Xinhua News Agency back issues from Tuesday, August 8:
China trains marriage counselors amid rising divorce rate
Aug 08, 2006 ... China trains marriage counselors amid rising divorce rateBEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- China is training a first group ofmarriage counselors for the "save the marriage" project in an attemptto cope with the rising number of marital and family problems. The project, initiated ...
German stocks open higher
Aug 08, 2006 ... German stocks open higherBERLIN, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- German stocks opened higher Tuesday onthe Frankfurt market. The 30-share DAX index rose 0.71 percent or 39.88 points to5,666.55 at 09:34 ...
Clash leaves 2 militants dead in S. Afghanistan
Aug 08, 2006 ... Clash leaves 2 militants dead in S. AfghanistanKABUL, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Two Taliban-linked militants were killedas they attacked a police checkpoint in the troubled Helmandprovince, provincial police chief Mohamad Nabi Mullahkhil saidTuesday. "A group of militants raided ...
Major news items in leading Kenyan newspapers
Aug 08, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Kenyan newspapersNAIROBI, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Kenyan newspapers on Tuesday. Daily Nation: -- A 16-member strong Sudanese delegation is in Kenya to discussrecruitment of Kenyan teachers to work ...
Tokyo stocks rebound sharply
Aug 08, 2006 ... Tokyo stocks rebound sharplyTOKYO, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks advanced almost across theboard Tuesday, with bargain-hunting stirring following the previousday's sharp sell-off. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average gained 310.60 points, or 2. 05percent, to 15,464.66, ...
Australian GP to run at Phillip Island till 2011
Aug 08, 2006 ... Australian GP to run at Phillip Island till 2011CANBERRA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Australian Motorcycle Grand PrixCorporation (AMGPC) announced Tuesday that they will put a worldchampionship race at Phillip Island. According to the organizers, the island, near Melbourne, will ...
1st Ld Writethru: 3 suspected bird flu patients admitted to hospital in Thailand
Aug 08, 2006 ... 1st Ld Writethru: 3 suspected bird flu patients admitted tohospital in ThailandBANGKOK, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Three persons were admitted tohospital in Bangkok, capital of Thailand, on Tuesday on suspicion ofcontracting bird flu virus, an official of the Bangkok ...
Update 2-At least 9 killed in Baghdad bombings, 11 wounded
Aug 08, 2006 ... Update 2-At least 9 killed in Baghdad bombings, 11 woundedBAGHDAD, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- At least nine people were killed and11 others wounded in three separate roadside bombings in Baghdad onTuesday, said Iraqi police. A roadside bomb, that blasted near a bus station in ...
Philippines asks ASEAN to join calls for ceasefire in Lebanon
Aug 08, 2006 ... Philippines asks ASEAN to join calls for ceasefire in LebanonMANILA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Philippine President Gloria MacapagalArroyo Tuesday called on members of the Association of SoutheastAsian Nations (ASEAN) to join calls for a cease-fire in Lebanonbetween Israel and ...
2nd LD-Writethru: Corrupt children NGO official prosecuted for defalcation
Aug 08, 2006 ... 2nd LD-Writethru: Corrupt children NGO official prosecuted fordefalcationBEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Zhao Shunyi, former head of ChinaChildren's Center, has been charged with embezzling public funds andtaking bribes equivalent to 1.53 million yuan (191,250 U.S ....
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
Aug 08, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapersJERUSALEM, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Israeli newspapers on Tuesday.Ha'aretz: -- Lebanon will deploy its army in the south of the country afterthe Israel Defense Forces' withdrawal ...
Urgent: Roadside bomb rocks central Baghdad, 7 wounded
Aug 08, 2006 ... Urgent: Roadside bomb rocks central Baghdad, 7 woundedBAGHDAD, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- A roadside bomb went off in ...
Farmers hit hard by Indian restriction in eastern Nepal
Aug 08, 2006 ... Farmers hit hard by Indian restriction in eastern NepalKATHMANDU, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Farmers of Eastern Nepal are hithard by the Indian restriction on the exports of Nepali agricultureproducts including tea and other goods, local media reported hereTuesday. "The Indian ...
