Xinhua News Agency back issues from Wednesday, May 17:
Displaced Dinkas to return home from south Darfur next week
May 17, 2006 ... Displaced Dinkas to return home from south Darfur next week NAIROBI, April 21 (Xinhua) -- The first batch of 500 internallydisplaced Dinkas, one of the ethnic groups of southern Sudan, isscheduled to leave southern Darfur next week for home. The International Organization for ...
Kenya to introduce more effective malaria drugs next month
May 17, 2006 ... Kenya to introduce more effective malaria drugs next month NAIROBI, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Kenya will replace the use ofsulphur-based drugs in the treatment of malaria from next month withmore effective artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs), saidthe country's top physician ...
U.S. denies striking piracy deal with Somalia
May 17, 2006 ... U.S. denies striking piracy deal with Somalia NAIROBI, April 21 (Xinhua) -- The United States has refutedreports that it has agreed to patrol Somali coastal waters in aneffort to combat piracy off the lawless Horn of Africa nation. A statement from U.S. State Department ...
S. African police open fire to protesters
May 17, 2006 ... S. African police open fire to protesters JOHANNESBURG, April 21 (Xinhua) -- South African Police openedfire with rubber bullets in Pretoria on Friday on protesters whooppose municipal boundary changes and has delivered a memorandum toPresident Thabo Mbeki's office, asking him to ...
More tourists come to South Africa
May 17, 2006 ... More tourists come to South Africa JOHANNESBURG, April 21 (Xinhua) -- More tourists visited SouthAfrica last year, a good sign for the country that desperately wantsto create more jobs and reduce poverty through developing tourism,financial daily Business Day reported on ...
Europe to give Angola 1.5 million euros to fight cholera
May 17, 2006 ... Europe to give Angola 1.5 million euros to fight cholera LUANDA, April 21 (Xinhua) -- The European Commission (EC) saidFriday it would give Angola 1.5 million euros (1.8 million U.S.dollars) in emergency aid to help fight cholera. The commission said the funds would be ...
World Bank funds Zambia's malaria program
May 17, 2006 ... World Bank funds Zambia's malaria program LUSAKA, April 21 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank has provided 208, 000US dollars for Zambia to study the public spending on combatingmalaria, Zambian Health Minister Sylvia Masebo said here Friday. Masebo said the study will improve ...
Sao Tome and Principe's new gov't takes office
May 17, 2006 ... Sao Tome and Principe's new gov't takes office LUANDA, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Sao Tome and Principe's newgovernment took office Friday, according to reports reaching herefrom Sao Tome. Sao Tome and Principe's President Fradique de Menezes formallydesignated political ally Tom ...
Nigeria reaffirms pledge to improve investment climate
May 17, 2006 ... Nigeria reaffirms pledge to improve investment climate LAGOS, April 21 (Xinhua) -- The Nigerian government will do itsbest to improve investment environment in a bid to escalateprivatization-oriented economic reforms, the official News Agency ofNigeria reported ...
S. African rand firms
May 17, 2006 ... S. African rand firms JOHANNESBURG, April 21 (Xinhua) -- The South African rand wasmodestly firmer in late afternoon trade on Friday, helped by aweakening in the dollar following comments by Sweden's central bankthat it had slashed its holdings of dollar reserves. A bounce in ...
Johannesburg bourse ends firmer
May 17, 2006 ... Johannesburg bourse ends firmer JOHANNESBURG, April 21 (Xinhua) -- The Johannesburg SecuritiesExchange (JSE) ended firmer on Friday, buoyed by stronger worldmarkets and a rebound in precious metals prices after Thursdayafternoon's sell off. The all share and all share ...
Kenyans hold national prayers
May 17, 2006 ... Kenyans hold national prayers NAIROBI, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Kenyans led by President Mwai Kibakiheld national prayers here Friday to seek divine interventionfollowing a spate of tragedies and disasters that have plagued thecountry in the recent past. The day was declared a ...
China is world's leading investor in renewable energy
May 17, 2006 ... China is world's leading investor in renewable energyBEIJING, May 16 (Xinhua) -- China has become the top investor inrenewable energy in the world, experts said Tuesday at the ongoingforum for decentralized sustainable energy solutions in China. Dr. Eric Martinot, a senior ...
