Xinhua News Agency back issues from Tuesday, March 21:
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
Mar 21, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapersJERUSALEM, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Israeli newspapers on Tuesday.Ha'aretz: -- Israel confirmed on Monday that the H5N1 strain of bird flu hadbeen detected in two more ...
Major news items in leading Nigerian newspapers
Mar 21, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Nigerian newspapersLAGOS, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Nigerian newspapers on Tuesday. The Guardian: -- A confidential report on the state of AIDS treatment in thecountry may have warned that the ...
China, Vietnam eye closer cooperation between CPPCC and VFF
Mar 21, 2006 ... China, Vietnam eye closer cooperation between CPPCC and VFFHANOI, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese People's PoliticalConsultative Conference (CPPCC) wants to boost cooperation with theVietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) so as to contribute to closerfriendly and all-round cooperative ...
Zanzibar ponders power sector liberalization
Mar 21, 2006 ... Zanzibar ponders power sector liberalizationDAR ES SALAAM, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Zanzibar is planning toliberalize its sector of electricity generation and distribution tobetter meet the needs of residents on the Indian Ocean archipelago. Local newspaper Daily News on ...
Death toll in east India hooch tragedy rises to 22
Mar 21, 2006 ... Death toll in east India hooch tragedy rises to 22NEW DELHI, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The death toll in Orissa liquortragedy in east India rose to 22 Tuesday with several still battlingfor life in hospitals, Indian officials said. The deaths and illnesses were reported since ...
Urgent: 12 people died in clashes in eastern Nepal
Mar 21, 2006 ... Urgent: 12 people died in clashes in eastern NepalKATHMANDU, March 21 (Xinhua) -- At least 10 policemen and two ...
CPC representative leaves for France
Mar 21, 2006 ... CPC representative leaves for FranceBEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- A representative of the rulingCommunist Party of China (CPC), Li Qinglin, left here on Tuesday forParis, to attend the 33rd National ...
Vietnam reports many encephalitis cases
Mar 21, 2006 ... Vietnam reports many encephalitis casesHANOI, March 21 (Xinhua) Vietnam has detected a large number ofencephalitis patients, mainly children, in recent months, localnewspaper Vietnam News reported Tuesday. Hundreds of local people suffering from meningitis, a kind ...
Urgent: Pakistan test-fires Hatif-VII cruise missile
Mar 21, 2006 ... Urgent: Pakistan test-fires Hatif-VII cruise missileISLAMABAD, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan test-fired Babar Hatif-VII cruise missile here Tuesday morning. Pakistani TV ...
MotoGP 2006 calendar
Mar 21, 2006 ... MotoGP 2006 calendarLONDON, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Following is the calendar for the2006 MotoGP world championship: March 26 Spanish GPJerez, Spain April 8Qatar GP Losail, Qatar April 30 Turkish GPIstanbul, Turkey ...
Urgent: Insurgents kill 8 Iraqi policemen near Baghdad
Mar 21, 2006 ... Urgent: Insurgents kill 8 Iraqi policemen near BaghdadBAGHDAD, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Eight policemen were killed ...
Chinese women's tennis keeps rising momentum
Mar 21, 2006 ... Chinese women's tennis keeps rising momentumBEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The rising momentum of Chinesewomen's tennis was underlined by the WTA rankings released on Mondayas the country has five players ranked altogether on the top 100 forthe first time. The 19-year-old ...
Howell to play at British Masters
Mar 21, 2006 ... Howell to play at British MastersLONDON, March 21 (Xinhua) -- David Howell, who topped the Europeanorder of merit list, has confirmed his entry for the British Mastersin May, the European Tour at its website on Monday. It will be the first time for the 30-year-old Howell to ...
Repairs on Dalai Lama's summer palace resume
Mar 21, 2006 ... Repairs on Dalai Lama's summer palace resumeLHASA, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Reparation on Norbu Linkag, the summerpalace of the Dalai Lama, has resumed after a break of over fourmonths due to the cold winter weather. Norbu Linkag is one of the three cultural relic sites listed ...
