Xinhua News Agency back issues from Thursday, February 16:
Micronesian FM to visit China
Feb 16, 2006 ... Micronesian FM to visit ChinaBEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Sebastian Anefal, Secretary of theDepartment of External Affairs of the Federated States of Micronesiawill ...
HK population rises 0.8 percent in 2005
Feb 16, 2006 ... HK population rises 0.8 percent in 2005HONG KONG, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's population swelled to6.97 million at the end of 2005, up 0.8 percent over the previousyear, according to the provisional figures released by Hong KongCensus & Statistics Department on Thursday ....
China's anti-dumping duty on imported dichloromethane to expire in six months
Feb 16, 2006 ... China's anti-dumping duty on imported dichloromethane to expire insix monthsBEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Commerce onThursday announced that its anti-dumping tax on dichloromethaneimported from the United Kingdom, the United States, the Netherlands,Germany ...
Australian dollar closes weaker
Feb 16, 2006 ... Australian dollar closes weakerCANBERRA, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Australian dollar closed lowerat 73.87 U.S. cents Thursday compared with Wednesday's close of74.05 ....
Colombo stocks close down
Feb 16, 2006 ... Colombo stocks close downCOLOMBO, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Share prices on the Colombo StockExchange closed lower Thursday with the key Colombo All Share PriceIndex moving down 6.43 points to close at 2,175.10 points. The ...
HK, Guangdong to further strengthen economic ties
Feb 16, 2006 ... HK, Guangdong to further strengthen economic tiesHONG KONG, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Leading government officials ofHong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and its neighboringGuangdong Province discussed in Guangzhou the construction of majorinfrastructure projects, ...
Libertadores Cup group stage results and standings
Feb 16, 2006 ... Libertadores Cup group stage results and standingsRIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results andstandings from the Libertadores Cup Group Stage matches on Wednesday. Group 2 Wednesday, February 15 Santa Fe, Colombia, tied Bolivar, Bolivar, ...
Philippine president urges military to pursue Bali bombers
Feb 16, 2006 ... Philippine president urges military to pursue Bali bombersMANILA, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Thursday urged the military to intensify operations againstthe two Jemaah Islamiyah bombers behind the deadly Bali bombings in2002 who were ...
UK Deputy PM to visit China
Feb 16, 2006 ... UK Deputy PM to visit ChinaBEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- John Prescott, Deputy Prime Ministerand First Secretary of State of the United Kingdom of Great Britainand Northern ...
China committed to creating orderly atmosphere for internet development: FM spokesman
Feb 16, 2006 ... China committed to creating orderly atmosphere for internetdevelopment: FM spokesmanBEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- China commits itself to creating a"healthy, sound and orderly" atmosphere for internet development,said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang here Thursday ....
Hewitt and Philippoussis through first round in SAP Open
Feb 16, 2006 ... Hewitt and Philippoussis through first round in SAP OpenWASHINGTON, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Third seed Lleyton Hewitt routedAmerican Paul Goldstein 6-4, 6-2 in the SAP Open first round onWednesday, his first match since the Australian Open. Mark Philippoussis thumped fourth ...
Vietnam to restore poultry industry
Feb 16, 2006 ... Vietnam to restore poultry industryHANOI, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Vietnamese government has permittedconcentrated farms to hatch and raise chickens as no bird fluoutbreaks have been reported in the past two months, Vietnam NewsAgency reported on Thursday. However, ...
Foreign exchange rates in Hong Kong -- Feb. 16
Feb 16, 2006 ... Foreign exchange rates in Hong Kong -- Feb. 16HONG KONG, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Following are foreign exchangerates against the Hong Kong dollar released by the Bank of China(Hong Kong) Limited at 16:19 on Thursday:Buying Selling Japanese yen 657.80 ...
