Xinhua News Agency back issues from Tuesday, February 21:
Roadside bomb kills two Iraqi policemen in Baghdad
Feb 21, 2006 ... Roadside bomb kills two Iraqi policemen in BaghdadBAGHDAD, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- A roadside bomb exploded near amobile checkpoint manned by police commando members in southernBaghdad on Tuesday, killing two policemen and wounding three others,a police source told Xinhua. "A ...
Vietnam's stock market closes higher
Feb 21, 2006 ... Vietnam's stock market closes higherHANOI, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's stock market index, VN-Index, surged 12.5 points, or 3.53 percent, to 366.46 on Tuesday with65,035 million Vietnamese dong (VND) (4.09 million U.S. dollars)worth of shares and investment certificates being ...
Thailand freezes EU chicken import
Feb 21, 2006 ... Thailand freezes EU chicken importBANGKOK, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Thailand will freeze imports ofchicken breeds and chicken products from the European Union (EU) overfollowing couple of months to prevent a possible spread of avian flu,the Department of Livestock Development said on ...
Opener, Advisory
Feb 21, 2006 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service for Monday,february 20, 2006, and begins ...
World's largest methanol producer moves Asia Pacific headquarters to HK
Feb 21, 2006 ... World's largest methanol producer moves Asia Pacific headquartersto HKHONG KONG, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Methanex, the world's largestproducer and marketer of methanol, moved its Asia Pacific region'shead office from Auckland, New Zealand, to Hong Kong on Monday. Hong Kong ...
China Focus: China exploring ways to tackle corrupt schools
Feb 21, 2006 ... China Focus: China exploring ways to tackle corrupt schoolsby Xinhua Writer Dong Lixi BEIJING, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- China, a country that traditionallyprides itself on its education system, now faces an embarrassingproblem in providing a satisfactory standard of schooling ...
China moves to prevent more carbon monoxide poisoning
Feb 21, 2006 ... China moves to prevent more carbon monoxide poisoningBEIJING, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Health on Mondayurged local governments to raise public awareness of the dangers ofcarbon monoxide poisoning after at least 18 people were killed by thedeadly gas this month ....
Day-11 schedule of Turin Winter Olympics on Feb. 21
Feb 21, 2006 ... Day-11 schedule of Turin Winter Olympics on Feb. 21TURIN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Day-11 competitionschedule of the 20th Winter Olympic Games here on Feb. 21: Times: Local/GMT Tuesday Feb 21 (FOUR GOLD MEDALS AT STAKE)09:00/08:00 - Curling: ...
Roundup: HK strengthens efforts to prevent bird flu outbreak
Feb 21, 2006 ... Roundup: HK strengthens efforts to prevent bird flu outbreakHONG KONG, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Hong Kong SpecialAdministrative Region government strengthened its precautionarymeasures to prevent a possible outbreak of avian influenza Monday asanother dead bird was confirmed to ...
Chinese, Japanese ruling parties meet to discuss bilateral relations
Feb 21, 2006 ... Chinese, Japanese ruling parties meet to discuss bilateralrelations by Xinhua writer Liu DongkaiBEIJING, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Senior ruling party officials of bothChina and Japan met in Beijing on Monday afternoon, hoping to repairbilateral relations damaged by Prime Minister ...
China to prosecute another four persons for fatal hospital fire in NE. city
Feb 21, 2006 ... China to prosecute another four persons for fatal hospital fire inNE. cityCHANGCHUN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Another four persons will beprosecuted on charges of selling unqualified electrical cables thatconstituted a cause of a fatal hospital fire killing 39 people in ...
Austrian Raich wins men's giant slalom at Turin Olympics (updated-1)
Feb 21, 2006 ... Austrian Raich wins men's giant slalom at Turin Olympics (updated-1)By sportswriter Xu ZhengSESTRIERE, Italy, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Austria's Benjamin Raich wonhis first Olympic gold medal here on Monday in the men's giant slalomat the Turin Winter Olympics ....
