Xinhua News Agency back issues from Monday, January 30:
Japan's opposition leader raps FM for shrine visit suggestion
Jan 30, 2006 ... Japan's opposition leader raps FM for shrine visit suggestionTOKYO, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Social Democratic Party (SDP)leader criticized Foreign Minister Taro Aso on Sunday for hissuggestion that the country's emperor should visit the war-linkedYasukuni Shrine, the Tokyo ...
Overseas Filipino worker remittances up 23 pct last year
Jan 30, 2006 ... Overseas Filipino worker remittances up 23 pct last yearMANILA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The remittances sent by the overseasFilipino workers recorded a 23.3-percent growth in 2005 to 10.85billion U.S dollars from 8.81 billion dollars in 2004, the governmentsaid on Monday ....
Indonesian anti-money laundering body to get more power
Jan 30, 2006 ... Indonesian anti-money laundering body to get more powerJAKARTA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian government plans togive more power to the country's anti-money laundering watchdog amidthe global fight against the crime, reports said Monday. The Financial Transaction ...
Japanese local assembly urges U.S. to suspend F-15 flight drills
Jan 30, 2006 ... Japanese local assembly urges U.S. to suspend F-15 flight drillsTOKYO, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Okinawa prefectural assembly onMonday urged the U.S. military there to suspend air drills using F-15 fighter jets, after such a plane crashed in the Pacific offOkinawa earlier this ...
Philippines records 5.1 pct GDP growth in 2005
Jan 30, 2006 ... Philippines records 5.1 pct GDP growth in 2005MANILA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines recorded an economygrowth of 5.1 percent in 2005, lower than the 6 percent in 2004, as aresult of high oil prices and other factors, the government saidMonday. According to the ...
Number of Spring Festival railway travelers up by 5 million
Jan 30, 2006 ... Number of Spring Festival railway travelers up by 5 millionBEIJING, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- About 5 million more Chinese peoplethan last year traveled by train before this year's Spring Festival,according to the Ministry of Railways. After the nationwide Spring Festival travel ...
Indonesia's most wanted militant recruits suicide bombers: police
Jan 30, 2006 ... Indonesia's most wanted militant recruits suicide bombers: police JAKARTA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's top terror fugitiveblamed for a series of deadly bombings in the country had recruiteddozens of followers including suicide bombers when on the run, thepolice chief said ...
News Analysis: Causes for Halonen's re-election in Finland's presidential race
Jan 30, 2006 ... News Analysis: Causes for Halonen's re-election in Finland'spresidential raceHELSINKI, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Finnish Social Democratic Party'spresidential candidate, incumbent President Tarja Halonen was re-elected Sunday in the second round of voting in the ...
Urgent: Foreign oil workers held hostage in Nigeria released
Jan 30, 2006 ... Urgent: Foreign oil workers held hostage in Nigeria released LAGOS, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Four ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0800 GMT, Jan. 30
Jan 30, 2006 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0800 GMT, Jan. 30JERUSALEM -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday expressedsupport for Israel's policy in the wake of Hamas' surprise win in thePalestinian parliamentary elections. Speaking at a press conference after her meeting with ...
Philippine stocks close higher
Jan 30, 2006 ... Philippine stocks close higherMANILA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine share prices Mondayclosed higher boosted by the better-than-expected GDP growth rate in2005, dealers said. The composite index ended up 10.02 points or 0.47 percent at 2,131.91, and the all-shares ...
Rebels kill U.S. citizens in mistake for soldiers: Indonesian police
Jan 30, 2006 ... Rebels kill U.S. citizens in mistake for soldiers: IndonesianpoliceJAKARTA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- A group of Papuan rebels had ambusheda convoy of vehicles and killed two U.S citizens and an Indonesianfor the mistaken idea that the vehicles carried soldiers, theIndonesian Police ...
