Xinhua News Agency back issues from Tuesday, February 14:
Shanghai stock index up -- Feb.14
Feb 14, 2006 ... Shanghai stock index up -- Feb.14BEIJING, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Composite Stock Index on theShanghai Stock Exchange closed at 1,286.33 points on Tuesday, up 6.68points ...
Shenzhen stock index mixed -- Feb. 14
Feb 14, 2006 ... Shenzhen stock index mixed -- Feb. 14BEIJING, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Component Stock Index on theShenzhen Stock Exchange closed at 3,334.68 points on Tuesday, up26.98 ...
Japan stocks close higher
Feb 14, 2006 ... Japan stocks close higherTOKYO, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo's stock market rebounded Tuesdayafter the benchmark Nikkei index plunged below 16,000 points a daybefore. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average rose 307.21 points, or 1.93percent, to end at 16,184.87. It fluctuated in ...
Estrada distributes vegetable seeds to farmers
Feb 14, 2006 ... Estrada distributes vegetable seeds to farmersMANILA, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Former Philippine president JosephEstrada Tuesday distributed vegetable seeds to farmers and residentsin Tanay, Rizal province, to start a nationwide campaign againsthunger, according to local media ....
Saudi Prince to build three hotels in Uganda
Feb 14, 2006 ... Saudi Prince to build three hotels in UgandaKAMPALA, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud,member of the Saudi Royal family, is to build three hotels in Uganda,according to an official from the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA). UIA executive director Maggie ...
Monday's NBA results
Feb 14, 2006 ... Monday's NBA resultsWASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theNBA games on Monday (home team in CAPS): Memphis bt GOLDEN STATE 81-79 CLEVELAND bt San ...
Australian govt considering changing ways of exporting wheat
Feb 14, 2006 ... Australian govt considering changing ways of exporting wheatCANBERRA, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Australian Prime Minister JohnHoward said Tuesday that his government is considering changing theway Australia exports its wheat. The move came one day after the Iraqi Grain Board ...
Vietnam to give incentives to scientists
Feb 14, 2006 ... Vietnam to give incentives to scientistsHANOI, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam is likely to give specificpreferential treatment, including higher salaries, to both local andforeign people doing key science and technology works, according tolocal newspaper Youth on Tuesday ....
Golf tournaments schedule of the year
Feb 14, 2006 ... Golf tournaments schedule of the yearLONDON, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Following are the golf tournamentsschedule and winners of the calendar year. Jan. 20-22, MasterCard Championship, Loren Roberts Jan. 27-29, Turtle Bay Championship, Loren Roberts Feb. 6, ...
Afghan president to urge Pakistan to toughen stance against militants
Feb 14, 2006 ... Afghan president to urge Pakistan to toughen stance againstmilitantsKABUL, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai will urgePakistan to boost cooperation in the ongoing war against Taliban andal-Qaida-linked militants and terrorists during his coming visit tothe ...
Xinhua Mideast news advisory -- Feb. 14
Feb 14, 2006 ... Xinhua Mideast news advisory -- Feb. 14CAIRO, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- The following major international newsstories from the Middle East region are scheduled to be covered orpursued by Xinhua News Agency on Tuesday.-- The 12th session of Saddam Hussein trial and seven of ...
Zanzibar to play Malawi in Africa Champions League tie
Feb 14, 2006 ... Zanzibar to play Malawi in Africa Champions League tieDAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Zanzibar's AS Polisi club is toplay Malawi's Civo United club on Saturday in their encounter at thisyear's Africa Champions League. The match will be the first leg of their first-round ...
Tanzania investigates report on hunger-caused deaths
Feb 14, 2006 ... Tanzania investigates report on hunger-caused deathsDAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Tanzanian government hassent one of its ministers of state to investigate a local mediareport on two children who had reportedly died of hunger. Prime Minister Edward Lowassa has sent ...
