJAKARTA, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia and Thailand have agreed tostrengthen cooperation between their armies in the fight againstterrorism and in support of their respective police, an Indonesianofficial said Monday ....
China exclusive: Venice Film Festival Director: enthusiasm in Chinese film never fades out
Dec 12, 2005 ... China exclusive: Venice Film Festival Director: enthusiasm inChinese film never fades out By Wu Jing BEIJING, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- My personal enthusiasm in Chinesefilm will never fade out as Chinese cinema can stand on its head fora moment and kick strongly upward, thus bringing ...
Major news items in leading Afghan newspapers
Dec 12, 2005 ... Major news items in leading Afghan newspapersKABUL, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inAfghan leading newspapers on Monday.Arman-e-Millie: -- Several rockets fired from unknown locations landed near a USmilitary base in southeast Khost ...
China silk fair to be held in spring
Dec 12, 2005 ... China silk fair to be held in springBEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The China Spring Silk Fair 2006 willbe held from Feb. 20 to 22 next year in Hong Kong, the China Chamberof Commerce for Import and Export of Textiles announced on Monday. China is the world's largest silk ...
Urgent: Car bomb hits police headquarters in central Baghdad
Dec 12, 2005 ... Urgent: Car bomb hits police headquarters in central BaghdadBAGHDAD, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- A car bomb went off ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0800 GMT, Dec. 12
Dec 12, 2005 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0800 GMT, Dec. 12TUNIS -- The United States is satisfied with the smoothdevelopment of U.S.-Libyan relations, and is willing to deepen theties, a senior U.S. official said Sunday, according to reports fromTripoli, capital of Libya. The ...
US trade official urges more commitments to open markets
Dec 12, 2005 ... US trade official urges more commitments to open marketsHONG KONG, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- US Trade Representative Rob Portmanhere Monday called on the European Union, Japan and other developedcountries to make further commitments to opening their markets andreducing subsidies for ...
Six people burnt to death in fuel tanker accident in eastern Uganda
Dec 12, 2005 ... Six people burnt to death in fuel tanker accident in easternUgandaKAMPALA, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Six passengers have been burnt todeath in a fierce fire that gutted three vehicles, one of them a busin Uganda's eastern district of Bugiri, according to the officer incharge of ...
Tanzania ranks 22nd on global infant mortality
Dec 12, 2005 ... Tanzania ranks 22nd on global infant mortalityDAR ES SALAAM, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Tanzania has been ranked the22nd among 192 countries worldwide on the under-five-year-oldsmortality rate, according to a United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) report available here on Monday ....
Four killed in car bomb explosion in eastern Beirut
Dec 12, 2005 ... Four killed in car bomb explosion in eastern BeirutBEIRUT, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- At least four people were killed andten others wounded in a car bombing explosion in eastern Beirut onMonday, police and witnesses said. The explosion occurred in the Christian-dominated Mekalis ...
Major news items in leading Nigerian newspapers
Dec 12, 2005 ... Major news items in leading Nigerian newspapersLAGOS, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Nigerian newspapers on Monday. Vanguard: -- Four of the seven persons injured in Saturday's aircrash inPort Harcourt have died taking the death ...
Beijing sets industrial production growth record
Dec 12, 2005 ... Beijing sets industrial production growth recordBEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Major industrial enterprises inBeijing realized 16.7 billion yuan (2.1 billion US dollars) in value-added output in November, a growth of 16.6 percent over the samemonth of 2004 in comparable prices, ...
Foreign exchange rates in Nepal
Dec 12, 2005 ... Foreign exchange rates in NepalKATHMANDU, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The following are Inter-bankforeign exchange rates against the Nepali rupee on Monday:Currency Unit BuyingSelling Australian dollar 1 55.86 56.3 ...
Poll projects big gain for Sharon's Kadima party in elections
Dec 12, 2005 ... Poll projects big gain for Sharon's Kadima party in electionsJERUSALEM, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- A public opinion poll released onMonday showed that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's new Kadima partywill gain as many as 41 seats in the 120-seat Knesset ( parliament)if the general ...