One killed in building collapse in southeastern Turkey
Mar 21, 2006 ... One killed in building collapse in southeastern TurkeyANKARA, March 21 (Xinhua) -- One worker was killed and anotherinjured after a two-story building collapsed in Kahramanmarasprovince in southeastern Turkey late Monday night, semi-officialAnatolia news agency reported Tuesday ....
China issues new guidelines for listed companies
Mar 21, 2006 ... China issues new guidelines for listed companiesBEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The China Securities RegulatoryCommission (CSRC) has just issued the amended guidelines for theconstitutions of listed companies, which was first published in 1997,the China Securities Journal reported ...
1st Ld: Pakistan test-fires Hatf VII cruise missile
Mar 21, 2006 ... 1st Ld: Pakistan test-fires Hatf VII cruise missileISLAMABAD, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan on Tuesday conducted thesecond test-fire of its cruise missile Hatf VII (Babur), thePakistani army said in a statement. "All phases of the planned trajectory were extremely ...
2nd Ld Writethru: 12 people died in clashes in eastern Nepal
Mar 21, 2006 ... 2nd Ld Writethru: 12 people died in clashes in eastern NepalKATHMANDU, March 21 (Xinhua) -- At least 10 policemen and two anti-government guerrillas were killed Tuesday morning in separate clashesin eastern Nepal, chief district officer said here. "At least nine policemen ...
East Timorese oil company opens branch in Macao
Mar 21, 2006 ... East Timorese oil company opens branch in MacaoMACAO, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Tafui Oil Company, an East Timor-based enterprise, has set up a branch in Macao, local media reportedTuesday. Macao Daily News, the leading local Chinese newspaper, quotedcompany sources as saying ...
Hamas leader says resistance against Israel not final goal
Mar 21, 2006 ... Hamas leader says resistance against Israel not final goalSANAA, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Hamas political bureau chiefKhaled Mashaal said on Monday that armed resistance against Israel isHamas's chosen strategy, not its final goal. Mashaal, who heads a Hamas ...
Senior CPC official meets Russian guests
Mar 21, 2006 ... Senior CPC official meets Russian guestsBEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- He Yong, a member of the Secretariatof the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, met here onTuesday with Vice-Chairman of the Russian State Duma VyacheslavVolodin. He ...
Gunmen kill at least 15 Iraqi policemen northeast of Baghdad
Mar 21, 2006 ... Gunmen kill at least 15 Iraqi policemen northeast of BaghdadBAGHDAD, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Gunmen early Tuesday attacked apolice headquarters of Muqdadiya northeast of Baghdad, killing atleast 15 policemen and wounding six others, a police source said. Many armed men arrived ...
Swedish FM resigns amid criticism
Mar 21, 2006 ... Swedish FM resigns amid criticismSTOCKHOLM, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Swedish Prime Minister GoranPersson said at a press conference Tuesday that Foreign ...
Indonesian FM regrets heavy security for Rice visit
Mar 21, 2006 ... Indonesian FM regrets heavy security for Rice visitJAKARTA, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian foreign affairsminister has expressed regret about the presence of a heavily armedAmerican security guard during Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice'svisit last week, a local daily ...
Thai police remove bomb near orphanage in South
Mar 21, 2006 ... Thai police remove bomb near orphanage in SouthBANGKOK, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Thai Police removed a dud homemadebomb planted near an orphanage in the southern border province ofPattani on Tuesday morning. Police said the bomb was planted in front of a restaurant besidethe ...
Top UN diplomats visit Liberia's jungles
Mar 21, 2006 ... Top UN diplomats visit Liberia's junglesMONROVIA, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Two top UN envoys over the weekendleft the comfort of their cozy offices in separate helicopter flightsand braved the treacherous terrain of the south eastern jungles inthe West African country of Liberia ....
