Xinhua News Agency back issues from Monday, August 7:
1st LD: China, Chad resume diplomatic ties
Aug 07, 2006 ... 1st LD: China, Chad resume diplomatic tiesBEIJING, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxingand his Chadian counterpart Ahmad Allam-mi signed a joint communiquehere Sunday night to resume diplomatic ties between the twocountries. "The People's Republic of ...
Opener, Advisory
Aug 07, 2006 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service for Sunday,August 06, 2006, and begins ...
Writethru-China Focus: China, Chad resume diplomatic ties
Aug 07, 2006 ... Writethru-China Focus: China, Chad resume diplomatic tiesBEIJING, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxingand his Chadian counterpart Ahmad Allam-mi signed a joint communiquehere Sunday night to resume diplomatic ties between the twocountries. "The People's ...
2nd LD: China, Chad resume diplomatic ties
Aug 07, 2006 ... 2nd LD: China, Chad resume diplomatic tiesBEIJING, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxingand his Chadian counterpart Ahmad Allam-mi signed a joint communiquehere Sunday night to resume diplomatic ties between the twocountries. "The People's Republic of ...
Writethru: China demands Israel, Lebanon ensure safety of UN peacekeepers
Aug 07, 2006 ... Writethru: China demands Israel, Lebanon ensure safety of UNpeacekeepersBEIJING, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- China on Sunday demanded Israel andLebanon ensure the safety of UN peacekeepers as three of its UNpeacekeepers in Lebanon were wounded when a mortar round landed neartheir ...
Roundup: UN Security Council gives a "positive" reaction to proposal on Lebanon conflict, Arab countries push for political settlement
Aug 07, 2006 ... Roundup: UN Security Council gives a "positive" reaction toproposal on Lebanon conflict, Arab countries push for politicalsettlementBEIJING, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Security Council(UNSC) on Saturday discussed the proposal by the United States andFrance on the ...
3rd LD: China, Chad resume diplomatic ties
Aug 07, 2006 ... 3rd LD: China, Chad resume diplomatic tiesBEIJING, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxingand his Chadian counterpart Ahmad Allam-mi signed a joint communiquehere Sunday night to resume diplomatic ties between the twocountries. "The People's Republic of ...
News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua
Aug 07, 2006 ... News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of XinhuaHONG KONG, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong on Sunday:Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Aug. 6
Aug 07, 2006 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Aug. 6BEIJING, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- The following are domestic news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Sunday: Writethru-China Focus: China, Chad resume diplomatic ties 3rd LD: China, Chad resume diplomatic ties Writethru: China ...
Federation row could exclude soccer from 2007 Pan-American Games
Aug 07, 2006 ... Federation row could exclude soccer from 2007 Pan-American GamesSAN JOSE, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- A row between two footballfederations could mean that football is excluded from the Pan-American Games, due in 2007 in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro,Nestor Benitez, a spokesman ...
Syrian President warns against UN resolution that ignores Lebanesedemands
Aug 07, 2006 ... Syrian President warns against UN resolution that ignores LebanesedemandsDAMASCUS, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad saidSunday that any UN resolution that was not supported by a Lebaneseconsensus would increase instability. "Any decision that breaks ...
Roundup: Iran defies UN nuclear demand
Aug 07, 2006 ... Roundup: Iran defies UN nuclear demandTEHRAN, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Iran on Sunday rejected the UN SecurityCouncil ultimatum for Tehran to suspend uranium enrichment by Aug.31. "The United Nations has no right to ask Iran to halt enrichment,Iran has not violated any ...
Egyptian FM says UN resolution should meet Lebanese aspirations
Aug 07, 2006 ... Egyptian FM says UN resolution should meet Lebanese aspirationsCAIRO, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed AbulGheit said Sunday that the draft UN Security Council resolution,submitted by the U.S. and France, had to meet the Lebanese people' saspirations if it ...