ADB provides Uganda with fund for education, water sectors
Jan 30, 2006 ... ADB provides Uganda with fund for education, water sectorsKAMPALA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The African Development Bank (ADB)has agreed to provide Uganda with 85.75 million U.S. dollars tosupport its education, water and sanitation sectors. Two grant protocols on the providing ...
Illegal blood banks mushrooming in Bangladesh
Jan 30, 2006 ... Illegal blood banks mushrooming in BangladeshDHAKA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Illegal blood banks are mushrooming inDhaka and other parts of Bangladesh in the absence of any governmentcontrol, putting at risk the life of patients needing blood. Local daily New Age quoted sources ...
Foreign exchange rates in Philippines
Jan 30, 2006 ... Foreign exchange rates in PhilippinesMANILA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the peso released by the Philippine Central Bank onMonday:Monday Friday US dollar 52.4350 52.4310 Japanese ...
FLASH: FOUR FOREIGN OIL WORKERS HELD HOSTAGE IN NIGERIA HAVE BEEN RELEASED: NIGERIA GOVERNMENT
Jan 30, 2006 ... FLASH: FOUR FOREIGN OIL WORKERS HELD HOSTAGE IN ...
Major news items in leading Kenyan newspapers
Jan 30, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Kenyan newspapersNAIROBI, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Kenyan newspapers on Monday. Daily Nation: -- A 4.1-billion-shilling (about 58.5 million U.S. dollars) navalship deal at the center of Kenya ...
Uganda asks Kenya to disarm Pokot warriors
Jan 30, 2006 ... Uganda asks Kenya to disarm Pokot warriorsKAMPALA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni isto petition the Kenyan government to disarm the Pokot warriors innorthwestern Kenya, local newspaper The New Vision reported onMonday. Museveni was quoted as saying ...
Major news items in leading Afghan newspapers
Jan 30, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Afghan newspapersKABUL, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inAfghan leading newspapers on Monday. Arman-e-Millie: Police arrested four suspected terrorists on charge of having handin recent bomb attacks in the ...
Hostage oil workers released in Nigeria
Jan 30, 2006 ... Hostage oil workers released in NigeriaLAGOS, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Four foreign oil workers held hostagein Nigeria have been released, a government spokesman said Monday. The four workers are in good condition in southern state ofBayelsa, where they were kidnapped by armed ...
International film festival to be held in Bangladesh
Jan 30, 2006 ... International film festival to be held in BangladeshDHAKA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- A two-week-long international filmfestival is being organized in Bangladesh by a private body and willstart on March 1, organizers said on Monday. Shahin Reza Noor, one of the organizers of the ...
Japan stocks: Nikkei hits new 5-year high
Jan 30, 2006 ... Japan stocks: Nikkei hits new 5-year highTOKYO, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Japan's stock market continued itsgaining streak on Monday, with the benchmark Nikkei stock indexmaking a new five-year, five-month high. Extending its winning streak to five trading days, the 225- ...
Foreign oil workers held hostage in Nigeria released
Jan 30, 2006 ... Foreign oil workers held hostage in Nigeria releasedLAGOS, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Four foreign oil workers held hostagein southern Nigeria for more than two weeks have been released, anofficial for Royal Dutch Shell said on Monday. "I can ...
China establishes first coastal forestry park
Jan 30, 2006 ... China establishes first coastal forestry parkHAIKOU, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- A state-level forestry park stretchingalong the coastline of Hainan Province, China's southernmost island,has opened to visitors recently. Covering over 526 hectares, the park, the first of its kind ...
Foreign exchange rates in Indonesia
Jan 30, 2006 ... Foreign exchange rates in IndonesiaJAKARTA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Following are the foreign exchangerates against the Indonesian rupiah here on Monday: MondaySaturday US dollar 9,365/9,3959,350/9,410 Euro ...
Strike hits two South African provinces
Jan 30, 2006 ... Strike hits two South African provincesJOHANNESBURG, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Between 7,000 and 15,000 workersat South African rail and logistics group Transnet have launchedstrikes in KwaZulu-Natal and the Free State provinces over plans tooverhaul the state-owned business on Monday ...
Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers
Jan 30, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Turkish newspapersANKARA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Turkish newspapers on Monday. CUMHURIYET (Republic): -- The European Commission said European Union authorities haveconfirmed the presence of the ...
5 killed in road accident in Zambian capital
Jan 30, 2006 ... 5 killed in road accident in Zambian capitalLUSAKA, Jan 30 (Xinhua) -- Five people were killed on the spot ina road accident in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia on Sunday evening, apolice officer confirmed here Monday. Robert Ngoma said in University Teaching Hospital (UTH) ...
NZ stocks close up
Jan 30, 2006 ... NZ stocks close upWELLINGTON, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand share market closedhigher Monday with the benchmark NZSX-50 gross index rising 0.58 of apoint at 3341.68, while the NZSX all capital index eased 0.09 of apoint to 998.74. Turnover of 12 million shares was worth ...
Clijsters replaces Davenport to top world rankings
Jan 30, 2006 ... Clijsters replaces Davenport to top world rankingsCANBERRA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Australian Open semi-finalist KimClijsters on Monday returned to the number one position for the firsttime since 2003, one place above Australian Open champion AmelieMauresmo with American Davenport ...
China's economic efficiency indicators: chemical materials and chemical products
Jan 30, 2006 ... China's economic efficiency indicators: chemical materials andchemical productsBEIJING, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- China's economic efficiencyindicators of the sector of raw chemical materials and chemicalproducts in the first ten months of 2005, with the value in billionyuan: ...
Cypriot Baghdatis up to 27th in world rankings
Jan 30, 2006 ... Cypriot Baghdatis up to 27th in world rankingsCANBERRA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Australian Open runner-up MarcosBaghdatis from Cyprus climbed to a career-high 27th in the new worldrankings released by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) onMonday. The new star lost ...
Kuwaiti emir accepts cabinet resignation
Jan 30, 2006 ... Kuwaiti emir accepts cabinet resignationKUWAIT CITY, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah accepted the cabinet's resignation on Monday,the Kuwait News Agency reported. Accompanied by other ministers of the cabinet, Kuwaiti FirstDeputy ...
Landmine blast kills Pakistani paramilitary soldier
Jan 30, 2006 ... Landmine blast kills Pakistani paramilitary soldierISLAMABAD, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- A Pakistani paramilitary soldierwas killed and 12 others injured when their vehicle hit a roadsidelandmine in the country's tribal ...
Rwanda faces fuel crisis
Jan 30, 2006 ... Rwanda faces fuel crisisKIGALI, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Most fuel stations in Rwanda haveagain run short of fuel and it has led to some stations werehoarding of fuel while others sold them at higher price. Justin Nsengiyumva, secretary general of the Commerce Ministrysaid on ...
Ministers blame Pakistan train derailment on saboteurs
Jan 30, 2006 ... Ministers blame Pakistan train derailment on saboteursISLAMABAD, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The train crash on Sunday night inPakistan's eastern Punjab province was the result of sabotage, therailways minister said on Monday. Railways Minister Shamim Haider visited the crash site ...
Urgent: Iraqi girl killed by H5N1: health official
Jan 30, 2006 ... Urgent: Iraqi girl killed by H5N1: health officialBAGHDAD, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- An Iraqi girl who died earlier ...
1st Writethru LD: Hamas calls for continued aid, dialogue
Jan 30, 2006 ... 1st Writethru LD: Hamas calls for continued aid, dialogueGAZA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- A Hamas leader asked the internationalcommunity on Monday not to cut aid to Palestinians and called on theQuartet to open talks with it. Speaking at a press conference, Ismail Haneya, a ...
Japanese man killed by stray dog in Romanian capital
Jan 30, 2006 ... Japanese man killed by stray dog in Romanian capitalBUCHAREST, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- A Japanese man bitten by a straydog in downtown Bucharest died due to excessive bleeding, authoritiessaid Monday. The 68-year-old Hajime Hori was bitten in the left leg on Sundaywhen he was ...