Indonesian parliament approves anti-crime cooperation with China
Mar 21, 2006 ... Indonesian parliament approves anti-crime cooperation with ChinaJAKARTA, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian House ofRepresentatives agreed Tuesday to enact the Treaty on Mutual LegalAssistance in Criminal Matters between Indonesia and China into alaw. All ten factions in ...
S.Korean shares end down
Mar 21, 2006 ... S.Korean shares end downSEOUL, March 21 (Xinhua) -- South Korean stocks ended lowerTuesday. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) fell 10.04 points, or 0.74 percent, to 1,336.65. Volume was moderate at 283 million shares ...
Top business executives pledges help to UNHCR operations
Mar 21, 2006 ... Top business executives pledges help to UNHCR operationsNAIROBI, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Top executives of five of theworld's largest companies have pledged to use their businessexpertise to help the UN refugee agency UNHCR streamline itsoperations and stretch its funding to "do ...
Malaysia to host Asia Oil Conference in June
Mar 21, 2006 ... Malaysia to host Asia Oil Conference in JuneKUALA LUMPUR, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The 11th Asia Oil and GasConference (AOGC 2006) will be held here on June 11-13 to discuss andaddress issues and challenges facing the industry in the region, theorganizer said here on Tuesday ....
South China province does brisk trade with Russia
Mar 21, 2006 ... South China province does brisk trade with RussiaGUANGZHOU, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Guangdong Province, an economicpowerhouse in South China, exported 160 million U.S. dollars worth ofcommodities to Russia in the first month of this year, an increase of63.6 percent over January ...
(Update) Swedish foreign minister resigns amid criticism
Mar 21, 2006 ... (Update) Swedish foreign minister resigns amid criticismSTOCKHOLM, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Swedish Prime Minister GoranPersson said Tuesday at press conference that Foreign Minister LailaFreivalds resigned, Swedish news agency IT reported. Local media and opposition had ...
UN agencies rush to help curb meningitis outbreaks in Sudan
Mar 21, 2006 ... UN agencies rush to help curb meningitis outbreaks in SudanNAIROBI, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations agencies arehelping Sudanese health authorities to fight an outbreak ofmeningococcal meningitis with vaccination campaigns and technicalguidance as the potentially fatal ...
20 guerrillas killed in search operation in central Nepal
Mar 21, 2006 ... 20 guerrillas killed in search operation in central NepalKATHMANDU, March 21 (Xinhua) -- At least 20 anti-governmentguerrillas were killed during a search operation launched by theRoyal Nepalese Army (RNA) in Dhading district in central NepalTuesday morning, the army said ....
Foreign exchange rates in Vietnam
Mar 21, 2006 ... Foreign exchange rates in VietnamHANOI, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The following are Inter-bank foreignexchange rates against the Vietnamese dong (VND) on Tuesday: Buying ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0800 GMT, March 21
Mar 21, 2006 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0800 GMT, March 21TEHRAN -- Tehran has protested against the U.S. stance on theIranian nuclear issue with a threat of resorting to force on theIslamic Republic, the official IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday. The protest was voiced in a ...
China to train 100 million farmers in next five years
Mar 21, 2006 ... China to train 100 million farmers in next five yearsBEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- China will provide skills trainingfor up to 100 million farmers over the next five years, the People'sDaily overseas edition said on Tuesday. Quoting sources from the Ministry of Agriculture, ...
Gunmen kill at least 15 Iraqi policemen northeast of Baghdad (CORRECTION)
Mar 21, 2006 ... Gunmen kill at least 15 Iraqi policemen northeast of Baghdad (CORRECTION)Please read in 2nd paragraph " ... and took over the governmentbuildings, including a police headquarters, courthouse and the cityhall in central Muqdadiya ..." and not " ... and pickup the ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 1)
Mar 21, 2006 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 1)HONG KONG, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Tuesday :Major news items in leading Australian newspapers Moderate earthquake jolts Kashmir NZ ...
