Xinhua News Agency back issues from Tuesday, February 7:
Opener, Advisory
Feb 07, 2006 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service for Monday,february 06, 2006, and begins ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Feb. 6 (1)
Feb 07, 2006 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Feb. 6 (1)BEIJING, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the domestic news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Monday: Xinhua home news advisory -- Feb. 6 Upgraded safety protection system to be installed for Dunhuanggrottoes Market ...
Export of medicinal materials brings S. China region over 35 mln U.S. dollars
Feb 07, 2006 ... Export of medicinal materials brings S. China region over 35 mlnU.S. dollarsNANNING, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- South China's Guangxi ZhuangAutonomous Region earned 35.78 million U.S. dollars from the exportof traditional Chinese medicinal materials in 2005, up 24.8 ...
15 killed as bus catches fire in central India
Feb 07, 2006 ... 15 killed as bus catches fire in central IndiaNEW DELHI, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- At least 15 people were killed and25 injured when a bus caught fire in central India's Madhya PradeshMonday, Indo-Asian News Service reported. A passenger had been carrying a cooking gas cylinder ...
Injured Messi to miss Barcelona vs Valencia clash
Feb 07, 2006 ... Injured Messi to miss Barcelona vs Valencia clashMADRID, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Barcelona striker Lionel Messi willrest for about 10 days after suffering a leg muscle strain inSunday's 3-1 home defeat to Atletico Madrid. The 18-year-old Argentine ...
Three killed in violence in Thailand's restive deep South
Feb 07, 2006 ... Three killed in violence in Thailand's restive deep SouthBANGKOK, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Two policemen and one defensevolunteer were killed Monday at a market in Thailand's Yala province,one of the three southernmost provinces plagued by constant violence. The two police ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)
Feb 07, 2006 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)HONG KONG, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Monday:News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 1) Indonesia deports suspected militant to Singapore ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Feb. 6 (2)
Feb 07, 2006 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Feb. 6 (2)Migrant workers expect higher monthly salaries Heavy snow causes termination of maritime activities in Yellow Sea Official calls for more transparency over environmental disasters Weather information for Asia-Pacific ...
TV show makes new claims about Belgian soccer scandal
Feb 07, 2006 ... TV show makes new claims about Belgian soccer scandalBRUSSELS, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- A weekend TV program has triggeredoutrage among people associated with Belgian soccer club La Louviere,which was named in the show as a chief role-player in the Belgianfootball league's ...
Brazilian president to visit Africa
Feb 07, 2006 ... Brazilian president to visit AfricaBRASILIA, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lulada Silva announced on Monday that he will leave on Tuesday for a five-day visit to four African countries -- Algeria, Benin, Botswana andSouth Africa. "We are fulfilling ...
12 tourists killed in bus crash in Rome
Feb 07, 2006 ... 12 tourists killed in bus crash in RomeROME, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Twelve people were killed late Mondaywhen a bus loaded with tourists plunged into a ravine in northwesternRome, the ANSA news agency reported. The bus carrying 31 ...
Mexico's Tigres in Chile for Libertadores Cup duel with UniversidadCatolica
Feb 07, 2006 ... Mexico's Tigres in Chile for Libertadores Cup duel withUniversidad CatolicaSANTIAGO, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Mexican first division soccer teamTigres reached Chile on Monday, ahead of their Wednesday's game withChile's Universidad Catolica in the Libertadores Cup, local ...
Xinhua international news advisory -- Feb. 7
Feb 07, 2006 ... Xinhua international news advisory -- Feb. 7BEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Following are some of the majorinternational news stories scheduled to be covered or pursued byXinhua on Tuesday. -- Annan urges Haitians to vote in presidential and ...