Opener, Advisory
May 17, 2006 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service forTuesday, May 16, 2006, and begins ...
Chinese Vice FM meets Latin American media delegation
May 17, 2006 ... Chinese Vice FM meets Latin American media delegationBEIJING, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Foreign Minister YangJiechi on Tuesday met here with a Latin American media delegation. Hailing China-Latin American ties and cooperation in variousfields, Yang said China has ...
Israel adopts a village in China to mark its Independence Day
May 17, 2006 ... Israel adopts a village in China to mark its Independence DayBEIJING, May 16 (Xinhua) -- A retractable roof, a modernirrigation system and high-quality vegetables. The features of twoadvanced greenhouses that Israel have designed for a village in theBeijing suburbs. The ...
EU postpones decision on Bulgaria, Romania membership
May 17, 2006 ... EU postpones decision on Bulgaria, Romania membershipSOFIA, May 16 (Xinhua) -- The European Commission (EC) postponedat the last minute its final recommendation on the EU membership ofBulgaria and Romania, and urged the two countries to speed up reformsbefore their planned ...
German school chief held hostage in Greece by armed man
May 17, 2006 ... German school chief held hostage in Greece by armed manATHENS, May 16 (Xinhua) -- An armed man on Tuesday forced his wayinto a German school and held its headmaster hostage, semi-officialANA-MPA reported. The unidentified man broke into the school at the northern city ...
Roundup: Bangladesh still has challenges in health sector: UN official
May 17, 2006 ... Roundup: Bangladesh still has challenges in health sector: UNofficialDhaka, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh has many challenges in termsof facing the deadly scourge of HIV/AIDS, empowering women, stoppingearly marriage, violence against women and reducing the growth ...
Trapped iron miner finally rescued from collapsed shaft in E. Chinaprovince
May 17, 2006 ... Trapped iron miner finally rescued from collapsed shaft in E.China provinceDALONGSHAN, Anhui Province, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers finallysucceeded Tuesday night in pulling an iron miner whose legs had beenpinned by rocks from a collapsed shaft in east China's AnhuiProvince, ...
China plans to substitute bio-fuel for 10 million tons of refined oil products in 2020
May 17, 2006 ... China plans to substitute bio-fuel for 10 million tons of refinedoil products in 2020BEIJING, May 16 (Xinhua) -- China will be able to substitute bio-liquid fuel for 10 million tons of refined oil products in 2020, saida Chinese energy think tank on Tuesday. Han Wenke, ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- May 16 (1)
May 17, 2006 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- May 16 (1)BEIJING, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Following are the domestic news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Tuesday: Chinese, Arabian foreign ministers to convene in Beijing China plans to substitute bio-fuel for 10 million tons of ...
Chinese, Arabian foreign ministers to convene in Beijing
May 17, 2006 ... Chinese, Arabian foreign ministers to convene in BeijingBEIJING, May 16 (Xinhua) -- The Second Ministerial Meeting ofChina-Arab Cooperation Forum will be held in Beijing from May 31 toJune 1, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said Tuesday. "The foreign ministers or ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- May 16 (2)
May 17, 2006 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- May 16 (2)URGENT: Coal mine gas outburst leaves nine missing in SW Chinaprovince Senior Chinese official praises Sino-Cuban cooperation oninternational issues CPC pledges to promote China-Sudan party relations HKPO ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)
May 17, 2006 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)HONG KONG, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Tuesday:News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 1) Major foreign exchange rates in Sri Lanka ...
1st LD Writethru: UAE diplomat abducted in Baghdad
May 17, 2006 ... 1st LD Writethru: UAE diplomat abducted in BaghdadBAGHDAD, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Militants abducted a diplomat of theUnited Arab Emirates in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Tuesday,security ...
Urgent: UAE diplomat abducted in Baghdad
May 17, 2006 ... Urgent: UAE diplomat abducted in BaghdadBAGHDAD, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Militants abducted a ...
