Xinhua News Agency back issues from Sunday, February 19:
No confirmed cases of bird flu in humans yet in India: report
Feb 19, 2006 ... No confirmed cases of bird flu in humans yet in India: reportNEW DELHI, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- While samples of dead chickens weretested positive for bird flu virus in India, there are no confirmedcases of the disease in humans so far, New Delhi Television reportedSaturday ....
HK starts donation for victims of Philippines' landslide
Feb 19, 2006 ... HK starts donation for victims of Philippines' landslideHONG KONG, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- A charity group in Hong Kong Sundaystarted collecting donation for victims of the Philippine'slandslide, allocating the first batch of relief fund. World Vision Hong Kong, a Christian ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Feb. 18
Feb 19, 2006 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Feb. 18BEIJING, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the domestic news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Saturday: URGENT: Remains of Chinese engineers killed in Pakistan broughtback to Hefei Xinjiang's land port reports trade rise in ...
China's power shortage easing in 2005
Feb 19, 2006 ... China's power shortage easing in 2005BEIJING, deb. 18 (Xinhua) -- China's power shortage eased in 2005,featuring a flourishing supply and demand, tight early in the yearand afterward and experience a gradual alleviation, a senior officialtold a forum Saturday. The country ...
Opener, Advisory
Feb 19, 2006 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service forSaturday, february 18, 2006, and begins ...
ADB promises to help Philippines after landslide disaster
Feb 19, 2006 ... ADB promises to help Philippines after landslide disasterMANILA, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- President of the Manila-based AsianDevelopment Bank Haruhiko Kuroda Saturday offered his deepestsympathy following a landslide disaster that hit Southern Leyteprovince on Friday, saying his ...
Over 300,000 birds may have to be culled: India
Feb 19, 2006 ... Over 300,000 birds may have to be culled: IndiaNEW DELHI, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Some 300,000 to 1 million chickensmay have to be culled to prevent the spread of avian flu in India,the first cases of which were detected in Maharashtra state Saturday,Indian officials said ....
Marseille International tennis result
Feb 19, 2006 ... Marseille International tennis resultPARIS, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following is the result from theMarseille International ...
Results of Olympic women's Alpine skiing combined
Feb 19, 2006 ... Results of Olympic women's Alpine skiing combinedTURIN, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading results ofOlympic women's Alpine skiing women's combined competition onSaturday (downhill+two slaloms): 1. Janica Kostelic, Croatia, 2:51.08 (1:29.40 + 38.65 + 43.03) ...
Results of Winter Olympic curling
Feb 19, 2006 ... Results of Winter Olympic curlingTURIN, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Winter Olympiccurling results here on Saturday: ...
Indonesia warns to settle oil field row in a week
Feb 19, 2006 ... Indonesia warns to settle oil field row in a weekCEPU, Indonesia, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia on Saturdaythreatened to take over the settlement of a dispute in Cepu oil andgas field in East Java province, which involves state oil firmPertamina and U.S.-based oil company Exxon ...
Day-9 schedule of Turin Winter Olympics on Feb. 19
Feb 19, 2006 ... Day-9 schedule of Turin Winter Olympics on Feb. 19TURIN, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Day-9 competitionschedule of the 20th Winter Olympic Games here on Feb. 19: Times: Local/GMT Sunday Feb 19 (FOUR GOLD MEDALS AT STAKE) 09:00/08:00 - Curling: Men ...
News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua
Feb 19, 2006 ... News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of XinhuaHONG KONG, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong on Saturday:Major news items in leading Australian newspapers Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers ...
German duo dominate women's 10km pursuit (updated-2)
Feb 19, 2006 ... German duo dominate women's 10km pursuit (updated-2)By Chang AilingTURIN, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- The German women retained theirdominance in biathlon with Kati Wilhelm and Martina Glagow taking thegold and silver medals respectively at the Turin Winter Olympics hereon ...
King Ole loses gold again (updated)
Feb 19, 2006 ... King Ole loses gold again (updated)TURIN, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Biathlon king Ole Einar Bjoerndalen ofNorway lost gold medal to France's Vincent Defrasne in Saturday 's12.5km pursuit. Bjoerndalen, who started 12th, 1:14 minutes after the leader, wasfast enough to get top ...
Standings of Olympic men's curling
Feb 19, 2006 ... Standings of Olympic men's curlingTURIN, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Olympic men's curlingstandings after Saturday's matches (won-lost): Britain 6 1Finland 5 2United States 5 2Canada...
King Ole loses gold again (updated 2)
Feb 19, 2006 ... King Ole loses gold again (updated 2)By Chang AilingTURIN, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Biathlon King Ole Einar Bjoerndalenlost gold medal to France's Vincent Defrasne in the men's 15kmpursuit at the Winter Olympics on Saturday. The Norwegian, who started 12th, ...