Hong Kong stocks finish higher at midday -- Feb. 14
Feb 14, 2006 ... Hong Kong stocks finish higher at midday -- Feb. 14HONG KONG, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Hong ...
American women ruggers to visit Uganda
Feb 14, 2006 ... American women ruggers to visit UgandaKAMPALA, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Uganda rugby women players aregearing to host their counterparts from America in a series ofinternational games next month, local press reported on Tuesday. The Uganda women ruggers will host the ...
German FM to visit Japan next week
Feb 14, 2006 ... German FM to visit Japan next weekTOKYO, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- German Foreign Minister Frank-WalterSteinmeier will visit Japan from Feb. 20-22 and hold talks with hisJapanese counterpart Taro Aso, Japan's foreign ministry said Tuesday. The talks between the foreign ministers ...
Earthquake jolts Sikkim of India
Feb 14, 2006 ... Earthquake jolts Sikkim of IndiaHONG KONG, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.7 on theRichter scale jolted Sikkim of India at 9:01 a.m. Hong Kong time(0101 GMT) ...
Drug den busted in Macao
Feb 14, 2006 ... Drug den busted in MacaoMACAO, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Macao police have cracked down a"drug den," seizing two grams of heroin and 10 Triazolam pills, localmedia reported on Tuesday. The Macao Post Daily quoted police sources as saying that thepolice on Monday raided a ...
HK venture capitalist beats deserts challenge
Feb 14, 2006 ... HK venture capitalist beats deserts challengeHONG KONG, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Venture capitalist Derek Kwik Kwok-Tsan has gone from an ordinary Hong Kong guy who works behind a deskto one of 15 men to conquer the world's four deserts with harshestconditions for charity fund ...
Another Australian given death sentence in Indonesia
Feb 14, 2006 ... Another Australian given death sentence in IndonesiaJAKARTA, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- An Indonesian district court onTuesday handed down the second death penalty to an Australian accusedof leading an international drug syndicate. The court on Bali resort island said Myuran ...
Myanmar PM arrives in SW China city for official visit
Feb 14, 2006 ... Myanmar PM arrives in SW China city for official visitBEIJING, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Prime Minister of the Union ofMyanmar Soe Win arrived in Kunming, capital of Southwest China'sYunnan Province on Tuesday, kicking off a five-day official visit tothe country. During a brief ...
2nd Ld Writethru: Malaysian PM reshuffles cabinet, repositions home minister
Feb 14, 2006 ... 2nd Ld Writethru: Malaysian PM reshuffles cabinet, repositionshome ministerKUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Malaysian Prime MinisterAbdullah Badawi on Tuesday announced the long-waited reshuffle of hisCabinet, repositioning several of his cabinet ministers. Badawi ...
Hushen index up -- Feb.14
Feb 14, 2006 ... Hushen index up -- Feb.14BEIJING, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Hushen 300 Index reflecting thewhole fluctuation of China's Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchangesclosed at 1,038.53 points on Tuesday, down 0.72 ...
Two roadside bombs wound at least 6 Iraqis in Baghdad
Feb 14, 2006 ... Two roadside bombs wound at least 6 Iraqis in BaghdadBAGHDAD, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Two roadside bombs, targeting policepatrols, went off one after the other on Tuesday morning, wounding atleast six Iraqis, a police source told Xinhua. "A roadside bomb was detonated at about ...
NBA standings after Monday's games
Feb 14, 2006 ... NBA standings after Monday's gamesWASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings in theNBA after Monday's games: EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION W L PCT GB 1. New Jersey 27 22 .551 - 2. Philadelphia ...
2 civilians, guerrilla killed in violence in Nepal
Feb 14, 2006 ... 2 civilians, guerrilla killed in violence in NepalKATHMANDU, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- In fresh instances of violence, twocivilians and a guerrilla were killed in parts of Nepal, Ministry ofDefense of Nepal said Tuesday. According to a communique of Ministry of Defense, a ...
