Xinhua News Agency back issues from Saturday, August 19:
Solana conveys serious concern over situation in Darfur
Aug 19, 2006 ... Solana conveys serious concern over situation in DarfurBRUSSELS, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- European Union (EU) foreign policychief Javier Solana on Saturday expressed "serious concern" at thenew deteriorating security situation in Darfur. "Mr Solana urged all parties to refrain ...
Middle East news summary at 2100 GMT, Aug. 19
Aug 19, 2006 ... Middle East news summary at 2100 GMT, Aug. 19CAIRO -- Three Hezbollah guerillas were killed by Israeli troopsin eastern Lebanon on Saturday, the pan-Arab al-Jazeera satellitechannel reported. The Hezbollah guerillas were killed in clashes with Israelicommandos airlifted ...
URGENT: Annan says Israeli raid violates truce
Aug 19, 2006 ... URGENT: Annan says Israeli raid violates truceUNITED NATIONS,Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said an Israeliraid in Lebanon on Saturday violated the U.N. -backed truce andexpressed deep concerns ....
Confessed killer of Ramsey to fly to Los Angeles
Aug 19, 2006 ... Confessed killer of Ramsey to fly to Los AngelesLOS ANGELES, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- John Mark Karr, the confessedkiller of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey, is set to leave a Thai jail andarrive in Los Angeles tomorrow night, a Los Angeles InternationalAirport (LAX) official said on ...
France condemns arrest of Palestinian deputy PM by Israel
Aug 19, 2006 ... France condemns arrest of Palestinian deputy PM by IsraelPARIS, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- France condemned the arrest of deputyPalestinian Prime Minister Nasser al-Shaer by Israeli troops earlierSaturday, French Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. "We reiterate our condemnation of ...
Opener, Advisory
Aug 19, 2006 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service for Friday,August 18, 2006, and begins ...
eBay deletes adverts for banned satellite TV dish auctions
Aug 19, 2006 ... eBay deletes adverts for banned satellite TV dish auctionsBEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Internet auctioneer eBay's Chinesewebsite has deleted posts of banned satellite TV dishes after acrackdown on the illegal equipment used to view foreign programs. "Our technical team has ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Aug. 18 (1)
Aug 19, 2006 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Aug. 18 (1)BEIJING. Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- The following are domestic news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Friday: Chinese cultural officials "not optimistic" about fight againstpiracy eBay deletes adverts for banned satellite TV dish ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Aug. 18 (2)
Aug 19, 2006 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Aug. 18 (2)Urgent: Chinese meteorologists deny impact of Three Gorges Projecton worst drought China Unicom Group to boost subsidiary's share price by buyingmore stocks Chinese economist says yuan should appreciate slowly ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)
Aug 19, 2006 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)HONG KONG, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Friday:Japan to restart disposal of wartime chemical weapons in China' sJilin Dollar hovers around 116 yen ...
Chinese cultural officials "not optimistic" about fight against piracy
Aug 19, 2006 ... Chinese cultural officials "not optimistic" about fight againstpiracyBEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese cultural official calledfor an all-out war against piracy on Friday, saying the ongoing 100-day crackdown campaign is "fruitful" but the overall situation ...
Roundup: SADC summit closes with commitment to integration
Aug 19, 2006 ... Roundup: SADC summit closes with commitment to integrationMASERU, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Southern African DevelopmentCommunity (SADC) closed its two-day summit here on Friday, withleaders of the 14 member countries reaffirming their commitment tothe regional integration agenda ....
Feature: Tearful parents collapse while seeing son's body four daysafter Lebanon ceasefire
Aug 19, 2006 ... Feature: Tearful parents collapse while seeing son's body fourdays after Lebanon ceasefireBy Zhang Yuhong, Wang XinTYRE, Lebanon, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- A 54-year-old Lebanese womantotally collapsed as she saw the coffin, with his youngest son's nameMohammed on it, was ...