Gunmen kill Hamas militant in Gaza
May 17, 2006 ... Gunmen kill Hamas militant in GazaGAZA, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Unknown armed individuals shot dead aHamas militant in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday night, Palestiniansecurity sources and witnesses reported. Mohamed al-Tattar, 25, member of the Hamas armed wing Izzedein al-Qassam ...
Xinhua Mideast news summary at 2110 GMT, May 16
May 17, 2006 ... Xinhua Mideast news summary at 2110 GMT, May 16BEIRUT -- The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) reopened itsoffice in the Lebanese capital Beirut on Monday, which had been shutdown since the 1982 Israeli invasion of the country, local mediareported on Tuesday. In the ...
Egypt likely to sue U.S. museum for ancient mask
May 17, 2006 ... Egypt likely to sue U.S. museum for ancient maskCAIRO, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian lawyers are likely to sue anAmerican museum for failing to return an ancient Egyptian mask beforedeadline, the official MENA news agency reported on Tuesday. Zahi Hawwas, Secretary General of ...
Malawi tobacco farmers close auction floor
May 17, 2006 ... Malawi tobacco farmers close auction floorLilongwe, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Tobacco farmers in Malawi haveindefinitely closed down all the country's three tobacco auctionfloors to protest against declining prices offered by buyers. "Tobacco prices were falling every day and the ...
Ecuador World Cup soccer squad begins final training session
May 17, 2006 ... Ecuador World Cup soccer squad begins final training sessionQUITO, May 16 (Xinhua) -- With 24 days to go until the start ofsoccer's World Cup Ecuador's national team has begun final trainingat the Eloy Alfaro Military School in Parcayacu, on the outskirts ofQuito, local media ...
Wie to headline U.S. Open qualifier
May 17, 2006 ... Wie to headline U.S. Open qualifierWASHINGTON, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Michelle Wie, who made the cut in amen's event in South Korea last month, could continue her bid toqualify for the men's U.S. Open next month in Summit, New Jersey. Wie, the 16-year-old schoolgirl from ...
Davenport withdraws from French Open for injury
May 17, 2006 ... Davenport withdraws from French Open for injuryWASHINGTON, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Lindsay Davenport, former worldnumber one, announced that she pulled out of the French Open with aback injury, according to reports on Tuesday. "I'm very disappointed ... but unfortunately, ...
Soccer's Real Madrid finish 2nd in Spain league, gets Champions league spot
May 17, 2006 ... Soccer's Real Madrid finish 2nd in Spain league, gets Championsleague spotMADRID, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid soccer team finished secondin Spain's domestic league on Tuesday, despite a 3-4 loss to Seville,because Osasuna beat Valencia 2-1, giving Real automatic entry ...
FIGC's new emergency commissioner looks abroad for solution
May 17, 2006 ... FIGC's new emergency commissioner looks abroad for solutionROME, May 16 (Xinhua) -- The new emergency commissioner of theItalian Soccer Federation (FIGC) said Tuesday he will look abroad forsolutions to the unprecedented crisis that is rocking the game here. Guido Rossi, ...
Singapore raises economic growth forecast for 2006
May 17, 2006 ... Singapore raises economic growth forecast for 2006SINGAPORE, May 17 (Xinhua) -- The Singapore government has raisedits economic growth forecast for 2006 to between 5 percent and 7percent from between 4 percent and 6 percent, according to astatement by the Ministry of Trade and ...
New Hungarian parliament formed
May 17, 2006 ... New Hungarian parliament formedBUDAPEST, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Hungary's new Parliament wasofficially formed on Tuesday, after all the 386 legislators took oathof office. The new parliament re-elected Katalin Szili, of the SocialistParty, ...
Tokyo stocks open higher after 6 straight days of falls
May 17, 2006 ... Tokyo stocks open higher after 6 straight days of fallsTOKYO, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Stocks opened higher on the Tokyo StockExchange on Wednesday, with bargain-hunting setting in following themarket's sixth straight trading day of declines through Tuesday ....