Profile: S.Korean candidate for top post of U.N.- ForeignMinister Ban Ki-moon
Feb 14, 2006 ... Profile: S.Korean candidate for top post of U.N.- Foreign MinisterBan Ki-moonSEOUL, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- South Korean government announcedTuesday its top diplomat Ban Ki-moon will participate the race forthe post of the secretary general of the United Nations. South Korean ...
No guerrilla-controlled territory in Nepal: minister
Feb 14, 2006 ... No guerrilla-controlled territory in Nepal: ministerKATHMANDU, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- There is no guerrilla- controlledterritory in the country, the state-run Radio Nepal reported Tuesday. The radio quoted Minister of State for Information andCommunications Shrish Shumsher ...
Iran resumes uranium enrichment, TV reports
Feb 14, 2006 ... Iran resumes uranium enrichment, TV reportsTEHRAN, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Iran resumed "peaceful" uraniumenrichment work on Monday, a process which the West believes could beused to produce atom bomb material, state-run Iranian Televisionreported. Alaeddin Boroujerdi, head ...
Three Indonesian tribesmen get death for ritual killings
Feb 14, 2006 ... Three Indonesian tribesmen get death for ritual killingsJAKARTA, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- An Indonesian court has sentenced todeath three men from an indigenous tribe on remote Seram island,north of Maluku province, for ritual killings, a local newspaperreported Tuesday. The ...
Urgent: Iran confirms restart of uranium enrichment
Feb 14, 2006 ... Urgent: Iran confirms restart of uranium enrichmentTEHERAN, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Iran here Tuesday confirmed it ...
Indian foreign policy in line with national interests: PM
Feb 14, 2006 ... Indian foreign policy in line with national interests: PMNEW DELHI, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Reiterating India's commitment toan independent foreign policy, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan SinghTuesday said it must reflect the country's national priorities andconcerns, the Indo-Asian ...
Bangkok Rubber Price
Feb 14, 2006 ... Bangkok Rubber PriceBANGKOK, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- The followingare Bangkok grade 3 rubber sheet F.O.B. price on Tuesday, in baht perkilogram (40.00 baht to the U.S. dollar):this week last weekHat Yai ...
Chinese divers dominate FINA Grand Prix meet at Sydney
Feb 14, 2006 ... Chinese divers dominate FINA Grand Prix meet at SydneyCANBERRA, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese divers continued to dominatethe 12th FINA Southern Cross Diving Grand Prix with four wins out offive events in two days' competition at the Sydney Olympic ParkAquatic Centre here Tuesday ....
Indo-Pak train service to begin Feb. 18
Feb 14, 2006 ... Indo-Pak train service to begin Feb. 18NEW DELHI, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- The inaugural run of the India-Pakistan rail service would take place on Feb. 18, the Indian ForeignMinistry said Tuesday. The Munabao-Khokrapar railway service will link ...
12 people die of road accident in western Uganda
Feb 14, 2006 ... 12 people die of road accident in western UgandaKAMPALA, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Twelve people have been killed and 13others injured in a crash when their vehicle collided head on with astationery truck on the Kasese-Fort Portal highway in western Uganda. The injured, including ...
Major news items in leading Nigerian newspapers
Feb 14, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Nigerian newspapersLAGOS, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Nigerian newspapers on Tuesday. The Guardian: -- The World Bank's Country Director in Nigeria Hafez Ghanem saidon Monday the bank would offer ...
Indian Supreme Court makes marriage registration compulsory
Feb 14, 2006 ... Indian Supreme Court makes marriage registration compulsoryNEW DELHI, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- In a significant judgment, theIndian Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered that all marriages beregistered compulsorily in the country, Indo-Asian News Servicereported. Judges Arijit ...
Taiwan shares close higher -- Feb. 14
Feb 14, 2006 ... Taiwan shares close higher -- Feb. 14HONG KONG, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Taiwan share prices rose 0.77percent with a thicker traded volume on Tuesday, according to reportsreaching here from Taipei. The weighted index, key barometer of the Taiwan Stock Exchange,went up 50.68 ...
