Xinhua News Agency back issues from Tuesday, January 10:
Sharon's sedation to be lowered further after limb movement
Jan 10, 2006 ... Sharon's sedation to be lowered further after limb movementJERUSALEM, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Doctors at Jerusalem's HadassahHospital treating Ariel Sharon are to further reduce his sedation onTuesday, one day after his right arm and right leg responded to painstimulation ....
7 more Pakistani soldiers killed in north: Spokesman
Jan 10, 2006 ... 7 more Pakistani soldiers killed in north: SpokesmanISLAMABAD, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- At least seven Pakistani soldierswere killed in an overnight attack in the country's tribal NorthWaziristan area, an army spokesman said on Tuesday. The attack was carried out at 00:30 am on ...
China home news advisory -- Jan.10
Jan 10, 2006 ... China home news advisory -- Jan.10Beijing, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Following are the major domestic newsitems scheduled to be covered or pursued by Xinhua on Tuesday: -- National annual tourism conference -- Sohu New Perspective Forum 2006 -- National conference ...
NBA results (corrected)
Jan 10, 2006 ... NBA results (corrected)WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theNBA games on Monday (home team in CAPS): ...
Factfile of Cleveland Cavaliers' Damon Jones
Jan 10, 2006 ... Factfile of Cleveland Cavaliers' Damon JonesBEIJING, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Li-Ning Sports Good Companysigned a two-year contract with Cleveland Cavaliers' guard DamonJones of the National Basketball Association on Tuesday. Followingis the factfile of the player: ...
Hobart tennis results
Jan 10, 2006 ... Hobart tennis resultsCANBERRA, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of the WTATasmanian International played in Hobart on Tuesday (prefix numberdenotes seeding): First round: Michaella Krajicek, Netherlands, bt Maret Ani, Estonia, ...
Professional boxer Asiku voted Uganda's best sportsman
Jan 10, 2006 ... Professional boxer Asiku voted Uganda's best sportsmanKAMPALA, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Professional boxer Jackson Asiku hasbeen voted by the Uganda Sports Press Association (USPA) as the bestsportsman for last December, local press reported on Tuesday. United Kingdom based ...
China develops first maglev train
Jan 10, 2006 ... China develops first maglev trainSHIJIAZHUANG, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Chinese engineers have developedthe country's first medium- and low-speed magnetic levitation trainwhich travels 150 kilometers her hour, the developers said onTuesday. A series of tests show that the ...
TB tops deadly infectious diseases in China last December
Jan 10, 2006 ... TB tops deadly infectious diseases in China last DecemberBEIJING, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- A total of 934 people died ofinfectious diseases in China last December with tuberculosis (TB)being the top killer, according to a national epidemic reportreleased by the Ministry of Health ...
Tokyo stocks end lower
Jan 10, 2006 ... Tokyo stocks end lowerTOKYO, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks fell Tuesday on concernover the yen's rise against the U.S. dollar and the fast pace ofrecent share price increases. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average lost 303.86 points, or 1.85percent, from Friday's close, ...
Hubble reveals North Star's hidden second companion
Jan 10, 2006 ... Hubble reveals North Star's hidden second companionWASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Scientists can finally figure outthe mass of the North Star, or Polaris, after the Hubble Telescopehas captured the first image of a hidden second companion of theNorth Star, U.S. astronomers said ...
Zimbabwe bans fish, meat vending to control cholera
Jan 10, 2006 ... Zimbabwe bans fish, meat vending to control choleraHARARE, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Zimbabwean government has bannedpublic vending of fish and all meat products in a widened move tocontrol the spread of cholera, local media reported on Tuesday. This came as the fruit and ...
Japanese FM shows dim hope for G-4 bill, notes talks with U.S.
Jan 10, 2006 ... Japanese FM shows dim hope for G-4 bill, notes talks with U.S.TOKYO, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso saidTuesday that an unaltered G-4 resolution would not be accepted in theUnited Nations and Japan will seek continued dialogue with the U.S.on its efforts ...
