Xinhua News Agency back issues from Saturday, August 5:
Brazil's police arrest man suspected of murdering controversial judge
Aug 05, 2006 ... Brazil's police arrest man suspected of murdering controversialjudgeRIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 4 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian police arrested onFriday a drug dealer who was suspected of involvement in the killingof Judge Jose Maria de Mello Porto on Thursday evening on a highwayin Rio de ...
Major news items in leading Afghan newspapers
Aug 05, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Afghan newspapersKABUL, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inAfghan leading newspapers on Saturday. Afghanistan Times: -- Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta has expressedgreat happiness on joining ...
Xinhua world economic news summary at 0430 GMT, Aug. 5
Aug 05, 2006 ... Xinhua world economic news summary at 0430 GMT, Aug. 5ABUJA -- The United States and Ghana have signed a 547-million-U.S. dollar Millennium Challenge Compact (MCC) agreement, accordingto a statement issued here on Friday by the U.S embassy. The agreement was signed by U.S ....
Vanuatuan leaders, Chinese foreign minister meet on relations
Aug 05, 2006 ... Vanuatuan leaders, Chinese foreign minister meet on relationsWELLINGTON, Aug 5 (Xinhua) -- Vanuatuan leaders and visitingChinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing pledged on Saturday that bothcountries would make joint efforts to boost ties and furthercooperation. According to ...
Roundup: Israel-Lebanon conflict rages on amid world's call for more attention to humanitarian situation
Aug 05, 2006 ... Roundup: Israel-Lebanon conflict rages on amid world's call formore attention to humanitarian situationBEIJING, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli-Lebanese military conflictcontinued on Saturday, resulting in more casualties as theinternational community appealed for more attention ...
1st Ld: Coal mine gas leak kills 18 miners in north China province
Aug 05, 2006 ... 1st Ld: Coal mine gas leak kills 18 miners in north China province TAIYUAN, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Eighteen miners were killed in a coalmine gas leak in Ningwu County, North China's Shanxi Province. A collapse happened in the ground within the mining area ofDahuiyao Coal Mine in ...
URGENT: Coal mine gas leak kills 18 miners in north China province
Aug 05, 2006 ... URGENT: Coal mine gas leak kills 18 miners in north China province TAIYUAN, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Eighteen miners were killed in a coalmine gas leak in Ningwu County, North China's Shanxi Province. A collapse happened in the ground within the mining area ofDahuiyao Coal Min in ...
FLASH: Coal mine gas leak kills 18 miners in north China province
Aug 05, 2006 ... FLASH: Coal mine gas leak kills ...
FBI seeks Pakistan's assistance in information check
Aug 05, 2006 ... FBI seeks Pakistan's assistance in information checkISLAMABAD, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. intelligence agency FBI hassought Pakistan's assistance in authentication of two emails itreceived months ago regarding a bomb threat to an American mission inPakistan and a person claimed ...
Indonesia to import bird flu vaccine for poultry
Aug 05, 2006 ... Indonesia to import bird flu vaccine for poultryJAKARTA, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian government has awardedthe country's biggest vaccine producer a tender to import the H5N2vaccine for poultry, a media report said Saturday. State-owned pharmaceutical firm PT Bio Farma ...
Business sentiment up in Indonesia on lower rates hope
Aug 05, 2006 ... Business sentiment up in Indonesia on lower rates hopeJAKARTA, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Business Sentiment Index (BSI) inIndonesia edged higher by 0.4 percent in the April-May period to114.5 as hopes of lower interest rates increased, a newspaperreported Saturday. Both ...
Urgent: Five Israelis wounded in Hezbollah rocket attack
Aug 05, 2006 ... Urgent: Five Israelis wounded in Hezbollah rocket attackJERUSALEM, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Five Israelis ...
1st LD: Second trade union established at Wal-Mart store in China
Aug 05, 2006 ... 1st LD: Second trade union established at Wal-Mart store in China BEIJING, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- World's leading retailer Wal-Mart sawits second trade union in China established on Friday morning insouthern city of Shenzhen, just six days after its first trade unionbeing formed in a ...