Malaysian PM calls for concrete steps in building ASEAN Community
Dec 12, 2005 ... Malaysian PM calls for concrete steps in building ASEAN Community KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Malaysian Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi here Monday called on the Association ofSoutheast Asia Nations (ASEAN) countries to take concrete anddetermined steps to guide ASEAN ...
Macao expects new high in casino tax income
Dec 12, 2005 ... Macao expects new high in casino tax incomeMACAO, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Macao's income from direct gaming taxis expected to reach 16 billion patacas (two billion US dollars) thisyear, a new high in the history, local media reported Monday. The Macao Post Daily quoted Tam Pak ...
Polluted water belt to pass Jiamusi
Dec 12, 2005 ... Polluted water belt to pass JiamusiBEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- China's environmental watchdogreports that the tail end of the chemical spill in the Songhua Riverwill soon pass Jiamusi some 244 km downstream from the city ofTongjiang, where the river joins the Heilongjiang ...
Ugandan gov't to ban tobacco advertising: health official
Dec 12, 2005 ... Ugandan gov't to ban tobacco advertising: health officialKAMPALA, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Ugandan government is to banadvertisement and sponsorship by the tobacco industry, according to aprincipal medical official in the Ministry of Health. Sheila Ndyanabangyi was quoted by ...
Major news items in leading Kenyan newspapers
Dec 12, 2005 ... Major news items in leading Kenyan newspapersNAIROBI, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Kenyan newspapers on Monday. Daily Nation: -- A pan-African television station aimed at changing thenegative image of the continent will be ...
Scores of big liquor vessels confirmed to be antique in NE China
Dec 12, 2005 ... Scores of big liquor vessels confirmed to be antique in NE ChinaCHANGCHUN, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Fifty-two liquor vessels in abrewery in northeast China's Jilin province have been confirmed tobe antique with a history of 121 years, the local government reportedMonday. "We ...
Iraqis begin voting in prisons, hospitals, military camps
Dec 12, 2005 ... Iraqis begin voting in prisons, hospitals, military campsBAGHDAD, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Some Iraqis started on Monday theirearly voting ahead of the country's general elections slated for Dec.15. According to instructions of the Iraqi electoral commission,Iraqis who receive ...
Ailment hit Vanuatu volcano evacuation camp
Dec 12, 2005 ... Ailment hit Vanuatu volcano evacuation campWELLINGTON, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Flu and diarrhea have hit somepeople in an evacuation camp on South Pacific Vanuatu after a volcanobegan erupting, according to Monday's report Ambae Island, Vanuatu. Around 5,000 evacuees were moved ...
Urgent: Three wounded in car bomb in eastern Baghdad
Dec 12, 2005 ... Urgent: Three wounded in car bomb in eastern BaghdadBAGHDAD, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- A car bomb went off near ...
Foreign exchange rates in Indonesia
Dec 12, 2005 ... Foreign exchange rates in IndonesiaJAKARTA, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following were the foreign exchangerates against the Indonesian rupiah here on Monday: Monday Saturday US dollar 9,715/9,745 9,670/9,730 Euro ...
Iraqis begin Voting in military camps, hospitals and prisons
Dec 12, 2005 ... Iraqis begin Voting in military camps, hospitals and prisonsBAGHDAD, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Iraqis began voting Monday ...
2nd lead: Blast rocks Beirut suburbs, four killed
Dec 12, 2005 ... 2nd lead: Blast rocks Beirut suburbs, four killed Eds: Updateswith toll BEIRUT, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- A blast rocks Beirut suburbs onMonday, police and witnesses said. At least four people were killed and ten others wounded in ...
Singapore to acquire 12 F-15 fighter planes
Dec 12, 2005 ... Singapore to acquire 12 F-15 fighter planesSINGAPORE, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Singapore Ministry of Defense (MINDEF) signed a contract with the American Boeing Company on Mondayto acquire 12 F-15SG ("SG" refers to "Singapore") fighter aircraft. According to a statement by the ...
Uganda's ruling party to stop losers from running as independent candidates
Dec 12, 2005 ... Uganda's ruling party to stop losers from running as independentcandidatesKAMPALA, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni hasappointed a task force to stop losers in the just concluded partyprimaries from running as independent candidates against official ...
