Xinhua News Agency back issues from Friday, August 18:
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Aug. 17
Aug 18, 2006 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Aug. 17BEIJING. Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- The following are domestic news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Thursday: ICBC customers hit by online banking thefts Tibet forest fire under control Roundup: 19 people trapped in two coal ...
Opener, Advisory
Aug 18, 2006 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service forThursday, August 17, 2006, and begins ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)
Aug 18, 2006 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)HONG KONG, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Thursday:News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 1) Trading on Hong Kong Stock Exchange -- Aug. 17 ...
South Korea to sign FTA in trade, goods with ASEAN
Aug 18, 2006 ... South Korea to sign FTA in trade, goods with ASEANKUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- South Korea will sign the FreeTrade Agreement (FTA) in trade and goods with the Association ofSoutheast Asian Nations (ASEAN) next week with the exception ofThailand, an official said Thursday ....
Minister refutes negative comment on Angola
Aug 18, 2006 ... Minister refutes negative comment on AngolaLUANDA, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Angola's Finance Minister Jos PedroMorais has complained that it had become "commonplace" forinternational "observatories" on corruption to rank Angola among the"most corrupt" nations, reported a local media ...
Johannesburg International Airport hit by power failure
Aug 18, 2006 ... Johannesburg International Airport hit by power failureJOHANNESBURG, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Johannesburg InternationalAirport has been hit by a power failure, but did not cause seriousdisruption, the Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) said onThursday. "Nothing was badly ...
Middle East news summary at 2115 GMT, Aug. 17
Aug 18, 2006 ... Middle East news summary at 2115 GMT, Aug. 17JERUSALEM -- The Israeli army confirmed on early Thursday that itstroops have handed over some of their positions in southern Lebanonto UN peacekeeping force, according to a report carried by localnewspaper Ha'aretz on its website ....
Ghana, S.Africa inaugurate joint defense committee
Aug 18, 2006 ... Ghana, S.Africa inaugurate joint defense committeeNAIROBI, Aug. 17, (Xinhua) -- Ghana and South Africa on Thursdayinaugurated a 17-member Joint Defense Committee, signaling thebeginning of bilateral military cooperation between them as containedin a Memorandum of Understanding ...
Earthquake jolts island of Russia
Aug 18, 2006 ... Earthquake jolts island of RussiaHONG KONG, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.6 on theRichter scale jolted the southwestern part of Sakhalin, Russia at11:27 p.m. (Hong Kong ...
Hungary to introduce biometric passports
Aug 18, 2006 ... Hungary to introduce biometric passportsBUDAPEST, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Hungary will begin to issuebiometric passports in conformity with European Union (EU) standardson Aug. 29, the Interior Ministry's Central Data Office said onThursday. The machine-readable document will ...
Asian Cup qualifier result
Aug 18, 2006 ... Asian Cup qualifier resultAMMAN, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following is the result from a ...
Cincinnati Masters ATP results
Aug 18, 2006 ... Cincinnati Masters ATP resultsWASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theCincinnati Masters ATP championship on Thursday (prefix numberdenotes seeding): Round 3 7-Tommy Robredo, Spain, bt Florent Serra, France, 6-3, 6-1Andy ...
Paraguay soccer chiefs, Martino squabble over pay, assistants
Aug 18, 2006 ... Paraguay soccer chiefs, Martino squabble over pay, assistantsBUENOS AIRES, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Paraguay's soccer federationmight not hire its preferred choice of manager, Gerardo Martino,because of the Argentine's demands: 40,000 U.S. dollars a month, aswell as his own doctors ...
Supercopa de Espana final result
Aug 18, 2006 ... Supercopa de Espana final resultMADRID, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following is the result from theSupercopa de Espana Final match on Thursday: Final, first leg ...