HK airport begins to restore order
Aug 05, 2006 ... HK airport begins to restore orderHONG KONG, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Hong Kong International Airport began to restore order onSaturday though there were still 86 flights delayed or canceled bynoon. From midnight on Friday to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, 258 flightshave departed or ...
Woods shares lead with Quigley at Buick Open
Aug 05, 2006 ... Woods shares lead with Quigley at Buick OpenWASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Tiger Woods and Brett Quigleyshared the lead of the Buick Open just before bad light halted second-round play in Grand Blanc, Michigan on Friday. It has been plain sailing for Woods who followed his ...
Task force formed in California for heat wave response
Aug 05, 2006 ... Task force formed in California for heat wave responseLOS ANGELES, Aug 4 (Xinhua) -- Officials in California said Fridaythey are setting up a take force to help the state's response to heatwaves like the recent one that have probably caused over 140 deaths. "California has ...
Foreign exchange rates in Hong Kong -- Aug. 5
Aug 05, 2006 ... Foreign exchange rates in Hong Kong -- Aug. 5HONG KONG, Aug. 5(Xinhua) -- Following are foreign exchange rates against the HongKong dollar released by Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited at 17:13 onSaturday:Buying Selling Japanese yen 677.55 ...
Myanmar exposes 748 human trafficking cases in past four years
Aug 05, 2006 ... Myanmar exposes 748 human trafficking cases in past four yearsYANGON, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Myanmar authorities has exposed 748human trafficking cases since the work committee for humantrafficking prevention was formed in July 2002 to June 2006,according to Saturday's official ...
Roundup: Thai political vacuum makes investors hesitant
Aug 05, 2006 ... Roundup: Thai political vacuum makes investors hesitantBANGKOK, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Prolonged political vacuum slowed downthe investment in private sector in Thailand, with top executivescomplaining about losing business opportunities as they wait eagerlyfor the general election ...
China's central bank: busineses need to better manage the foreign currency risk
Aug 05, 2006 ... China's central bank: busineses need to better manage the foreigncurrency riskBEIJING, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- China's businesses should try to adaptto the market changes and better manage the foreign currency risks asthe country has push forward market-oriented reforms on the ...
1st LD Writethru: Five Israelis wounded in Hezbollah rocket attack
Aug 05, 2006 ... 1st LD Writethru: Five Israelis wounded in Hezbollah rocket attack JERUSALEM, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Five Israelis were wounded in aHezbollah rocket attack in the northern Israeli city of Haifa onSaturday, local media reported. About three rockets were fired by Hezbollah guerillas ...
Myanmar exposes 748 human trafficking cases in past four years
Aug 05, 2006 ... Myanmar exposes 748 human trafficking cases in past four yearsYANGON, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar authorities have exposed 748human trafficking cases since the work committee for humantrafficking prevention was formed in July 2002 to June 2006,according to Saturday's official ...
Indian sport authority fails to test athletes on dope
Aug 05, 2006 ... Indian sport authority fails to test athletes on dopeNEW DELHI, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Sports Authority of India (SAI)has failed to test any athlete on dope in the past three months,Saturday's Hindustan Times reported. The incidents took place because the authority, in ...
Indonesia hopes for leniency over Fed Cup withdrawal
Aug 05, 2006 ... Indonesia hopes for leniency over Fed Cup withdrawalJAKARTA, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian Tennis Association(Pelti) is hoping for a light punishment from the InternationalTennis Federation (ITF) for its decision to withdraw from its WorldGroup play-off tie against Israel ...
2nd LD-Writethru: Second trade union established at Wal-Mart store in China
Aug 05, 2006 ... 2nd LD-Writethru: Second trade union established at Wal-Mart storein ChinaBEIJING, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- World's leading retailer Wal-Mart sawits second trade union in China established on Friday morning insouthern city of Shenzhen, just six days after its first trade unionbeing ...