Singapore, San Marino establish diplomatic relations
Dec 12, 2005 ... Singapore, San Marino establish diplomatic relationsSINGAPORE, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Singapore Ministry of ForeignAffairs announced Monday in a statement that the city state and SanMarino have established diplomatic relations since Dec. 9, 2005. "The Government of the ...
Japanese party leader urges public servants to stop visiting Yasukuni Shrine
Dec 12, 2005 ... Japanese party leader urges public servants to stop visitingYasukuni ShrineBEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- A Japanese party leader said hereMonday that as long as the Yashukuni Shrine honors the convictedclass-A World War II criminals, Japanese prime minister and otherpublic ...
US soldier killed in suicide car bomb in western Iraq
Dec 12, 2005 ... US soldier killed in suicide car bomb in western IraqBAGHDAD, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- A US soldier was killed on Sunday ina suicide car bomb attack near Iraq's western city of Ramadi, the USmilitary said on Monday. "A soldier, assigned to the 2nd Marine Division, II ...
Urgent: Anti-Syrian MP killed in Beirut explosion
Dec 12, 2005 ... Urgent: Anti-Syrian MP killed in Beirut explosionBEIRUT, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The anti-Syrian ...
Christian MP targeted in Beirut blast
Dec 12, 2005 ... Christian MP targeted in Beirut blastBEIRUT, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- A Christian Lebanese parliamentmember, an outspoken anti-Syrian official, was the target of a carbombing attack in eastern ...
Japan partially lifts beef ban
Dec 12, 2005 ... Japan partially lifts beef banTOKYO, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Japanese government decided Mondayto conditionally resume beef imports from the United States andCanada, relaxing a two-year-old ban imposed for fear of contaminationof mad cow disease. Based on a report of a ...
Chinese premier delivers speech at East Asia Summit Leaders Dialogue
Dec 12, 2005 ... Chinese premier delivers speech at East Asia Summit LeadersDialogueKUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabaodelivered a speech at the East Asia Summit Leaders Dialogue Mondayhere, sharing his perspectives on East Asia economic cooperation withrepresentatives ...
Police bans campaign processions in Dar es Salaam
Dec 12, 2005 ... Police bans campaign processions in Dar es SalaamDAR ES SALAAM, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Tanzanian police have bannedcampaign processions in Dar es Salaam for Monday and Tuesday, thelast two days of public campaigning by the 10 political parties vyingfor the presidency of the United ...
ASEAN summit closes with signing declaration on charter
Dec 12, 2005 ... ASEAN summit closes with signing declaration on charterKUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The 11th ASEAN Summit closed onMonday at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Center with the signing of theKuala Lumpur Declaration on the Establishment of the ASEAN Charter. In a statement at ...
Urgent: Blast rocks Beirut suburbs: al-Jazeera
Dec 12, 2005 ... Urgent: Blast rocks Beirut suburbs: al-JazeeraBEIRUT, Dec. 12 ...
1st lead: Three wounded in car bomb in eastern Baghdad
Dec 12, 2005 ... 1st lead: Three wounded in car bomb in eastern Baghdad Eds:Updates with detailsBAGHDAD, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- A car bomb went off near a policecheckpoint in eastern Baghdad on Monday, wounding three civilians, anInterior Ministry source told Xinhua. "A booby-trapped ...
1st lead: Blast rocks Beirut suburbs: al-Jazeera
Dec 12, 2005 ... 1st lead: Blast rocks Beirut suburbs: al-Jazeera Eds: Updateswith toll BEIRUT, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- A blast rocks Beirut suburbs onMonday, the al-Jazeera reported ....
Xinhua Mideast news advisory -- Dec. 12
Dec 12, 2005 ... Xinhua Mideast news advisory -- Dec. 12CAIRO, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The following major international newsstories from the Middle East region are scheduled to be covered orpursued by Xinhua News Agency on Monday.-- The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries ...
Foreign trade in E. China province exceeds 200 billion U.S. dollars
Dec 12, 2005 ... Foreign trade in E. China province exceeds 200 billion U.S.dollarsNANJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Imports and exports continued to growrapidly in Jiangsu Province, an economic engine in eastern China, toreach 200 billion U.S. dollars worth in the first 11 months of thisyear ....