Malawi Gov't finally funds trip to Denmark of national soccer team
Aug 18, 2006 ... Malawi Gov't finally funds trip to Denmark of national soccer team LUSAKA, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Malawi government made a dramatictight U-turn Wednesday on the funding of the tour of Denmark of thecountry's national soccer team. The government announced it has released the ...
Ecuador's president visits volcano-hit region
Aug 18, 2006 ... Ecuador's president visits volcano-hit regionQUITO, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Ecuadorian President Alfredo Palacioand his ministers inspected Thursday the area affected by theeruption of the Tungurahua Volcano, which had killed five people. Palacio met with local officials to ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Aug 18, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inthe leading Philippine newspapers on Friday:Philippine Daily Inquirer: -- With no offers of help from other countries, residents ofGuimaras Island ...
Italian tribunal allows Reggina to stay in Serie A
Aug 18, 2006 ... Italian tribunal allows Reggina to stay in Serie AROME, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Italy's soccer tribunal ruled onThursday that Reggina would remain in the top division but bededucted 15 points in the upcoming season for attempted match-fixing. Football federation prosecutor ...
Botswana team in Zambia for COSAFA semi-final
Aug 18, 2006 ... Botswana team in Zambia for COSAFA semi-finalLUSAKA, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Zebras of Botswana, Zambia's opponentsin the COSAFA Castle Cup semi-final match, arrived here Thursdayahead of Saturday's encounter. Team coach Colwyn Rowe said he was confident that his team ...
Asian Cup qualifying round standings
Aug 18, 2006 ... Asian Cup qualifying round standingsBEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings from the Asian Cup qualifying roundafter a match played on Thursday (tabulated under games played, won,drawn, lost, goals for, against and points) Group A 1 Japan ...
Tokyo stocks open slightly higher
Aug 18, 2006 ... Tokyo stocks open slightly higherTOKYO, Aug. 18 (Xinhua)-- Stocks opened slightly higher on theTokyo Stock Exchange on Friday, with buying supported by overnightgains in U.S. shares. In the first 15 minutes of trading, ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Aug. 18
Aug 18, 2006 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Aug. 18WASHINGTON -- The United States will ask for UN sanctions on Iranif it does not meet the deadline of halting uranium enrichment by theend of this month, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday. "In the event Iran does not give ...
Polish football referee punished for misjudgement
Aug 18, 2006 ... Polish football referee punished for misjudgementWARSAW, Aug.17 (Xinhua) -- Polish football referee Pawel Gil onThursday was banned from work for a month and fined 1,000 zlotys(Polish currency,1 dollar=3.1 zlotys) for his misjudgement, accordingto the PAP news agency ....
53rd World Championship Military Pentathlon hold in Austria
Aug 18, 2006 ... 53rd World Championship Military Pentathlon hold in AustriaVIENNA NEW CITY, AUSTRIA, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- The opening ceremonyof 53rd World Championship Military Pentathlon grandly held onThursday in Vienna New City, 40 kilometer south of Vienna. Chinese delegation, led by ...
Dunga selects Ronaldinho and Kaka for friendly against Argentina
Aug 18, 2006 ... Dunga selects Ronaldinho and Kaka for friendly against ArgentinaRIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Brazilian FootballFederation (CBF) released on Thursday the list of players who willparticipate in two friendly matches that Brazils national team willplay in the UK on ...
FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship results
Aug 18, 2006 ... FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship resultsMOSCOW, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theFIFA U-20 Women's World Championship matches on Thursday: Group A: New Zealand lost to Australia 0-3 Russia drew with Brazil 0-0Group B: ...
Major news items in leading Australian newspapers
Aug 18, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Australian newspapersCANBERRA, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Australian newspapers on Friday:The Australian: -- Terror suspects could be held under preventive detention ordersfor longer without charge ...
Chelsea file complaint against former owner Bates
Aug 18, 2006 ... Chelsea file complaint against former owner BatesLONDON, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Chelsea has filed a complaint with theFootball Association against former owner Ken Bates overinappropriate comments. The club said Bates, now chairman of Leeds United, had made "rude,insulting ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Aug 18, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Friday:Yomiuri: -- Typhoon No. 10 moved northward in the Pacific east of Kyushuand was expected to make a landfall on the ...