Nigeria begins first headcount in 15 years
Mar 21, 2006 ... Nigeria begins first headcount in 15 yearsLAGOS, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria on Tuesday began its long-delayed census nationwide aimed at generating "accurate and reliabledata" for national planning in Africa's most populous country. In a broadcast on Tuesday morning to ...
Hong Kong stocks close slightly lower -- March 21
Mar 21, 2006 ... Hong Kong stocks close slightly lower -- March 21HONG KONG, March 21 (Xinhua) -- ...
Blair to visit Australia
Mar 21, 2006 ... Blair to visit AustraliaCANBERRA, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Australian Prime Minister JohnHoward announced Tuesday that his British counterpart will make anofficial visit to Australia on March 25-28 at the invitation of theAustralian government. During the visit, Blair will ...
Tehran protests against U.S. threat over Iranian nuclear program
Mar 21, 2006 ... Tehran protests against U.S. threat over Iranian nuclear programTEHRAN, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Tehran has protested against the U.S. stance on the Iranian nuclear issue with a threat of resorting toforce on the Islamic Republic, the official IRNA news agency reportedon Tuesday ....
Taiwan share prices close lower -- March 21
Mar 21, 2006 ... Taiwan share prices close lower -- March 21HONG KONG, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Share prices on the Taiwan StockExchange closed lower on Tuesday, with the weighted index, themarket's key barometer, moving down 58.49 points to close at6,458.03, according to news reaching here from ...
Emergency antitoxin shipment for Thai botulism incident
Mar 21, 2006 ... Emergency antitoxin shipment for Thai botulism incidentBANGKOK, March 21 (Xinhua) -- An occurrence of botulism that ispossibly the worst incident on record worldwide has brought emergencyshipments of antitoxin from Canada, England and the United States,while Thai health ...
Tanzanian president bans deforestation
Mar 21, 2006 ... Tanzanian president bans deforestationDAR ES SALAAM, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Tanzanian President JakayaKikwete has announced an immediate ban on cutting of trees andharvesting of timber in reserved areas of the country to halt rapiddeforestation. The presidential ...
Philippine stocks close to hit 6-year high
Mar 21, 2006 ... Philippine stocks close to hit 6-year highMANILA, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Philippine stock prices closed higheron Tuesday for the fifth straight session, with the main indexadvancing to its best level in over six years following positiveeconomic and corporate news. The main ...
Foreign exchange rates in Indonesia
Mar 21, 2006 ... Foreign exchange rates in IndonesiaJAKARTA, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Following are the foreign exchangerates against the Indonesian rupiah here on Tuesday: Tuesday Monday US dollar 9,115/9,145 9,105/9,135 Euro ...
NBA standings after Monday's games
Mar 21, 2006 ... NBA standings after Monday's gamesWASHINGTON, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings fromthe NBA on Monday (tabulated under games won, lost, winningpercentage and games behind): EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION 1. New Jersey 37 28 ...
Air quality of major Chinese cities -- March 21
Mar 21, 2006 ... Air quality of major Chinese cities -- March 21BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Report on the quality of air in 47major Chinese cities (12:00 March 20 to 12:00 March 21 Beijing Time),released by the China Environmental Monitoring Center: City Major Pollutant...
Algeria urges foreign troops to withdraw from Iraq
Mar 21, 2006 ... Algeria urges foreign troops to withdraw from IraqALGIERS, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Algerian Foreign Minister MohamedBedjaoui on Monday urged foreign troops to withdraw from Iraq as soonas possible so that Iraqis can decide their own country's destiny. He stressed the ...
1st Ld Writethru: 12 people died in clashes in eastern Nepal
Mar 21, 2006 ... 1st Ld Writethru: 12 people died in clashes in eastern NepalKATHMANDU, March 21 (Xinhua) -- At least 10 policemen and two anti-government guerrillas were killed Tuesday morning in separate clashesin eastern Nepal, chief district officer (CDO) said here. "At least nine ...
