Xinhua News Agency back issues from Thursday, August 17:
German experts join in investigations into Shanghai maglev fire
Aug 17, 2006 ... German experts join in investigations into Shanghai maglev fireSHANGHAI, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Experts from German companyTransrapid International (TRI), the technical provider of theShanghai maglev train, have joined their Chinese counterparts ininvestigations into the cause of ...
Update: World's lightest premature panda cub is healthy, veterinarian says
Aug 17, 2006 ... Update: World's lightest premature panda cub is healthy,veterinarian saysCHENGDU, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- The lightest ever premature giantpanda, who was abandoned by his mother after giving birth, hassurvived his first week and is healthy, a veterinarian saidWednesday. The ...
Roundup: Koizumi's war shrine visit draws more criticism
Aug 17, 2006 ... Roundup: Koizumi's war shrine visit draws more criticismBEIJING, Aug 16 (Xinhua) -- Further criticism was directed atJapanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Wednesday after hisvisit to a notorious Tokyo war shrine on Tuesday amid wide protestsfrom Japan's neighboring ...
200,000 yuan compensation for relatives of China colliery collapse victims
Aug 17, 2006 ... 200,000 yuan compensation for relatives of China colliery collapsevictimsURUMQI, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Relatives of the 13 miners who died inSunday's coal mine collapse in northwest China's Xinjiang UygurAutonomous Region will receive 200,000 yuan (25,000 U.S. dollars) ...
Europe faces "persistent and very real" threat: Reid
Aug 17, 2006 ... Europe faces "persistent and very real" threat: ReidLONDON, Aug 16 (Xinhua) -- British Home Secretary John Reid saidon Wednesday that Europe faced a "persistent and very real" threatfrom terrorism. "We face a persistent and very real threat across Europe," Reidtold a ...
Number of petitions decreased by nine percent in China: government
Aug 17, 2006 ... Number of petitions decreased by nine percent in China: government BEIJING, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- The number of petitions andcomplaints received by governments and Communist Party committees atcounty level and above in 2005 were down nine percent from theprevious year. The ...
Opener, Advisory
Aug 17, 2006 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service forWednesday, August 16, 2006, and begins ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Aug. 16 (1)
Aug 17, 2006 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Aug. 16 (1)BEIJING. Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- The following are domestic news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Wednesday: Number of petitions decreased by nine percent in China: government German experts join in investigations into Shanghai ...
Recast: Chinese officials penalized for accidents at unauthorized power station
Aug 17, 2006 ... Recast: Chinese officials penalized for accidents at unauthorizedpower stationBEIJING, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Ministry of Supervisionhas imposed disciplinary sanctions against Hu'ercha, head of theInner Mongolia regional development and reform commission, andseveral ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)
Aug 17, 2006 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)HONG KONG, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Wednesday:Vietnam's stock market closes higher Dollar at lower 116 yen in Tokyo Vietnam removes ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Aug. 16 (2)
Aug 17, 2006 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Aug. 16 (2)Hushen index up -- Aug. 16 Shenzhen stock index up -- Aug. 16 Update-3: Boiling weather, drought hit China, leaving one dead,millions thirsty Shanghai stock index up -- Aug. 16 Update-2: Pollution and ...
Nigeria called on Japan for more investments
Aug 17, 2006 ... Nigeria called on Japan for more investmentsABUJA, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo onWednesday called on the Japanese government to make more investmentsto help modernize the West African country. "Nigeria is willing to receive more investments from ...
Last phase of Angolan refugee repatriation from Zambia begins
Aug 17, 2006 ... Last phase of Angolan refugee repatriation from Zambia beginsLUANDA, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- An initial group of 45 Angolanrefugees in Zambia have been returned to their homelands this week aspart of a resumed repatriation scheme being coordinated by the UnitedNations refugee agency ...
Sao Tome's oppositions sitting out most local assembly election races
Aug 17, 2006 ... Sao Tome's oppositions sitting out most local assembly electionracesLUANDA, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Campaigning for Sao Tome andPrincipe's long-delayed local and regional assembly elections havekicked off, with opposition parties, which have suffered twosuccessive recent defeats ...