Update 4-Beirut's southern suburbs attacked by Israeli warplanes
Aug 05, 2006 ... Update 4-Beirut's southern suburbs attacked by Israeli warplanesBEIRUT, Aug 5 (Xinhua) -- Explosions could be heard as Israeliwarplanes on Saturday carried out air attacks on Beirut's southernsuburbs, a stronghold of the Hezbollah militia, local media reported. The planes ...
Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- Aug. 5
Aug 05, 2006 ... Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- Aug. 5CAIRO, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- The following major international newsstories from the Middle East region are scheduled to be covered orpursued by Xinhua News Agency on Saturday.-- U.S. Assistant Secretary of State David Welch is ...
U.S. Marine killed in western Iraq
Aug 05, 2006 ... U.S. Marine killed in western IraqBAGHDAD, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. Marine died in "non-combataction" in the volatile Anbar province in western Iraq on Saturday,the U.S. military said in a brief statement ....
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Death toll in typhoon Prapiroon rising to 38 in China
Aug 05, 2006 ... Death toll in typhoon Prapiroon rising to 38 in ChinaGUANGZHOU, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- The death toll in typhoon Prapiroonrose to 38, and 14 more remained missing in South China's GuangdongProvince by midday on Saturday, local sources said. Prapiroon brought along torrential ...
Foreign exchange rates in Indonesia
Aug 05, 2006 ... Foreign exchange rates in IndonesiaJAKARTA, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Following are the foreign exchangerates against the Indonesian rupiah here on Saturday: SaturdayFriday US dollar 9,070/9,1309,080/9,110 Euro ...
Seriously-illed patient gets free tickets to watch Yao Ming playing
Aug 05, 2006 ... Seriously-illed patient gets free tickets to watch Yao MingplayingNANJING, Eastern China, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- A seriously-illedbasketball fan was given two VIP tickets to watch the performance ofhis favorite star Yao Ming at an international friendly to be heldhere, organizers ...
Hiking organizer warns against blind love for outdoor events
Aug 05, 2006 ... Hiking organizer warns against blind love for outdoor eventsHOHHOT, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Outdoor sports lovers should makethorough preparation to avoid possible danger, an organizer of thefirst hiking competition in Inner Mongolia warned on Saturday. "Outdoor activities ...
Air quality of major Chinese cities -- Aug. 5
Aug 05, 2006 ... Air quality of major Chinese cities -- Aug. 5BEIJING, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Report on the quality of air in 47major Chinese cities (12:00 Aug. 4 to 12:00 Aug. 5 Beijing Time),released by the China Environmental Monitoring Center:City Major Pollutant Air ...
Thailand needs cooperation from Myanmar: Thai Caretaker PM
Aug 05, 2006 ... Thailand needs cooperation from Myanmar: Thai Caretaker PMBANGKOK, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Thai Caretaker Prime Minister ThaksinShinawatra said Saturday that Thailand needs to strike a balancebetween the international pressure against Myanmar and the fact thatThailand needs ...
Urgent: Thai man dies of bird flu
Aug 05, 2006 ... Urgent: Thai man dies of bird fluBANGKOK, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Thai health ministry ...
1st LD Writethru: Israeli soldier killed in Lebanon
Aug 05, 2006 ... 1st LD Writethru: Israeli soldier killed in LebanonJERUSALEM, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- One Israeli soldier was killed infierce clashes with Hezbollah guerillas in Lebanon overnight, theIsraeli army said on Saturday. An Israeli soldier of the engineering corps was killed in ...
FUFA referees to undergo mandatory cooper test
Aug 05, 2006 ... FUFA referees to undergo mandatory cooper testKAMPALA, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Federation of Ugandan FootballAssociations (FUFA) referees committee will on September 3 run aCooper test that aims at qualifying referees to the FIFA list nextseason. The football governing ...
Urgent: Israeli soldier killed in Lebanon
Aug 05, 2006 ... Urgent: Israeli soldier killed in LebanonJERUSALEM, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- One Israeli soldier was ...