Day 5 roundup: Wang Meng opens China's gold account (updated 1)
Feb 16, 2006 ... Day 5 roundup: Wang Meng opens China's gold account (updated 1)By Sportswriter Cao JianjieTURIN, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Finally came a gold for China. The summer sports power claimed its first gold in the Turin WinterOlympics Wednesday night as Wang Meng led all the ...
Results of men's 5,000m relay short track speedskating semifinals
Feb 16, 2006 ... Results of men's 5,000m relay short track speedskating semifinals TURIN, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Following are the semifinal results ofthe Olympic men's 5,000m short track speedskating on Wednesday: Semifinal 1 1. Canada (Eric Bedard/Jonathan Guilmette/Charles ...
Wang Meng reaps China's first gold medal in Turin
Feb 16, 2006 ... Wang Meng reaps China's first gold medal in TurinBy Chang Ailing TURIN, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Chinese skater Wang Meng won thewomen's 500m short track speed skating here Wednesday, reapingChina's first gold medal in the Turin Winter Olympic Games. Olympic debutant ...
Medal standings of Turin Olympics on Feb. 15
Feb 16, 2006 ... Medal standings of Turin Olympics on Feb. 15TURIN, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Following are the medal standings afterWednesday's finals at the Turin Winter Olympics (tabulated undergold, silver, bronze and total): United States 5218 ...
Medal winners of Turin Olympics on Feb. 15
Feb 16, 2006 ... Medal winners of Turin Olympics on Feb. 15TURIN, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Following are the medal winners of theTurin Winter Olympics here on Wednesday: Alpine skiing women's downhill: Gold: Michaela Dorfmeister, Austria, 1:56.49 Silver: Martina Schild, ...
Results of men's curling at Turin Olympics
Feb 16, 2006 ... Results of men's curling at Turin OlympicsTURIN, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of the men 'scurling at the Turin Winter Olympic Games here on Wednesday: Round Robin ...
Day 5 roundup: Wang Meng opens China's gold account
Feb 16, 2006 ... Day 5 roundup: Wang Meng opens China's gold accountBy Sportswriter Cao JianjieTURIN, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Finally came a gold for China. The summer sports power claimed its first Turin Olympic gold onWednesday as Wang Meng led all the way to win the women's 500m ...
Results of women's 500m short track speed skating in Turin
Feb 16, 2006 ... Results of women's 500m short track speed skating in TurinTURIN, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of thewomen's 500m short track speed skating finals at the Turin WinterOlympics here on Wednesday: Final A 1. Wang Meng, China, 44.345 seconds 2 ....
AUSTRIA WINS MEN'S LUGE DOUBLES OLYMPIC GOLD
Feb 16, 2006 ... AUSTRIA WINS MEN'S ...
Wang Meng reaps China's first gold medal in Turin (updated 2)
Feb 16, 2006 ... Wang Meng reaps China's first gold medal in Turin (updated 2)By Chang AilingTURIN, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Wang Meng won the women's 500mshort track speedskating Wednesday night, reaping China's first goldmedal in the Turin Winter Olympic Games. Olympic ...
Wang Meng reaps China's first gold in Turin (updated 3)
Feb 16, 2006 ... Wang Meng reaps China's first gold in Turin (updated 3)By Chang AilingTURIN, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Wang Meng won the women's 500mshort track speedskating Wednesday night, reaping China's first goldmedal in the Turin Winter Olympic Games. The Olympic ...
Wang Meng reaps China's first gold medal in Turin (updated)
Feb 16, 2006 ... Wang Meng reaps China's first gold medal in Turin (updated)By Chang Ailing TURIN, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Chinese skater Wang Meng won thewomen's 500m short track speedskating here Wednesday, reaping China'sfirst gold medal in the Turin Winter Olympic Games. Olympic ...
Factfile: short track speedskating champ Wang Meng
Feb 16, 2006 ... Factfile: short track speedskating champ Wang MengTURIN, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Following is the factfile of ChineseWang Meng, who won the women's short track speedskating 500m finalWednesday: Name: Wang Meng Date of birth: April 10, 1985 Height: 167 ...