E. China province sees increasing tourists from Japan
Feb 21, 2006 ... E. China province sees increasing tourists from JapanNANJING, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- East China's Jiangsu Province hostedover 600,000 Japanese tourists last year, a year-on-year rise of 8percent, the latest statistics show. Jiangsu has become one of the major destinations for ...
China's aerialists ready to charge for Olympic gold
Feb 21, 2006 ... China's aerialists ready to charge for Olympic goldBy Chang AilingTURIN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- They were all world champions, but theynever knew the taste of the Olympic gold. After the Salt Lake Citysetback, China's women aerialists were ready to get gold in Turin ....
News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua
Feb 21, 2006 ... News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of XinhuaHONG KONG, Feb. 20 (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 Japanese newspapers ...
China Exclusive: China, Pakistan ink comprehensive deals
Feb 21, 2006 ... China Exclusive: China, Pakistan ink comprehensive dealsby Xinhua Writer Xiong Zhengyan BEIJING, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- China and Pakistan on Monday inked aseries of agreements on wide-ranging topics, a sign of stronger tiesbetween the two traditional allies. The ...
Urgent: Malaysia confirms 40 chickens die from bird flu
Feb 21, 2006 ... Urgent: Malaysia confirms 40 chickens die from bird fluKUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Malaysian Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Ministry Tuesday confirmed that 40 free range chickensdied from the H5N1 avian influenza virus. Tests confirmed the death of the free range ...
1st Ld Writethru: Malaysia confirms 40 chickens die of bird flu
Feb 21, 2006 ... 1st Ld Writethru: Malaysia confirms 40 chickens die of bird fluKUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Malaysian Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Ministry Monday confirmed that 40 free range chickensdied from the H5N1 avian influenza virus. Tests confirmed the death of the ...
China Focus: high-level seminar reflects China's resolve to build "socialist new countryside"
Feb 21, 2006 ... China Focus: high-level seminar reflects China's resolve to build"socialist new countryside"BEIJING, Feb. 20 (Xinhua)-- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Mondaypledged that his government would increase the funding for ruraldevelopment this year, the latest of a series of official ...
Mexico sees China as "strategic slly" instead of "rival": FM
Feb 21, 2006 ... Mexico sees China as "strategic slly" instead of "rival": FMBEIJING, Feb. 20 (Xinhua)-- The visiting Mexican Foreign Minister,Luis Ernesto Derbez, said here on Monday that China is Mexico's"strategic ally" instead of a "rival." Derbez made the remarks at a press conference ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Feb. 20
Feb 21, 2006 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Feb. 20BEIJING, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Following are the domestic news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Monday: Homegrown face recognition system to be used for publicidentification in China China's e-commerce chalks up strong growth, ...
Polish universities hope to recruit more Chinese students
Feb 21, 2006 ... Polish universities hope to recruit more Chinese studentsBEIJING, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- A delegation of Polish highereducational institutions held a seminar on studying in Poland here onMonday, with the aim of attracting more Chinese students. Members of the delegation, most ...
China Exclusive: Shanghai raises awareness in law-making among students
Feb 21, 2006 ... China Exclusive: Shanghai raises awareness in law-making amongstudentsSHANGHAI, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Eighty high-school students inShanghai on Monday deliberated and voted on two "proposals" at asimulated session in the conference hall of the city's legislature. The hall ...
China Exim Bank granted domestic loan of 260 mln U.S. dollars
Feb 21, 2006 ... China Exim Bank granted domestic loan of 260 mln U.S. dollarsBEIJING, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- China Export-import Bank signed aloan contract with a domestic bank group on Monday for a three-yearloan of 260 million U.S. dollars in a move to expand the bank'sfinancing. Headed ...
China bans imports of birds from countries hit by avian flu virus
Feb 21, 2006 ... China bans imports of birds from countries hit by avian flu virus BEIJING, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- China's quarantine authorities haveannounced a ban on the import of pet birds and wild birds fromcountries which have recorded cases of the deadly strain of H5N1 birdflu. In an ...