Belgium's Everts wins 10th motocross world chamipionship title
Aug 07, 2006 ... Belgium's Everts wins 10th motocross world chamipionship titleBRUSSELS, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Belgium's motocross rider StefanEverts claimed his 10th world championship title on Sunday, a worldrecord itself in the MX1 class. Everts took both the first and second series in ...
Peru's Florencio Machacuay wins Panama marathon
Aug 07, 2006 ... Peru's Florencio Machacuay wins Panama marathonPANAMA CITY, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Peru's Florencio Machacuay won thePanama City International Marathon on Sunday with a time of twohours, 31 minutes and 49 seconds, beating Cuba's Yausbel Abolaez intosecond place with a time of ...
Sharapova topples Clijsters to win San Diego title
Aug 07, 2006 ... Sharapova topples Clijsters to win San Diego titleWASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Russian sensation Maria Sharapovabroke the winless jinx against Kim Clijsters to win 7-5, 7-5 atSunday's final for the Acura Classic WTA tennis event title in SanDiego. The 19-year-old ...
Uruguay soccer team Nacional flies to Spain for Teresa Herrera Cup
Aug 07, 2006 ... Uruguay soccer team Nacional flies to Spain for Teresa Herrera Cup MONTEVIDEO, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Uruguayan team Nacional, the leaguechampion at home, flew to Spain on Sunday to compete in the TeresaHerrera Cup in the city of La Coruna, local media reported. The Uruguayan ...
Xinhua international news advisory -- Aug. 7
Aug 07, 2006 ... Xinhua international news advisory -- Aug. 7BEIJING, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of the majorinternational news stories scheduled to be covered or pursued byXinhua on Monday. -- Portugal sets orange alert ...
Sharapova edges Clijsters to win San Diego title (updated)
Aug 07, 2006 ... Sharapova edges Clijsters to win San Diego title (updated)WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Second-seeded Maria Sharapova upsettop-seeded Kim Clijsters 7-5, 7-5 in a one hour 48-minute contest toclinch the Acura Classic in San Diego on Sunday. The Russian took down the Belgian ...
Results of Legg Mason Classic final
Aug 07, 2006 ... Results of Legg Mason Classic finalWASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results Sunday inthe Legg Mason Classic, an ATP event on hardcourt at ...
Middle East news summary at 23:50 GMT, Aug. 6
Aug 07, 2006 ... Middle East news summary at 23:50 GMT, Aug. 6TEHRAN -- Chief Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said onSunday that Iran would continue its nuclear program regardless of aUN resolution asking Iran to suspend uranium enrichment activities byAug. 31. - - - - ...
Clement takes title of Washington Classic
Aug 07, 2006 ... Clement takes title of Washington ClassicWASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Frenchman Arnaud Clement won hisfirst ATP title outside his country as he defeated British eighthseed Andy Murray 7-6 (7/3), 6-2 Sunday in the Washington Classictennis final. The 28-year-old Clement ...
Britain's Ohuruogu banned to miss European athletics championships
Aug 07, 2006 ... Britain's Ohuruogu banned to miss European athletics championships STOCKHOLM, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Britain's 400 meters CommonwealthGames champion Christine Ohuruogu has to skip this week's Europeanathletic championships after being handed a provisional ban formissing three out of ...
Foreign exchange rates in Nepal
Aug 07, 2006 ... Foreign exchange rates in NepalKATHMANDU, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are Inter-bank foreignexchange rates against the Nepali rupee on Monday:Currency Unit Buying Selling Australian dollar 1 56.56 57.01 ...
Kubica disqualified, Schumacher wins 1 point at F1 Hungary Prand Prix
Aug 07, 2006 ... Kubica disqualified, Schumacher wins 1 point at F1 Hungary PrandPrixBUDAPEST, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Due to tyre changes, Robert Kubica ofBMW Sauber was disqualified and Michael Schumacher of Ferrari wasawarded one point from the rain-affected F1 Hungarian Grand Prixdespite his ...