Wang Meng seeks more golds
Feb 16, 2006 ... Wang Meng seeks more goldsBy Chang AilingTURIN, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- One down, three to go. Chinese speedskater Wang Meng said she was ready to reap more goldmedals after winning the women's short track 500m event at the WinterOlympics Wednesday night. "I ...
Day 5 roundup: Wang Meng opens China's gold account (updated 2)
Feb 16, 2006 ... Day 5 roundup: Wang Meng opens China's gold account (updated 2)By Sportswriter Cao JianjieTURIN, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Finally came a gold for China. The summer sports power claimed its first gold in the Turin WinterOlympics Wednesday night as Wang Meng led all the ...
Austrian Dale Begg-Smith wins men's freestyle moguls Olympic gold
Feb 16, 2006 ... Austrian Dale Begg-Smith wins ...
Canada beat United States to reach women's speedskating semis
Feb 16, 2006 ... Canada beat United States to reach women's speedskating semisTURIN, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Canada beat United States in thequarterfinal to join Russia, Japan and Germany in the semifinals ofthe women's speedskating team pursuit at the Turin Winter Olympicshere on Wednesday ....
Wang Meng wins China's first Turin Olympic gold in 500m short track
Feb 16, 2006 ... Wang Meng wins China's first Turin Olympic gold in 500m shorttrackTURIN, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Wang Meng won China's first TurinOlympic gold medal as she ...
AUSTRIAN DALE BEGG-SMITH WINS MEN'S FREESTYLE MOGULS OLYMPIC GOLD
Feb 16, 2006 ... AUSTRIAN DALE BEGG-SMITH WINS ...
Australian Begg-Smith wins men's freestyle moguls Olympic gold
Feb 16, 2006 ... Australian Begg-Smith wins men's freestyle moguls Olympic goldTURIN, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Dale Begg-Smith of Australia won themen's freestyle moguls gold ...
World's leading semiconductor producer to open new plant in S. China city
Feb 16, 2006 ... World's leading semiconductor producer to open new plant in S.China citySHENZHEN, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- STMicroelectronics (ST), a world-leading semiconductor producer, plans to set up a new CMOS testing,marking and packing (TMP) manufacturing facility in Shenzhen, southChina's ...
Mainland always keeps promise to Taiwan: official
Feb 16, 2006 ... Mainland always keeps promise to Taiwan: officialHAERBIN, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland will always keepthe promise as made to Taiwan people, said Dai Xiaofeng, officialwith Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council. He said here Wednesday that the mainland has ...
Red Cross urges emergency aid to drought-hit East Africa
Feb 16, 2006 ... Red Cross urges emergency aid to drought-hit East AfricaGENEVA, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- The International Committee of the RedCross (ICRC) made urgent appeals here on Wednesday, urging theinternational community to provide emergency assistance to some EastAfrican nations suffering ...
Haitian protesters demand recognition of Preval's election victory
Feb 16, 2006 ... Haitian protesters demand recognition of Preval's election victory HAVANA, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Thousands of supporters of Haiti'sleading presidential candidate Rene Preval held a peacefuldemonstration in Port-au-Prince on Wednesday, demanding theauthorities recognize Preval as the ...
Central government appoints new commissioner to HK
Feb 16, 2006 ... Central government appoints new commissioner to HKBEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Central government Thursdayappointed Lu ...
China issues codes of industrial accountant and public accountant auditing
Feb 16, 2006 ... China issues codes of industrial accountant and public accountantauditingBEIJING, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) China's Ministry of Finance (MOF)issued a 39-item code for industrial accountant and a 48-itemauditing code for certified public accountant (CPA) here Wednesday. The ...