Cote d'Ivoire's road to 2006 World Cup finals
May 17, 2006 ... Cote d'Ivoire's road to 2006 World Cup finalsBEIJING, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Following is the 2006 World Cup finalsqualification factbox of Cote d'Ivoire (home teams listed first): Jun. 6, 2004 Cote d'Ivoire bt Libya 2-0 Jun. 20, 2004 Egypt lost to Cote d'Ivoire 1-2 ...
Fabregas eyes Arsenal's win over Barcelona
May 17, 2006 ... Fabregas eyes Arsenal's win over BarcelonaPARIS, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas claimedon Tuesday that he will put aside his strong ties with Barcelona ashe attempts to help Arsenal topple the Catalan side in the EuropeanChampions League final ....
Strong earthquake rocks western Indonesia
May 17, 2006 ... Strong earthquake rocks western IndonesiaJAKARTA, May 17 (Xinhua) -- A strong earthquake measuring 6.3 onthe Richter scale rocked western Indonesia's Nias island Tuesdaynight, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The quake, with an epicenter in the ...
Belgian first division soccer club denied license
May 17, 2006 ... Belgian first division soccer club denied licenseBRUSSELS, May 16 (Xinhua) -- The Belgian Football Association (FA)has rejected application by first division club SK Beveren for alicence, leaving the club with the prospect of ceasing to functionnext season, reported VRT news on ...
Gov't to remain active in maintaining peace in Nepal: PM
May 17, 2006 ... Gov't to remain active in maintaining peace in Nepal: PMKATHMANDU, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Nepali Prime Minister Girija RasaKoirala has said that the present government will remain active inmaintaining peace and security in the country through development ofthe information society ....
Netherlands' road to 2006 World Cup finals
May 17, 2006 ... Netherlands' road to 2006 World Cup finalsBEIJING, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Following is the 2006 World Cup finalsqualification factbox of the Netherlands (home teams listed first): Sep. 8, 2004 Netherlands bt Czech Republic 2-0 Oct. 9, 2004 Macedonia tied Netherlands 2-2 ...
Argentina's road to 2006 World Cup finals
May 17, 2006 ... Argentina's road to 2006 World Cup finalsBEIJING, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Following is the 2006 World Cup finalsqualification factbox of Argentina (home teams listed first): Sep. 6, 2003 Argentina tied Chile 2-2 Sep. 9, 2003 Venezuela lost to Argentina 0-3 Nov ....
Team standings at 2006 Kagame Cup soccer tourney
May 17, 2006 ... Team standings at 2006 Kagame Cup soccer tourneyDAR ES SALAAM, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Following are current teamstandings after Tuesday's games at the 2006 Central and East AfricanClub Soccer Championship (tabulated played, won, drawn, lost, goalsfor and against, points): ...
Greek, Iranian FMs hold telephone conversation
May 17, 2006 ... Greek, Iranian FMs hold telephone conversationATHENS, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannison Tuesday had a telephone conversation with her Iranian counterpartManuchehr Motaki on Iran's nuclear crisis. According to a press release from the Greek foreign ...
Clijsters to take part in Fed Cup semifinals
May 17, 2006 ... Clijsters to take part in Fed Cup semifinalsBRUSSELS, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Belgium's tennis diva Kim Clijstershas confirmed she will represent her country in the semifinals of theFederation Cup, reported VRT news on Tuesday. Belgium defeated Russia in the Fed Cup ...
Wenger: we can beat Barcelona
May 17, 2006 ... Wenger: we can beat BarcelonaPARIS, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger claimed onTuesday that his team can beat Barcelona in Paris to win theChampions League. He said: "I always believed there was something special about thisteam. They have a combination of ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
May 17, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, May 17 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Wednesday. Yomiuri: -- The National Police Agency and Britain's Serious OrganizedCrime Agency have signed a document in ...
Strong earthquake felt around NZ
May 17, 2006 ... Strong earthquake felt around NZWELLINGTON, May 17 (Xinhua) - A magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikingunder the South Pacific Ocean Tuesday night was widely felt in NewZealand's North Island and as far south as Christchurch. The quake occurred at 10:39 p.m. local time (1039 ...