Death toll rises to 67 in Polish expo roof collapse
Jan 30, 2006 ... Death toll rises to 67 in Polish expo roof collapseWARSAW, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from the roof collapseof an exhibition hall in southern Poland rose to 67 on Monday when aman died from his injuries, authorities said. A 34-year-old man died in a hospital from ...
Palestinian policemen storm parliament building in Gaza
Jan 30, 2006 ... Palestinian policemen storm parliament building in GazaGAZA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Dozens of Palestinian policemen stormedthe building of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) in GazaCity, witnesses said on Monday. The policemen fired in the air and closed the building ...
U.S. navy hands over suspected Somali pirates to Kenya
Jan 30, 2006 ... U.S. navy hands over suspected Somali pirates to KenyaNAIROBI, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The United States navy has handedover suspected Somali pirates it captured off the coast of Somaliaafter firing warning shots at their ship a week ago, in the firstsign of a military crackdown on ...
UN agency invited to oversee destruction of cocaine in Kenya
Jan 30, 2006 ... UN agency invited to oversee destruction of cocaine in KenyaNAIROBI, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Kenyan government has invitedUnited Nations drug agency to witness the destruction of the 92million U.S. dollar cocaine haul, government spokesman Alfred MutuaMutua said in a statement ...
Dollar trades at above 117 yen in Tokyo
Jan 30, 2006 ... Dollar trades at above 117 yen in TokyoTOKYO, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar stayed above the 117yen line on Monday in Tokyo, the highest trading level this year. At 5 p.m., the dollar was quoted at 117.37-40 yen, compared withits 5 p.m. Friday quotes of 117.25-35 yen ...
WTA Tour Champions Race standings
Jan 30, 2006 ... WTA Tour Champions Race standingsCANBERRA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings from theWTA Tour Champions Race singles: Points 1 Amelie Mauresmo (France) 701 2 (1) Justine Henin-Hardenne (Belgium) ...
News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 1)
Jan 30, 2006 ... News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 1)HONG KONG, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong on Monday:Major news items in leading Australian newspapers Major news items in leading Philippine ...
Major foreign exchange rates in Sri Lanka
Jan 30, 2006 ... Major foreign exchange rates in Sri LankaCOLOMBO, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The following are major commercialbank exchange rates against the Sri Lankan rupee issued by theCentral Bank of Sri Lanka on Monday. Monday Friday Buying/Selling ...
New York's Chinatown puts on show to mark Year of Dog
Jan 30, 2006 ... New York's Chinatown puts on show to mark Year of DogNEW YORK, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Tens of thousands of people onSunday greeted the start of the Year of the Dog in New York'sChinatown in lower Manhattan with firecrackers, Chinese music, drumsand lion dancing. The ...
Former Zambian president petitions AU to look at his case
Jan 30, 2006 ... Former Zambian president petitions AU to look at his caseLUSAKA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Former Zambian president FrederickChiluba has petitioned the African Union (AU) to look at the currentgovernment decision to prosecute him in a London high court,according to The Post newspaper ...
Indonesia to ban live-broadcasting of foreign media
Jan 30, 2006 ... Indonesia to ban live-broadcasting of foreign mediaJAKARTA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia will limit foreign media todirectly broadcast its news to consumers in the country from Feb. 5,Communication and Information Minister Sofyan Djalil said hereMonday. Talking to ...
Philippine government reassures Arroyo clear from election cheating
Jan 30, 2006 ... Philippine government reassures Arroyo clear from electioncheatingMANILA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Maintaining that President GloriaMacapagal-Arroyo did not cheat her way to victory in reelection, thePhilippine government Monday assured that the Chief Executive wouldbe ready to ...