Lebanese PM says army deployment to end statelet
Aug 17, 2006 ... Lebanese PM says army deployment to end stateletBEIRUT, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Seniorasaid Wednesday night that the deployment of government troops insouth of the country would end statelet and make the army the onlyarmed force. "Such a move ...
Colombian defender transfers to Costa Rica soccer club Alajuelense
Aug 17, 2006 ... Colombian defender transfers to Costa Rica soccer club Alajuelense SAN JOSE, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Liga Deportiva Alajuelense, thesoccer club that was in third place in Costa Rica's 2005-2006tournament, on Wednesday signed a transfer for Julio Romana, ofColombian soccer club Cucuta ...
Middle East news summary at 2140 GMT, Aug. 16
Aug 17, 2006 ... Middle East news summary at 2140 GMT, Aug. 16TEHRAN -- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Wednesdayexpressed the country's willingness to discuss suspension of nuclearenrichment activities with the Europeans. "Iran is willing to discuss the suspension of our ...
Malawi's national soccer team might go to Denmark
Aug 17, 2006 ... Malawi's national soccer team might go to DenmarkLUSAKA, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Farmers World Group, an agriculturalinputs and produce trading organization in Malawi, on Tuesday made atimely move to bail out the Flames. The Farmers World Group offered 5 million ...
Uruguay defeats Egypt 2-0 in international friendly
Aug 17, 2006 ... Uruguay defeats Egypt 2-0 in international friendlyCAIRO, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Host Egypt was defeated by Uruguay with2-0 in an international friendly on Wednesday in the Mediterraneanport city of Alexandria. Uruguay scored the first goal in the 67th by Diego Goodin when ...
Sixteen Senegalese basketball players to be trained in France
Aug 17, 2006 ... Sixteen Senegalese basketball players to be trained in FranceDAKAR, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- The National trainer of the Senegalesewomen basketball team, Maguette Diop, issued the list of the sixteenplayers shortlisted to take part in the third step of thepreparations for the World ...
Asian Cup qualifying round results
Aug 17, 2006 ... Asian Cup qualifying round resultsBEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theAsian Cup qualification round matches on Wednesday (home teams listfirst): Group A Wednesday, August 16 Japan bt Yemen 2-0 India lost to Saudi Arabia ...
FIFA boosts Mexico, Guatemala in world soccer rankings
Aug 17, 2006 ... FIFA boosts Mexico, Guatemala in world soccer rankingsMEXICO CITY, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- The International Federation ofFootball Associations (FIFA), soccer's governing body, boosted Mexicotwo places to 16th and Guatemala three places to 50th in its worldsoccer rankings, in its ...
Second batch of Pakistani delegation to leave for South Asian Games
Aug 17, 2006 ... Second batch of Pakistani delegation to leave for South AsianGamesISLAMABAD, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan will send a 182-strongsecond batch to compete in the 10th South Asian Games, who will leavefor Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka on Thursday, the state-run APP newsagency ...
Dutch goalkeeper tackles coach over team selection
Aug 17, 2006 ... Dutch goalkeeper tackles coach over team selectionBRUSSELS, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Dutch goalkeeper Edwin van der Sarhas questioned the team selection by national coach Marco van Bastenfor the soccer friendly against Ireland on Wednesday, Dutch newsagency, ANP, reported. Van ...
Parreira to coach South African team in 2007
Aug 17, 2006 ... Parreira to coach South African team in 2007RIO DE JANEIRO, August 16 (Xinhua) -- Former Brazils nationalfootball team head coach Carlos Alberto Parreira said on Wednesdaythat he will start coaching South Africa's national team in February2007. Parreira added that the ...
Feature: Who keyed in my business card?
Aug 17, 2006 ... Feature: Who keyed in my business card?BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Key in your name, and you may findyour mobile phone number on the website. Chinese website www.mingpian.com (literally name card) hascaptured huge attention recently by revealing the business ...