Tanzanians urged to go to polls on Wednesday
Dec 12, 2005 ... Tanzanians urged to go to polls on WednesdayDAR ES SALAAM, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Tanzanian government hasformally urged employers in the country to mobilize and facilitatetheir employees to fully participate in this year's general electionsslated for Dec. 14. The ...
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
Dec 12, 2005 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapersJERUSALEM, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Israeli newspapers on Monday.Ha'aretz: -- Israeli Prime Minister's Office said on Sunday that DefenseMinister Shaul Mofaz is quitting the ...
East China city sells"woman or men only" soft sleeper tickets
Dec 12, 2005 ... East China city sells"woman or men only" soft sleeper ticketsBEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The train station in Xuzhou city,east China's Jiangsu Province, has started to sell sleeper tickets bygender, that is, to have only men or women in one cabin, reported theBeijing News on ...
Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers
Dec 12, 2005 ... Major news items in leading Turkish newspapersANKARA, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Turkish newspapers on Monday.HURRIYET (Freedom): -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday returnedto Turkey after his 11-day ...
S.Korean stocks close higher
Dec 12, 2005 ... S.Korean stocks close higherSEOUL, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- South Korean stocks closed higherMonday. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) increased15.81 points, or 1.2 percent, to 1,333.23. Volume was moderate at 455 million ...
Indonesian military deploys troops to small islands
Dec 12, 2005 ... Indonesian military deploys troops to small islandsJAKARTA, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian Military (TNI) hasdeployed troops to small islands off East Nusa Tenggara province in amove to prevent territorial claims by other countries, a high-ranking officer said Monday ....
S.Korean university to examine professor's stem cell research authenticity
Dec 12, 2005 ... S.Korean university to examine professor's stem cell researchauthenticitySEOUL, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- A South Korean renowned universityannounced Monday it will conduct examination to the authenticity ofthe stem cell research led by its visiting professor Hwang Woo- suk,who has ...
China publicizes bid result of textile export quota to US
Dec 12, 2005 ... China publicizes bid result of textile export quota to USBEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- China Chamber of Commerce for Importand Export of Textiles has released the bid result of export quotason 21 categories of textiles to the United States next year. Those members of the ...
Land Rover motor to recall 104 Discovery 3 from China market
Dec 12, 2005 ... Land Rover motor to recall 104 Discovery 3 from China marketBEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhua)-- Land Rover Motor Co. will recall 104Discovery 3 from the China market because of defective gasoline tank,said sources with the carmaker's China branch. Land Rover has delivered a report ...
Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers
Dec 12, 2005 ... Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapersCAIRO, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Egyptian newspapers on Monday.Al Ahram: -- Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul-Gheit met on Sunday withSuleiman Al-Shuhomi, visiting Secretary ...
OPEC likely to maintain output at current level
Dec 12, 2005 ... OPEC likely to maintain output at current levelKUWAIT CITY, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The 138th Ministerial Conferenceof the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)started in Kuwait on Monday, during which the OPEC producers arelikely to maintain the current crude ...
Atlas of China's glacier, frozen earth, desert makes debut
Dec 12, 2005 ... Atlas of China's glacier, frozen earth, desert makes debutLANZHOU, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The China Atlas Publishing House hasreleased the country's first atlas of glacier, tundra and deserts. With Wang Tao, chief scientist of the country's desert preventionand control ...
Thai PM proposes speedier ASEAN integration
Dec 12, 2005 ... Thai PM proposes speedier ASEAN integrationKUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Thai Prime Minister ThaksinShinawatra proposed Monday that ASEAN initiatives be allowed to takeoff with the participation of only two countries at the least, withthe other members coming on board when ...
Malaysian PM: China not threat
Dec 12, 2005 ... Malaysian PM: China not threatKUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Malaysian Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi said Monday that China is not a threat but achallenge as it is emerging as an economic giant. Badawi made the remarks in a special interview over RTM's TV ...
Turkey to train Italian pilots on F-16
Dec 12, 2005 ... Turkey to train Italian pilots on F-16ANKARA, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Turkish Air Forces will train Italianpilots on F-16 fighter jets, the semi-official Anatolia news agencyreported on Monday. Under an agreement between the Turkish General Staff and theItalian Defense ...