Xinhua News Agency back issues from Sunday, February 26:
Results of tests on aquatic fungus in NE. China river to be announced in early March
Feb 26, 2006 ... Results of tests on aquatic fungus in NE. China river to beannounced in early MarchMUDANJIANG, Heilongjiang, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- The results of atoxicity test that should define the nature of the aquatic fungusdetected recently at a water supply source in Mudanjiang ...
Day-16 schedule of Turin Winter Olympics on Feb. 26
Feb 26, 2006 ... Day-16 schedule of Turin Winter Olympics on Feb. 26TURIN, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Day-16, the last daycompetition schedule at the 20th Winter Olympic Games here on Feb.26: Times: Local/GMT Sunday Feb ...
Chinese Tibetan compatriots celebrate New Year in Nepal
Feb 26, 2006 ... Chinese Tibetan compatriots celebrate New Year in NepalKATHMANDU, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- More than 700 Chinese Tibetancompatriots living in Nepal celebrated their traditional New Yeartogether with staff of the Chinese Embassy to Nepal here Saturday. An 18-member Chinese ...
Opener, Advisory
Feb 26, 2006 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service forSaturday, february 25, 2006, and begins ...
Chinese show increasing awareness of mental health
Feb 26, 2006 ... Chinese show increasing awareness of mental healthBEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Under pressure from studying, FengYuxuan, a second-year student majoring in arts at a Beijing-baseduniversity, often finds his mind full of all kinds of thoughts. "In my spare time lots of ...
FEATURE: Biathlon "King" Ole leaves Turin in disappointment
Feb 26, 2006 ... FEATURE: Biathlon "King" Ole leaves Turin in disappointmentBy Chang AilingCESANA SAN SICARIO, Italy, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Ole EinarBjoerndalen cannot hide the disappointment in his eyes. As five- timeOlympic champion, he got no gold from the Turin Winter Olympics ....
IOC sets up disciplinary commission
Feb 26, 2006 ... IOC sets up disciplinary commissionTURIN., Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- The International Olympic Committee(IOC) on Saturday set up a disciplinary commission to investigate anAustrian doping scandal at the Turin Winter Olympics. The commission includes ...
Results of women's 5,000m Olympic speedskating
Feb 26, 2006 ... Results of women's 5,000m Olympic speedskatingTURIN, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of thewomen's 5,000m speedskating final at the Turin Winter Olympics hereon Saturday: 1. Clara Hughes, Canada, 6:59.07 2. Claudia Pechstein, Germany, 7:00.08 ...
German first division soccer standings
Feb 26, 2006 ... German first division soccer standingsBERLIN, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the German firstdivision soccer standings after the matches on Saturday (tabulatedunder games played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): 1 Bayern Munich 23 18 4 1 47 ...
German first division soccer results
Feb 26, 2006 ... German first division soccer resultsBERLIN, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from the24th round of the German first division soccer matches (home teamslisted first): FC Cologne lost to Bayer Leverkusen 0-3 Werder Bremen bt Borussia Moenchengladbach 2-0 ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua
Feb 26, 2006 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of XinhuaHONG KONG, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Saturday:Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers Former Myanmar intelligence headquarters tendered for lease ...
German first division soccer summaries
Feb 26, 2006 ... German first division soccer summariesBERLIN, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the summaries from theGerman first division soccer matches on Saturday: Mainz 0 Kaiserslautern 2 Boubacar Sanogo (24pen,26) ...
CANADA'S HUGHES WINS WOMEN'S 5,000M SPEEDSKATING OLYMPIC GOLD
Feb 26, 2006 ... CANADA'S HUGHES WINS WOMEN'S ...
German first division leading scorers
Feb 26, 2006 ... German first division leading scorersBERLIN, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the top scorers of theGerman first division league after the soccer matches on Saturday: 17 Miroslav Klose (Werder Bremen) 13 Halil Altintop(Kaiserslautern) 12 Michael Ballack (Bayern Munich) ...
Canada's Hughes wins women's 5,000m speedskating Olympic gold
Feb 26, 2006 ... Canada's Hughes wins women's 5,000m speedskating Olympic goldTURIN, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Clara Hughes of Canada won the women 's5,000m speedskating gold medal at the Turin Winter Olympics ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Feb. 25
Feb 26, 2006 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Feb. 25BEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the domestic news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Saturday: Tibet railway offers lap of luxury travel to the "Roof of theWorld" China Focus: disparity of investment in education still ...
