Xinhua News Agency back issues from Wednesday, August 23:
Traffic accident kills 8, injures 15 on east China's expressway
Aug 23, 2006 ... Traffic accident kills 8, injures 15 on east China's expresswayNANCHANG, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- A traffic accident killed eightpeople and injured 15 others on an expressway in east China's JiangxiProvince on Tuesday morning, local authorities said. A mini-bus ran into a truck ...
Merkel reaffirms Germany not to send ground troops to Lebanon
Aug 23, 2006 ... Merkel reaffirms Germany not to send ground troops to LebanonBERLIN, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkelreiterated on Tuesday that Germany would not send ground troops toLebanon to join the UN peacekeeping force. "We regard combat ground troops from Germany ...
Beijing to receive nearly 5 mln overseas visitors in 2008
Aug 23, 2006 ... Beijing to receive nearly 5 mln overseas visitors in 2008LHASA, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Beijing, as the venue of the 29thOlympic Games, will receive 4.6 to 4.8 million visitors from overseasin 2008, a Chinese tourism official said here Tuesday. The overseas visitors are ...
Over 1,000-year-old military fort discovered in northwest China
Aug 23, 2006 ... Over 1,000-year-old military fort discovered in northwest ChinaURUMQI, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Archaeologists in northwest China'sXinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region claimed to have discovered the ruinsof a military fort dating back more than 1,000 years ago in TekesCounty ....
China - U.S. IPR protection commitments being carried out: U.S. officials
Aug 23, 2006 ... China - U.S. IPR protection commitments being carried out: U.S.officialsBEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- China and the United States arecarrying out their commitments to protect intellectual propertyrights (IPR) and both sides are encouraged by recent progress, twoU.S ....
News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)
Aug 23, 2006 ... News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)HONG KONG, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Tuesday:News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 1) Hong Kong share prices rebound 0.83 pct -- Aug ....
Second train bomber slips out of Germany: reports
Aug 23, 2006 ... Second train bomber slips out of Germany: reportsBERLIN, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- German authorities have identified asecond man linked to the two bombs found on trains last month, but hehad slipped out of the country, German media reported on Tuesday. The second suspect, who ...
Opener, Advisory
Aug 23, 2006 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service forTuesday, August 22, 2006, and begins ...
Venezuelan President Chavez arrives in Beijing
Aug 23, 2006 ... Venezuelan President Chavez arrives in BeijingBEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- At the invitation of Chinesepresident Hu Jintao, Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias, President ofVenezuela, arrived in Beijing on Tuesday night, starting his six-daystate visit to China. During his stay in ...
14 killed in Assam bus accident in India
Aug 23, 2006 ... 14 killed in Assam bus accident in IndiaNEW DELHI, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- At least 14 passengers of a minibuswere killed and five wounded Tuesday in a head-on collision with atruck in Assam in northeast India, police said. A police spokesman said the 20 bus passengers were ...
Olympic sailing champion aims to defend title
Aug 23, 2006 ... Olympic sailing champion aims to defend titleQINGDAO, East China, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Iker Martinez of Spain,defending Olympic sailing champion in 49er, aims to defend the titleat the 2008 Olympics here on Tuesday. Iker Martinez and Xavier Fernandez, fourth placers in the ...
Public hearing presses for compensation from Kodak
Aug 23, 2006 ... Public hearing presses for compensation from KodakBEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- The absence of representatives fromEastman Kodak at a public hearing here on Tuesday stoked up thecomplaints of Chinese consumers toward the American imaging giant. The hearing followed several ...
Chinese FM, UN chief exchange views on Lebanon, Iran
Aug 23, 2006 ... Chinese FM, UN chief exchange views on Lebanon, IranBEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxingon Tuesday exchanged views with UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan onthe phone regarding the implementation of a UN resolution on Lebanonand the appropriate handling ...
