Xinhua News Agency back issues from Friday, May 19:
China, ROK sign agreement on culture, copyright cooperation
May 19, 2006 ... China, ROK sign agreement on culture, copyright cooperationSHENZHEN, May 18 (Xinhua) -- China and the Republic of Korea(ROK)on Thursday signed an agreement to enhance the exchanges andcooperation on culture and copyright issues. The agreement was signed between National ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- May 18 (2)
May 19, 2006 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- May 18 (2)Chinese Vice Premier wants improved meteorological innovation N. China power plant blast kills three, injures eight China to strengthen consular protection of overseas citizens URGENT: Typhoon Chanchu kills 11 ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)
May 19, 2006 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)HONG KONG, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Thursday:Dollar inches down in upper 110 yen in Tokyo Singapore shares end sharply lower Philippines ...
Three Gorges to become center for China power grid in 2011
May 19, 2006 ... Three Gorges to become center for China power grid in 2011YICHANG, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The Three Gorges hydropower stationwill become the center for China's power grid in 2011 when it goesinto full operation with 32 power turbines, a senior official withthe China Yangtze River ...
Opener, Advisory
May 19, 2006 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service forThursday, May 18, 2006, and begins ...
Extreme events challenge China's weather forecasters
May 19, 2006 ... Extreme events challenge China's weather forecastersBEIJING, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The increasingly extreme weatherevents are challenging meteorologists in China, although theysuccessfully predicted the movement of typhoon Chanchu. The remarks were made by experts attending a ...
Singapore seizes 14,000 cartons of contraband cigarettes
May 19, 2006 ... Singapore seizes 14,000 cartons of contraband cigarettesSINGAPORE, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The Singapore Customs seized acontainer load of some 14,000 cartons of contraband cigarettes andarrested three men in a raid, Channel NewsAsia reported on Thursdaynight. The cigarettes ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- May 18 (1)
May 19, 2006 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- May 18 (1)BEIJING, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the domestic news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Thursday: China to work with Namibia to promote bilateral ties, says seniorCPC official China, ROK sign agreement on culture, ...
China to work with Namibia to promote bilateral ties, says senior CPC official
May 19, 2006 ... China to work with Namibia to promote bilateral ties, says seniorCPC officialSHENZHEN, May 18 (Xinhua) -- China is ready to work with Namibiato promote the all-round development of bilateral relations, a seniorofficial of the Communist Party of China (CPC) said Thursday ....
Singapore to have Asia's first luxury terminal at Changi Airport
May 19, 2006 ... Singapore to have Asia's first luxury terminal at Changi AirportSINGAPORE, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Asia's first luxury terminal forcommercially important persons (CIPs) in the aviation business isexpected to open at Singapore's Changi Airport in August this year,Channel NewsAsia ...
Hosts Simba move up at Kagame Cup preliminaries
May 19, 2006 ... Hosts Simba move up at Kagame Cup preliminariesDAR ES SALAAM, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Striker Ulinboka Mnakingwescored two goals on Thursday to pace Tanzania's Simba SC club to a 3-0 victory in Group B over El-Hilal of the Sudan at the Central andEast African Club Soccer ...
World Cup squads for 32 teams (2)
May 19, 2006 ... World Cup squads for 32 teams (2)England Goalkeepers: David James (Manchester City), Robert Green(Norwich), Paul Robinson (Tottenham) Defenders: Wayne Bridge (Chelsea), Sol Campbell (Arsenal), JamieCarragher (Liverpool), Ashley Cole (Arsenal), Rio ...
Rwanda team APR first to qualify for quarter finals
May 19, 2006 ... Rwanda team APR first to qualify for quarter finalsKAMPALA, May 18 (Xinhua) -- APR FC of Rwanda has become the firstteam to qualify for the quarter finals of the on going Council forEast and Central African Football Associations (Cecafa)/Kagame Clubfootball Championship ....