Mexico Tennis Fed appoints Ortiz Davis Cup captain as Fernandez goes
Aug 18, 2006 ... Mexico Tennis Fed appoints Ortiz Davis Cup captain as FernandezgoesMEXICO CITY, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Mexican Tennis Federation(FMT) announced the Oscar Ortiz will captain the country's Davis Cupteam after Oliver Fernandez on Thursday announced his resignation tomedia ....
Montreal Cup WTA results
Aug 18, 2006 ... Montreal Cup WTA resultsOTTAWA, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theMontreal Cup WTA championship on Thursday (prefix number denotesseeding): Shahar Peer, Israel, bt Marion Bartoli, France, 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 14-Katarina Srebotnik, ...
Results of Cincinnati Masters men's singles
Aug 18, 2006 ... Results of Cincinnati Masters men's singlesWASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theCincinnati Masters men's singles thrid round matches on Thursday(prefix number denotes seeding):7-Tommy Robredo, Spain, bt Florent Serra, ...
Four-in-hand world champion gets medal with two-year delay
Aug 18, 2006 ... Four-in-hand world champion gets medal with two-year delayBUDAPEST, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) - Following a doping case, Hungarianfour-in-hand driver Zoltan Lazar has finally got the gold medal forhis performance in the world championships, held near Kecskemet twoyears ago. The ...
Barcelona beats Espanyol 1-0 in first leg of Spanish Supercup
Aug 18, 2006 ... Barcelona beats Espanyol 1-0 in first leg of Spanish SupercupMADRID, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Ludovic Giuly scored the lone goal togive FC Barcelona a 1-0 victory over crosstown rival Espanyol in thefirst leg of the Spanish Supercup on Thursday. Ronaldinho created the goal by ...
Astronomers uncover faintest stars ever seen in star cluster
Aug 18, 2006 ... Astronomers uncover faintest stars ever seen in star clusterWASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- An international team ofastronomers led by Harvey Richer of the University of BritishColumbia of Canada has uncovered the faintest stars ever seen in anyglobular star cluster, according ...
Annan grateful for Italy's contribution to peacekeeping in Lebanon
Aug 18, 2006 ... Annan grateful for Italy's contribution to peacekeeping in Lebanon ROME, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan hasexpressed gratitude for Italy's contribution to the UN peacekeepingmission in Lebanon, local media reported on Thursday. During a phone conversation ...
Italian troops in Lebanon for "military mission": defense minister
Aug 18, 2006 ... Italian troops in Lebanon for "military mission": defense minister ROME, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Italian Defense Minister Arturo Parisisaid Thursday that the Italian troops deployed in Lebanon as part ofa UN peacekeeping force will be involved in a "military mission" andmay have to use ...
Italian FM says Hezbollah disarmament not part of Italy's Lebanon mandate
Aug 18, 2006 ... Italian FM says Hezbollah disarmament not part of Italy's LebanonmandateROME, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alemasaid Italian troops deployed in Lebanon as part of a UN peacekeepingforce will not be tasked with disarming Hezbollah. In an interview ...
Clijsters set to miss US Open
Aug 18, 2006 ... Clijsters set to miss US OpenBRUSSELS, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Kim Clijsters looks unlikely todefend her US Open title later this month because of a wrist injury. The world number two underwent an MRI scan on the wrist onThursday after picking up the injury at the Montreal Cup ...
Kanu joins Portsmouth
Aug 18, 2006 ... Kanu joins PortsmouthLONDON, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Portsmouth has signed Nigerian strikerNwankwo Kanu on a one-year contract, the Premier League club said onThursday. The 31-year-old left West Bromwich Albion after it was relegatedto the second division at the end of last ...