Iran detains suspects of blast which kills eight
Jan 30, 2006 ... Iran detains suspects of blast which kills eightTEHRAN, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Iran said on Monday that it hasdetained dozens of suspects of a blast which killed eight people insouthern Iranian city of Ahvaz last Tuesday, the official news agencyIRNA reported. The detainees ...
Xinhua summary of Asia-Pacific stocks news at 1100 (GMT), Jan. 30
Jan 30, 2006 ... Xinhua summary of Asia-Pacific stocks news at 1100 (GMT), Jan. 30 MANILA -- The Philippine share prices Monday closed higher boostedby the better-than-expected GDP growth rate in 2005. The compositeindex ended up 10.02 points or 0.47 percent at 2,131.91, and the all-shares index ...
Two people frozen to death in Turkey
Jan 30, 2006 ... Two people frozen to death in TurkeyANKARA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Two persons were frozen to death incentral Turkey, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported onMonday. The report said a person was frozen to death when he was ...
Rwanda to take legal action against Congo over court jurisdiction
Jan 30, 2006 ... Rwanda to take legal action against Congo over court jurisdiction KIGALI, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Rwandan government is preparing tofile another lawsuit against the Democratic Republic of the Congo(DRC) following a case ruling by the International Court of Justice(ICJ) dismisses ...
Japan's environmental loans to China benefit both countries: research
Jan 30, 2006 ... Japan's environmental loans to China benefit both countries:researchTOKYO, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Japan's loans to China's environmentalprotection projects from 1996 to 2000 has contributed to betterenvironment for both countries, a research report said Monday. According to ...
Mexican soccer championship standings
Jan 30, 2006 ... Mexican soccer championship standingsMEXICO CITY, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings fromthe Mexican championship after the preliminary round matches onSunday (tabulated under games played, won, drawn, lost, goals for,against, points): Group 1 1 UAG ...
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
Jan 30, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapersJERUSALEM, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Israeli newspapers on Monday.Ha'aretz: -- The European Union is considering transferring financial aid tothe Palestinians through mediators, ...
Chilean soccer championship standings
Jan 30, 2006 ... Chilean soccer championship standingsLIMA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Chilean soccerchampionship group standings after weekend's matches (tabulated undergames played, won,drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): Group A 1 Audax Italiano 1 ...
WTA Tour Entry Ranking standings
Jan 30, 2006 ... WTA Tour Entry Ranking standingsCANBERRA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings fromthe WTA Tour singles: Points 1(2) Kim Clijsters (Belgium)3478 2(3) Amelie Mauresmo (France) 3377 3(1) Lindsay Davenport (United ...
HK Disneyland packed with visitors
Jan 30, 2006 ... HK Disneyland packed with visitorsHONG KONG, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong Disneyland sold out alltickets for Monday while the city has entered the third day of itsfour-day celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year. The ceiling of 30,000 visitors in a single day was reached ...
Mexican soccer championship results
Jan 30, 2006 ... Mexican soccer championship resultsMEXICO CITY, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results fromthe Mexican championship Preliminary Round matches on Sunday:Sunday, January 29 America lost to Pachuca 2-3 San Luis lost to Toluca ...
Xinhua Mideast news advisory -- Jan. 30
Jan 30, 2006 ... Xinhua Mideast news advisory -- Jan. 30CAIRO, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The following major international newsstories from the Middle East region are scheduled to be covered orpursued by Xinhua News Agency on Monday.-- Continue monitoring developments in the Palestinian ...
Indonesia police arrest suspects of Bali bombings
Jan 30, 2006 ... Indonesia police arrest suspects of Bali bombingsJAKARTA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Two Indonesian men suspected asperpetrators of Bali bombing in Oct. 1, 2005, have confessed asmembers of the Al Qaeda-linked in Southeast Asia, Jemaah Islamiyah(JI), police said here Monday. The ...
Zagreb International men's singles first round results
Jan 30, 2006 ... Zagreb International men's singles first round resultsBELGRADE, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theZagreb ...