Standings of Olympic men's curling
Feb 21, 2006 ... Standings of Olympic men's curlingTURIN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Olympic men's curlingstandings after Sunday's matches (tabulated under matches won andlost): Finland 7 2Britain 6 3Canada ...
Results of Olympic team ski jumping
Feb 21, 2006 ... Results of Olympic team ski jumpingTURIN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of the teamski jumping final at the Turin Winter Olympics here on Monday: 1. Austria (Andreas Widholzl, Andreas Kofler, Martin Koch, ThomasMorgenstern) 472.6 points 2. Finland ...
Austria wins ski jump team gold
Feb 21, 2006 ... Austria wins ski jump team goldPRAGELATO, Italy, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Austria won the gold ...
Canada leads Sweden 4-0 in women's ice hockey final
Feb 21, 2006 ... Canada leads Sweden 4-0 in women's ice hockey finalTURIN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Cherie Piper and Jayna Hefford scored apair of goals in the second period to give Canada a 4-0 lead overSweden in the women's ice hockey final of the Turin Winter Olympicshere on Monday. Hayley ...
Olympic women's ice hockey: United States bt Finland 4-0
Feb 21, 2006 ... Olympic women's ice hockey: United States bt Finland 4-0TURIN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Following are the summary from thewomen's ice hockey bronze medal match between Finland and the UnitedStates at the Turin Winter Olympics here on Monday: Finland 0 United States 4 (0-3 0-1 ...
Canada leads Sweden 2-0 in women's ice hockey final
Feb 21, 2006 ... Canada leads Sweden 2-0 in women's ice hockey finalTURIN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Canada led Sweden 2-0 after firstperiod in the women's ice hockey final of the Turin Winter Olympicshere on Monday. Gillian Apps opened scoring for the defending champion, who beatSweden 8-1 in ...
Day 10 roundup: Austria jolted into action with triple gold rush
Feb 21, 2006 ... Day 10 roundup: Austria jolted into action with triple gold rushBy Sportswriter Cao Jianjie (To be updated with women's ice hockey final and ice dancing)TURIN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Police raids and midnight doping testsjolted Austrians into action as they won three ...
Key role for Swiss in Olympics doping checks
Feb 21, 2006 ... Key role for Swiss in Olympics doping checksGENEVA, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Swiss scientists are testing bloodsamples during the Turin Olympics on behalf of the World Anti- DopingAgency (WADA), Swiss Radio International reported on Monday. The tests form part of the more than ...
US women win Olympic ice hockey bronze
Feb 21, 2006 ... US women win Olympic ice hockey bronzeBy Gao PengTURIN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- The United States easily captured theOlympic bronze medal in the women's ice hockey, where anything otherthan a silver or a gold cannot be accepted. Katie King scored three goals and ...
Results of Olympic ice dancing in Turin
Feb 21, 2006 ... Results of Olympic ice dancing in TurinTURIN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of the icedancing final at the Turin Winter Olympic Games here on Monday: 1. Tatiana Navka/Roman Kostomarov, Russia, 200.64 points 2. Tanith Belbin/Benjamin Agosto, United ...
Russian Navka/Kostomarov win ice dancing Olympic gold
Feb 21, 2006 ... Russian Navka/Kostomarov win ice dancing Olympic goldTURIN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Russian Tatiana Navka and RomanKostomarov scored 200.64 points to take the ice dancing gold medal atthe Turin Winter ...
RUSSIAN TATIANA NAVKA AND ROMAN KOSTOMAROV WIN ICE DANCING OLYMPIC GOLD
Feb 21, 2006 ... RUSSIAN TATIANA NAVKA AND ROMAN ...
Medal winners of Turin Winter Olympics on Feb. 20
Feb 21, 2006 ... Medal winners of Turin Winter Olympics on Feb. 20TURIN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Following are the medal winners of theTurin Winter Olympics on Feb. 20: Alpine skiing men's giant slalom: Gold: Benjamin Raich, Austria Silver: Joel Chenal, France Bronze: ...