Roundup: NZ govt seeks to halt dispute over Prophet cartoon by Xia Wenhui
Feb 07, 2006 ... Roundup: NZ govt seeks to halt dispute over Prophet cartoon by Xia WenhuiWELLINGTON, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand newspapers had theabsolute right to publish but the decision to print cartoonsdepicting the Prophet Mohammed was "ill-judged" and put the lives ofNew ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0100 GMT, Feb. 7
Feb 07, 2006 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0100 GMT, Feb. 7MOSCOW -- Consultations with Iran on a Moscow proposal to create ajoint venture to enrich Iran's uranium on Russsian territory may beheld next week, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday. The International Atomic Energy ...
Major News Items in Leading Australian Newspapers
Feb 07, 2006 ... Major News Items in Leading Australian NewspapersCANBERRA, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Australian newspapers on Tuesday:The Australian: -- Australian households will be encouraged to use smartelectricity meters to cut power ...
Paraguayan police seize large quantities of drugs
Feb 07, 2006 ... Paraguayan police seize large quantities of drugsBUENOS AIRES, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Paraguayan police have seizedfour tons of marijuana in two operations in border areas with Brazil,reports from Paraguay said on Monday. Police sources, quoted by the Paraguayan press, said ...
Argentine soccer club Racing confirms manager's resignation
Feb 07, 2006 ... Argentine soccer club Racing confirms manager's resignationBUENOS AIRES, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Fernando Marin, president offirst divsion Argentine soccer team Racing Club, told local media onMonday that manager Fernando Quiroz had resigned and denied thatReinaldo Merlo would ...
Humble Uruguayan soccer team Rocha to face mighty Peruvian Universitario
Feb 07, 2006 ... Humble Uruguayan soccer team Rocha to face mighty PeruvianUniversitarioMONTEVIDEO, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Rocha, a humble soccer club fromUruguay, will play in its first Libertadores Cup match on Tuesday,battling Peruvian giant Universitario, in the first match of thegroup five, ...
Stocks close higher in Argentina, Brazil
Feb 07, 2006 ... Stocks close higher in Argentina, BrazilMEXICO CITY, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Latin America's two major stockmarkets closed higher on Monday. Mexico City's stock market was shutfor the Constitution Day holiday. The Buenos Aires stock market closed with the ...
IBF to decide site of Americas qualifiers for Beijing Olympics
Feb 07, 2006 ... IBF to decide site of Americas qualifiers for Beijing OlympicsCARACAS, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- The International BasketballFederation (IBF) said it would choose the site of the Americasqualifier for the 2008 Beijing Olympic games at a June meeting inPuerto Rico, Venezuelan media ...
Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- Feb. 7
Feb 07, 2006 ... Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- Feb. 7BEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Highlights of major Beijing-basednewspapers on Tuesday:People's Daily -- Chinese Vice-President Zeng Qinghong made a study tour ofChangsha County in Central China's Hunan Province ...
Hong Kong stocks open higher -- Feb. 7
Feb 07, 2006 ... Hong Kong stocks open higher -- Feb. 7HONG KONG, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Hong ...
E. China province shuts down 379 polluting enterprises
Feb 07, 2006 ... E. China province shuts down 379 polluting enterprisesHEFEI, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Some 379 paper mills, lime plants andstarch workshops in east China's Anhui Province have been shut downfor emitting excessive pollution over the past five years. According to the provincial ...
Penalty kick in injury upsets Porto
Feb 07, 2006 ... Penalty kick in injury upsets PortoLISBON, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Portuguese league leader Porto onMonday night was evened by a penalty kick made by Braga striker JoaoTomas only two minutes from time, who insured a 1-1 draw for hisside. After Braga's South Korean winger Kim ...
Peace talks between Philippine government and MILF to resume this week: negotiators
Feb 07, 2006 ... Peace talks between Philippine government and MILF to resume thisweek: negotiatorsMANILA, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Peace talks between the Philippinegovernment and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will resumeformal talks in Malaysia this week, negotiators from both sides ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Feb 07, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Philippine newspapers on Tuesday:Manila Bulletin: -- The Philippine peso closed at a three-year high against theU.S. dollar on Monday, driven ...