FM Commissioner's Office holds New Year Party in HK
Feb 16, 2006 ... FM Commissioner's Office holds New Year Party in HKHONG KONG, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Office of the Commissioner ofthe Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Hong Kong SpecialAdministrative Region (HKSAR) held a New Year Party, alsoCommissioner Yang Wenchang's farewell ...
Bodies of Chinese engineers brought to Karachi
Feb 16, 2006 ... Bodies of Chinese engineers brought to KarachiKARACHI, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The bodies of the three Chinesekilled in Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan werebrought to a hospital early Thursday morning in the country'ssouthern city of Karachi. The bodies will ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Feb. 15
Feb 16, 2006 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Feb. 15BEIJING, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Following are the domestic news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Wednesday: Environmental quality to influence promotion of Chinese officials Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- Feb. 15 ...
Mainland hosted 4.11 million Taiwan visitors last year
Feb 16, 2006 ... Mainland hosted 4.11 million Taiwan visitors last yearHARBIN, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland hosted 4.11million Taiwan visitors last year, and some 160,000 mainland touristswent to Taiwan, according to the latest statistics from the ChinaNational Tourism Administration ...
Mainland calls for new tourism cooperation scheme across Taiwan straits
Feb 16, 2006 ... Mainland calls for new tourism cooperation scheme across TaiwanstraitsHAERBIN, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- The China National TourismAdministration (CNTA) Wednesday called for joint efforts to establisha new tourism cooperation scheme across the Taiwan straits. Describing tourism ...
Olympic debutant Wang repeats history
Feb 16, 2006 ... Olympic debutant Wang repeats historyBy Sportswriter Gong BingTURIN, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- History was repeated as Wang Meng, onher maiden Olympic tour, made it to the top podium in the women 's500m of short track speedskating, the very event China earned itsfirst-ever ...
South China's Guangdong to build another nuclear power plant
Feb 16, 2006 ... South China's Guangdong to build another nuclear power plantGUANGZHOU, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- South China's Guangdong Provincehas planned to build another nuclear power plant in its Shaoguan Cityin response to the province's power shortage. China Guangdong Nuclear Power ...
URGENT: Chinese president urges to safeguard security of Chinese inPakistan
Feb 16, 2006 ... URGENT: Chinese president urges to safeguard security of Chinesein PakistanBEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao showeddeep concern for the safety of the ...
Chinese president urges to safeguard security of Chinese in Pakistan
Feb 16, 2006 ... Chinese president urges to safeguard security of Chinese inPakistanBEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao showeddeep concern for the safety of the Chinese engineers in Pakistanafter three Chinese were killed there by gunmen on Wednesday. Informed about ...
On high alert of bird flu, China to sets up new monitoring stationson migratory birds
Feb 16, 2006 ... On high alert of bird flu, China to sets up new monitoringstations on migratory birdsBEIJING, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- China plans to establish another 200state-level monitoring stations this year on migratory birds, whichhave been blamed for spreading the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus ....
Wang keeps China's domain in 500m, says Yang Yang
Feb 16, 2006 ... Wang keeps China's domain in 500m, says Yang YangTURIN, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Twice Olympic champion Yang Yang saidon Wednesday that her teammate Wang Meng's victory in the women's500m short track speedskating keeps China's dominance in the event. "I am proud of her. Our rule ...
Xinhua world economic news summary at 0430 GMT, Feb. 16
Feb 16, 2006 ... Xinhua world economic news summary at 0430 GMT, Feb. 16BRUSSELS -- The value of Dutch exports of goods reached 281billion euros (about 337 billion U.S. dollars) in 2005, 10 percenthigher than in 2004, said Statistics Netherlands (CBS) on Wednesday. The import value of goods ...
Work safety to influence job evaluation of officials in China
Feb 16, 2006 ... Work safety to influence job evaluation of officials in ChinaBEIJING, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) Work safety will greatly influence thejob evaluation of the officials at all levels, according to the StateAdministration of Work Safety (SAWS). "This will make officials not only focus ...