Austrian Raich wins men's slalom Olympic gold
Feb 26, 2006 ... Austrian Raich wins men's slalom Olympic goldTURIN, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Benjamin Raich led his Austriancomptriots for a clean sweep in the men's slalom at the Turin ...
AUSTRIAN RAICH WINS MEN'S SLALOM OLYMPIC GOLD
Feb 26, 2006 ... AUSTRIAN RAICH WINS ...
Results of men's Olympic slalom
Feb 26, 2006 ... Results of men's Olympic slalomTURIN, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of the men 'sAlpine skiing slalom final at the Turin Winter Olympics here onSaturday: 1. Benjamin Raich, Austria, 1:43.14 (53.37 + 49.77) 2. Reinfried Herbst, Austria, 1:43.97 ...
American Ohno wins 500m short track gold
Feb 26, 2006 ... American Ohno wins 500m short track goldTURIN, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- American Apolo Anton won the Olympicmen's 500m short ...
Results of men's four-man bobsleigh in Turin Olympics
Feb 26, 2006 ... Results of men's four-man bobsleigh in Turin OlympicsTURIN, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of the men 'sfour-man bobsleigh final at the Turin Winter Olympics here onSaturday: 1. Germany (Andre Lange, Rene Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, Martin Putze)3:40.42 2 ....
AMERICAN OHNO WINS MEN'S 500M SHORT TRACK SPEEDSKATING GOLD
Feb 26, 2006 ... AMERICAN OHNO WINS MEN'S 500M ...
GERMANY WINS OLYMPIC BOBSLED GOLD
Feb 26, 2006 ... GERMANY WINS ...
Germany wins Olympic four-man bobsled gold
Feb 26, 2006 ... Germany wins Olympic four-man bobsled goldTURIN, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- ...
Sedan car on wild run kills 4, injures 22 in SW. China city
Feb 26, 2006 ... Sedan car on wild run kills 4, injures 22 in SW. China cityKUNMING, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Four people were killed and 22 othersinjured in Kunming, capital of Southwest China's Yunnan Province, onSaturday evening when a sedan car ran wild on the city's main roadsand even crushed ...
S. Korea Jin wins women's 1,000m short track speedskating gold
Feb 26, 2006 ... S. Korea Jin wins women's 1,000m short track speedskating goldTURIN, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's Jin Sun-Yu won thewomen's 1,000m short track speedskating gold ...
Results of women's 1,000m short track speedskating
Feb 26, 2006 ... Results of women's 1,000m short track speedskatingTURIN, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of thewomen's 1,000m short track speedskating final at the Turin ...
South Korea's Jin takes Olympic women's 1,000m gold
Feb 26, 2006 ... South Korea's Jin takes Olympic women's 1,000m goldTURIN, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's Jin Sun-yu claimed hersecond gold medal at the Turin Winter Olympics here on Saturday whenshe won the women's short-track speed skating 1,000 meters. Jin, who had won the 1,500m ...
American Ohno wins men's 500m short track speedskating gold
Feb 26, 2006 ... American Ohno wins men's 500m short track speedskating goldTURIN, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Apolo Anton Ohno denied South Koreanstar Ahn Hyun-soo his third gold medal at the Turin Olympics when theAmerican won the men's 500m short track speed skating event onSaturday. Ohno, who ...
Results of men's 500m short track speedskating
Feb 26, 2006 ... Results of men's 500m short track speedskatingTURIN, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of the men 's500m short track speedskating final at the Turin Winter Olympics hereon Saturday: 1 ....
S. Korea's Jin Sun-yu wins women's 1,000m short track speedskating gold
Feb 26, 2006 ... S. Korea's Jin Sun-yu wins women's ...
South Korea wins 5,000m short track gold
Feb 26, 2006 ... South Korea wins 5,000m short track goldTURIN, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- South Korea won the Olympic men's ...
SOUTH KOREA'S JIN WINS WOMEN'S 1,000M SHORT TRACK SPEEDSKATING GOLD
Feb 26, 2006 ... SOUTH KOREA'S JIN WINS WOMEN'S ...
SOUTH KOREA WINS OLYMPIC SHORT TRACK SPEEDSKATING 5000M RELAY GOLD
Feb 26, 2006 ... SOUTH KOREA WINS OLYMPIC SHORT ...
Results of Italian first division soccer league
Feb 26, 2006 ... Results of Italian first division soccer leagueROME, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theItalian Serie A matches on Saturday: Parma lost to Fiorentina 4-2 Reggina tied Livorno 1-1Playing on Sunday, February 26 (Time in GMT) ...