Australia remain unbeaten in trans-Tasman softball series
Feb 07, 2006 ... Australia remain unbeaten in trans-Tasman softball seriesWELLINGTON, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Olympic silver medallists Australiaremained the only unbeaten team after Monday's rallies in the trans-Tasman women's softball series in Hamilton, New Zealand, local mediareported Tuesday ....
Fewer people sleeping well: surveys
Feb 07, 2006 ... Fewer people sleeping well: surveysBEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- About 45 percent of Chinese reportedinsomnia, having difficulty falling asleep, or other sleep-relatedproblems, according to a nationwide survey of 10,000 people in 2002. Similar polls in Beijing and Shanghai ...
China continues effort to curb online piracy cases
Feb 07, 2006 ... China continues effort to curb online piracy casesBEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- In a national effort to curb onlinepiracy, 18 criminal offence cases have been handed over to police forinvestigation, China Daily reported Tuesday. "Most of the involved suspects were arrested by ...
Major news items in leading Indian newspapers
Feb 07, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Indian newspapersNEW DELHI, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Following are major news items inleading Indian newspapers on Tuesday:The Hindu: -- The Indian government has retreated about 5,000 troops fromIndia-controlled Kashmir following an ...
NZ population reaches 4.12 million
Feb 07, 2006 ... NZ population reaches 4.12 millionWELLINGTON, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand's population reached4.12 million in the year to December 2005, which was a 0.9 percentincrease on the previous year, said Statistics New Zealand Tuesday. It said population growth last year was ...
Vietnamese government eyes bigger stock market
Feb 07, 2006 ... Vietnamese government eyes bigger stock marketHANOI, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Vietnamese government wants thelocal stock market to post annual growth of 150 percent so that itsvalue will reach 16 billion U.S. dollars by 2010, local newspaperSaigon Liberation reported Tuesday ....
Portugal to tighten security of Danish embassy
Feb 07, 2006 ... Portugal to tighten security of Danish embassyLISBON, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Portuguese government has decidedto tighten the security of the Danish embassy, a spokesman for thePortuguese Foreign Ministry said on Monday. The decision to step up security around the Danish ...
Portugal seizes two tons of cocaine from ship at sea
Feb 07, 2006 ... Portugal seizes two tons of cocaine from ship at seaLISBON, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Portugal's police, with cooperationfrom the navy and the air force, have seized two tons of cocaine froma Panama-flagged cargo ship at sea, authorities said in a statementon Monday. The ship, ...
Broader surveillance necessary for bird flu pandemic prevention: study
Feb 07, 2006 ... Broader surveillance necessary for bird flu pandemic prevention:studyLOS ANGELES, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Preventing a possible flu pandemicof the deadly H5N1 virus may require broader poultry surveillance,Chinese and U.S. scientists reported Monday in a joint study. The ...
U.S. accused of expelling Cuban delegation from hotel in Mexico City
Feb 07, 2006 ... U.S. accused of expelling Cuban delegation from hotel in MexicoCityHAVANA, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- The United States has violated Mexico'ssovereignty when it expelled a Cuban delegation from a hotel inMexico City, the Cuban government said on Monday. According to Cuba's ...
Major news items in leading Vietnamese newspapers
Feb 07, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Vietnamese newspapersHANOI, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inVietnamese leading newspapers on Tuesday:Saigon Liberation: --Vietnamese Prime Minister wanted the country's stock market toannually grow 150 percent, ...
Foreign exchange rates in Philippines
Feb 07, 2006 ... Foreign exchange rates in PhilippinesMANILA, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the peso released by the Philippine Central Bank onTuesday: Tuesday Monday US dollar51.6980 51.9490 Japanese yen ...
Colombia apologizes for inadvertent violation of Ecuador airspace
Feb 07, 2006 ... Colombia apologizes for inadvertent violation of Ecuador airspace BOGOTA, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Colombian President Alvaro Uribeadmitted on Monday his country's armed forces violated Ecuadorianairspace inadvertently last weekend in hot pursuit of guerrillas. "Our forces went ...