Russians win duo diving golds at European championships
Aug 07, 2006 ... Russians win duo diving golds at European championshipsBUDAPEST, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Russia's Gleb Galperin and thespringboard pair Natalya Umyskova and Nadezhda Bazhina won the duogolds of the European swimming championships on Sunday. Galperin took the 10-meter platform ...
Results of San Diego WTA tennis final
Aug 07, 2006 ... Results of San Diego WTA tennis finalWASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from thefinal of the San Diego WTA ...
Fixtures of UEFA Champions League final qualifying round
Aug 07, 2006 ... Fixtures of UEFA Champions League final qualifying roundPARIS, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the UEFA Champions Leaguefinal qualifying round first leg fixtures to be played this week: Tuesday Dinamo Zagreb, Croatia, vs Arsenal, England Austria Vienna, ...
Australia urged to play more balanced role in world trade talk
Aug 07, 2006 ... Australia urged to play more balanced role in world trade talkCANBERRA, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- European Union's (EU) TradeCommissioner Peter Mandelson has accused the Australian government ofbeing biased towards the United States in negotiations for a globaltrade deal, calling for ...
European swimming championships medal table
Aug 07, 2006 ... European swimming championships medal tableBUDAPEST, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the medals table at theend of the European swimming championships on Sunday: Gold Silver Bronze Russia 16 7 3 Germany ...
Earthquake rocks sea waters near Japan's Bonn Islands
Aug 07, 2006 ... Earthquake rocks sea waters near Japan's Bonn IslandsHONG KONG, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.8 on theRichter scale hit the sea area near Japan's Bonn Islands at 2:22 a.m.Hong Kong time (18:22 GMT) on ...
Summaries of French first division soccer league
Aug 07, 2006 ... Summaries of French first division soccer leaguePARIS, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the summaries from theFrench Ligue 1 matches on Sunday: CS Sedan Ardennes 0 Olympique Marseille 0 Halftime: 0-0; Attendance: 20,000 - - - Played ...
Leading goal scorers of French first division soccer league
Aug 07, 2006 ... Leading goal scorers of French first division soccer leaguePARIS, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading goal scorersof the French Ligue 1 on Sunday: 2 Fabrice Fiorese (FC Lorient) 1 Rafih Saifi (FC Lorient), Jean-Pascal Mignot (Auxerre),Marouane Chamakh ...
Castro to return to work in a few weeks: vice president
Aug 07, 2006 ... Castro to return to work in a few weeks: vice presidentLIMA, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Cuba's Vice President Carlos Lage said onSunday Cuban leader Fidel Castro would return to work in a few weeks,according to ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Aug 07, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inthe leading Philippine newspapers on Monday:The Philippine Star: -- The government will send two Coast Guard ferries to Lebanon onWednesday to help ...
Update-Castro to resume work in a few weeks: Cuban vice president
Aug 07, 2006 ... Update-Castro to resume work in a few weeks: Cuban vice president LIMA, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Cuban leader Fidel Castro would resumehis work in a few weeks, said Cuban Vice President Carlos Lage onSunday, according to reports from La Paz, Bolivia's administrativecapital. Lage, ...
U.S. willing to restart trade talks with Ecuador: diplomat
Aug 07, 2006 ... U.S. willing to restart trade talks with Ecuador: diplomatQUITO, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- The United States is willing to restarttrade talks with Ecuador, which were suspended after Quito halted anoil contract with U.S. oil company Occidental Oil, a U.S. diplomatsaid Sunday ....
Results of French first division soccer league
Aug 07, 2006 ... Results of French first division soccer leaguePARIS, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theFrench Ligue 1 matches on Sunday: CS Sedan Ardennes tied Olympique Marseille 0-0 Played on Saturday, August 5 Auxerre tied Valenciennes 1-1 AS ...
Standings of Belgian soccer championship
Aug 07, 2006 ... Standings of Belgian soccer championshipBRUSSELS, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings from theBelgian soccer championship after matches on Sunday (tabulated undermatches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against and points): 1 Racing Genk 2 2 0 0 ...