Update: Israel denies air strikes on Lebanon's Bekaa Valley
Aug 19, 2006 ... Update: Israel denies air strikes on Lebanon's Bekaa ValleyJERUSALEM, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF)denied reports that Israeli drones and warplanes were flying overLebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley Friday night, near the Hezbollahstronghold of Baalbek, local ...
Middle East news summary at 2115 GMT, Aug. 18
Aug 19, 2006 ... Middle East news summary at 2115 GMT, Aug. 18BAGHDAD -- An American soldier was killed on Thursday night when aroadside bomb went off near a foot patrol south of Baghdad, the U.S.military said. It is reported that in a bid to win the trust of Iraqis, U.S.soldier are ...
Mexico beats Switzeland 4-2 in Under-20 women's soccer World Cup
Aug 19, 2006 ... Mexico beats Switzeland 4-2 in Under-20 women's soccer World CupMEXICO CITY, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Mexico's under-20 women's soccerteam began its campaign for the sport's World Cup with a 4-2 victoryover Switzerland on Friday, according to reports reaching here. In Russia's ...
Nadal eliminated by Ferrero at Cincinnati Masters
Aug 19, 2006 ... Nadal eliminated by Ferrero at Cincinnati MastersWASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Top seed Rafael Nadal lost tofellow Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-3) in theCincinnati Masters men's singles quarterfinal on Fridayin, leavingthe tournament without its top two ...
Powell equals men's 100 meters world record
Aug 19, 2006 ... Powell equals men's 100 meters world recordGENEVA, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Jamaica's Asafa Powell equalled themen's 100 meters world record when clocking 9.77 seconds at a GoldenLeague meeting on Friday. Powell initially set the record in Athens on June 14, 2005. The ...
Cuban under-20 chess duo heads for C. American championship
Aug 19, 2006 ... Cuban under-20 chess duo heads for C. American championshipHAVANA, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- International Master Lisandra Ordazand FIDE Master Camilo Gomez, Cuba's junior chess champions,travelled to Guatemala City on Friday so they could take part in theAug. 19-Aug. 27 under-20 ...
Summary of Friday's German first division soccer league match
Aug 19, 2006 ... Summary of Friday's German first division soccer league matchBERLIN, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following is the summary from Friday'sgame in the German ...
Result of German first division soccer league game
Aug 19, 2006 ... Result of German first division soccer league gameBERLIN, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the result of the secondround match of the German first-division soccer league (home teamlisted first): Friday's game: FC Nuremberg bt Borussia Moenchengladbach 1-0 ...
Nigeria selects 9 athletes for athletics World Cup
Aug 19, 2006 ... Nigeria selects 9 athletes for athletics World CupABUJA, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Athletics Federation of Nigeria(AFN) has selected nine athletes to represent the country at theathletics World Cup slated for September in Greece, AFN Spokesman BenAhiante said here on Friday ....
Results of Cincinnati Masters men's singles
Aug 19, 2006 ... Results of Cincinnati Masters men's singlesWASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theCincinnati Masters men's singles quarterfinal matches on ...
Golden League Zurich meet results (1)
Aug 19, 2006 ... Golden League Zurich meet results (1)GENEVA, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theGolden League Zurich meeting on Friday: Men's 100m 1. Asafa Powell, Jamaica, 9.77 WR 2. Tyson Gay, United States, 9.84 3. Leonard Scott, United ...
FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship results
Aug 19, 2006 ... FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship resultsMOSCOW, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theFIFA U-20 Women's World Championship matches on Friday: Group C: Switzerland lost to Mexico 2-4 Democratic People's Republic of Korea bt Germany ...
Standings of German first division soccer league after Friday's game
Aug 19, 2006 ... Standings of German first division soccer league after Friday'sgameBERLIN, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings inGermany's first division soccer league after Friday's game (tabulatedunder games played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): FC ...
Bayern: no plan to sell Hargreaves
Aug 19, 2006 ... Bayern: no plan to sell HargreavesBERLIN, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Bayern Munich has shut the door toManchester United's bid to buy England midfielder Owen Hargreaves,while informing the player they want to hold him to the contractextension he signed last year. "Bayern have ...