China to lose labor force advantage as result of aging society: report
Aug 23, 2006 ... China to lose labor force advantage as result of aging society:reportBEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Growing to an aging society, Chinawill inevitably lose the advantage in labor force, and its economicdevelopment will slow down as a result, said a new report of theChinese ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Aug.22 (1)
Aug 23, 2006 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Aug.22 (1)BEIJING. Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are domestic news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Tuesday: China to lose labor force advantage as result of aging society:report Draft bankruptcy law makes special provisions for ...
Draft bankruptcy law makes special provisions for financial institutions
Aug 23, 2006 ... Draft bankruptcy law makes special provisions for financialinstitutionsBEIJINg, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Financial supervision institutionscould apply for bankruptcy for financial institutions in solvency,under a draft Corporate Bankruptcy Law in front of China'slegislatures ....
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Aug.22 (2)
Aug 23, 2006 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Aug.22 (2)China cuts drug prices to squeeze out profits Dispute over sports car for China's most famous monk URGENT: Vietnam to adhere to one-China policy, against "TaiwanIndependence": party leader Update-2: Beijing ...
Netanyahu calls on a state inquiry into Israel-Hezbollah conflict
Aug 23, 2006 ... Netanyahu calls on a state inquiry into Israel-Hezbollah conflict JERUSALEM, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Israeli opposition leader and theright-wing Likud party chairman Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday calledon the government to authorize a state commission to probe thefailures in the army ...
Greek FM to hold talks with Cypriot president
Aug 23, 2006 ... Greek FM to hold talks with Cypriot presidentNICOSIA, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Greek Foreign Minister DoraBakoyiannis arrived in Cyprus Tuesday on the first leg of his four-day Middle East tour and is scheduled to hold talks with CypriotPresident Tassos Papadopoulos later in the day ....
Middle East news summary at 2130 GMT, Aug. 22
Aug 23, 2006 ... Middle East news summary at 2130 GMT, Aug. 22CAIRO -- The death toll from a bus accident in a town in Egypt' sSinai Peninsula on Tuesday afternoon rose to 10, an Egyptian policesource said. Some 35 others were injured, with 10 in critical conditions, inthe accident when ...
Gatlin banned eight years by USADA for doping
Aug 23, 2006 ... Gatlin banned eight years by USADA for dopingWASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Olympic champion Justin Gatlin hasbeen banned for eight years by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) onTuesday after the sprinter agreed he had committed a doping offence. Unless the ban is ...
Netherlands' Feyenoord signs Belgian defender Leonard
Aug 23, 2006 ... Netherlands' Feyenoord signs Belgian defender LeonardBRUSSELS, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Belgian international left-backPhilippe Leonard has signed a two-year contract with Feyenoord, theDutch top soccer club said on Tuesday. The 32-year-old Leonard, who has 24 caps for his ...
Striker Tevez to leave Corinthians due to confrontation with coach
Aug 23, 2006 ... Striker Tevez to leave Corinthians due to confrontation with coach RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Argentine striker Carlos Tevezsaid Tuesday through his agent Adrian Ruocco that he will no longerplay for Brazilian team Corinthians, as long as Emerson Leao remainsas the team's ...
Germany's Kopp wins Tour of Benelux sixth stage
Aug 23, 2006 ... Germany's Kopp wins Tour of Benelux sixth stageBRUSSELS, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- German rider David Kopp won thesixth and penultimate stage of the Tour of Benelux on Tuesday,outsprinting Italy's Marco Zanotti and Belgian Philippe Gilbert. "I charged home in the last hundred ...
Boca Juniors poach Lavolpe from Mexico national team
Aug 23, 2006 ... Boca Juniors poach Lavolpe from Mexico national teamBUENOS AIRES, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Argentine soccer club BocaJuniors on Tuesday introduced Mexico former national team managerRicardo Lavolpe to the press as the club's new manager. The 54-year-old is replacing Alfio ...