Results of Belgian soccer championship
Aug 07, 2006 ... Results of Belgian soccer championshipBRUSSELS, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theBelgian soccer championship matches on Sunday: SV Roeselare bt Club Bruges 3-2 Played on Saturday, August 5 Ghent lost to Excelsior Mouscron 3-1 ...
Davydenko ralies to second title of season at Polish Open
Aug 07, 2006 ... Davydenko ralies to second title of season at Polish OpenWARSAW, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Top-seeded Russian Nikolay Davydenkobattled past unseeded German Florian Mayer to win the Polish Open atSopot, Poland on Sunday. The Russian claimed his second title of the season with the ...
Wine imports rise 22 pct in first half in South Korea
Aug 07, 2006 ... Wine imports rise 22 pct in first half in South KoreaSEOUL, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's wine imports increased 22percent from January to June this year than the same period of lastyear following the expansion of South Korean consumers, the KoreaInternational Trade ...
Alert Level 4 raised over Philippine Mayon volcano, evacuation ordered
Aug 07, 2006 ... Alert Level 4 raised over Philippine Mayon volcano, evacuationorderedMANILA, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Philippine authorities raised AlertLevel 4 and ordered the immediate mass evacuation of residents nearMayon volcano, following six successive explosions early Mondaymorning ....
Standings of Formula One Grand Prix of Hungary
Aug 07, 2006 ... Standings of Formula One Grand Prix of HungaryBUDAPEST, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the official driver andconstructor standings after the Formula One Grand Prix of Hungary atHungaroring, Budapest, on Sunday: Drivers Points ...
Results of Formula One Grand Prix of Hungary
Aug 07, 2006 ... Results of Formula One Grand Prix of HungaryBUDAPEST, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the official results ofthe Formula One Grand Prix of Hungary at Hungaroring, Budapest, onSunday: 1. Jenson Button (Britain) Honda 1:52:20.941 2. Pedro ...
Major news items in leading Australian newspapers
Aug 07, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Australian newspapersCANBERRA, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Australian newspapers on Monday: The Australian: -- Australia has lost almost the entire Iraqi wheat market to U.S. farmers as Australia's ...
Heatwave prompts orange alerts in Portugal
Aug 07, 2006 ... Heatwave prompts orange alerts in PortugalLISBON, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Portugal's Meteorological Institute(IM) posted a series of orange alerts on Sunday, following forecastsof temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius, which are unusually highfor the country. The IM posted ...
Roddick to skip Toronto Masters due to injury
Aug 07, 2006 ... Roddick to skip Toronto Masters due to injuryOTTAWA, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Andy Roddick has decided on Sunday toskip the Toronto Masters, citing a muscle strain on his left side. Following a practice session, Roddick and his trainer determinedthat the strain was still ...
Chavez says Castro recovering well
Aug 07, 2006 ... Chavez says Castro recovering wellCARACAS, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez saidon Sunday that Cuban leader Fidel Castro is recovering well andquickly following surgery to treat gastrointestinal bleeding. "How are you, Fidel?" Chavez said on his regular ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Aug 07, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Monday:Asahi: -- They say all wounds heal with time, but a ceremony held hereSunday to mark the 61st anniversary of the ...
Tokyo shares open flat
Aug 07, 2006 ... Tokyo shares open flatTOKYO, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Stocks opened almost flat on the TokyoStock Exchange on Monday before the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy-setting meeting Tuesday. In the first 15 minutes of trading, ...
Standings of French first division soccer league
Aug 07, 2006 ... Standings of French first division soccer leaguePARIS, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings from theFrench Ligue 1 after matches on Sunday (tabulated under matchesplayed, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against and points): 1 Olympique Lyon 1 1 0 0 3 1 ...