Archeologists find animals buried alive 1,700 years ago alongside man
Aug 19, 2006 ... Archeologists find animals buried alive 1,700 years ago alongsidemanWUHAN, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese archaeologists have unearthedskeletons of six animals from a tomb that dates back 1,700 years,which they believe shows that animals used to be buried alive to keephuman ...
Xinhua international news advisory -- Aug. 19
Aug 19, 2006 ... Xinhua international news advisory -- Aug. 19BEIJING, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of the majorinternational news stories scheduled to be covered or pursued byXinhua on Saturday. -- 40,000 Mexican auto-workers strike for higher salary ....
Italian parliament committees approve mission to Lebanon
Aug 19, 2006 ... Italian parliament committees approve mission to LebanonROME, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Italian Senate and House Defense andForeign Affairs Committees Friday approved a decision to contributetroops to a UN peacekeeping force in south Lebanon, local mediareported. Defense ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Aug 19, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Saturday.Asahi: -- Konaka Co. prevailed against Aoki Holdings Inc. in a battle totake over the midsize menswear retail ...
Stocks close higher in Mexico, Argentina, lower in Brazil
Aug 19, 2006 ... Stocks close higher in Mexico, Argentina, lower in BrazilMEXICO CITY, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Latin America's three major stockmarkets closed mixed on Friday. Mexico City's stock market IPC index rose by 0.36 percent to closeat 20,046.63 points. A total of 118.7 million shares ...
Golden League Zurich meet results (2-last)
Aug 19, 2006 ... Golden League Zurich meet results (2-last)Women's 100m 1. Sherone Simpson, Jamaica, 11.09 2. Me'Lisa Barber, United States, 11.25 3. Stephanie Durst, United States, 11.27 4. Debbie Ferguson, Bahamas, 11.32 5. LaTasha Jenkins, United States, ...
Nuremberg make two wins from two in Bundesliga
Aug 19, 2006 ... Nuremberg make two wins from two in BundesligaBERLIN, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- An early diving header from MarkusSchroth handed Nurember a 1-0 win over Borussia Moenchengladbach onFriday, its second victory in as many games in the Bundesliga. Schroth hurled himself in front of ...
Juventus' appeal against relegation overruled
Aug 19, 2006 ... Juventus' appeal against relegation overruledROME, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) onFriday turned down Juventus' appeal against relegation into thesecond division over match-fixing charges. Juventus, one of several clubs penalized for being involved in ...
Hamburg defender Boulahrouz set to join Chelsea
Aug 19, 2006 ... Hamburg defender Boulahrouz set to join ChelseaLONDON, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Chelsea has agreed an undisclosed feewith Hamburg SV for Dutch international defender Khalid Boulahrouz,the Premier League champions said on its website on Friday. Boulahrouz, 24, will travel to ...
Montreal Cup WTA results
Aug 19, 2006 ... Montreal Cup WTA resultsOTTWA, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theMontreal Cup WTA championship on Friday (prefix number denotesseeding): Anna Chakvetadze, Russia, ...
Cuba says prepared for U.S. agression
Aug 19, 2006 ... Cuba says prepared for U.S. agressionHAVANA, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Cuba's acting leader, Raul Castro,said that the country had adopted measures to prepare for anymilitary aggression by the United States, according to Friday'sGranma newspaper. "At 3.00 a.m. on Aug. 1, I ...
Foreign exchange rates in Indonesia
Aug 19, 2006 ... Foreign exchange rates in IndonesiaJAKARTA, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Following are the foreign exchangerates against the Indonesian rupiah here on Saturday: Saturday Friday US dollar 9,060/9,090 9,060/9,190 Euro...
Results of women's 4x100m relay heats at IAAF Junior Worlds (updated)
Aug 19, 2006 ... Results of women's 4x100m relay heats at IAAF Junior Worlds(updated)BEIJING, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of thewomen's 4x100 meters relay heats at the IAAF World JuniorChampionships on Saturday: Heat 1 1. France Junior (Danois Johanna, Gaydu ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Aug 19, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, Aug.19 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items in the leadingPhilippine newspapers on Saturday:Manila Bulletin: -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources said onFriday that some 20,000 ...