Gunmen kill five people in bank robbery in northern Baghdad
Aug 08, 2006 ... Gunmen kill five people in bank robbery in northern BaghdadBAGHDAD, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Gunmen killed three guards and twoemployees of a government bank in a northern Baghdad district onTuesday, a police source said. "Unidentified gunmen stormed the Rashid Bank in the ...
Indonesian central bank cuts interest rate to 11.75 pct
Aug 08, 2006 ... Indonesian central bank cuts interest rate to 11.75 pctJAKARTA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian central bank decidedTuesday to cut the benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to11.75 percent on the back of improved macroeconomic indicators. The much-awaited decision ...
7 children die of diarrhea in mid-western Nepal
Aug 08, 2006 ... 7 children die of diarrhea in mid-western NepalKATHMANDU, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- At least seven children have diedof diarrhea in remote mid-western district of Mugu in the past seendays, a local website reported on Tuesday. According to nepalnews.com, diarrhea outbreak is seen ...
Indonesian police chief opposes sending fighters to Lebanon
Aug 08, 2006 ... Indonesian police chief opposes sending fighters to LebanonJAKARTA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian Police Chief Sutanto saidon Tuesday that the sending of fighters to Lebanon by several Muslimgroups here would only worsen situation in the Middle East andcontribute nothing to the ...
Major news items in leading British newspapers
Aug 08, 2006 ... Major news items in leading British newspapersLONDON, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading British newspapers on Tuesday:The Times: -- Israel threatened to step up its offensive in southern Lebanonas a UN plan to halt the fighting ...
Foreign investors see local employees as shrewd, competitive in Shanghai
Aug 08, 2006 ... Foreign investors see local employees as shrewd, competitive inShanghaiSHANGHAI, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Most foreign employers in China'seconomic hub of Shanghai regard their local employees as shrewd andcapable, according to a latest survey. By the end of last year, 1.55 ...
Urgent: Security Council appears to have agreed on Lebanon resolution: German FM
Aug 08, 2006 ... Urgent: Security Council appears to have agreed on Lebanonresolution: German FMBERLIN, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Security Councilappeared to have reached an ...
Update-2: Security Council appears to have agreed on Lebanon resolution: German FM
Aug 08, 2006 ... Update-2: Security Council appears to have agreed on Lebanonresolution: German FMBERLIN, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Security Councilappeared to have reached an agreement on a resolution aimed at endingthe military conflicts between Israel and Lebanon's ...
Trade in gold sparkles on the back of high prices
Aug 08, 2006 ... Trade in gold sparkles on the back of high pricesBEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- A sustained rise in the price of goldhas ignited Chinese investors' enthusiasm for trading in the preciousmetal, the Jiefang Daily reported Tuesday. Against a background of increasing international ...
Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers
Aug 08, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Turkish newspapersANKARA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Turkish newspapers on Tuesday.YENI SAFAK (New Dawn): -- Turkish Justice Minister Cemil Cicek said on Monday that Turkeyand the Unites States ...
Rains, flash floods kill 144 in NW Pakistan
Aug 08, 2006 ... Rains, flash floods kill 144 in NW PakistanISLAMABAD, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Torrential rain and flash floodshave killed 144 people and damaged over 16,000 houses in Pakistan' sNorth West Frontier Province (NWFP), local newspapers reported onTuesday. Some 16 districts in NWFP ...
1st LD: Wal-Mart China sees third trade union in Shenzhen outlets
Aug 08, 2006 ... 1st LD: Wal-Mart China sees third trade union in Shenzhen outlets BEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The world's top anti-unionist Wal-Mart saw a new trade union set up in one of its outlets in thesouthern China city of Shenzhen early Tuesday morning, where theworld's leading retailer ...
Indonesian teenager dies of suspected bird flu
Aug 08, 2006 ... Indonesian teenager dies of suspected bird fluJAKARTA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- An Indonesian teenager died afterbeing tested positive of bird flu by a local laboratory, a hospitalspokesman said Tuesday. The 16-year-old boy died late Monday at the Jakarta-based SuliantiSaroso ...