Results of UEFA Champions League
Aug 23, 2006 ... Results of UEFA Champions LeagueBEIJING, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of the UEFAChampions League third round qualifying matches (home teams first): Second leg Tuesday Benfica (Portugal) bt Austria Wien (Austria) 3-0 (Benfica ...
Boss of Argentine soccer's River Plate dismisses death threats
Aug 23, 2006 ... Boss of Argentine soccer's River Plate dismisses death threats BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Jose Maria Aguilar, president ofArgentine soccer club River Plate, publicly dismissed death threatshe received on Tuesday, after an attack by a group of so-called"barras bravas" (fight ...
Uruguay's Nacional, Central Espanol meet in S. American Cup
Aug 23, 2006 ... Uruguay's Nacional, Central Espanol meet in S. American Cup MONTEVIDEO, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Two Uruguayan teams, Nacional andCentral Espanol, will meet each other on Wednesday in a SouthAmerican Cup fixture where Uruguayan league champion Nacional iswidely seen as the favorite, local ...
Mexico soccer federation fines Santos Laguna for racist indicent
Aug 23, 2006 ... Mexico soccer federation fines Santos Laguna for racist indicentMEXICO CITY, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Mexico Soccer Federation'sdisciplinary committee told media on Tuesday that it had fined SantosLaguna soccer club following racist chanting targeting Panamanianplayer Felipe ...
Results of New Haven men's singles
Aug 23, 2006 ... Results of New Haven men's singlesWASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results on thethird day of the 675,000 US dollars ATP event in New Haven,Connecticut on Tuesday (prefix number denotes seeding): Men's second round 6-Jose Acasuso, Argentina, bt ...
Guinean Foreign Minister arrives in Beijing
Aug 23, 2006 ... Guinean Foreign Minister arrives in BeijingBEIJING, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Guinean State Minister of ForeignAffairs Mamadi Conde arrived ...
Tokyo shares open flat
Aug 23, 2006 ... Tokyo shares open flatTOKYO, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Stocks opened little changed on theTokyo Stock Exchange on Wednesday, after rising sharply the previousday. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the benchmark ...
Results of New Haven women's singles
Aug 23, 2006 ... Results of New Haven women's singlesWASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results on thethird day of the 675,000 US dollars WTA event in New Haven,Connecticut on Tuesday (prefix number denotes seeding): Women's second round Mara Santangelo, Italy, bt ...
China wins four gold medals in military pentathlon worlds
Aug 23, 2006 ... China wins four gold medals in military pentathlon worldsVIENNA, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- China won four gold medals, both themen's and women's team and individual titles, in the 53rd WorldChampionship Military Pentathlon in Vienna New City on Tuesday,succeeding in capturing 11th ...
English premier league standings
Aug 23, 2006 ... English premier league standingsLONDON, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of theEnglish premier league after soccer matches on Tuesday (tabulatedunder matches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against andpoints): 1 West Ham United2 1 1 0 4 2...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Aug. 23
Aug 23, 2006 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Aug. 23GENEVA -- The recent Israel-Hezbollah conflict has wiped outLebanon's 15 years of economic and social recovery, the UnitedNations Development Program (UNDP) said on Tuesday. The destruction had been so devastating that it had ...
Xinhua international news advisory -- Aug. 23
Aug 23, 2006 ... Xinhua international news advisory -- Aug. 23BEIJING, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of the majorinternational news stories scheduled to be covered or pursued byXinhua on Wednesday ....
Results of New Haven Open men's singles
Aug 23, 2006 ... Results of New Haven Open men's singlesWASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theNew Haven Open men's singles second round matches on Tuesday (prefixnumber denotes seeding): 6-Jose Acasuso, Argentina, bt Nicolas Mahut, France, 7-5, 3-3(retired) ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Aug 23, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Wednesday.Asahi: -- Daiei Inc. said Tuesday its president, Yasuyuki Higuchi, willstep down in early October, about 17 ...