Two U.S. soldiers killed in western Iraq
Aug 05, 2006 ... Two U.S. soldiers killed in western IraqBAGHDAD, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Two U.S. soldiers were killed inIraq's volatile western province of Anbar on Friday, the U.S.military said on Saturday. The two soldiers, assigned to the 1st Battalion of the 1st ArmoredDivision, were ...
2nd LD Writethru: Israeli soldier killed, 8 naval commandos woundedin Lebanon
Aug 05, 2006 ... 2nd LD Writethru: Israeli soldier killed, 8 naval commandoswounded in LebanonJERUSALEM, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- One Israeli soldier was killed infierce clashes with Hezbollah guerillas in Lebanon overnight, theIsraeli army said on Saturday. An Israeli soldier of the ...
Yellow river crossing event kicks off
Aug 05, 2006 ... Yellow river crossing event kicks offXINING, Northwest China, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds ofparticipants will swim across Yellow River, China's second longestriver as the second edition of Qinghai International Yellow RiverCrossing Challenge started Saturday. There are 31 ...
Flood kills 4 in S. Afghanistan
Aug 05, 2006 ... Flood kills 4 in S. AfghanistanKABUL, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Heavy rains and floods have killed fourpersons in Afghanistan's southern Ghazni province, provincial policeChief Tafsir Khan Khogyani said Saturday. "Four persons were killed Friday night as downpour and ...
Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers
Aug 05, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Turkish newspapersANKARA, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Turkish newspapers on Saturday.MILLIYET (Nationality): -- Two bomb blasts hit the southern Turkish province of Adana onFriday, leaving 17 people ...
Ugandan rebels declare unilateral ceasefire
Aug 05, 2006 ... Ugandan rebels declare unilateral ceasefireKAMPALA, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Uganda's rebel Lord's Resistance Army(LRA) declared what it described as a "unilateral ceasefire" afterthe Ugandan government rejected their ceasefire request during theongoing peace talks aimed to end the ...
Major news items in leading British newspapers
Aug 05, 2006 ... Major news items in leading British newspapersLONDON, Aug 5 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading British newspapers on Saturday:The Independent: -- More than 110 Labor members of Parliament, including DeputyPrime Minister John Prescott's ...
Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers
Aug 05, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapersCAIRO, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Egyptian newspapers on Saturday.Al Ahram: -- Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit said on Friday thatthe UN Security Council's failure to ...
Update: Death toll in Typhoon Prapiroon rises to 48 in China
Aug 05, 2006 ... Update: Death toll in Typhoon Prapiroon rises to 48 in ChinaHENGXIAN, Guangxi, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Prapiroon has so farkilled at least 48 people and left 15 others missing in South China'sGuangdong Province and neighboring Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The latest ...
Pakistani gas pipelines damaged in explosion
Aug 05, 2006 ... Pakistani gas pipelines damaged in explosionISLAMABAD, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Two gas pipelines were damaged inexplosions in southwestern Pakistan's Baluchistan early Saturday,making gas supply to several cities in eastern province Punjabsuspended, the private GEO Television ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0800 GMT, Aug 5
Aug 05, 2006 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0800 GMT, Aug 5MEXICO CITY -- An ongoing religious festival in San Salvador, thecapital of El Salvador, is marred by a spate of fatalities. A total of 60 people have been killed by assailants or inaccidents by Friday as people poured out to take ...
Major news items in leading Kenyan newspapers
Aug 05, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Kenyan newspapersNAIROBI, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Kenyan newspapers on Saturday. Saturday Nation: -- The World Bank has given Kenya 4.3 billion shillings (about 59million U.S. dollars) to cushion ...
Philippines resumes evacuation of overseas workers from Lebanon
Aug 05, 2006 ... Philippines resumes evacuation of overseas workers from LebanonMANILA, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines Saturday resumed itsevacuation of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Lebanon via analternative route, said the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). A batch of 450 ...