Summaries of French first division soccer league
Feb 26, 2006 ... Summaries of French first division soccer leaguePARIS, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the summaries from theLigue 1 matches on Saturday: AS Nancy 0 Red Card: Kim (80) Sochaux 3 Moumouni Dagano (16), Cedric Lecluse(45og), Ilan ...
Gas emission leaves 6 miners dead, 12 others missing in central China
Feb 26, 2006 ... Gas emission leaves 6 miners dead, 12 others missing in centralChinaCHANGSHA, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- A gas emission accident left 6 coalminers dead and 12 others missing Saturday in central China's HunanProvince, the provincial authorities on coal production said Sunday. The ...
Leading scorers of Italy first division soccer league
Feb 26, 2006 ... Leading scorers of Italy first division soccer leagueROME, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading scorers of theItalian first division league after the soccer matches played onSaturday: 22 Luca Toni (Fiorentina) 18 David Trezeguet (Juventus) 15 ...
Results of Dutch soccer championship
Feb 26, 2006 ... Results of Dutch soccer championshipBRUSSELS, Feb 25. (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theDutch championship soccer matches on Saturday: Saturday, February 25 ADO Den Haag bt Vitesse Arnhem 2-0 Sparta Rotterdam bt Willem II Tilburg 3- 2 ...
Lazio's Manfredini named in Cote D'ivoire squad for Spain friendly
Feb 26, 2006 ... Lazio's Manfredini named in Cote D'ivoire squad for Spain friendly ABU DHABI, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Lazio midfielder ChristianManfredini came out a surprising inclusion Saturday to CoteD'ivoire's squad for Wednesday's World Cup warm-up against Spain inValladolid. Squad: ...
Medical insurance system covers 1.24 million migrant workers in South China
Feb 26, 2006 ... Medical insurance system covers 1.24 million migrant workers inSouth ChinaSHENZHEN, Guangdong, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- A pilot medical insuranceproject has covered 1.24 million migrant workers in Shenzhen in SouthChina's Guangdong Province since last March, and the city hopes ...
Woman dies of rabies in Beijing
Feb 26, 2006 ... Woman dies of rabies in BeijingBEIJING, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- A 37-year-old woman died of rabies inBeijing last week, reports the Municipal Bureau of Health. The victim, from Central China's Henan Province, was bitten by herpuppy dog that had not been immunized on Jan. 10 ....
Chile's Massu eases past Martin for Brazil Open title
Feb 26, 2006 ... Chile's Massu eases past Martin for Brazil Open titleRIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Olympic singles and doubleschampion Nicolas Massu launched a successful run for the title of theBrazil Open ATP tennis tournament, comfortably beating Alberto Martinof Spain 6-3, 6-4 at the ...
Leading goal scorers of French first division soccer league
Feb 26, 2006 ... Leading goal scorers of French first division soccer leaguePARIS, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading goal scorersof the Ligue 1 on Saturday: 16 Pauleta (Paris St Germain) 10 Daniel Cousin (Racing Lens), Mamadou Diallo (Nantes) 9 Peguy ...
Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- Feb. 26
Feb 26, 2006 ... Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- Feb. 26BEIJING, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Highlights of major Beijing-basednewspapers on Sunday:People's Daily -- The draft amendment to China's Law on Compulsory Education,aiming to ensure a stable investment system for ...
Southern Chinese city vows to ensure safe baby delivery for migrantmothers
Feb 26, 2006 ... Southern Chinese city vows to ensure safe baby delivery formigrant mothersGUANGZHOU, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- The southern Chinese city ofGuangzhou has vowed to ensure safe baby delivery for migrant mothersin the city this year. The infant mortality rate was five per thousand ...
Standings of Italian first division soccer league
Feb 26, 2006 ... Standings of Italian first division soccer leagueROME, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of the SerieA after matches played on Saturday (tabulated under matches played,won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): 1 Juventus 26 21 4 1 53 17 ...
Results of French first division soccer league
Feb 26, 2006 ... Results of French first division soccer leaguePARIS, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of the Ligue1 matches on Saturday: Auxerre bt Toulouse 2-0 AS Nancy lost to Sochaux 3-0 Nantes tied Paris St Germain 0-0 Girondins Bordeaux tied Metz ...
Summaries of Italian first division soccer league
Feb 26, 2006 ... Summaries of Italian first division soccer leagueROME, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the summaries from theItalian first division soccer league matches played on Saturday: Parma2 Fabio Henrique Simplicio (3pen), Marco Bresciano(19) ...
Six schoolmasters in SW China suspended for charging students extrafees
Feb 26, 2006 ... Six schoolmasters in SW China suspended for charging studentsextra feesCHENGDU, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Six schoolmasters in Dazhou,Southwest China's Sichuan Province, have been suspended from theirduties for charging students extra fees. The Dazhou city government made the ...