1st LD: China confirms first human case of bird flu in 2003
Aug 08, 2006 ... 1st LD: China confirms first human case of bird flu in 2003BEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ministry of Health on Tuesdayconfirmed the country's first human case of H5N1 bird flu occurred inNovember 2003. A letter published by eight Chinese scientists on June 22 in ...
Major news items in leading Afghan newspapers
Aug 08, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Afghan newspapersKABUL, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inAfghan leading newspapers on Tuesday. Afghanistan Times: --The governments of Japan, Switzerland and Belgium have provided2 million U.S ....
E. China province on alert against possible landing of new typhoons
Aug 08, 2006 ... E. China province on alert against possible landing of newtyphoonsFUZHOU, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- East China's Fujian Province isexposing to the attacks of intertwists of two typhoons, Bopha andSaomai, as there is a distance of only 1,000 km between the two,local meteorologists ...
URGENT: China confirms first human case of bird flu in 2003
Aug 08, 2006 ... URGENT: China confirms first human case of bird flu in 2003BEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ministry of Health on Tuesdayconfirmed its first human case of H5N1 bird flu occurred in November2003. Eight Chinese scientists published a letter in the New ...
Update 1-At least 9 killed in Baghdad bombings
Aug 08, 2006 ... Update 1-At least 9 killed in Baghdad bombingsBAGHDAD, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- At least nine people were killed inthree separate roadside bombings in Baghdad on Tuesday, said Iraqipolice. A roadside bomb, that blasted near ...
Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapers
Aug 08, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapersISLAMABAD, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Following are major news items inleading Pakistani newspapers on Tuesday: DAWN: -- Several thousand mine workers and villagers were stranded incoalmine areas of Margat and villages in ...
3 killed, 33 hurt in Kashmir accident
Aug 08, 2006 ... 3 killed, 33 hurt in Kashmir accidentNEW DELHI, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Three people were killed and 33others injured Tuesday when the bus they were onboard slipped off thenational highway just outside India-controlled Kashmir capitalSrinagar. Local Police said the bus, coming ...
Indonesia's property sector cheers interest rate cut
Aug 08, 2006 ... Indonesia's property sector cheers interest rate cutJAKARTA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- As the Indonesian central bank cutinterest rate by 50 basis points to 11.75 percent, the country'sproperty sector will benefit from the policy, chairman of theIndonesian Real Estate Lukman Purnomo ...
Nepali PM discusses arms management issue with gov't talks team
Aug 08, 2006 ... Nepali PM discusses arms management issue with gov't talks teamKATHMANDU, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- A meeting was held between NepaliPrime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and the government talks teamTuesday morning here to discuss the government's stand on armsmanagement and ongoing ...
Knicks gain forward Jeffries
Aug 08, 2006 ... Knicks gain forward JeffriesWASHINGTON, August 7 (Xinhua) -- The New York Knicks officiallygained the services of forward Jared Jeffries on Monday after theWashington Wizards failed to match a five-year offer sheet to therestricted free agent. Jeffries averaged 6.4 points ...
Seoul stock market ends higher
Aug 08, 2006 ... Seoul stock market ends higherSEOUL, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's benchmark Korea CompositeStock Price Index (KOSPI) ended sharply higher by 21.56 points, or1.67 percent, to 1,311.10 on Tuesday amid prediction that the UnitedStates is to halt its two-year rate hike campaign ....
Zimbabwe youth sports delegation back from Norway
Aug 08, 2006 ... Zimbabwe youth sports delegation back from NorwayHARARE, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwe's representatives at the 2006Norway Cup, In-line Academy of Bulawayo, returned home on Monday fromthe youth sport and cultural festival in Norway, The Herald reportedon Tuesday. The ...
Huge meteorite crater discovered in eastern Jordan
Aug 08, 2006 ... Huge meteorite crater discovered in eastern JordanAMMAN, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- A huge crater caused by a giganticmeteorite has been discovered recently in the eastern part of Jordan,the largest meteorite crater in the region, the Jordan Times reportedon Tuesday. The impact ...