AMERICAN SHANI DAVIS WINS OLYMPIC MEN'S 1,000M SPEEDSKATING GOLD
Feb 19, 2006 ... AMERICAN SHANI DAVIS WINS ...
American Davis wins men's 1,000 speedskating gold
Feb 19, 2006 ... American Davis wins men's 1,000 speedskating goldTURIN, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- American Shani Davis won the men's 1,000m speedskating gold medal in ...
AUSTRIAN MORGENSTERN WINS OLYMPIC MEN'S LH SKI JUMPING GOLD
Feb 19, 2006 ... AUSTRIAN MORGENSTERN WINS ...
Austrians 1-2 in Olympic ski jump
Feb 19, 2006 ... Austrians 1-2 in Olympic ski jumpTURIN, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Austrians Thomas Morgenstern, AndreasKofler finished 1-2 in the Olympic ski jumping large ...
Results of men's 1,000m speedskating
Feb 19, 2006 ... Results of men's 1,000m speedskatingTURIN, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of the men 's1,000m speed skating at the Turin Winter Olympics here on Saturday: 1. Shani Davis, United States, 1:08.89 2. Joey Cheek, United States, 1:09.16 3. Erben ...
Olympic men's ice hockey: Switzerland bt Canada 2-0
Feb 19, 2006 ... Olympic men's ice hockey: Switzerland bt Canada 2-0TURIN, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the result from the men'sOlympic ice hockey preliminary round Group A match between Canada andSwitzerland here on Saturday: Canada 0 Switzerland 2 (0-1 0-1 0-0) Scorers ...
SOUTH KOREAN JIN SUN-YU WINS WOMEN'S 1,500M SHORT TRACK SPEEDSKATING OLYMPIC GOLD
Feb 19, 2006 ... SOUTH KOREAN JIN SUN-YU WINS WOMEN'S ...
S. Korean Jin Sun-Yu wins women's 1,500m short track speed skating gold
Feb 19, 2006 ... S. Korean Jin Sun-Yu wins women's 1,500m short track speed skatinggoldTURIN, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- South Korean Jin Sun-Yu won the women's1,500m short track speed skating gold medal at the Turin ...
SOUTH KOREAN BYUN CHUN-SA DISQUALIFIED IN WOMEN'S 1,500M SHORT TRACK
Feb 19, 2006 ... SOUTH KOREAN BYUN CHUN-SA ...
Results of Olympic large hill ski jumping
Feb 19, 2006 ... Results of Olympic large hill ski jumpingTURIN, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading results ofOlympic large hill ski jumping on Saturday: 1. Thomas Morgenstern, Austria, 276.9 points (133.0 + 140.0 m) 2. Andreas Kofler, Austria, 276.8 (134.0 + 139.5) ...
South Korea makes clean sweep in women's 1,500m short track speed skating
Feb 19, 2006 ... South Korea makes clean sweep in ...
Medal winners of Turin Olympics on Feb. 18
Feb 19, 2006 ... Medal winners of Turin Olympics on Feb. 18TURIN, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the medal winners of theTurin Winter Olympics here on Saturday: Women's 4x5km cross country skiing relay: Gold: Russia Silver: Germany Bronze: ItalyMen's ...
Davis wins men's 1,000m speedskating in style
Feb 19, 2006 ... Davis wins men's 1,000m speedskating in styleBy Ma BangjieTURIN, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- World record holder Shani Davis of theUnited States overcame a slow start to win the men's 1,000mspeedskating in a convincing style at the Turin Winter Olympics hereon Saturday ....
S. KOREAN ANH HYUN-SOO WINS MEN'S 1,000M SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING OLYMPIC GOLD
Feb 19, 2006 ... S. KOREAN ANH HYUN-SOO WINS MEN'S ...
Results of men's 1,000m short track speedskating
Feb 19, 2006 ... Results of men's 1,000m short track speedskatingTURIN, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of the men 's1,000m short track speedskating final at the Turin Winter Olympicshere on Saturday: 1. Ahn ...
S. Korea finish 1-2 in men's 1,000m short track speedskating
Feb 19, 2006 ... S. Korea finish 1-2 in men's 1,000m short track speedskatingTURIN, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- South Korea finished 1-2 in the men' s1,000 short track speedskating at the ...
S. Korean Ahn makes golden double in Olympic short-track speed skating
Feb 19, 2006 ... S. Korean Ahn makes golden double in Olympic short-track speedskatingTURIN, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's Ahn Hyun-soo grabbed hissecond gold medal at the Turin Winter Olympics, by winning the men's1,000m short-track speed skating final here on Saturday. The ...