Typhoon hits Kyushu in southern Japan
Aug 18, 2006 ... Typhoon hits Kyushu in southern JapanTOKYO, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Wukong landed on southwesternJapan's Kyushu Island on early Friday and is heading northward tosweep Kyushu, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. As of midnight Thursday, Wukong had wind ...
Venezuela's state oil company partners 2 private firms
Aug 18, 2006 ... Venezuela's state oil company partners 2 private firmsCARACAS, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Venezuelan Petroleum Corporation,a subsidiary of state firm Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA), saidThursday it had created a joint venture with two local private firmsto exploit crude oil ...
Beijing police detains Gao Zhisheng
Aug 18, 2006 ... Beijing police detains Gao ZhishengBEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Beijing Municipal Bureau ofPublic Security said on Friday that it has detained Gao Zhisheng forquestioning for his suspected ...
Montreal Cup WTA results (updated)
Aug 18, 2006 ... Montreal Cup WTA results (updated)OTTAWA, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theMontreal Cup WTA championship on Thursday (prefix number denotesseeding): 7-Martina Hingis, Switzerland, bt 11-Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia,7-5, 6-4 Shahar Peer, ...
Henin-Hardenne to return at New Haven
Aug 18, 2006 ... Henin-Hardenne to return at New HavenBRUSSELS, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- World number three Justine Henin-Hardenne said she would return to competitive tennis at the New HavenOpen next week after recovering from a knee injury. The French Open champion, who has been out of action ...
Rally of Finland results
Aug 18, 2006 ... Rally of Finland resultsHELSINKI, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings afterThursday's super special stage of the Rally of Finland, the 10thround of the 16-race 2006 world championship: 1. Sebastien Loeb, France, Citrokn Xsara, 1:21.4 2. Petter Solberg, ...
Xinhua international news advisory -- Aug. 18
Aug 18, 2006 ... Xinhua international news advisory -- Aug. 18BEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of the majorinternational news stories scheduled to be covered or pursued byXinhua on Friday. -- Roundup: Ecuador halts air, land transport close to volcanoeruption zone ....
Nadal reaches last eight in Cincinnati
Aug 18, 2006 ... Nadal reaches last eight in CincinnatiWASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Second seed Rafael Nadal reachedthe quarter-finals of the Cincinnati Masters Series event afteredging German Tommy Haas 7-6, 6-3 on Thursday. While emerging British prospect Andy Murray survived a tough ...
Stocks close higher in Mexico, lower in Argentina, Brazil
Aug 18, 2006 ... Stocks close higher in Mexico, lower in Argentina, BrazilMEXICO CITY, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Latin America's three major stockmarkets closed mixed on Thursday. Mexico City's stock market IPC index rose by 0.34 percent to closeat 20,971.78 points. A total of 162.3 million ...
Turkey's Besiktas signs contract with Ricardo
Aug 18, 2006 ... Turkey's Besiktas signs contract with RicardoANKARA, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Besiktas soccer club of Turkey onThursday signed a three-year contract with Brazilian football playerRicardo Luiz Pozzi Rodrigues, publicly known as "Ricardinho". A statement aired ...
Mexican drug cartel destroyed by arrest of top boss: official
Aug 18, 2006 ... Mexican drug cartel destroyed by arrest of top boss: officialMEXICO CITY, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Monday's capture of Mexican druglord Francisco Javier Arellano Felix, known as El Tigrillo (TheLittle Tiger), has destroyed the Tijuana Cartel drug gang, Mexico'sAttorney General Daniel ...
Foreign exchange rates in Thailand
Aug 18, 2006 ... Foreign exchange rates in ThailandBANGKOK, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the baht on Friday as offered by the Bangkok Bank: Friday Thursday U.S. dollar 37.31/37.91 37.13/37.73 ...