Costa Rica, Guatemala and El Salvador win first round of VolleyballCup
Aug 17, 2006 ... Costa Rica, Guatemala and El Salvador win first round ofVolleyball CupSAN JOSE, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Costa Rica, Guatemala and ElSalvador were the winners of the first round matches in the 14thCentral-American Women's Volleyball Cup in San Jose, Puerto Rico, onWednesday ....
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Aug. 17
Aug 17, 2006 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Aug. 17LONDON -- British Home Secretary John Reid said on Wednesday thatEurope faced a "persistent and very real" threat from terrorism. "We face a persistent and very real threat across Europe," Reidtold a joint news conference in ...
Montreal Cup women's singles results
Aug 17, 2006 ... Montreal Cup women's singles resultsOTTAWA, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theMontreal Cup WTA championship on Wednesday (prefix number denotesseeding): Shahar Peer, Israel, bt 6-Anastasia Myskina, Russia, 7-6 (8-6), 5-7, 6-4 14-Katarina ...
Murray topples Federer at Cincinnati Masters
Aug 17, 2006 ... Murray topples Federer at Cincinnati MastersWASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Roger Federer lost to only hissecond opponent this season as he was defeated 7-5, 6-4 by Scottishteenager Andy Murray in the second round of the Cincinnati Masters onWednesday. Murray joined ...
Canada pledges aid for Lebanon
Aug 17, 2006 ... Canada pledges aid for LebanonOTTAWA, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harperannounced Wednesday that Canada will spend an additional 25 millionCanadian dollars (about 23 million U.S. dollars) in aid for Lebanon. The money, part of a new Lebanon Relief ...
Airport security measures leave 180 workers out of work in Canada
Aug 17, 2006 ... Airport security measures leave 180 workers out of work in Canada OTTAWA, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- As many as 180 people were laid off atairport duty-free shops across Canada on Wednesday because of a salesdrop attributed to the strict new security regulations. Business has fallen ...
European Championship qualifying results
Aug 17, 2006 ... European Championship qualifying resultsLONDON, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results fromEuropean Championship qualifying group stage matches on ...
Men's deccthlon 110m hurdles results at IAAF junior worlds
Aug 17, 2006 ... Men's deccthlon 110m hurdles results at IAAF junior worldsBEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from the110m hurdles of men's decathlon at the IAAF World JuniorChampionships here on Thursday: Heat 1 1. Luis Alberto de Araujo, Brazil, 14.04 seconds ...
China's nonferrous metals to see price hike this year
Aug 17, 2006 ... China's nonferrous metals to see price hike this yearBEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- China's nonferrous metals will seeprice hikes in the second half year due to continued tight supply inthe market, said a survey by the Ministry of Commerce. China's demand for aluminium will ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Aug 17, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Thursday.Yomiuri: -- A Russian Border Coast Guard patrol vessel fired at a Japanesefishing boat out of Nemuro, Hokkaido, ...
Friendly international soccer results
Aug 17, 2006 ... Friendly international soccer resultsBEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Following are the collated resultsfrom Wednesday's friendly internationals (home teams listed first): Austria lost to Hungary 1-2 Belarus bt Andorra 3-0 Bosnia-Herzegovina lost to France 1-2 ...
McClaren delighted in England's 4-0 win over Greece
Aug 17, 2006 ... McClaren delighted in England's 4-0 win over GreeceMANCHESTER, England, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- England coach SteveMcClaren said he was delighted with his side's performance as hisfirst game in charge ended with a resounding 4-0 win over Greece onWednesday. "It was a great ...
Spain to send troops to Lebanon if ceasefire proves "effective"
Aug 17, 2006 ... Spain to send troops to Lebanon if ceasefire proves "effective"MADRID, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Spain will send up to 800 troops tosupport the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, if theceasefire there proves to be "effective" and "real," senior Spanishofficials said on ...