S. Koean Ahn Hyun-Soo wins men's 1,000m short track speed skating gold
Feb 19, 2006 ... S. Koean Ahn Hyun-Soo wins men's ...
S. Korea's Jin wins women's 1,500m short-track speed skating gold
Feb 19, 2006 ... S. Korea's Jin wins women's 1,500m short-track speed skating gold TURIN, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- World number one Jin Sun-yu of SouthKorea lived up to her fame here on Saturday as she won the Olympicwomen's 1,500m short track speed skating event. Jin, 17, finished in two minutes ...
Medal standings of Turin Winter Olympics on Feb. 18
Feb 19, 2006 ... Medal standings of Turin Winter Olympics on Feb. 18TURIN, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the medal standings afterSaturday's finals at the Turin Winter Olympic Games ( tabulated undergold, silver, bronze and total): United States 742 ...
First female triple Olympic gold biathlete born in Turin
Feb 19, 2006 ... First female triple Olympic gold biathlete born in TurinBy Chang AilingTURIN, Feb. 18 -- Kati Wilhelm of Germany won her third Olympicgold here on Saturday, becoming the first female triple-goldbiathlete in the Olympic history. Wilhelm skied through the finish ...
Day 8 roundup: South Korea rules short track, history made in Alpine skiing
Feb 19, 2006 ... Day 8 roundup: South Korea rules short track, history made inAlpine skiingBy Sportswriter Cao JianjieTURIN, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Don't be jealous. South Korea, good at only one sport, jumped over traditionalwinter sports powers including Norway on the gold medal ...
Olympic men's ice hockey results
Feb 19, 2006 ... Olympic men's ice hockey resultsTURIN, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of Olympicmen's ice hockey preliminary round matches on Saturday: Group A: Czech Republic lost to Finland 2-4 Italy drew Germany 3-3 Canada lost to Switzerland 0-2 ...
Austrians tested in Turin Olympics, IOC
Feb 19, 2006 ... Austrians tested in Turin Olympics, IOCTURIN, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- The IOC confirmed on its websiteSaturday night that unannounced out-of-competition doping tests havebeen conducted on a number of Austrian cross country and biathlonathletes. "The IOC has acted on ...
South Korea dominates Olympic short-track speedskating
Feb 19, 2006 ... South Korea dominates Olympic short-track speedskatingTURIN, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- South Korea underscored its strength inshort-track speed skating as it swept two gold medals at stakeSaturday in the sport at the Turin winter Games. Ahn Hyun-soo grabbed his second gold medal ...
S. Korean Ahn makes Olympic golden double in short-track speed skating (updated -1)
Feb 19, 2006 ... S. Korean Ahn makes Olympic golden double in short-track speedskating (updated -1)By Gao PengTURIN, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's Ahn Hyun-soo grabbed hissecond gold medal of the Turin Winter Olympics here on Saturday afterhe won the men's 1,000m short-track speed ...
Results of women's curling in Turin Winter Olympics
Feb 19, 2006 ... Results of women's curling in Turin Winter OlympicsTURIN, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of thewomen's curling round robin matches at the Turin Winter Olympics hereon Saturday: ...
U.S. Congress delegation arrives in Sudan over Darfur issue
Feb 19, 2006 ... U.S. Congress delegation arrives in Sudan over Darfur issueKHARTOUM, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- A delegation of the U.S. Congressled by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi arrived in Khartoum onSaturday evening on a two-day visit in Sudan. The delegation is scheduled to pay a visit ...
Xinhua Mideast news summary at 2200 GMT, Feb. 18
Feb 19, 2006 ... Xinhua Mideast news summary at 2200 GMT, Feb. 18BAGHDAD -- Three policemen were killed and three others woundedwhen a roadside bomb hit their vehicle while they were escorting aconvoy of oil tankers, a police source said on Saturday. "A roadside bomb went off at about 8:50 ...
Results of men's Olympic ice hockey
Feb 19, 2006 ... Results of men's Olympic ice hockeyTURIN, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of the men 'sice hockey preliminary round matches at the Turin Winter ...
Results of women's 1,500m short track speedskating
Feb 19, 2006 ... Results of women's 1,500m short track speedskatingTURIN, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of thewomen's 1,500m short track speedskating final at the Turin WinterOlympics here on Saturday: 1. Jin Sun-Yu, South Korea, 2:23.494 ...
Urgent: 16 killed in Nigerian violent protests over Mohammad cartoons
Feb 19, 2006 ... Urgent: 16 killed in Nigerian violent protests over MohammadcartoonsLAGOS, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- At least 16 people were killed and 11churches burned on Saturday in violent protests against the cartoonsdepicting the Prophet Mohammad in northern Nigeria, police said. "Two ...