Canada defends women's ice hockey Olympic title
Feb 21, 2006 ... Canada defends women's ice hockey Olympic titleBy Wang JingyuTURIN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Canada eased past Sweden 4-1 hereMonday evening to defend its Olympic women's ice hockey title at the2006 Turin Winter Games. The Canadians, who have won eight women's ice ...
Canada defends Olympic women's ice hockey title (updated)
Feb 21, 2006 ... Canada defends Olympic women's ice hockey title (updated)By Wang JingyuTURIN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Canada eased past Sweden 4-1 hereMonday evening to defend its Winter Olympic women's ice hockey titleat the 2006 Turin Winter Games. The Canadians, who have won ...
Xinhua Mideast news summary at 2230 GMT, Feb. 20
Feb 21, 2006 ... Xinhua Mideast news summary at 2230 GMT, Feb. 20GAZA -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will officially chargeHamas' candidate for prime minister Ismail Haneya on Tuesday withforming a new Palestinian government, a Hamas official said after ameeting between Abbas and the ...
Russian Navka/Kostomarov win ice dancing Olympic gold
Feb 21, 2006 ... Russian Navka/Kostomarov ...
Writethru: Abbas to ask Haneya to form cabinet Tuesday
Feb 21, 2006 ... Writethru: Abbas to ask Haneya to form cabinet TuesdayGAZA, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas willofficially charge Hamas' candidate for prime minister Ismail Haneyaon Tuesday with forming a new Palestinian government, a Hamasofficial said after a meeting ...
Day 10 roundup: Austria jolted into action with triple gold rush (updated)
Feb 21, 2006 ... Day 10 roundup: Austria jolted into action with triple gold rush(updated)By Sportswriter Cao JianjieTURIN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Police raids and midnight doping testsjolted Austrians into action as they won three gold medals at theWinter Olympics here on Monday. ...
Women's ice hockey All-Star Team at Turin Olympics
Feb 21, 2006 ... Women's ice hockey All-Star Team at Turin OlympicsTURIN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Following are the women's ice hockeyall-star team for the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics picked byinternational media on Monday: ...
Medal standing of Turin Olympics on Feb. 20
Feb 21, 2006 ... Medal standing of Turin Olympics on Feb. 20TURIN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Following are the medal standings afterthe finals on Monday at the Turin Winter Olympic Games ( tabulatedunder gold, silver, bronze and total): Germany 774 18 ...
Russia first, US second in Olympic ice dancing
Feb 21, 2006 ... Russia first, US second in Olympic ice dancingTURIN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Russia's Tatiana Navka and RomanKostomarov captured the gold medal here Monday in ice dancing, addingRussia its third gold in the Turin Olympic figure skatingcompetition. The Russians earned a score ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Feb. 21
Feb 21, 2006 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Feb. 21MOSCOW -- Russian and Iranian officials concluded their first dayof talks on Moscow's uranium enrichment proposal on Monday and agreedto continue the negotiations, the Interfax news agency reported. "The talks with the Iranian ...
Chinese skier tops freestyle aerials qualification
Feb 21, 2006 ... Chinese skier tops freestyle aerials qualificationBy Gong BingSAUZE D'OULX, Italy, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese skier HanXiaopeng topped the men's freestyle aerials qualification with anaggregated point of 250.45 after two jumps at the Turin WinterOlympic Games here on ...
Russia first, US second in ice dancing (updated)
Feb 21, 2006 ... Russia first, US second in ice dancing (updated)By Chang AilingTURIN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarovcaptured gold medal here Monday in ice dancing, adding Russia itsthird gold in the Turin Olympic figure skating competition. The couple ...
Brazilian soccer star Ronaldo says unhappy with Real Madrid fans
Feb 21, 2006 ... Brazilian soccer star Ronaldo says unhappy with Real Madrid fansMADRID, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Ronaldo Nazario, Brazilian-bornstriker for Spanish league team Real Madrid, told reporters on Mondayhe was upset by the behavior of Real Madrid's fans, saying he neverfelt at home at the ...
Japan delays satellite launch due to rainfall
Feb 21, 2006 ... Japan delays satellite launch due to rainfallTOKYO, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Japan delayed the launch of an infraredsatellite due to rainfall, reports said Tuesday. The lift off, ...