World Cup squads for 32 teams (3-last)
May 19, 2006 ... World Cup squads for 32 teams (3-last)Mexico Goalkeepers: Jesus Corona (Tecos), Guillermo Ochoa (America),Oswaldo Sanchez (Guadalajara) Defenders: Jose Antonio Castro (America), Rafael Marquez (FCBarcelona), Mario Mendez (Monterrey), Ricardo Osorio (Cruz ...
World Cup squads for 32 teams (1)
May 19, 2006 ... World Cup squads for 32 teams (1)BEIJING, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the World Cup squads forall 32 teams: Angola Goalkeepers: Lama (Petro de Luanda), Mario (Inter de Luanda), JoaoRicardo (no club) Defenders: Marco Abreu (Portimonense), Marco Airosa ...
Team standings at 2006 Kagame Cup soccer tourney
May 19, 2006 ... Team standings at 2006 Kagame Cup soccer tourneyDAR ES SALAAM, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are current teamstandings after Thursday's games at the 2006 Central and East AfricanClub Soccer Championship (tabulated played, won, drawn, lost, goalsfor and against, points): ...
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Urgent: Work on Three Gorges Dam's main wall starts final sprint
May 19, 2006 ... Urgent: Work on Three Gorges Dam's main wall starts final sprintTHREE GORGES DAM SITE, Hubei Province, May 19 (Xinhua) -- ...
1st Ld: Work on Three Gorges Dam's main wall starts final sprint
May 19, 2006 ... 1st Ld: Work on Three Gorges Dam's main wall starts final sprintTHREE GORGES DAM SITE, Hubei Province, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Thefinal part of concrete placement for the main section of the mammothThree Gorges Dam started at 4:00 a.m. on Friday in the middle reachof the Yangtze ...
2nd Ld: Work on Three Gorges Dam's main wall starts final sprint
May 19, 2006 ... 2nd Ld: Work on Three Gorges Dam's main wall starts final sprintTHREE GORGES DAM SITE, Hubei Province, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Thefinal part of concrete placement for the main section of the mammothThree Gorges Dam started at 4:00 a.m. on Friday in the middle reachof the Yangtze ...
Costa Rica to show art at World Cup soccer exhibit
May 19, 2006 ... Costa Rica to show art at World Cup soccer exhibitSAN JOSE, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Costa Rica will show off its art atthe commercial exhibition it is hosting at soccer World Cup inGermany, the country's Foreign Trade Promotion Office (Procomer) toldmedia on Thursday ....
1st LD Writethru: Fighting breaks out between Hamas, Fatah forcesin Gaza
May 19, 2006 ... 1st LD Writethru: Fighting breaks out between Hamas, Fatah forcesin GazaGAZA, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Fighting broke out between Hamas andFatah forces midnight Thursday in the Gaza Strip, witnesses said. The fighting, which involved fire exchanges between the two ...
Los Angeles officials tout for city's Olympic bid
May 19, 2006 ... Los Angeles officials tout for city's Olympic bidLOS ANGELES, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Officials of Los Angeles Thursdaytouted the city's international flair and past Olympic glory as theyworked to convince the U.S. Olympic Committee to choose the city as apossible host for the 2016 ...
Nigeria to rehabilitate railway system with 2 billion dollars
May 19, 2006 ... Nigeria to rehabilitate railway system with 2 billion dollarsABUJA, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The Nigerian government is torehabilitate and modernize the country's rail system with 2 billionU.S. dollars, a senior Nigerian official said here on Thursday. "Nigeria has recently ...
Angola ascends in FIFA rankings
May 19, 2006 ... Angola ascends in FIFA rankingsLUANDA, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Twenty three days from the start of theWorld Cup, the Angolan national soccer team ascended one place in theFIFA rankings, this is reported here Thursday from the World soccer'sgoverning body. With 581 points, the ...
Grandmaster says Cuban team to play in Turin Chess Olympics
May 19, 2006 ... Grandmaster says Cuban team to play in Turin Chess OlympicsHAVANA, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Cuban chess grandmaster WalterArencibia told media on Thursday that Cuban will send men's andwomen's teams to play in the 37th Chess Olympics, due to begin inTurin, Italy, May 21. The ...