Japan beat Cuba to win World Baseball Classic
Mar 21, 2006 ... Japan beat Cuba to win World Baseball ClassicWASHINGTON, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Japan kept their 4-0 first-inning early lead and survived a furious Cuban comeback to win theWorld Baseball Classic title 10-6 in San Diego on Monday. Cuba's amateur pitchers, who had performed ...
Major news items in leading Kenyan newspapers
Mar 21, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Kenyan newspapersNAIROBI, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Kenyan newspapers on Tuesday. Daily Nation: -- Kenya's Transport Minister Chirau Ali Makwere appealed Mondayto countries with ports to harmonize ...
Shilling depreciation worries Tanzanian importers
Mar 21, 2006 ... Shilling depreciation worries Tanzanian importersDAR ES SALAAM, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Importers in Tanzania remainworried as foreign goods are becoming slightly more expensive due tocontinued depreciation of the local currency -- shilling. The Tanzanian shilling lost its ...
Participants of World Water Forum call for lifting water items fromWTO deals
Mar 21, 2006 ... Participants of World Water Forum call for lifting water itemsfrom WTO dealsMEXICO CITY, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Some participants of the fourthWorld Water Forum have appealed for the removal of water-relateditems from all deals of the World Trade Organizations, Bolivianofficial ...
Large numbers of Nepalese suffering from racial discrimination: UN
Mar 21, 2006 ... Large numbers of Nepalese suffering from racial discrimination: UN KATHMANDU, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations (UN) has saidthat large numbers of Nepalese, especially members of the Dalit andindigenous people, are suffering from daily racial discrimination. In a press ...
Bangkok's primary Hindu deity destroyed by mentally ill man
Mar 21, 2006 ... Bangkok's primary Hindu deity destroyed by mentally ill manBANGKOK, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Bangkok's most popular religioussite, the shrine to the four-headed Hindu God Brahma, was destroyedearly Tuesday by a mentally ill street person, who was later beatento death by unidentified ...
Toyota donates 20 million yuan to poor Chinese students
Mar 21, 2006 ... Toyota donates 20 million yuan to poor Chinese studentsBEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Toyota Motor Co. Ltd. on Tuesdaydonated 20 million yuan (around 2.4 million U.S. dollars) to theSoong Ching-ling Foundation (SCLF), to support a number of poorChinese college students for the ...
First two cases of H5N1 bird flu confirmed in Pakistan
Mar 21, 2006 ... First two cases of H5N1 bird flu confirmed in PakistanISLAMABAD, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan's first two cases of thedeadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in chickens in the country's NorthWest Frontier Province have been confirmed by lab tests, thegovernment announced Tuesday ....
Indonesian parliament agrees to ratify UN anti-graft convention
Mar 21, 2006 ... Indonesian parliament agrees to ratify UN anti-graft conventionJAKARTA, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian House ofRepresentatives agreed Tuesday to ratify the UN Convention AgainstCorruption with support from all factions. Lawmakers representing all factions attached ...
Hong Kong stocks close lower at midday -- March 21
Mar 21, 2006 ... Hong Kong stocks close lower at midday -- March 21HONG KONG, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong ...
Cambodian royalist party leader loses his post as deputy PM
Mar 21, 2006 ... Cambodian royalist party leader loses his post as deputy PMPHNOM PENH, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's royalist FUNCINPECparty leader Prince Norodom Sirivuth, half-brother of former KingNorodom Sihanouk, lost his position as deputy prime minister onTuesday at a vote of ...
World figure skating championship results
Mar 21, 2006 ... World figure skating championship resultsCALGARY, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theopening day of the 2006 World Figure Skating Championships here onMonday: Men Qualifying free skating Group A 1. Stephane Lambiel, ...
Urgent: China Aviation Oil's ex-CEO sentenced in Singapore
Mar 21, 2006 ... Urgent: China Aviation Oil's ex-CEO sentenced in SingaporeSINGAPORE, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Chen Jiulin, the former chiefexecutive officer (CEO) of China Aviation Oil (CAO), was sentenced tofour years ...