Beirut observes anniversary of Hariri assassination
Feb 14, 2006 ... Beirut observes anniversary of Hariri assassinationBEIRUT, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Lebanese people on Tuesdaycommemorate the first anniversary of the slain premier Rafik Haririwith a mass demonstration in the capital Beirut. Waving billboards, flags and chanting anti-Syrian ...
Australian dollar finishes slightly stronger
Feb 14, 2006 ... Australian dollar finishes slightly strongerCANBERRA, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Australian dollar closedslightly higher at 73.75 U.S. cents Tuesday compared with Monday'sclose of ...
Moderate quake rocks northeast India
Feb 14, 2006 ... Moderate quake rocks northeast IndiaNEW DELHI, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.7 on theRichter scale occurred in North Bengal in East India Tuesday morning,according to Press Trust of India ....
Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers
Feb 14, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Turkish newspapersANKARA, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Turkish newspapers on Tuesday.HURRIYET (Freedom): -- Fifteen people were wounded when an A-4 bomb shook asupermarket in Bahcelievler district of ...
URGENT: Malaysian prime minister reshuffles cabinet
Feb 14, 2006 ... URGENT: Malaysian prime minister reshuffles cabinetKUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Malaysian Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi Tuesday announced the reshuffle of his cabinet,but did not ...
James lifts Cavaliers to big victory over Spurs
Feb 14, 2006 ... James lifts Cavaliers to big victory over SpursWASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- LeBron James scored 44 points tohelp the Cleveland Cavaliers end the San Antonio Spurs's nine-gamewinning streak with a 101-87 win over the defending NBA champions atthe Quicken Loans Arena on Monday ....
3.7 million Tanzanians facing drought-caused hunger
Feb 14, 2006 ... 3.7 million Tanzanians facing drought-caused hungerDAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Tanzania has formally asked theinternational community to contribute 100,000 tons of relief food for3.7 million of its people. The call was made by Tanzanian Prime Minister Edward Lowassa ...
Major news items in leading Kenyan newspapers
Feb 14, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Kenyan newspapersNAIROBI, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Kenyan newspapers on Tuesday. The Standard: -- The Kenyan government has formally invited former ethics andgovernance permanent secretary John ...
Fire destroys poll materials in Uganda
Feb 14, 2006 ... Fire destroys poll materials in UgandaKAMPALA, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- A fire raged on Sunday through thesecond largest store of Uganda Electoral Commission's (EC) inKampala, destroying polling materials, local press reported onTuesday. The report said that materials ...
1st Ld Writethru: Malaysian PM reshuffles Cabinet
Feb 14, 2006 ... 1st Ld Writethru: Malaysian PM reshuffles CabinetKUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Malaysian Prime MinisterAbdullah Badawi Tuesday announced the long-waited reshuffle of theCabinet, repositioning several cabinet ministers. Badawi made the announcement Tuesday afternoon on ...
Indonesia s FDI flow rockets in January
Feb 14, 2006 ... Indonesia s FDI flow rockets in JanuaryJAKARTA, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- The foreign direct investment flow toIndonesia rocketed by 988.1 percent to 1.31 billion U.S. dollars inJanuary against 120 million dollars in the same month last year,according to government data released ...
Vietnam to apply quotas on salt, tobacco
Feb 14, 2006 ... Vietnam to apply quotas on salt, tobaccoHANOI, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam has applied import quotas onsalt and tobacco materials this year, according to local newspaperVietnam Economic Times on Tuesday. Under a recent decision of the Trade Ministry, fixed import quotason ...
SAP Open men's singles tennis results (updated)
Feb 14, 2006 ... SAP Open men's singles tennis results (updated)WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theSAP Open men's singles first round matches in San Jose, California,on Monday: Sam Warburg, United States, bt ...