4th Ld-Writethru: Work on Three Gorges Dam's main wall starts final sprint
May 19, 2006 ... 4th Ld-Writethru: Work on Three Gorges Dam's main wall startsfinal sprintTHREE GORGES DAM SITE, Hubei Province, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Thefinal part of concrete placement for the main section of the mammothThree Gorges Dam started at 4:00 a.m. on Friday in the middle reachof the ...
Urgent: Fighting breaks out between Hamas, Fatah forces in Gaza
May 19, 2006 ... Urgent: Fighting breaks out between Hamas, Fatah forces in GazaGAZA, May 18 (Xinhua) -- ...
Some 216 Venezuelan athletes join C. American Unversity Games
May 19, 2006 ... Some 216 Venezuelan athletes join C. American Unversity GamesCARACAS, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Some 216 athletes from host nationVenezuela will participate in the 11th Central American and CaribbeanUniversity Games, which will run from Friday next week, to June 2, inthe cities of ...
3rd Ld: Work on Three Gorges Dam's main wall starts final sprint
May 19, 2006 ... 3rd Ld: Work on Three Gorges Dam's main wall starts final sprintTHREE GORGES DAM SITE, Hubei Province, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Thefinal part of concrete placement for the main section of the mammothThree Gorges Dam started at 4:00 a.m. on Friday in the middle reachof the Yangtze ...
Results of 7th round of the "M-Tel Masters" chess tournament
May 19, 2006 ... Results of 7th round of the "M-Tel Masters" chess tournamentSOFIA, May 18(Xinhua) -- World Champion Veselin Topalov ofBulgaria defeated Viswanathan Anand of India in a game of theseventh round of the second M-Tel Masters Chess Tournament held inSofia and retained his hopes to ...
Stocks close lower in Mexico, Argentina, Brazil
May 19, 2006 ... Stocks close lower in Mexico, Argentina, BrazilMEXICO CITY, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Latin America's three major stockmarkets closed lower on Thursday. Mexico City's stock market IPC index dropped 0.22 percent to closeat 20,217.02 points. A total of 164 million shares were traded ...
New moves suggested to beat hooligans in Cyprus
May 19, 2006 ... New moves suggested to beat hooligans in CyprusNICOSIA, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Numbered seats, stadium closed-circuit TV systems and stewards keeping order at match-time will bethe thrust of a renewed government drive to combat football-relatedviolence. According to local ...
Clipper's Baylor named NBA's executive of Year
May 19, 2006 ... Clipper's Baylor named NBA's executive of YearWASHINGTON, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Elgin Baylor, the Los AngelesClippers' vice president of basketball operations since 1986, wasnamed NBA's Executive of the Year. Baylor received 15 votes to eight from 45 NBA executives for ...
Market exchange rates -- May 19
May 19, 2006 ... Market exchange rates -- May 19BEIJING, May 19 (Xinhua) -- The central parity of the RMB againstfour major currencies announced on Friday by the China ForeignExchange Trading System: Currency Unit Middle Price (in RMB yuan) U.S. Dollar 100 ...
Tibetan medicine brings Tibetan culture to the world: official
May 19, 2006 ... Tibetan medicine brings Tibetan culture to the world: officialLANZHOU, May 19 (Xinhua) -- "Jiebai Wan, Jiebai Wan." In theZhongyou drugstore in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's GansuProvince, two foreign customers are talking to the shop assistantwith hand gestures, trying ...
Chile, Japan begin 2nd round of trade talks
May 19, 2006 ... Chile, Japan begin 2nd round of trade talksSANTIAGO, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Chile and Japan began the secondround of free trade talks, which will run until Wednesday next week,in the Chilean capital Santiago on Thursday, official sources said. Representatives of the two nations ...
Spanish PM pledges to help Palestinians seek peace
May 19, 2006 ... Spanish PM pledges to help Palestinians seek peaceMADRID, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Spanish Prime Minister Jose LuisRodriguez Zapatero reaffirmed on Thursday that his country would helpthe Palestinian people in their efforts to seek peace. During a meeting with visiting Egyptian ...