World's largest copper mine suspends operations in Chile due to strike
Aug 19, 2006 ... World's largest copper mine suspends operations in Chile due tostrikeSANTIAGO, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- The world's largest copper mine,Minera Escondida, had suspended all mining activities in Chile asnegotiations with the union broke, the company said Friday. The company said ...
Unidentified disease kills 14 in central Nepal
Aug 19, 2006 ... Unidentified disease kills 14 in central NepalKATHMANDU, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Unprecedented epidemic of anunidentified disease has killed at least 14 people, including sevenchildren, in central Nepal in the past two weeks, The Kathmandu Postreported on Saturday. According ...
Nepali gov't to table labor bill to regulate foreign employment
Aug 19, 2006 ... Nepali gov't to table labor bill to regulate foreign employmentKATHMANDU, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Nepali government willintroduce a labor bill in current session of the parliament toregulate the sector of foreign employment, The Himalayan Timesreported on Saturday. The ...
Mourning re-signs with Heat
Aug 19, 2006 ... Mourning re-signs with HeatWASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Seven-time All-Star AlonzoMourning signed a new contract with the National BasketballAssociation champion Miami Heat on Friday. "I'm very excited about re-signing with the Heat," the 36-year-old Mourning said ....
Update 2-Italian parliament committees approve mission to Lebanon
Aug 19, 2006 ... Update 2-Italian parliament committees approve mission to Lebanon ROME, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Italian Senate and House Defense andForeign Affairs Committees Friday approved a decision to contributetroops to a UN peacekeeping force in south Lebanon, local mediareported ....
U.S. court rules tobacco makers guilty of conspiracy: report
Aug 19, 2006 ... U.S. court rules tobacco makers guilty of conspiracy: reportLOS ANGELES, Aug. 18 (Xinhua)-- Major cigarette makers in theUnited States are guilty of a decades-long conspiracy to deceive thepublic about the risks of smoking in order to sustain their profits,according to a court ...
British airliner makes emergency landing in Italy after bomb scare
Aug 19, 2006 ... British airliner makes emergency landing in Italy after bomb scare ROME, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- A British airliner made an emergencylanding in southern Italy on Friday after a passenger found a noteindicating a bomb was on the aircraft, local media reported. A thorough search of ...
Pakistan arrests 6 suspects for attack on U.S. consulate
Aug 19, 2006 ... Pakistan arrests 6 suspects for attack on U.S. consulateISLAMABAD, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan has arrested six activistsof the banned Jaish-e-Muhammad militant outfit for their involvementin a suicide bombing on the United States consulate in Pakistan'ssouthwest port city ...
Finalists for women's 4x100m relay at IAAF Junior Worlds
Aug 19, 2006 ... Finalists for women's 4x100m relay at IAAF Junior WorldsBEIJING, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Following are the finalists for thewomen's 4x100 meters relay at the IAAF World Junior Championships onSaturday: 1. United States Junior (Tarmoh Jeneba, Anderson Alexandria, ...
Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapers
Aug 19, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapersISLAMABAD, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The following are major new itemsin leading Pakistani newspapers on Saturday:Daily Times: -- Pakistan has told the United State military that an Arab al-Qaeda operative who ...
Results of Long jump of women's heptathlon at IAAF Junior Worlds
Aug 19, 2006 ... Results of Long jump of women's heptathlon at IAAF Junior WorldsBEIJING, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Following are the long jump resultsof women's heptathlon at the IAAF World Junior Championships here onSaturday: Group A 1. Yana Panteleyeva, Russia, 6.18 2. Ida ...
Results of men's 10,000m race walk final at IAAF Junior Worlds
Aug 19, 2006 ... Results of men's 10,000m race walk final at IAAF Junior WorldsBEIJING, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of men's10,000 meters race walk final at the IAAF World Junior Championshipson Saturday: 1. Bo Xiangdong, China, 42:50.26 2. Huang Zhengyu, China, ...