Roundup: Iran resumes uranium enrichment, delays talks with Russia
Feb 14, 2006 ... Roundup: Iran resumes uranium enrichment, delays talks with Russia TEHRAN, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Iran resumed its uranium enrichmentactivities on Monday and delayed scheduled talks on a Russiacompromise, prompting mixed responses in the world. Alaeddin Boroujerdi, head of the ...
Philippine stocks close lower
Feb 14, 2006 ... Philippine stocks close lowerMANILA, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine stock prices Tuesdayclosed lower, tracking the decline in most Asian markets, followingWall Street's retreat overnight, dealers said. The main composite index ended down 17.75 points or 0.85 percentat ...
Ugandan army chiefs investigate shooting of presidential convoy
Feb 14, 2006 ... Ugandan army chiefs investigate shooting of presidential convoyKAMPALA, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Ugandan security and military chiefsare in the northeastern district of Moroto for emergency talksfollowing Saturday's gunfire attack on President Yoweri Museveni'sconvoy in the district, ...
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
Feb 14, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapersJERUSALEM, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Israeli newspapers on Tuesday.Ha'aretz: -- Israel gave a cautious response Monday to reports that Iran hadbegun a process that can produce ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0800 GMT, Feb. 14
Feb 14, 2006 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0800 GMT, Feb. 14ALMA ATA -- Kazakhstan's former cabinet minister AltynbekSarsenbayev was found shot dead on Monday, together with his driverand bodyguard, police said. Altynbek Sarsenbayev's body was found with two other corpses in acar by ...
Zimbabwean police arrest 355 people in Harare for various offences
Feb 14, 2006 ... Zimbabwean police arrest 355 people in Harare for various offences HARARE, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- A total of 355 people were rounded upin Harare on Monday for various offences, as police intensifiedcampaigns to thwart illegal activities in the city center. The suspects were ...
Ugandan security officials seize imported election posters
Feb 14, 2006 ... Ugandan security officials seize imported election postersKAMPALA, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA)and security officials have seized posters purportedly imported byDanish Charity, a non-governmental organization (NGO) for civiceducation but which the ...
Major news items in leading Afghan newspapers
Feb 14, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Afghan newspapersKABUL, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inAfghan leading newspapers on Tuesday. Cheragh: -- Kabul police arrested a man on charge of involvement intargeting and killing some employees of the United ...
Nepal announces airfare hike in domestic sector
Feb 14, 2006 ... Nepal announces airfare hike in domestic sectorKATHMANDU, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Nepali government has announcedan airfare hike in the domestic sector, citing rising air fuel price,Radio Nepal reported Tuesday. The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation forwarded ...
Zambian coach predicts tough match in Tanzania
Feb 14, 2006 ... Zambian coach predicts tough match in TanzaniaDAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- The head coach of Zambia'sZanaco club Fighton Simukonda has predicted a tough match withTanzania's Young Africans club when they will meet here in theirencounter at this year's Africa Champions ...
Foreign exchange rates in Indonesia
Feb 14, 2006 ... Foreign exchange rates in IndonesiaJAKARTA, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Following are foreign exchange ratesagainst the Indonesian rupiah here on Tuesday: Tuesday Monday US dollar 9,220/9,250 9,220/9,250 Euro ...
Czech parliament delegation to visit China
Feb 14, 2006 ... Czech parliament delegation to visit ChinaBEIJING, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- A delegation of the Chamber ofDeputies of the Czech Parliament will pay an official goodwill visitto China from Feb. 19 to 23, according to sources with the ...
New York Times editorial criticizes Japanese FM for making "inflammatory statements"
Feb 14, 2006 ... New York Times editorial criticizes Japanese FM for making"inflammatory statements"NEW YORK, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- A New York Times editorial on Mondaycriticized Japan's new Foreign Minister Taro Aso for making"inflammatory statements" about Japan's history which were ...