Final result of Brazil open ATP tennis
Feb 26, 2006 ... Final result of Brazil open ATP tennisRIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following is the final resultof the Brazil Open ATP tennis ...
France announces merger plan for Suez, GDF
Feb 26, 2006 ... France announces merger plan for Suez, GDFPARIS, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- French Prime Minister Dominique deVillepin on Saturday announced plans for a merger between energy andutilities company Suez SA and Gaz de France (GDF). Villepin said that Suez and GDF had been discussing ...
Pentagon to release names of Guantanamo detainees: report
Feb 26, 2006 ... Pentagon to release names of Guantanamo detainees: reportWASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Under an order from a U.S. judge,the Pentagon is set to release the names of several hundred detaineesat its detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the WashingtonPost reported Saturday ....
Standings of Belgian soccer championship
Feb 26, 2006 ... Standings of Belgian soccer championshipBRUSSELS, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of theBelgian soccer championship after matches played on Saturday(tabulated under matches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, againstand points): 1 Anderlecht 24 ...
Rebels kill seven civilians in bus attack in Colombia
Feb 26, 2006 ... Rebels kill seven civilians in bus attack in ColombiaBOGOTA, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- At least Seven civilians were killedSaturday in rebel attack on a passenger bus in southern Colombia,authorities said. Insurgents with the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of ...
Standings of French first division soccer league
Feb 26, 2006 ... Standings of French first division soccer leaguePARIS, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of theLigue 1 matches on Saturday (tabulated under matches played, won,drawn, lost, goals for, against and points): 1 Olympique Lyon 27 17 8 2 44 21 59 ...
Three more offshore blocks in Myanmar under gas exploration
Feb 26, 2006 ... Three more offshore blocks in Myanmar under gas explorationYANGON, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Three more available blocks offMyanmar's southern Tanintharyi coast are under natural gasexploration with test wells being planned for drilling by Malaysia 'sPetronas Company, sources with the ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Feb 26, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Philippine newspapers on Sunday:Manila Bulletin: -- There are no more signs of life, Southern Leyte Gov. Rosette Y.Lerias said Saturday as ...
Spanish police seizes 3 tons of cocaine off southeast coast
Feb 26, 2006 ... Spanish police seizes 3 tons of cocaine off southeast coastMADRID, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Spanish police on Saturday intercepteda boat carrying three tons of cocaine in the sea off its southeastcoast. Police said they had also arrested eight sailors of variousnationalities ....
Sixty-five miners trapped underground pronounced dead in north Mexico
Feb 26, 2006 ... Sixty-five miners trapped underground pronounced dead in northMexicoMEXICO CITY, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- The 65 coal miners trappedunderground in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila were all dead,the mining company announced at a press conference on Saturday. The workers ...
Results of Belgian soccer championship
Feb 26, 2006 ... Results of Belgian soccer championshipBRUSSELS, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of theBelgian soccer championship matches on Saturday: Beveren lost to Lokeren 3-1 Excelsior Mouscron lost to Zulte Waregem 1-0 Germinal Beerschot tied Cercle ...
N.China municipality makes AIDS prevention education compulsory forstudents
Feb 26, 2006 ... N.China municipality makes AIDS prevention education compulsoryfor studentsTIANJIN, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- North China's TianjinMunicipality is making HIV/AIDS prevention education compulsory forstudents in high schools, vocational schools and colleges. Juniorhigh-school students will ...
Summaries of Dutch soccer championship
Feb 26, 2006 ... Summaries of Dutch soccer championshipBRUSSELS, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the summaries from theDutch soccer championship matches on Saturday: Sparta Rotterdam3 Yuri Rose (8), Anthony Obodai (33), RachidBouaouzan (85) Willem II Tilburg 2 Iwan Redan ...
Standings of Dutch soccer championship
Feb 26, 2006 ... Standings of Dutch soccer championshipBRUSSELS, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Folllowing are the standings fromthe Dutch soccer championship after matches on Saturday (tabulatedunder matches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against andpoints): 1 PSV Eindhoven 25 20 3 ...
England squad for Uruguay friendly
Feb 26, 2006 ... England squad for Uruguay friendlyLONDON, Feb 25 (Xinhua) -- Following is the England squad named onSaturday to face Uruguay in next Wednesday's friendly at Liverpool: Goalkeepers: David James (Manchester City), Robert Green (NorwichCity), Paul Robinson (Tottenham Hotspur) ...