Venezuela basketballers announce games ahead of 2006 championship
Feb 21, 2006 ... Venezuela basketballers announce games ahead of 2006 championship CARACAS, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Venezuela's national basketball teamofficials gave reporters on Monday in Caracas details of a series ofgames it will play in the run up to the 2006 basketball worldchampionship, as well ...
Stocks close higher in Mexico, Argentina, Brazil
Feb 21, 2006 ... Stocks close higher in Mexico, Argentina, BrazilMEXICO CITY, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Latin America's three major stockmarkets closed higher on Monday. Mexico City's stock market IPC index rose 0.33 percent and closedat 18,542.58 points. A total of 10.6 million shares were ...
Czech soccer Hall of Fame opens in Prague
Feb 21, 2006 ... Czech soccer Hall of Fame opens in PraguePRAGUE, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Member of the UEFA executive committeeJoseph Mifsud of Malta, Czech Football Association (CMFS) presidentPavel Mokry and Czech legendary football player Josef Masopustceremoniously opened the Czech football ...
Fixtures of Olympic women's curling
Feb 21, 2006 ... Fixtures of Olympic women's curlingTURIN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Following are the fixtures of ...
Defense is key in Arsenal-Real match, says Wenger
Feb 21, 2006 ... Defense is key in Arsenal-Real match, says WengerMADRID, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Arsene Wenger, head coach of EnglandPremier League side Arsenal, rated on Monday a good defense the keyin gunners' Champions League match against Real Madrid this week. "We need to be united as a ...
FA switches Cup Final to Millennium Stadium, says Wembley rebuilders
Feb 21, 2006 ... FA switches Cup Final to Millennium Stadium, says WembleyrebuildersCANBERRA, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- The English Football Associationdecided to transfer the FA Cup Final to Millennium Stadium inCardiff, said Tuesday an Australian construction company on duty ofrebuilding Wembley ...
NW China province moves to tackle water shortage, pollution
Feb 21, 2006 ... NW China province moves to tackle water shortage, pollutionBEIJING, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Northwest China's Qinghai Provinceplans to provide cleaner water in the coming years for more than 1.7million farmers and herdsman by launching a series of projects. About 1 million ...
Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- Feb. 21
Feb 21, 2006 ... Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- Feb. 21BEIJING, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Highlights of major Beijing-basednewspapers on Tuesday:People's Daily -- In a bid to improve the housing situation of 840,000 poverty-stricken residents, North China's Liaoning ...
EADS sees Asia Pacific priority for expansion
Feb 21, 2006 ... EADS sees Asia Pacific priority for expansionSINGAPORE, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- European Aeronautic Defense andSpace Company (EADS), one of the world's leader in the industry, saidhere on Tuesday that it places Asia Pacific as its priority forbusiness expansion in the coming years ....
Bjorn to skip WGC-World Match Play due to injury
Feb 21, 2006 ... Bjorn to skip WGC-World Match Play due to injuryLONDON, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Thomas Bjorn of Danmark came out thesecond leading European to miss this week's WGC-Accenture Match PlayChampionship in Carlsbad, California. The 35-year-old, ranked 31st in the world, woke up with ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Feb 21, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Tuesday. Asahi: -- A psychiatric report Monday said Chizuo Matsumoto, the AumShinrikyo founder sentenced to death for the ...
Arab FMs discuss funding for PNA following Israel's sanctions
Feb 21, 2006 ... Arab FMs discuss funding for PNA following Israel's sanctionsALGIERS, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- The foreign ministers of six Arabnations met here Monday to discuss a response to Israel's sanctionson the cash-strapped Palestinian National Authority (PNA). The meeting came after ...
South China city to relocate more plants in pollution crackdown
Feb 21, 2006 ... South China city to relocate more plants in pollution crackdownBEIJING, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Nine major industrial plants in urbanGuangzhou of South China's Guangdong Province will be removed by 2010as part of an anti-pollution drive, according to the city'senvironmental ...