Vaidisova, Jankovic out from Montreal Cup
Aug 18, 2006 ... Vaidisova, Jankovic out from Montreal CupOTTAWA, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Czech teenager Nicole Vaidisova andSerbia's Jelena Jankovic became the latest casualties of injuries atthe Montreal Cup on Thursday. A day after the tournament lost world number two Kim Clijsterswith a ...
Urgent: Shanghai Petroleum Exchange starts operation
Aug 18, 2006 ... Urgent: Shanghai Petroleum Exchange starts operationSHANGHAI, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Shanghai Petroleum Exchange, China'sfirst bourse for ...
Brazil's oil giant announces investment in the Gulf of Mexico
Aug 18, 2006 ... Brazil's oil giant announces investment in the Gulf of MexicoRIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's state-owned oil andgas giant Petrobras will invest 45.48 million U.S. dollars, to havethe right to prospect oil and gas in additional offshore blocks inthe U.S. area of the ...
UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon makes "resonable start": UN deputychief
Aug 18, 2006 ... UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon makes "resonable start": UNdeputy chiefUNITED NATIONS, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Deputy UN Secretary-General,Mark Malloch Brown, said on Thursday that the meeting among countriesthat could send troops to a UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon has madea ...
Brazil orders Google to cancel drug-related web pages
Aug 18, 2006 ... Brazil orders Google to cancel drug-related web pagesRIO DE JANEIRO, Aug, 17 (Xinhua) -- The Federal Court in Brazil'ssoutheastern state of Minas Gerais on Thursday issued an injunction,asking Google Inc. to cancel four Internet pages from its socialnetwork website Orkut ....
FLASH: CLINICAL TRIALS SHOW CHINESE AIDS VACCINE SAFE AND MIGHT BE EFFECTIVE: GOVERNMENT
Aug 18, 2006 ... FLASH: CLINICAL TRIALS SHOW CHINESE AIDS ...
Results from 100m hurdles of women's heptathlon at IAAF Junior Worlds
Aug 18, 2006 ... Results from 100m hurdles of women's heptathlon at IAAF JuniorWorldsBEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from 100mhurdles of women's heptathlon at the IAAF World Junior Championshipshere on Friday: Heat 1 1. Tatyana Chernova, Russia, 13.70 ...
Forest fires destroy nearly 50,000 hectares of woodland in Portugal
Aug 18, 2006 ... Forest fires destroy nearly 50,000 hectares of woodland inPortugalLISBON, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Fires have destroyed 49,881 hectaresof forests in Portugal this year, including 36,290 hectares in thelast 15 days, according to a report published by the European Unionon Thursday ....
Xinhua home news advisory -- Aug. 18
Aug 18, 2006 ... Xinhua home news advisory -- Aug. 18BEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of the majordomestic news stories scheduled to be covered or pursued by Xinhua onFriday: -- Awarding ceremony of special training institution credentialsfor international ...
Major news items in Thailand's leading newspapers
Aug 18, 2006 ... Major news items in Thailand's leading newspapersBANGKOK, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inThailand's leading newspapers on Friday:Bangkok Post: -- Ekkachai Warunprapha resigned as secretary-general ofThailand's Election Commission on ...
URGENT: Air China's open price lower than issuance price
Aug 18, 2006 ... URGENT: Air China's open price lower than issuance priceBEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- The just-listed Air China opened at2.78 yuan per share on Friday, lower than its issuance price ...
Japan sends official to Russia for fishing boat incident
Aug 18, 2006 ... Japan sends official to Russia for fishing boat incidentTOKYO, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Japanese government on Thursdaydispatched a senior official to Russia for talks on Wednesday's fatalincident in which a Japanese fisherman was shot dead by the RussianCoast Guard, the Daily ...
Update 1- Strong earthquake jolts island of Russia
Aug 18, 2006 ... Update 1- Strong earthquake jolts island of RussiaMOSCOW, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 6.1 on theRichter scale jolted the southwestern part of Sakhalin, Russia, earlyFriday, local seismological agency said ....