Standings of men's Olympic ice hockey
Feb 19, 2006 ... Standings of men's Olympic ice hockeyTURIN, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of themen's ice hockey after preliminary round matches at the Turin WinterOlympics here on Saturday (tabulated under matches played, won,drawn, lost, goals for, against and points): ...
Olympics men's ice hockey: Slovakia bt United States 2-1
Feb 19, 2006 ... Olympics men's ice hockey: Slovakia bt United States 2-1TURIN, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the result from the men'sice hockey preliminary round Group B match between Slovakia andUnited States at the Turin Winter Olympics here on Saturday: Slovakia 2 United States 1 ...
Liverpool oust Man. United to reach last eight at FA Cup
Feb 19, 2006 ... Liverpool oust Man. United to reach last eight at FA CupLONDON, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Liverpool beat Manchester United 1-0at Anfield on Saturday to book a spot at quarter-finals of the FACup. The victory is Liverpool's first over United in the FA Cup for 85years. Peter ...
Zanzibar, Madagascar goalless in African Confederation Cup tie
Feb 19, 2006 ... Zanzibar, Madagascar goalless in African Confederation Cup tieDAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Zanzibar's Jeshi la KujengaUchumi (JKU) club hosted Madagascar's UJSF Ravinala club to agoalless tie in their first-round play at the 2006 AfricanConfederation Cup tourney on ...
Pleasant home wins for Spanish Champions League teams
Feb 19, 2006 ... Pleasant home wins for Spanish Champions League teamsMADRID, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- All three of Spain's Champions Leagueteams enjoyed pleasant home wins on Saturday night, which will putthem in good heart for this week's Euro second round matches. Barcelona stay seven points ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Feb 19, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Sunday:Yomiuri: -- Prosecutors likely will press charges against Fumito Kumagai,legal representative of Livedoor Co., on ...
World's top two to meet in Antwerp tennis final
Feb 19, 2006 ... World's top two to meet in Antwerp tennis finalBRUSSELS, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- The world's top two tennis playerswill meet in the Antwerp Diamond Games women's singles final as KimClijsters booked her place on Saturday. The world's No. 1 from Belgium will face Antwerp ...
Portuguese first division soccer league results
Feb 19, 2006 ... Portuguese first division soccer league resultsLISBON, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from the23rd round of the Portuguese first-division soccer league (home teamslisted first): Friday's game: Boavista beat Rio Ave 2-1 Saturday's games ...
Portuguese first division soccer league standings
Feb 19, 2006 ... Portuguese first division soccer league standingsLISBON, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings inPortuguese first-division soccer league after Saturday's games(tabulated under games played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, againstand points): 1. FC Porto 22 14 ...
Red Star Belgrade tops the Serbia-Montenegro first division soccer league
Feb 19, 2006 ... Red Star Belgrade tops the Serbia-Montenegro first division soccerleagueBELGRADE, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- League leaders Red Star Belgradebeat local rivals Vozdovac Belgrade 2-0 on Saturday to reinforce thetop position at the Serbia-Montenegro soccer first division. In the ...
16 killed in Nigerian violent protests over Mohammad cartoons
Feb 19, 2006 ... 16 killed in Nigerian violent protests over Mohammad cartoonsLAGOS, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- At least 16 people were killed and 11churches burned on Saturday in violent protests against the cartoonsdepicting the Prophet Mohammad in northern Nigeria, police said. "Two states are ...
Spanish first division soccer summaries
Feb 19, 2006 ... Spanish first division soccer summariesMADRID, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Following are the summaries from theSpanish first division soccer league matches played on Saturday. Sevilla 1 Javier Saviola (11) Celta Vigo0 Halftime: 1-0; Attendance: 40,000 ...
Italy first division soccer league results
Feb 19, 2006 ... Italy first division soccer league resultsROME, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from the Italyfirst division league ...
Spanish first division soccer standings
Feb 19, 2006 ... Spanish first division soccer standingsMADRID, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Spanish firstdivision soccer standings after Saturday's games (tabulated undermatches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): 1. FC Barcelona 24 17 4 3 58 21 ...
Barca crush Betis to strengthen league lead
Feb 19, 2006 ... Barca crush Betis to strengthen league leadMADRID, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Ronaldinho led Barcelona to a cruising5-1 home victory over Real Betis in the Spanish first division soccermatch on Saturday. Ronaldinho instigated a classic counter-attack after 17 minutesdriving ...
Italy first division soccer league standings
Feb 19, 2006 ... Italy first division soccer league standingsROME, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings from theItaly first division league after matches played on Saturday(tabulated under games played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, againstand points): 1. Juventus 26 21 ...