Major news items in leading Nigerian newspapers
Aug 05, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Nigerian newspapersLAGOS, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Nigerian newspapers on Saturday.This Day: -- Governor Ahmed Makarfi of Kaduna State on Friday said a genuinereconciliation could not be achieved ...
Earthquake hits northwest India
Aug 05, 2006 ... Earthquake hits northwest IndiaNEW DELHI, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake, measuring 5.0 on theRitcher scale, ...
Gold price lower in Hong Kong -- Aug. 5
Aug 05, 2006 ... Gold price lower in Hong Kong -- Aug. 5HONG KONG, Aug. 5(Xinhua) -- The gold price in Hong Kong slightly dropped at 5,955 HKdollars per tael on Saturday, according to Bank of China ...
Nepali Royal Palace owns 1,700 hectares of land
Aug 05, 2006 ... Nepali Royal Palace owns 1,700 hectares of landKATHMANDU, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Nepali Royal family has owned morethan 1,700 hectares of land around the country and complete detail ofthe king's property is still being awaited, a senior governmentofficial said here Saturday. "King ...
Sri Lanka gov't accuses Tamil Tigers of massacring civilians
Aug 05, 2006 ... Sri Lanka gov't accuses Tamil Tigers of massacring civiliansCOLOMBO, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka government Saturday accusedthe Tamil Tigers of killing over 100 civilians including women andchildren for supporting the security forces in the Muslim dominatedtown of Muttur in the ...
Landis fired by Phonak team for positive drugs test
Aug 05, 2006 ... Landis fired by Phonak team for positive drugs testGENEVA, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Tour de France winner Floyd Landis wassacked from the Phonak cycling team after his B sample testedpositive for excess levels of testsoterone during the race, the ...
One in three South African teens addict: newspaper
Aug 05, 2006 ... One in three South African teens addict: newspaperJOHANNESBURG, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- As many as one in three teenagersin South Africa is addicted to drugs and alcohol, local dailySaturday Argus reported. Shamim Garda, national executive director of the South AfricanNational ...
Heavy rain kills at least 40 people in east India
Aug 05, 2006 ... Heavy rain kills at least 40 people in east IndiaNEW DELHI, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- At least 40 people have died asdownpour hit parts of west India's Andhra Pradesh in the past threedays, New Delhi TV reported Saturday. About 55,000 people have been evacuated to rescue camps in ...
Refugee influx floods Sri Lanka's eastern town of Kantalai
Aug 05, 2006 ... Refugee influx floods Sri Lanka's eastern town of KantalaiCOLOMBO, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Around 15,000 refugees displaced dueto fighting between the Tamil Tigers and the government troops in SriLanka's eastern province were gathered in Kantalai, 218 kms fromhere, the government ...
Japan loses to Poland in world men's volleyball league
Aug 05, 2006 ... Japan loses to Poland in world men's volleyball leagueTOKYO, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Japan battled back from two sets down,but missed four match points to lose to Poland on Saturday in Pool Aof the men's volleyball World League. The Poles won the match 25-19, 30-28, 21-25, ...
Zambia warns corrupt officers of Food Reserve Agency
Aug 05, 2006 ... Zambia warns corrupt officers of Food Reserve AgencyLUSAKA, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Food Reserve Agency (FRA) haswarned that it will not condone corruption by its officers in thepurchase of maize. Saturday Post quoted FRA executive director Anthony Mwanaumo assaying here ...
Major news items in leading French newspapers
Aug 05, 2006 ... Major news items in leading French newspapersPARIS, Aug 5 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading French newspapers on Saturday:Le Figaro: -- Cuban President Fidel Castro's illness made the Cubanauthorities cancel the annual Carnival celebration ...
EAC to stage disaster management exercise
Aug 05, 2006 ... EAC to stage disaster management exerciseDAR ES SALAAM, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- The three member states of theEast African Community (EAC) have decided to stage a joint disastermanagement exercise in Uganda. The exercise, codenamed Ex-Hot Springs, will be staged in Jinjafrom ...