Tokyo stocks open lower on continued slides in U.S. shares
May 19, 2006 ... Tokyo stocks open lower on continued slides in U.S. sharesTOKYO, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Stocks opened lower on the Tokyo StockExchange on Friday following continued declines in U.S. sharesovernight. In the first 15 minutes of ...
China's top legislator hails friendly political, economic ties withRomania
May 19, 2006 ... China's top legislator hails friendly political, economic tieswith RomaniaBUCHAREST, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Chinese top legislator Wu Bangguo onThursday hailed the friendly and steadily developing relationsbetween China and Romania, where he is on a three-day official good-will ...
Spanish police detain 500 illegal African migrants
May 19, 2006 ... Spanish police detain 500 illegal African migrantsMADRID, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Spanish police on Thursday detainedmore than 500 Africans trying to illegally reach Spain's CanaryIslands, the largest ever in one single day, as the Spanishgovernment launched a diplomatic offensive ...
Foreign exchange rates in Nepal
May 19, 2006 ... Foreign exchange rates in NepalKATHMANDU, May 19 (Xinhua) -- The following are Inter-bank foreignexchange rates against the Nepali rupee on Friday. Currency Unit BuyingSelling Australian dollar 1 55.32 56.77 ...
Major news items in leading Australian newspapers
May 19, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Australian newspapersCANBERRA, May 19 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Australian newspapers on Friday:The Australian: -- The unflagging Chinese economy will boost Australian exports byan extra 3 billion ...
Mexico extradites six suspected ETA members to Spain
May 19, 2006 ... Mexico extradites six suspected ETA members to SpainMEXICO CITY, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Six suspected members of Spain'sBasque separatist group ETA on Thursday were extradited from Mexicoto Spain, the Mexican Attorney General's Department (PGR) said. The alleged members of ETA ...
Mexico condemns U.S. decision to build border fences
May 19, 2006 ... Mexico condemns U.S. decision to build border fencesMEXICO CITY, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Mexican President Vicente Fox saidon Thursday that the U.S. plan to build fences along the Mexicanborder would not guarantee the security Washington hopes for. Fox was responding to a U.S ....
S. America-Arab trade rises 35 percent in last 12 months
May 19, 2006 ... S. America-Arab trade rises 35 percent in last 12 monthsRIO DE JANEIRO, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Trade between the Arab andSouth American nations had risen 35 percent in the last 12 months,according to a study released on Thursday by the Arab-BrazilianChamber of Commerce. Trade ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
May 19, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, May 19 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Friday. Yomiuri: -- NHK failed to collect receipts or necessary documentsstipulated by the Consumption Tax Law when it paid ...
China cherishes friendship with Romania, top legislator says
May 19, 2006 ... China cherishes friendship with Romania, top legislator saysBUCHAREST, May 18 (Xinhua) -- China attaches great importance tothe development of the Sino-Romanian friendship and always regardsRomania as China's good friend and good partner, visiting Chinese toplegislator Wu ...
Xinhua international news advisory -- May 19
May 19, 2006 ... Xinhua international news advisory -- May 19BEIJING, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Following are some of the majorinternational news stories scheduled to be covered or pursued byXinhua on Friday. -- Wu Bangguo, the chairman of ...
Foreign exchange rates in Thailand
May 19, 2006 ... Foreign exchange rates in ThailandBANGKOK, May 19 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the baht on Friday as offered by the Bangkok Bank:Friday Thursday US dollar 37.75/38.35 37.84/38.44 British pound ...
Myanmar exposes 203 drug-related cases in April
May 19, 2006 ... Myanmar exposes 203 drug-related cases in AprilYANGON, May 19 (Xinhua) -- The Myanmar authorities exposed a totalof 203 narcotic-drug-related cases in April this year, mainly seizing10.46 kilos heroin and 75.1 kilos opium, the official newspaper NewLight of Myanmar reported ...
Sino-EU ties at prime time: Chinese top legislator
May 19, 2006 ... Sino-EU ties at prime time: Chinese top legislatorBUCHAREST, May 18 (Xinhua) -- China's relations with the EuropeanUnion are enjoying their best ever period since diplomatic ties wereforged in 1975, China's top legislator Wu Bangguo said here onThursday. Wu, chairman of ...