Hungary discovers bird flu, local stock yet unaffected
Feb 16, 2006 ... Hungary discovers bird flu, local stock yet unaffectedBUDAPEST, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Bird flu has regrettably reachedHungary, said Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany on Wednesdayafter a briefing in parliament on the situation. The Hungarian authorities earlier in the ...
NE China province to enlarge forest coverage
Feb 16, 2006 ... NE China province to enlarge forest coverageHARBIN, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Northeast China's HeilongjiangProvince will speed up its forestation program over the next fiveyears with the goal of having the province 47 percent covered byforest by 2010. An official with the ...
Hong Kong stocks open higher -- Feb. 16
Feb 16, 2006 ... Hong Kong stocks open higher -- Feb. 16HONG KONG, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- ...
China Focus: China calls for safeguarding security of Chinese in Pakistan
Feb 16, 2006 ... China Focus: China calls for safeguarding security of Chinese inPakistanBEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- China urged Pakistan to step upsafeguarding security of Chinese in Pakistan after three Chineseengineers were killed in the southwestern Pakistani province ofBalochistan on ...
Xinhua home news advisory -- Feb. 16
Feb 16, 2006 ... Xinhua home news advisory -- Feb. 16BEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The following are the major domesticnews items scheduled to be covered or pursued by Xinhua on Thursday: -- Myanmar Prime Minister visits Xi'an -- ...
Chinese ministry confirms names of three engineers killed in Pakistan
Feb 16, 2006 ... Chinese ministry confirms names of three engineers killed inPakistanBEIJING, Feb 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ministry of Commerce Thursdaymorning confirmed the names of the three Chinese engineers killed bygunmen in southwestern Pakistan. The victims, Long Hongbao, Wei Jianpin ...
Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- Feb. 16
Feb 16, 2006 ... Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- Feb. 16BEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Highlights of major Beijing-basednewspapers on Thursday:People's Daily -- China will continue to improve diplomatic relations withMyanmar and to develop the "friendly and ...
Second int'l meeting on green buildings to be held in Beijing
Feb 16, 2006 ... Second int'l meeting on green buildings to be held in BeijingBEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua)-- The Second International Conference onTechnologies of Intelligent and Green Buildings will be held betweenMarch 28 and 30, announced a senior official of the Ministry ofConstruction here ...
Market exchange rates -- Feb. 16
Feb 16, 2006 ... Market exchange rates -- Feb. 16BEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The central parity of the RMB againstfour major currencies announced on Thursday by the China ForeignExchange Trading System:Currency Unit Middle Price (in RMB yuan) U.S. Dollar 100 ...
URGENT: China underscores energy efficiency in new buildings
Feb 16, 2006 ... URGENT: China underscores energy efficiency in new buildingsBEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Qiu Baoxing, vice minister ofconstruction, said Thursday it is crucial to promote energyefficiency in a large number of new buildings in China. Approximately two billion square meters ...
Myanmar PM leaves Beijing for Xi'an
Feb 16, 2006 ... Myanmar PM leaves Beijing for Xi'anBEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Prime Minister of the Union ofMyanmar Soe Win left here for Xi'an, capital of northwest China'sShaanxi Province, on Thursday morning, continuing his five-dayofficial visit to the country. During his stay in ...
Away fans banned five years to attend ADO vs Ajax fixtures matches
Feb 16, 2006 ... Away fans banned five years to attend ADO vs Ajax fixtures matches BRUSSELS, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Away fans will be banned fromwatching ADO Den Haag versus Ajax Amsterdam games for the next fiveyears after an attack on the ADO clubhouse last week. The Mayor of The Hague ...
Tunisia to play friendly against Serbia & Montenegro in March
Feb 16, 2006 ... Tunisia to play friendly against Serbia & Montenegro in MarchTUNIS, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Tunisia is to play fellow World Cupfinalists Serbia & Montenegro in a friendly at home on March 1, theTunisian ...