Foreign exchange rates in Nepal
Feb 07, 2006 ... Foreign exchange rates in NepalKATHMANDU, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are Inter-bank foreignexchange rates against the Nepali rupee on Tuesday. Currency Unit BuyingSelling Australian dollar 1 53.02 53.46 ...
Urgent: fire accidents kill 63 people in Spring Festival period
Feb 07, 2006 ... Urgent: fire accidents kill 63 people in Spring Festival periodBEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- More than 13,000 fire accidentsoccurred during the Spring Festival holiday season, lasting from Jan.28 to Feb. 4, which killed 63 people, injured 47 others and caused29.63 million yuan ...
Market exchange rates -- Feb. 7
Feb 07, 2006 ... Market exchange rates -- Feb. 7BEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- The central parity of the RMB againstfour major currencies announced Tuesday by the China Foreign ExchangeTrading System:Currency Unit Middle Price (in RMB yuan) US Dollar 100 ...
Japan's foreign exchange reserves hit record
Feb 07, 2006 ... Japan's foreign exchange reserves hit recordTOKYO, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Japan's foreign exchange reservesreached 851.67 billion U.S. dollars at the end of January, markingthe highest level on record, Kyodo News reported on Tuesday. The increase mainly stemmed from the growing ...
Venezuela accuses U.S. of attempting to dominate nuclear fuel production
Feb 07, 2006 ... Venezuela accuses U.S. of attempting to dominate nuclear fuelproductionCARACAS, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Venezuela attributed on Monday theUnited States' pressure on Iranian nuclear issue to its intention todominate nuclear fuel production for fear of an exhaustion of theworld's oil ...
Arias has wafer-thin advatange in Costa Rican presidential vote
Feb 07, 2006 ... Arias has wafer-thin advatange in Costa Rican presidential voteSAN JOSE, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Oscar Arias, presidential candidatefor the National Liberation Party (PLC) in Costa Rica, has a 0.22percentage point margin over his rival Otton Solis of the CitizensAction Party (PAC), ...
U.S. wants free trade agreement with Mercosur: diplomat
Feb 07, 2006 ... U.S. wants free trade agreement with Mercosur: diplomatBUENOS AIRES, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- The United States is seeking afree trade agreement with the Common Market of the South (Mercosur),Latin America's largest trading bloc, according to a top U.S.diplomat. Argentina's ABC ...
Major news items in Thailand's leading newspapers
Feb 07, 2006 ... Major news items in Thailand's leading newspapersBANGKOK, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inThailand's leading newspapers on Tuesday:Bangkok Post: -- The resignation of Chai-anan Samudavanija as president of EgatPlc on Monday tightened the ...
Russia firmly opposes "Taiwan independence," reaffirms one-China policy
Feb 07, 2006 ... Russia firmly opposes "Taiwan independence," reaffirms one-ChinapolicyMOSCOW, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Russia said in a statement on Mondaythat it firmly opposes "Taiwan independence" in any form and adheresto the one-China policy. "Lately, Taiwanese authorities have made ...
Urgent, 14 fatal traffic accdients occur in Spring Festival period
Feb 07, 2006 ... Urgent, 14 fatal traffic accdients occur in Spring Festival period BEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Fourteen fatal traffic accidents witheach killing at least five people occurred across China during theSpring Festival holiday season, which lasted ...
Vietnam detects 7 cross-border drug transporting cases
Feb 07, 2006 ... Vietnam detects 7 cross-border drug transporting casesHANOI, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's border guards have recentlyuncovered seven cases of transporting narcotics via borders into thecountry, arresting 23 people. They also seized nearly 1.6 kg of heroin, 1.5 kg of opium, ...
China prepares energy law to encourage conservation
Feb 07, 2006 ... China prepares energy law to encourage conservationBEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- A high-profile drafting group hasprepared a new law of energy, which is expected to encourageconservation in China, which is suffering growing shortage of energy. Analysts said the energy law will ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Feb 07, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Tuesday:Yomiuri: -- Three Kyoto University students have admitted to allegationsthat they gang raped two female university ...