Ocean disasters leave 371 people dead, missing in China in 2005
Jan 10, 2006 ... Ocean disasters leave 371 people dead, missing in China in 2005BEIJING, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Ocean disasters left 371 people deadand missing in China in 2005, in addition to 33.24 billion yuan(approximately 4 billion U.S. dollars) of direct economic losses,according to a yearly ...
Thousands protest against Thai-US FTA in northern Thailand
Jan 10, 2006 ... Thousands protest against Thai-US FTA in northern ThailandBANGKOK, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Some 8,000 protesters have rallied inthe front of the U.S. Consulate in Chiang Mai to demand the halt ofThai-U.S. free trade talks which they term as unfair, local pressreported Tuesday ....
UN interim commander assures stabilization in Haiti
Jan 10, 2006 ... UN interim commander assures stabilization in HaitiHAVANA, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations peacekeeping forcewill try its utmost to ensure stability in Haiti, the interimcommander-in-chief of the UN troops said on Monday. At a gathering commemorating the previous ...
Canberra tennis results (updated)
Jan 10, 2006 ... Canberra tennis results (updated)CANBERRA, Jan 10 (Xinhua) -- Following are the second roundresults at the WTA Canberra International tennis tournament hereTuesday (prefix number denotes seeding):Ekaterina Bychkova, Russia, bt ...
Air quality of major Chinese cities -- Jan. 10
Jan 10, 2006 ... Air quality of major Chinese cities -- Jan. 10BEIJING, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Report on the quality of air in 47major Chinese cities (12:00 Jan. 9, 2005 to 12:00 Jan. 10, 2006Beijing Time), released by the China Environmental Monitoring Center: City Major Pollutant ...
Tanzanian government monitoring looming power crisis
Jan 10, 2006 ... Tanzanian government monitoring looming power crisisDAR ES SALAAM, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The newly-appointed primeminister of Tanzania is scheduled to inspect the country's majorhydropower dams on Wednesday, according to the Ministry of Energy andMinerals. Ibrahim Msabaha, ...
Philippine stocks close higher
Jan 10, 2006 ... Philippine stocks close higherMANILA, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine share prices Tuesdayclosed higher as investors continued to buy in select heavyweights,dealers said. The composite index ended up 11.28 points or 0.52 percent at 2,162.43, and the broader all-shares ...
Sydney tennis results (updated)
Jan 10, 2006 ... Sydney tennis results (updated)CANBERRA, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of the ATP/WTA Sydney International tennis tournament on Tuesday (prefix numberdenotes seeding): Women's second round: 1-Kim Clijsters, Belgium, bt Li Na, China, 6-3, 6-1 ...
Auckland tennis results
Jan 10, 2006 ... Auckland tennis resultsWELLINGTON, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Following are the first roundresults at the Auckland Open tennis tournament on Tuesday: 1-Fernando Gonzalez, Chile, bt Luis Horna, Peru, 6-3, 6-4 Christophe Rochus, Belgium, bt Jose Acasuso, Argentina, 6-4, 6-4 ...
S.Korean stocks drop
Jan 10, 2006 ... S.Korean stocks dropSEOUL, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- South Korean stocks ended lower Tuesdayas the market was dented by massive program selling. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) fell 12.04 points, or 0.85 percent, to 1,396.29. Volume was heavy at ...
Tanzania to have no more life-long diplomats
Jan 10, 2006 ... Tanzania to have no more life-long diplomatsDAR ES SALAAM, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Tanzanian government isworking out an action plan to make sure that the country's overseas-based diplomats work for a maximum of eight years. The government move followed a statement made by ...
Several security officials reportedly killed in armed attack in northern Pakistan
Jan 10, 2006 ... Several security officials reportedly killed in armed attack innorthern PakistanISLAMABAD, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- There were reports of killing ofseveral security officials on Monday in armed attack in northernPakistan, two days after the killing of eight paramilitary soldiersin ...