Update-Early withdrawal from Iraq will create "terrorist state": Bush
Aug 17, 2006 ... Update-Early withdrawal from Iraq will create "terrorist state":BushWASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W. Bush onWednesday rejected calls from Democrats for an early withdrawal ofAmerican troops from Iraq, saying such a pullout would "create aterrorist state ...
International friendly summaries
Aug 17, 2006 ... International friendly summariesLONDON, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Following are the summaries from theInternational friendly matches on Wednesday: England 4 John Terry (14), Frank Lampard (30), PeterCrouch (36,42) Greece 0 Halftime: 4-0; ...
IAAF chief Diack awarded Beijing Sports University honorary doctorate
Aug 17, 2006 ... IAAF chief Diack awarded Beijing Sports University honorarydoctorateBEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- IAAF President Lamine Diack wasawarded an Honorary Doctorate on Wednesday by the Beijing SportsUniversity. Diack, who is currently here watching the 11th IAAF World ...
Costa Rica to move embassy from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv
Aug 17, 2006 ... Costa Rica to move embassy from Jerusalem to Tel AvivSAN JOSE, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Costa Rican President Oscar Ariassaid on Wednesday his government had decided to move its embassy inIsrael from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv, a step that will leave El Salvadoras the only country with an ...
Egypt unlikely to contribute peacekeepers to Lebanon: Italian PM
Aug 17, 2006 ... Egypt unlikely to contribute peacekeepers to Lebanon: Italian PMROME, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi saidon Wednesday that Egypt is unlikely to join an expanded UnitedNations peacekeeping force in Lebanon but remains a key player in theMiddle East ....
UN deputy secretary-general says ceasefire in Lebanon fragile
Aug 17, 2006 ... UN deputy secretary-general says ceasefire in Lebanon fragileLONDON, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- The ceasefire between Israel andHezbollah guerillas in Lebanon is "fragile," said the UnitedNations's Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown in an interviewwith the BBC on Wednesday ....
Asian Cup qualifying round standings
Aug 17, 2006 ... Asian Cup qualifying round standingsBEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings from the Asian Cup qualifying roundafter matches played on Wednesday (tabulated under games played, won,drawn, lost, goals for, against and points) Group A 1 Japan ...
Xinhua international news advisory -- Aug. 17
Aug 17, 2006 ... Xinhua international news advisory -- Aug. 17BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of the majorinternational news stories scheduled to be covered or pursued byXinhua on Thursday. -- Italian ...
England crush Greece 4-0 in friendly
Aug 17, 2006 ... England crush Greece 4-0 in friendlyMANCHESTER, England, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- England put the WorldCup disappointment behind on Wednesday when they beat EuropeanChampions Greece 4-0 in a friendly to usher in a new era -- Post-Beckham era. England scored all its goals by ...
Speaker of Kenya's National Assembly to visit China
Aug 17, 2006 ... Speaker of Kenya's National Assembly to visit ChinaBEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's National Assembly SpeakerFrancis Ole Kaparo will head a delegation for a visit to China ...
Lebanese presidnet defines Hezbollah's disarmament as internal affairs
Aug 17, 2006 ... Lebanese presidnet defines Hezbollah's disarmament as internalaffairsBEIRUT, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese President Emile Lahoud saidon Wednesday that whether to disarm Hezbollah is Lebanon's internalaffairs, and Lebanon will take steps only when consensus is reachedamong all ...
Foreign exchange rates in Nepal
Aug 17, 2006 ... Foreign exchange rates in NepalKATHMANDU, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- The following are Inter-bankforeign exchange rates against the Nepali rupee on Thursday:Currency Unit Buying Selling Australian dollar 1 56.47 56.92 ...
European Championship qualifying group stage summaries
Aug 17, 2006 ... European Championship qualifying group stage summariesLONDON, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Following are the summaries from theEuropean championship qualifying group stage matches on Wednesday: Group A Belgium 0 Kazakhstan 0 Halftime: 0-0; ...