Stocks close higher in Mexico, Argentina, lower in Brazil
Aug 23, 2006 ... Stocks close higher in Mexico, Argentina, lower in BrazilMEXICO CITY, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Latin America's three major stockmarkets closed mixed on Tuesday. Mexico City's stock market IPC index rose by 0.6 percent to closeat 20,986.89 points. A total of 93.2 million shares ...
USADA seeks eight-year ban for Olympic champion Gatlin
Aug 23, 2006 ... USADA seeks eight-year ban for Olympic champion GatlinWASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA)would seek a maximum ban of eight years for Olympic champion JustinGatlin after he agreed he had committed a doping offence. Unless the ban is overturned in ...
Major news items in leading Australian newspapers
Aug 23, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Australian newspapersCANBERRA, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Australian newspapers on Wednesday.The Australian Financial Review: -- The Howard government has made a surprise move to increase ...
Police seize hidden explosives in northern Peru
Aug 23, 2006 ... Police seize hidden explosives in northern PeruLIMA, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Peru's National Police (PNP) on Tuesdayseized a buried stash of 432 sticks of dynamite, 900 detonating capsand a mix of other explosives in the northern Cajamarca province. Cajamarca's regional police ...
Galaxy of celebrities expected at Toronto film festival
Aug 23, 2006 ... Galaxy of celebrities expected at Toronto film festivalOTTAWA, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Heavyweights from Hollywood, Europeanand Asian cinema are set to arrive at the Toronto International FilmFestival next month as the annual event is strengthening itsreputation as an international ...
Zambia to reshuffle squad for Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
Aug 23, 2006 ... Zambia to reshuffle squad for Africa Cup of Nations qualifierLUSAKA, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Zambia national soccer team will re-group Thursday, ahead of next week's Africa Cup of Nations qualifieragainst Chad, coach Patrick Phiri said here Tuesday. Phiri said the team will not ...
URGENT: China says peaceful resolution remains best choice for Iranian nuclear issue
Aug 23, 2006 ... URGENT: China says peaceful resolution remains best choice forIranian nuclear issueBEIJING, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- China has always believed thatpeaceful resolution through diplomatic talks is the best choice tosolve the Iranian nuclear issue, sources from China's ForeignMinistry ...
Summaries of UEFA Champions League qualification
Aug 23, 2006 ... Summaries of UEFA Champions League qualificationBEIJING, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Following are the summaries from theUEFA Champions League qualification Round 3 second leg matches onTuesday: Valencia3 Fernando Morientes (12), David Villa (32),Silva (90+3) ...
Bolivia sends 5 tons of aid to volcano-hit Ecuador
Aug 23, 2006 ... Bolivia sends 5 tons of aid to volcano-hit EcuadorLIMA, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Bolivia on Tuesday delivered 5 tons ofhumanitarian aid to Ecuador for those affected by the eruption of theTungurahua Volcano last week, reports reaching here said. Defense Minister Walker San ...
Summaries of English premier league
Aug 23, 2006 ... Summaries of English premier leagueLONDON, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the summaries from theEnglish premier league soccer matches on Tuesday: Tottenham Hotspur 2 Dimitar Berbatov (7), Jermaine Jenas ...
New Zealand Governor General sworn in
Aug 23, 2006 ... New Zealand Governor General sworn inWELLINGTON, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Anand Satyanand has been sworn inWednesday at Parliament as New Zealand Governor General. He replaces Dame Silvia Cartwright as the Queen's representativein New Zealand. At the Sworn-in ceremony, ...
English premier league results
Aug 23, 2006 ... English premier league resultsLONDON, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of theEnglish premier league matches on Tuesday: Tottenham Hotspur 2 Sheffield United 0 Watford1 West Ham United 1Next Fixtures (GMT): Wednesday, ...
Results of ProTour Benelux Tour stage 6
Aug 23, 2006 ... Results of ProTour Benelux Tour stage 6BRUSSELS, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theProTour Benelux Tour (Bornem - Sint-Truiden, 213 km) on Tuesday: 1. David Kopp (Germany/Gerolsteiner )4:50:43" 2. Marco Zanotti (Italy/Unibet.com ...