Vietnam prosecutes soccer coach, player for match fixing
Jan 10, 2006 ... Vietnam prosecutes soccer coach, player for match fixingHANOI, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam' Investigation Agency has justdecided to prosecute a former head coach and a former player of alocal soccer club for rigging matches at the 2000-2001 nationaltournament, local newspaper ...
Canadian party leaders pounch each other as election approaches
Jan 10, 2006 ... Canadian party leaders pounch each other as election approachesMontreal, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Leaders of major Canadian parties onMonday spared no efforts in selling themselves and savaging theiropponents at a national televised debate about two weeks before thefederal election ....
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
Jan 10, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapersJERUSALEM, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Israeli newspapers on Tuesday.Ha'aretz: -- Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Dan Halutz told militarycorrespondents on Monday that Iran's ...
ICC suspends funding to Zambia cricket
Jan 10, 2006 ... ICC suspends funding to Zambia cricketLUSAKA, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The International Cricket Council(ICC) has suspended all financial assistance to the Zambia CricketUnion (ZCU) citing mismanagement within the organization, local mediareported Tuesday. ICC development ...
Bird flu might spread to humans more easily than thought, but less deadly: study
Jan 10, 2006 ... Bird flu might spread to humans more easily than thought, but lessdeadly: studyWASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- The bird flu virus may spread tohumans more easily than previously thought, but less deadly, suggestsa study published Monday in an American monthly, Archives of ...
China's sportswear giant Li-Ning signs NBA's Damon Jones
Jan 10, 2006 ... China's sportswear giant Li-Ning signs NBA's Damon JonesBEIJING, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Chinese leading sportswear brand Li-Ning signed a two-year contract with Cleveland Cavaliers' guard DamonJones of the National Basketball Association, the company announcedhere on Tuesday ....
NBA standings
Jan 10, 2006 ... NBA standingsWASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings fromthe NBA on Monday: EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION W L PCT GB 1. New Jersey 19 12 .613 - 2. Philadelphia 17 17 .500 3 1/2 ...
Hong Kong stocks finish higher at midday -- Jan. 10
Jan 10, 2006 ... Hong Kong stocks finish higher at midday -- Jan. 10HONG KONG, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong ...
3rd Ld Writethru: Hwang Woo-suk's papers on human embryonic stem cells faked: S.Korean university panel
Jan 10, 2006 ... 3rd Ld Writethru: Hwang Woo-suk's papers on human embryonic stemcells faked: S.Korean university panelSEOUL, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- A special panel of the Seoul NationalUniversity (SNU) Tuesday concluded that South Korea's embattledresearcher Hwang Woo-suk's two papers on human ...
Macao gaming resort project secures 700 mln USD financing
Jan 10, 2006 ... Macao gaming resort project secures 700 mln USD financingMACAO, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- MGM Grand Macao, a Macao-U.S. jointlyoperated gaming resort project, has secured 700 million U.S. dollarsin financing, local media reported on Tuesday. Macao Post Daily quoted MGM sources as ...
China to spend big sum in harnessing Yellow River's biggest tributary
Jan 10, 2006 ... China to spend big sum in harnessing Yellow River's biggesttributaryXI'AN, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- China will intensify efforts to harnessthe Weihe River, the biggest tributary of the Yellow River, as wellas the tributary's drainage area in the years to come. The State ...
Foreign exchange rates in Philippines
Jan 10, 2006 ... Foreign exchange rates in PhilippinesMANILA, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the peso released by the Philippine Central Bank onTuesday:Tuesday Monday US dollar 52.4210 52.6460 Japanese ...
Zimbabwean government blasts sports administrators
Jan 10, 2006 ... Zimbabwean government blasts sports administratorsHARARE, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Zimbabwean government has taken aswipe at local sports administrators who ill-treat players and blamedthem for stifling development of sport in the country. Ignatius Chombo, the Minister of ...