More National Guard troops deployed to California airports
Aug 17, 2006 ... More National Guard troops deployed to California airportsLOS ANGELES, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- More National Guard troops havebeen deployed to airports throughout California, following lastweek's heightened airport security in the wake of a foiled terrorplot to attack airliners ...
Cincinnati Masters ATP results
Aug 17, 2006 ... Cincinnati Masters ATP resultsWASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theCincinnati Masters ATP championship on Wednesday (prefix numberdenotes seeding): 10-David Ferrer, Spain, bt Nicolas Almagro, Spain, 4-6, 7-6 (7-1), 6-0 7-Tommy ...
Major news items in leading Australian newspapers
Aug 17, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Australian newspapersCANBERRA, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Australian newspapers on Thursday.The Australian: -- The Bush administration has indicated it will support Australiadeveloping a uranium ...
Market exchange rates -- Aug. 17
Aug 17, 2006 ... Market exchange rates -- Aug. 17BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- The central parity of the RMB againstfive major currencies announced on Thursday by the China ForeignExchange Trading System: Currency Unit Middle Price (in RMB yuan) U.S. Dollar 100 ...
Early withdrawal from Iraq will create "terrorist state": Bush
Aug 17, 2006 ... Early withdrawal from Iraq will create "terrorist state": BushWASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W. Bush onWednesday rejected calls from Democrats for an early withdrawal ofAmerican troops from Iraq, saying such a pullout would "create aterrorist state in the ...
Major news items in Thailand's leading newspapers
Aug 17, 2006 ... Major news items in Thailand's leading newspapersBANGKOK, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inThailand's leading newspapers on Thursday:Bangkok Post: -- Thailand's ruling Thai Rak Thai Party (TRT) is dreading thelikely prospect that the ...
Colombian police uncover abandoned explosives
Aug 17, 2006 ... Colombian police uncover abandoned explosivesBOGOTA, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Colombian National Guard onWednesday found four bars of Indugel explosives in an abandoned car,close to a shopping mall in northeastern Bogota, Colombia's capital,a senior Colombian National Guard ...
Foreign exchange rates in Thailand
Aug 17, 2006 ... Foreign exchange rates in ThailandBANGKOK, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the baht on Thursday as offered by the Bangkok Bank: ThursdayWednesday US dollar 37.13/37.73 37.05/37.65 ...
US Open gives Serena wildcard entry
Aug 17, 2006 ... US Open gives Serena wildcard entryWASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (Xinhua)-- US Open officials announced onWednesday that Serena Williams was granted a wildcard participatingin the tournament. The seven-times grand slam singles champion, who has beensidelined for six months this ...
French FM urges Israel to lift blockade of Lebanon
Aug 17, 2006 ... French FM urges Israel to lift blockade of LebanonBEIRUT, Aug.16 (Xinhua) -- Visiting French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy on Wednesday urged Israel to lift its air and sea blockade ofLebanon and said France is ready for an important role in an enlargedUN peacekeeping force ...
Men's decthlon standings after 6 events at IAAF Junior Worlds
Aug 17, 2006 ... Men's decthlon standings after 6 events at IAAF Junior WorldsBEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading standingsof men's decathlon after six events at the IAAF World JuniorChampionships here Thursday: 1. Yordanis Garcia, Cuba, 5,184 points 2. Dmytro ...
Valencia signs Empoli striker Tavano
Aug 17, 2006 ... Valencia signs Empoli striker TavanoMADRID, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Valencia has signed Italian strikerFrancesco Tavano on a four-year deal from Italian club Empoli, theSpanish Primera Liga club announced on Wednesday. But it did not give any details of the deal ....
Norway hold Brazil 1-1 to keep unbeaten record
Aug 17, 2006 ... Norway hold Brazil 1-1 to keep unbeaten recordSTOCKHOLM, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Norway extended its unbeaten recordagainst Brazil to four matches when it held the five-time worldchampion 1-1 in Oslo on Wednesday. The hosts opened the scoring in the 51st minute with Morten ...