Macao's gaming receipts dips during Lunar New Year
Feb 07, 2006 ... Macao's gaming receipts dips during Lunar New YearMACAO, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- The gross receipts of Macao's 18 casinosdropped 3.1 percent year-on-year during the Chinese lunar New Yearholiday, local media reported Tuesday. Macao Post Daily reported that the gross receipts ...
DPRK-Japan talks discuss security issue on 4th day
Feb 07, 2006 ... DPRK-Japan talks discuss security issue on 4th dayBEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Negotiators from the DemocraticPeople's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Japan began discussing securityissue here Tuesday, while the bilateral talks went into the fourthday. The talks, which ...
Monday's NBA results
Feb 07, 2006 ... Monday's NBA resultsWASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theNBA games on Monday (home team in CAPS) :Houston bt PHILADELPHIA ...
US Taekwondo athlete suspended for taking drug
Feb 07, 2006 ... US Taekwondo athlete suspended for taking drugWASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- U.S. taekwondo athlete CharlesSmith was suspended for three months for tested positive formarijuana. On Jan. 7 in Colorado Springs, Smith tested positive at USATaekwondo's Round Robin Fight Off, ...
Portuguese premier league soccer results
Feb 07, 2006 ... Portuguese premier league soccer resultsLISBON, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from the 21stround of the Portuguese first-division soccer league (home teamslisted first): Friday's Game: Boavista bt Naval 3-0 Saturday's Games: ...
Major news items in Pakistani newspapers
Feb 07, 2006 ... Major news items in Pakistani newspapersISLAMABAD, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Pakistani newspapers on Tuesday:Daily Times: -- Pakistan Muslim League (PML) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussainhas said that the current National ...
All Nepalese urged to cast their ballots in municipal elections
Feb 07, 2006 ... All Nepalese urged to cast their ballots in municipal electionsKATHMANDU, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Nepali government has called onall the Nepalese to boldly cast their ballots in the imminentmunicipal elections in the same manner just as the candidates areasking for votes even not ...
Indonesia prepares to hold bilateral meeting of South Korea, DPRK in April
Feb 07, 2006 ... Indonesia prepares to hold bilateral meeting of South Korea, DPRKin AprilJAKARTA, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia prepared to hold a meetingbetween ministers of defense of South Korea and the Democratic Peopleof Republic of Korea (DPRK) in April in Bandung, the capital of ...
Direct air route to link SW China with Europe
Feb 07, 2006 ... Direct air route to link SW China with EuropeBEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua)-- The Royal Dutch Airlines has announcedhere that it will launch a direct air route between Chengdu, capitalcity of Southwest China's Sichuan Province and Amsterdam, capital ofthe Netherlands since May 28 this ...
Foreign exchange rates in Thailand
Feb 07, 2006 ... Foreign exchange rates in ThailandBANGKOK, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) --The following are foreign exchange rates against the baht on Tuesdayas offered by the Bangkok Bank: Tuesday Monday US dollar 39.25/39.85 38.93/39.53 British pound ...
Suspected guerrillas shoot dead taxi driver
Feb 07, 2006 ... Suspected guerrillas shoot dead taxi driverKATHMANDU, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Suspected guerrillas shot dead ataxi driver in Kathmandu on Monday, Radio Nepal reported Tuesday. Two assailants got out of a taxi in front of B & B hospital at6:30 p.m. local time (1245GMT), shot the ...
News Analysis: U.S. military strategy paper changes priorities, notfundamentals
Feb 07, 2006 ... News Analysis: U.S. military strategy paper changes priorities,not fundamentalsBy Yang QingchuanWASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- In a major military strategyblueprint sent to the U.S. Congress on Monday, the Pentagon unveiledits evaluations and visions in areas of ...