Japan likely to resume U.S. beef imports in June
May 19, 2006 ... Japan likely to resume U.S. beef imports in JuneTOKYO, May 19 (Xinhua) -- The Japanese government is likely toresume beef imports from the United States in June, Kyodo Newsreported on Friday, citing government sources. The decision is likely as Japanese experts told their ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, May 19
May 19, 2006 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, May 19SANTIAGO -- Chile's supreme court granted bail of 3,000 U.S.dollars on Thursday to Alberto Fujimori, the former Peruvianpresident, allowing him to leave the Military Police School inChile's capital Santiago, where he had been since ...
Tokyo stocks slide in morning
May 19, 2006 ... Tokyo stocks slide in morningTOKYO, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks declined Friday morning,with Japan's better-than-expected gross domestic product data morethan offset by continued falls in U.S. shares. The ...
China spends huge funds to clear garbage threatening Three Gorges Dam
May 19, 2006 ... China spends huge funds to clear garbage threatening Three GorgesDamTHREE GORGES DAM SITE, Hubei Province, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinahas to spend 10 million yuan (1.3 million U.S. dollars) annually toprevent upstream garbage runoffs from piling up at the mammoth ThreeGorges Dam, ...
Philipine anti-coup force chief retires without replacement named
May 19, 2006 ... Philipine anti-coup force chief retires without replacement named MANILA, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Chief of the Philipines' anti-coupforce in the capital region is scheduled to retire on Friday, but hisreplacement has yet to be named by the military, a military spokesmansaid. Lt ....
Nepali anti-gov't guerrilla welcomes parliament declaration
May 19, 2006 ... Nepali anti-gov't guerrilla welcomes parliament declarationKATHMANDU, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Nepali anti-government guerrillahas welcomed Thursday's declaration by the parliament as a partialsuccess for the people's movement, state-run Radio Nepal reported onFriday. Nepali ...
U.S.anti-virus firm accuses Microsoft of misusing technologies
May 19, 2006 ... U.S.anti-virus firm accuses Microsoft of misusing technologiesLOS ANGELES, May 18 (Xinhua) -- U.S. anti-virus company Symantecon Thursday accused computer-industry giant Microsoft of misusing itstechnologies. In a lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court in the state ...
Update: Work on Three Gorges Dam's main wall starts final sprint
May 19, 2006 ... Update: Work on Three Gorges Dam's main wall starts final sprintTHREE GORGES DAM SITE, Hubei Province, May 19 (Xinhua) --Approximately 220 cubic meters of concrete had been put in place by9:00 on Friday morning for the main section of the Three Gorges Dam,the world's largest ....
Air Macao to open routes to two mainland cities
May 19, 2006 ... Air Macao to open routes to two mainland citiesMACAO, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Air Macao, the flagship airline in thespecial administrative region, plans to launch flights to twoMainland cities of Guangzhou and Ningbo, local media reported Friday. The Macao Post Daily quoted Fei ...
Thai rice exporters concern about Vietnamese rivals: report
May 19, 2006 ... Thai rice exporters concern about Vietnamese rivals: reportHANOI, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Thailand, the world's biggest riceexporter, is keeping close watch on Vietnam's rice production, sincethe latter is threatening the former's number one position, localnewspaper Vietnam News ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
May 19, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, May 19 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inthe leading Philippine newspapers on Friday:Philippine Daily Inquirer: -- The Philippine National Police has launched offensives againstNew People's ...
Major news items in leading Vietnamese newspapers
May 19, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Vietnamese newspapersHANOI, May 19 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Vietnamese newspapers on Friday.Youth: -- A Vietnamese soccer player of the country's first-divisiontournament has been ...
Nepali gov't will soon talk with guerrillas: Deputy PM
May 19, 2006 ... Nepali gov't will soon talk with guerrillas: Deputy PMKATHMANDU, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Deputy Prime Minister and ForeignMinister K.P. Oli has said that the Nepali government will soon talkwith the anti-government guerrillas, state run Radio Nepal reportedhere Friday. "The ...