Foreign exchange rates in Vietnam
Jan 10, 2006 ... Foreign exchange rates in VietnamHANOI, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The following are Inter-bank foreignexchange rates against the Vietnamese dong (VND) on Tuesday: Buying...
Urgent: Turkey finds new case of human bird flu
Jan 10, 2006 ... Urgent: Turkey finds new case of human bird fluANKARA, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- A new case of human bird ...
Spring Festival transport peak looming in south China city
Jan 10, 2006 ... Spring Festival transport peak looming in south China cityBEIJING, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The railway station in this bustlingmetropolis in south China has already seen a transport peak ahead ofthe Spring Festival, China's lunar New Year which falls on Jan. 29this year. Last ...
Police offices put on high alert in Nepali capital
Jan 10, 2006 ... Police offices put on high alert in Nepali capitalKATHMANDU, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Kathmandu Valley Police Officehas asked all the police offices outside Ring Road to be on highalert taking into account the withdrawal of the anti- governmentforces' unilateral cease-fire ....
Urgent: Iran removes seals at nuclear research site
Jan 10, 2006 ... Urgent: Iran removes seals at nuclear research siteTEHRAN, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Iran removed seals on its ...
Major news items in leading Kenyan newspapers
Jan 10, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Kenyan newspapersNAIROBI, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Kenyan newspapers on Tuesday. Daily Nation: -- Kenya's foreign debt should be canceled to help it deal withthe effects of famine, the director of ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0800 GMT, Jan. 10
Jan 10, 2006 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0800 GMT, Jan. 10SEOUL -- A special panel of the Seoul National University (SNU)Tuesday concluded that South Korea's embattled researcher Hwang Woo-suk's two papers on human embryonic stem cells were both fabricated. The panel made the ...
DPM downplays concern on sharp depreciation of baht
Jan 10, 2006 ... DPM downplays concern on sharp depreciation of bahtBANGKOK, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Thai Deputy Prime Minister andCommerce Minister Somkid Jatusripitak on Tuesday shrugged off concernon a recent sharp appreciation of the baht, saying it would notaffect the country's exports ....
Writethru: Turkey finds new case of human bird flu
Jan 10, 2006 ... Writethru: Turkey finds new case of human bird fluANKARA, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- A new case of human bird flu confirmedin central Turkey on Tuesday, CNN reported. The new case added five more human cases of bird flu in fourprovinces, which was announced by Turkey on Monday, ...
Writethru: Turkey finds new case of human bird flu
Jan 10, 2006 ... Writethru: Turkey finds new case of human bird fluANKARA, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- A new case of human bird flu confirmedin central Turkey on Tuesday, raising the number of human beings hitby the killer virus to at least 14, CNN reported. The new case added five more ...
Maize prices up in Uganda following regional trades' entrance
Jan 10, 2006 ... Maize prices up in Uganda following regional trades' entranceKAMPALA, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The price of maize grains in Kampalamarkets has jumped more than 200 percent in the past two weeksfollowing the entrance of regional traders into the market to meetdemand in ...
Hotline helps to crack 3 million criminal cases: Chinese police
Jan 10, 2006 ... Hotline helps to crack 3 million criminal cases: Chinese policeBEIJING, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese police hotline 110received more than 120 million calls on 3.33 million criminal casesand minor offenses in 2005, which led to the capture of 864,000suspected criminals, ...
Xinhua Mideast news advisory -- Jan. 10
Jan 10, 2006 ... Xinhua Mideast news advisory -- Jan. 10CAIRO, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The following major international newsstories from the Middle East region are scheduled to be covered orpursued by Xinhua News Agency on Tuesday.-- Continuing to monitor status of Israeli Prime Minister ...
Janpan's Koizumi visits Turkey
Jan 10, 2006 ... Janpan's Koizumi visits TurkeyANKARA, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Japanese Prime MinisterJunichiro Koizumi is expected to meet and hold talks with Turkishleaders on Tuesday on the Middle East peace process, according toTurkish officials. Koizumi, who arrived in Ankara ...