Heptathlon standings after 5 events at IAAF Junior Worlds
Aug 19, 2006 ... Heptathlon standings after 5 events at IAAF Junior WorldsBEIJING, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Following are the women's heptathlonstandings after five events at the IAAF World Junior Championshipshere on Saturday: 1. Tatyana Chernova, Russia, 4,607 points 2. Yana ...
Brazil's Lula widens lead by one percentage point: poll
Aug 19, 2006 ... Brazil's Lula widens lead by one percentage point: pollBRASILIA, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's incumbent President LuizInacio Lula da Silva has widened his lead by one percentage pointfrom last week ahead of the country's Oct. 1 presidential race, apoll showed on Friday ....
Results of women's 4x100m relay heats at IAAF Junior Worlds
Aug 19, 2006 ... Results of women's 4x100m relay heats at IAAF Junior WorldsBEIJING, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of thewomen's 4x100 meters relay heats at the IAAF World JuniorChampionships on Saturday: Heat 1 1. France Junior (Danois Johanna, Gaydu Emilie, Baflan ...
Sudan reiterates opposition to replacing AU troop UN forces in Darfur
Aug 19, 2006 ... Sudan reiterates opposition to replacing AU troop UN forces inDarfurDAKAR, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Sudanese government reiteratedFriday that it opposes the deployment of a UN peacekeeping force inDarfur to replace the African Union troops currently stationed there,according to ...
Japan collects fisherman body from Russia
Aug 19, 2006 ... Japan collects fisherman body from RussiaTOKYO, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Japan collected on Saturday the body ofa Japanese fisherman who was shot dead by gunfire from a Russianpatrol vessel on Wednesday in controversial waters, according to itsforeign ministry. Japanese Vice ...
Volcano eruption costs Ecuadorian farmers 150 million U.S. dollars
Aug 19, 2006 ... Volcano eruption costs Ecuadorian farmers 150 million U.S. dollars QUITO, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- The eruption of Ecuador's Tungurahuavolcano has caused 150 million U.S. dollars in damages to agricultureand livestock, an agriculture official said on Friday. The livestock damage ...
FIM releases provisional 2007 calendar
Aug 19, 2006 ... FIM releases provisional 2007 calendarPRAGUE, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Federation of InternationalMotorcycling (FIM) announced on Friday the following provisionalschedule for the 2007 World Championship: DATE GRAND PRIX CIRCUIT March 17th** ...
Foreign exchange rates in Nepal
Aug 19, 2006 ... Foreign exchange rates in NepalKATHMANDU, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The following are Inter-bankforeign exchange rates against the Nepali rupee on Saturday.Currency Unit Buying Selling Australian dollar 1 56.5 56.95 ...
Chile court lifts Pinochet's immunity in embezzlement case
Aug 19, 2006 ... Chile court lifts Pinochet's immunity in embezzlement caseSANTIAGO, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Chile's Supreme Court announced onFriday it has ratified an April Appeals Court decision to strip ex-leader Gen. Augusto Pinochet of his immunity on charges of publicfunds misuse ....
Montreal Cup WTA results (updated)
Aug 19, 2006 ... Montreal Cup WTA results (updated)OTTWA, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theMontreal Cup WTA championship on Friday (prefix number denotesseeding): 7-Martina Hingis, Switzerland, bt 4-Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, ...
Urgent: Israel arrests Palestinian deputy PM
Aug 19, 2006 ... Urgent: Israel arrests Palestinian deputy PMRAMALLAH, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Israel arrested Palestinian ...
5 women shot dead in Guatemala
Aug 19, 2006 ... 5 women shot dead in GuatemalaMEXICO CITY, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Guatemala's National CivilianPolice on Friday found bodies of five women, all shot dead earlier inthe day, reports reaching here said. With the latest deaths, the death toll of murdered Guatemalanwomen rose to ...