Results of Intersport Gugl EEA athletics (women)
Aug 23, 2006 ... Results of Intersport Gugl EEA athletics (women)VIENNA, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the athletics resultsfrom the Intersport Gugl EEA Premium meet at Linzer Stadium in Linz,Austria on Tuesday: Women 100m 1. Stephanie Durst, United States, 11.32 ...
Italian Interior Ministry to set up task force to fight human trafficking
Aug 23, 2006 ... Italian Interior Ministry to set up task force to fight humantraffickingROME, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Italian Interior Minister Giuliano Amatosaid on Tuesday that Italy would set up a special national task forceto combat human traffickers responsible for the tragic ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Aug 23, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Philippine newspapers on Wednesday:Manila Bulletin: -- President Arroyo has created "Task Force Guimaras," that willcoordinate government and ...
Phillips leaves Aston Villa for West Brom
Aug 23, 2006 ... Phillips leaves Aston Villa for West BromLONDON, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Former England striker Kevin Phillipsleft Aston Villa to English Premiership rival side West Bromwich onTuesday. The 33-year-old's former club Sunderland were also in the race toseek his signature but ...
Foreign exchange rates in Thailand
Aug 23, 2006 ... Foreign exchange rates in ThailandBANGKOK, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the baht on Wednesday as offered by the Bangkok Bank: Wednesday Tuesday US dollar 37.25/37.85 37.22/37.82 ...
Foreign exchange rates in Nepal
Aug 23, 2006 ... Foreign exchange rates in NepalKATHMANDU, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- The following are Inter-bankforeign exchange rates against the Nepali rupee on Wednesday:Currency Unit Buying Selling Australian dollar 1 56.39 56.84 ...
Nippon Oil to import crude oil from Russia
Aug 23, 2006 ... Nippon Oil to import crude oil from RussiaTOKYO, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Nippon Oil Corp. plans to import crudeoil from Russia's Sakhalin Island in a bid to diversify its oilsupply sources, the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper said Wednesday. Some 500,000 barrels of crude oil produced ...
Chilean police arrest 34 student protestors
Aug 23, 2006 ... Chilean police arrest 34 student protestorsSANTIAGO, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Chilean police on Tuesday arrested34 of the 1,000-plus secondary school students, who staged a protestin the capital of Santiago, criticizing delays in the reformspromised by the Presidential Advisory ...
Australian man detained for making bomb threat to Chinese airliner
Aug 23, 2006 ... Australian man detained for making bomb threat to Chinese airliner GUANGZHOU, Aug 23, (Xinhua) -- An Australian man of Hong Kongorigin has been detained by Chinese police under suspicion of makingbomb threat on Monday ...
Major news items in leading Thai newspapers
Aug 23, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Thai newspapersBANGKOK, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Thai newspapers Wednesday:The Nation -- Thailand's caretaker Prime Minister ThaksinShinawatra said Tuesday he will not yield to the "unjustifiedpressure" ...
Xinhua home news advisory -- Aug. 23
Aug 23, 2006 ... Xinhua home news advisory -- Aug. 23BEIJING, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of the majordomestic news stories scheduled to be covered or pursued by Xinhua onMonday: -- Meeting of the Standing Committee of the National People'sCongress -- List of ...
Market exchange rates -- Aug. 23
Aug 23, 2006 ... Market exchange rates -- Aug. 23BEIJING, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- The central parity of the RMB againstfive major currencies announced Wednesday by the China ForeignExchange Trading System: Currency Unit Middle Price (in RMB yuan) U.S. Dollar 100...
Brazil's prosecutors sue Google for withholding user information
Aug 23, 2006 ... Brazil's prosecutors sue Google for withholding user informationRIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian prosecutors suedU.S. Internet group Google Inc. on Tuesday for not following ordersfrom a Brazilian Federal Court to provide information on membersusing its social ...