AFC chief urges Malaysia to revive football from basics
Aug 08, 2006 ... AFC chief urges Malaysia to revive football from basicsKUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The only way for Malaysia torevive its football sport is to go back to the grassroots, includingschools, districts, towns and villages, said Asian FootballConfederation (AFC) ...
Philippine, U.S. troops to launch new large-scale military exercise
Aug 08, 2006 ... Philippine, U.S. troops to launch new large-scale militaryexerciseMANILA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The United States and the Philippinemilitary will launch in September a large-scale exercise involving atleast 3,000 soldiers, a military spokesman said Tuesday. Marine spokesman ...
Myanmar cricket team to make its debut in international competitions
Aug 08, 2006 ... Myanmar cricket team to make its debut in internationalcompetitionsYANGON, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar cricket team will make itsdebut in international competition by participating in the upcomingAsian Cricket Council (ACC) Trophy 2006 competition, according to theMyanmar ...
Urgent: Pipeline blasted in southwestern Pakistan
Aug 08, 2006 ... Urgent: Pipeline blasted in southwestern PakistanISLAMABAD, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Unknown persons in southwesternPakistan's ...
3rd LD: Wal-Mart China sees third trade union in Shenzhen outlets
Aug 08, 2006 ... 3rd LD: Wal-Mart China sees third trade union in Shenzhen outlets BEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The world's top anti-unionist Wal-Mart saw a new trade union set up in one of its outlets in thesouthern China city of Shenzhen early Tuesday morning, where theworld's leading retailer ...
Hong Kong stocks finish lower at midday -- Aug. 8
Aug 08, 2006 ... Hong Kong stocks finish lower at midday -- Aug. 8HONG KONG, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong ...
Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- Aug. 8
Aug 08, 2006 ... Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- Aug. 8CAIRO, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The following major international newsstories from the Middle East region are scheduled to be covered orpursued by Xinhua News Agency on Tuesday.-- Saudi Arabian King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud is to ...
Update-1: Security Council appears to have agreed on Lebanon resolution: German FM
Aug 08, 2006 ... Update-1: Security Council appears to have agreed on Lebanonresolution: German FMBERLIN, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Security Councilappeared to have reached an agreement on a resolution aimed at endingthe military conflicts between Israel and Lebanon's ...
Chinese airline recruits 40 Brazilian pilots
Aug 08, 2006 ... Chinese airline recruits 40 Brazilian pilotsBEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Shenzhen Airlines, a leading privateairline in China, has recruited 40 pilots from Brazil, and most ofthem previously worked for Varig, Brazil's bankrupt national airline,Beijing Daily said Tuesday ....
Urgent: 3 suspected bird flu patients admitted to hospital in Thailand
Aug 08, 2006 ... Urgent: 3 suspected bird flu patients admitted to hospital inThailandBANGKOK, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Three persons were admitted ...
Urgent: Death toll rises to 10, 70 wounded in two roadside bombs incentral Baghdad
Aug 08, 2006 ... Urgent: Death toll rises to 10, 70 wounded in two roadside bombsin central BaghdadBAGHDAD, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Death toll rose to ten people ...
Corrupt children NGO official prosecuted for defalcation
Aug 08, 2006 ... Corrupt children NGO official prosecuted for defalcationBEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Zhao Shunyi, former head of ChinaChildren's Center of China, has been charged with embezzling publicfunds and taking bribes equivalent to 1.53 million yuan (191,250 U.S.dollars), according to ...
Zanzibar to host 2007 EA military sports games
Aug 08, 2006 ... Zanzibar to host 2007 EA military sports gamesDAR ES SALAAM, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Zanzibar is to host next year 'sEast African military sports games that will feature track and fieldevents as well as soccer and netball. Some 300 athletes from the armies of Kenya, Tanzania and ...
Former champion Frazier ousted at LA Open first round
Aug 08, 2006 ... Former champion Frazier ousted at LA Open first roundWASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Former champion Amy Frazier lost instraight sets on Monday to make a first-round exit at the Los AngelesOpen which she won in 1994. The American, making her 16th appearance in the tournament ...