Chelsea to wrestle with Milan over Shevchenko
May 17, 2006 ... Chelsea to wrestle with Milan over ShevchenkoLONDON, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Chelsea is expecting a fight from ACMilan in their bid to sign striker Andriy Shevchenko. While Chief executive Peter Kenyon confirmed on Sunday that theclub want to sign the Ukraine international - who ...
Rijkaard distance Barcelona from "favourites" tag
May 17, 2006 ... Rijkaard distance Barcelona from "favourites" tagPARIS, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard claimedon Tuesday that his players will not be affected by their favouritestag for the Champions League final against Arsenal. "My players are very excited, motivated ...
URGENT: Quake hits Tonga
May 17, 2006 ... URGENT: Quake hits TongaWELLINGTON, May 17 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with magnitude ...
Serbia and Montenegro's road to 2006 World Cup finals
May 17, 2006 ... Serbia and Montenegro's road to 2006 World Cup finalsBEIJING, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Following is the 2006 World Cup finalsqualification factbox of Serbia and Montenegro (home teams listedfirst): Sep. 4, 2004 San Marino lost to Serbia and Montenegro 0-3 Oct. 9, 2004 ...
Ecuador renews contract with Repsol-YPF
May 17, 2006 ... Ecuador renews contract with Repsol-YPFQUITO, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Ecuador's state-run oil companyPetroEcuador said on Tuesday that it had renewed the contract withthe Spanish-Argentine energy company Repsol-YPF, for another sixyears' cooperation in the Tivacuno oil field in ...
Merlo speaks for first time as manager of Argentine soccer's Racing
May 17, 2006 ... Merlo speaks for first time as manager of Argentine soccer'sRacingBUENOS AIRES, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Reinaldo Merlo, the new managerof Argentine soccer team Racing Club, spoke to the press for thefirst time as manager on Tuesday, as he returned to a job he had heldin 2001, then ...
Uganda's Police beat El-Hilal, Villa play tomorrow
May 17, 2006 ... Uganda's Police beat El-Hilal, Villa play tomorrowKAMPALA, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Uganda's Police FC had no respect forEl-Hilal Port Sudan whom they beat 2-1 Tuesday afternoon in the on-going 2006 Cecafa/Kagame Club football Championship in Tanzania. Peter Ssenyonjo scored for ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, May 17
May 17, 2006 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, May 17BAGHDAD -- Militants abducted a diplomat of the United ArabEmirates in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Tuesday, security sourcessaid. The UAE diplomat was abducted by unknown gunmen in the wealthy al-Mansur district in western ...
U.S. breaks off free trade negotiations with Ecuador
May 17, 2006 ... U.S. breaks off free trade negotiations with EcuadorWASHINGTON, May 16 (Xinhua) -- The United States has broken thenegotiations with Ecuador on a free trade agreement after Quitodecided to annul an operating contract with Occidental PetroleumCorp, a spokeswoman for U.S. Trade ...
Spanish police arrest 18 robbers
May 17, 2006 ... Spanish police arrest 18 robbersMADRID, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Spanish police said on Tuesday they hadarrested 18 members of a gang of organized crime from Albania andSerbia Montenegro's Kosovo, who committed robberies of houses andcommercial ships. The gangsters, arrested in ...
Market exchange rates -- May 17
May 17, 2006 ... Market exchange rates -- May 17BEIJING, May 17 (Xinhua) -- The central parity of the RMB againstfour major currencies announced on Wednesday by the China ForeignExchange Trading System: Currency Unit Middle Price (in RMB yuan) U.S. Dollar 100 ...
Major news items in leading Australian newspapers
May 17, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Australian newspapersCANBERRA, May 17 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Australian newspapers on Wednesday:The Australian: -- The Bush administration is working closely with Australia andits key allies on a ...
Linesman replaced in EUFA Champions League final
May 17, 2006 ... Linesman replaced in EUFA Champions League finalPARIS, May 16 (Xinhua) -- One of the linesmen for the ChampionsLeague final has been replaced after being photographed wearing aBarcelona shirt on Monday. Norwegian Ole Hermann Borgan wore the shirt for a photoshoot withhis ...