Results of Tour of Germany cycling
Aug 07, 2006 ... Results of Tour of Germany cyclingBERLIN, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from Sunday'sStage 5 of the ProTour Deutschland Tour, a 161 km ride from Bad Toelzto Seefeld: 1. Levi Leipheimer, United States, Gerolsteiner, 3:44:20" 2. Andrey Kashechkin, ...
First shipment of U.S. beef arrives Japan after ban lifting
Aug 07, 2006 ... First shipment of U.S. beef arrives Japan after ban liftingTOKYO, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The first shipment of U.S. beef arrivedat Japan's Narita airport on Monday, after Japan decided to reopenits market to American beef late last month, Kyodo News said. The beef will go ...
Foreign exchange rates in Thailand
Aug 07, 2006 ... Foreign exchange rates in ThailandBANGKOK, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the baht on Monday as offered by the Bangkok Bank: Monday Friday US dollar 37.34/37.94 37.53/38.13 ...
Xinhua home news advisory -- Aug. 7
Aug 07, 2006 ... Xinhua home news advisory -- Aug. 7BEIJING, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of the majordomestic news stories scheduled to be covered or pursued by Xinhua onMonday: -- Tang Jiaxuan meets Chadian guest -- Cao Gangchuan meets South Korean senior naval ...
Standings of golf PGA Tour Money List
Aug 07, 2006 ... Standings of golf PGA Tour Money ListLONDON, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings from thePGA Tour Money List (United States unless states, previous positionin brackets): 1. (1) Tiger Woods, 5,127,563 US dollars 2. (2) Jim Furyk, 4,692,916 3 ....
Scores of U.S. PGA Tour Buick Open
Aug 07, 2006 ... Scores of U.S. PGA Tour Buick OpenWASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading scoresfrom the U.S. PGA Tour Buick Open at the par-72 course on Sunday inGrand Blanc, Michigan (United States unless state): 264 Tiger Woods, 66 66 66 66 267 Jim Furyk, 66 ...
6,000 Mexicans join on-line march for presidential vote recount
Aug 07, 2006 ... 6,000 Mexicans join on-line march for presidential vote recountMEXICO CITY, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Around 6,000 Mexicans have gone on-line to demonstrate for a recount of Mexico's July 2 presidentialelection, protesting what they say is "a campaign of fear" beingwaged in Mexico ....
Standings of Tour of Germany cycling
Aug 07, 2006 ... Standings of Tour of Germany cyclingBERLIN, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the generalclassification from the ProTour Deutschland Tour after Sunday's Stage5, a 161 km ride from Bad Toelz to Seefeld: 1. Jens Voigt, Germany, Team CSC, 22:27:51" 2. Vladimir Gusev, ...
Market exchange rates -- Aug. 7
Aug 07, 2006 ... Market exchange rates -- Aug. 7BEIJING, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The central parity of the RMB againstfive major currencies announced Monday by the China Foreign ExchangeTrading System: Currency Unit Middle Price (in RMB yuan) U.S. Dollar 100 ...
Woods reaches 50 career titles at Buick Open
Aug 07, 2006 ... Woods reaches 50 career titles at Buick OpenWASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Tiger Woods fought back a challengefrom Jim Furyk to reach his 50th career title at the Buick Open onSunday in Grand Blanc, Michigan. Woods made it back-to-back victories after carding his ...
Hong Kong stocks open higher -- Aug. 7
Aug 07, 2006 ... Hong Kong stocks open higher -- Aug. 7HONG KONG, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- ...
Standings of golf European Order of Merit
Aug 07, 2006 ... Standings of golf European Order of MeritLONDON, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings from theEuropean Order of Merit (previous position in brackets): 1. (1) David Howell, Britain, 1,895,631 euros 2. (3) Robert Karlsson, Sweden, 1,589,942 3. ...
Major news items in Thailand's leading newspapers
Aug 07, 2006 ... Major news items in Thailand's leading newspapersBANGKOK, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inThailand's leading newspapers on Monday:Bangkok Post: -- Separate shootings of a senator and the son of a localpolitician in Thailand's violence ...