Results of Toronto Masters ATP tennis (updated)
Aug 08, 2006 ... Results of Toronto Masters ATP tennis (updated)OTTAWA, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theToronto Masters men's singles first round matches on Monday (prefixnumber denotes seeding): Julien Benneteau, France, bt 10-Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 ...
RMB accelerates appreciation pace
Aug 08, 2006 ... RMB accelerates appreciation paceBEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The appreciation pace of China'scurrency of Renminbi is speeding up, with the daily benchmark, orcentral parity, rising to a new high of 7.9699 against U.S. dollar onMonday. RMB broke the psychological hurdle of ...
Flood sweeps away passenger van in NW Pakistan, killing 13
Aug 08, 2006 ... Flood sweeps away passenger van in NW Pakistan, killing 13ISLAMABAD, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- At least 13 people were killed whenflood water swept away a passenger van in Pakistan's North WestFrontier Province (NWFP) late Monday night, local reports said onTuesday. Rescuers ...
1st LD Writethru: Death toll rises to 10, 70 wounded in tworoadside bombs in central Baghdad
Aug 08, 2006 ... 1st LD Writethru: Death toll rises to 10, 70 wounded in tworoadside bombs in central BaghdadBAGHDAD, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Death toll rose to ten people killedand up to 70 others wounded in two successive roadside bombings inBaghdad's busy commercial area on Tuesday, an Interior ...
Results of Los Angeles Open WTA tennis (updated)
Aug 08, 2006 ... Results of Los Angeles Open WTA tennis (updated)WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theLos Angeles Open Women's Singles Round 1 matches on Monday: Jill Craybas, United States, bt Amy Frazier, United States, 6-2, 6-4 Mariana Diaz Oliva, ...
1st LD Writethru: Roadside bomb rocks central Baghdad, two peoplekilled
Aug 08, 2006 ... 1st LD Writethru: Roadside bomb rocks central Baghdad, two peoplekilledBAGHDAD, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- A roadside bomb went off in centralBaghdad on Tuesday, killed two people and wounded 19 others, anInterior Ministry source told Xinhua.The blast took place at about 10:30 ...
2nd LD Writethru: Roadside bomb rocks central Baghdad, two killed
Aug 08, 2006 ... 2nd LD Writethru: Roadside bomb rocks central Baghdad, two killed BAGHDAD, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- A roadside bomb went off in centralBaghdad on Tuesday, killed two people and wounded 19 others, anInterior Ministry source told Xinhua.The blast took place at about 10:30 a.m ....
2nd LD: China confirms first human case of bird flu in 2003
Aug 08, 2006 ... 2nd LD: China confirms first human case of bird flu in 2003BEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ministry of Health on Tuesdayconfirmed the country's first human case of H5N1 bird flu occurred inNovember 2003. A letter published by eight Chinese scientists on June 22 in ...
Air quality of major Chinese cities -- Aug. 8
Aug 08, 2006 ... Air quality of major Chinese cities -- Aug. 8BEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Report on the quality of air in 47major Chinese cities (12:00 Aug. 7 to 12:00 Aug. 8 Beijing Time),released by the China Environmental Monitoring Center:City Major Pollutant Air ...
2nd LD: Wal-Mart China sees third trade union in Shenzhen outlets
Aug 08, 2006 ... 2nd LD: Wal-Mart China sees third trade union in Shenzhen outlets BEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The world's top anti-unionist Wal-Mart saw a new trade union set up in one of its outlets in thesouthern China city of Shenzhen early Tuesday morning, where theworld's leading retailer ...
Asia's largest papermaking company catches fire
Aug 08, 2006 ... Asia's largest papermaking company catches fireHANGZHOU, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- A papermaking factory, which is saidto be the largest of its kind in Asia, caught fire Tuesday morning atthe economic and technological development zone in Ningbo City, eastChina's Zhejiang Province ....
1st LD: China busts 33,000 economic crimes in first half of 2006
Aug 08, 2006 ... 1st LD: China busts 33,000 economic crimes in first half of 2006BEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- China's police organs cracked 33,000economic crimes in the first six months of this year which involved58.14 billion yuan (7.27 billion U.S. dollars) of illicit money, up6.8 percent and ...