Urgent: Israeli DM says Palestinians permitted to vote in Jerusalem
Jan 10, 2006 ... Urgent: Israeli DM says Palestinians permitted to vote inJerusalemJERUSALEM, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Israeli ...
China simplifies procedures for cross-region customs clearance
Jan 10, 2006 ... China simplifies procedures for cross-region customs clearanceBEIJING, Jan. 10 (Xinhua)-- When a Beijing-based company wants topick up its imported goods at the Tianjin Customs, it now only needsto apply to the Beijing Customs rather than the Tianjin Customs. This is the ...
Tibet to invest 4.3 bn UDS in ecological protection in 15 years
Jan 10, 2006 ... Tibet to invest 4.3 bn UDS in ecological protection in 15 yearsLHASA, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Tibet in southwest China plans toinvest 35.2 billion yuan (4.3 billion U.S. dollars) in ecologicalprotection in the coming 15 years, the regional environmentalprotection administration said ...
Pepsi to add 850 mln dollar investment in China in next three years
Jan 10, 2006 ... Pepsi to add 850 mln dollar investment in China in next threeyearsBEIJING, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- US-based Pepsi Cola Co., a leadingsoft drinks company in the world, has announced that it will input anadditional 850 million U.S. dollars to China in the coming threeyears ....
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 1)
Jan 10, 2006 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 1)HONG KONG, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Tuesday:Major news items in leading Australian newspapers Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers ...
Burundian envoy's wife dies in road accident in Uganda
Jan 10, 2006 ... Burundian envoy's wife dies in road accident in UgandaKAMPALA, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The wife and baby of the Burundiandeputy ambassador to Uganda died in a road accident near Mbarara townin southwestern Uganda. Police at Mbarara police station confirmed to Xinhua by ...
Zambia incapable of phasing out leaded petrol in near future
Jan 10, 2006 ... Zambia incapable of phasing out leaded petrol in near futureLUSAKA, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Zambian government, oil marketingcompanies and energy experts have expressed their concerns that thecountry is financially and materially incapable of phasing out leadedpetrol at least in ...
Australian stock market closes lower
Jan 10, 2006 ... Australian stock market closes lowerCANBERRA, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Australian stock exchange marketclosed lower Tuesday as the benchmark S&P/ASX200 lost 14.8 points to4,816.7 while the all ordinaries dropped 14.1 points to 4,761.7. Market turnover was 1.23 billion ...
Foreign exchange rates in Hong Kong -- Jan. 10
Jan 10, 2006 ... Foreign exchange rates in Hong Kong -- Jan. 10HONG KONG, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Following are foreign exchangerates against the Hong Kong dollar released by the Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited at 17:05 on Tuesday:Buying Selling Japanese yen 676.70 ...
Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers
Jan 10, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Turkish newspapersANKARA, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Turkish newspapers on Tuesday.VATAN (Motherland): -- Five more people were confirmed to have been infected with birdflu in several Turkish ...
Ugandan army launches new operation against northern rebels
Jan 10, 2006 ... Ugandan army launches new operation against northern rebelsKAMPALA, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Uganda People's Defense Force(UPDF) has launched a new operation against rebels of the Lord'sResistance Army (LRA) in the war-ravaged northern region. The 5th Division army ...
1st LD Writethru: Iran removes seals at nuclear research site
Jan 10, 2006 ... 1st LD Writethru: Iran removes seals at nuclear research siteTEHRAN, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Iran removed seals on its nuclearresearch sites on Tuesday, despite international calls to refrainfrom resuming nuclear fuel research, official sources said. This move came after Iran ...
Foreign exchange rates in New Zealand
Jan 10, 2006 ... Foreign exchange rates in New ZealandWELLINGTON, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the NZ dollar here on Tuesday:TuesdayMonday US dollar 0.6934 0.6920 ...