Xinhua News Agency back issues from Friday, September 22:
American veteran Davenport dumps Zheng Jie at China Open (updated 1)
Sep 22, 2006 ... American veteran Davenport dumps Zheng Jie at China Open (updated1)BEIJING, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese number two Zheng Jie stoppedher China Open pace as she was ousted by American Lindsay Davenportin straight sets here on Thursday. Chinese upstart Zheng Jie, Ranked ...
Steaua Bucharest favourite in match with Olympique Lyon: UEFA opinion poll
Sep 22, 2006 ... Steaua Bucharest favourite in match with Olympique Lyon: UEFAopinion pollBUCHAREST, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Steaua Bucharest soccer team isthe favourite of the match with Olympique Lyon, scheduled for Sept.26on the Ghencea stadium in Bucharest, within the second round of ...
Study backs US-linked exchange rate in HK
Sep 22, 2006 ... Study backs US-linked exchange rate in HKHONG KONG, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar continues to bethe appropriate anchor for the Hong Kong dollar for the foreseeablefuture and no change is needed to the Linked Exchange Rate System, aMonetary Authority study published ...
Opener, Advisory
Sep 22, 2006 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service forThursday, September 21, 2006, and begins ...
Deployment in Iraq strains U.S. military: report
Sep 22, 2006 ... Deployment in Iraq strains U.S. military: reportWASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- As prospects for the reduction ofU.S. forces in Iraq fade, the current pace of deployments isstraining the U.S. military, The Los Angeles Times reported onThursday. Senior officials in the ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)
Sep 22, 2006 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)HONG KONG, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Thursday:Pakistan elected to IAEA Board of Governors: report Philippines to strengthen democracy to avoid ...
Results from China Open WTA tournament (updated 1)
Sep 22, 2006 ... Results from China Open WTA tournament (updated 1)BEIJING, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from the600,000 US dollars China Open WTA tennis tournament on September21st, Thursday (prefix number denotes seeding, wc denotes wildcard): Women's singles second ...
Order of play at China Open on Friday
Sep 22, 2006 ... Order of play at China Open on FridayBEIJING, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Following is the order of play ofthe China Open WTA tournament on Friday (prefix number denotesseeding, wc denotes wildcard): Center Court: 3-Nadia Petrova, Russia vs 6-Jelena Jankovic, Serbia ...
Czech Republic not to send large number of troops to Afghanistan
Sep 22, 2006 ... Czech Republic not to send large number of troops to AfghanistanPRAGUE, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Czech Republic will not deploy aconsiderable number of troops in Afghanistan next year due tofinancial concerns, Defence Ministry Jiri Sedivy said here onThursday. "We have ...
Chinese FM warns nationals in Thailand to be causious, away from possible rally places
Sep 22, 2006 ... Chinese FM warns nationals in Thailand to be causious, away frompossible rally placesBEIJING, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- China's Foreign Ministry on Thursdaywarned its nationals in Thailand to be careful and keep away frompossible rally places. The ministry advised Chinese ...
Chinese top one Li Na wins easily at China Open
Sep 22, 2006 ... Chinese top one Li Na wins easily at China OpenBEIJING, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Despite a slow start, Chinese topone Li Na still eased past Russian Elena Vesnina on a breezy eveningwith clear skies. Li, ranked 23rd in the world, overcame a surprise 6-3 loss in thefirst set ...
Substandard Japanese cosmetics asked to be recalled
Sep 22, 2006 ... Substandard Japanese cosmetics asked to be recalledBEIJING, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- The China Consumers' Association(CCA) said on Thursday that consumers are entitled by law to demandthat substandard products be recalled unconditionally. Referring to the unfair requirements ...
Italian Soccer Federation's new chief named
Sep 22, 2006 ... Italian Soccer Federation's new chief namedROME, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Italian Olympic Committee (CONI), whichruns all Italian sport, Thursday named deputy CONI head Luca Pancallispecial commissioner of the Italian Soccer Federation (FIGC). Luca Pancalli, 42, a former ...
Li Na joins Peng Shuai to battle for home glory in last eight campaign
Sep 22, 2006 ... Li Na joins Peng Shuai to battle for home glory in last eightcampaignBEIJING, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese top seed Li Na joinedpromoted compatriot Peng Shuai to make last eight after breezingsecond round win at the China Open on Thursday. In an earlier match on the ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Sept. 21 (2)
Sep 22, 2006 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Sept. 21 (2)URGENT: China denounces foreign accusation of costly loans to poornations Chinese, Russian officials meet on drugs control cooperation Weather forecast for major Chinese cities -- Sept. 21 Weather forecast for ...
International cricket suggests more venues and international exposure
Sep 22, 2006 ... International cricket suggests more venues and internationalexposureBEIJING, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Although China cricket has been infast-line for almost two years, the Chinese cricketers still need tofight a couple of setbacks, said international cricket officials onWednesday ....
Hong Kong stocks open lower -- Sept. 22
Sep 22, 2006 ... Hong Kong stocks open lower -- Sept. 22HONG KONG, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Hong ...
Major news items in leading Thai newspapers
Sep 22, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Thai newspapersBANGKOK, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Thai newspapers Friday:The Nation: -- The Council of Democratic Reform under Constitutional Monarchy(CDRM) will set up a six-person committee to ...
Chilean senate delegation to visit China
Sep 22, 2006 ... Chilean senate delegation to visit ChinaBEIJING, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- A Chilean senate delegation headedby its President Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle will pay an officialgoodwill visit to China from Sept. 23 to 29. The delegation is to visit the country at the invitation of ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Sept. 21 (1)
Sep 22, 2006 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Sept. 21 (1)BEIJING, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- The following are domestic newsitems released by Xinhua on Thursday: Chinese FM warns nationals in Thailand to be causious, away frompossible rally places Substandard Japanese cosmetics ...
Old man survives attack by wild tiger in NE China
Sep 22, 2006 ... Old man survives attack by wild tiger in NE ChinaCHUNHUI, Jilin, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- An elderly man survived anattack by a wild Siberian tiger on Thursday, local police said. The tiger was lurking in a corn field and suddenly pounced oncattle herded by Jin Zhencheng, a ...
Dominican Republic fires 200 anti-drug officers
Sep 22, 2006 ... Dominican Republic fires 200 anti-drug officersHAVANA, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Dominican Republic's NationalDrug Control Directorate (DNCD) said in a statement Thursday that ithad fired 200 officers, saying "their services are no longer needed." According to news reaching ...
Brazilian FM visits Haiti to help restore democracy
Sep 22, 2006 ... Brazilian FM visits Haiti to help restore democracyBRASILIA, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian Foreign Minister CelsoAmorim on Thursday traveled to Haiti to help the country restoredemocracy, said a statement from the Brazilian Foreign Ministry. "The visit takes place in the ...
Cuba and Chinese Taipei qualify for second round in U21 baseball worlds
Sep 22, 2006 ... Cuba and Chinese Taipei qualify for second round in U21 baseballworldsHAVANA, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Cuba and Chinese Taipei Thursdayqualified for the second round of the Under-21 Baseball WorldChampionship in the central Cuban province of Sancti Spiritus. In a Group A ...
Chile, Bolivia hold talks at UN on cooperation
Sep 22, 2006 ... Chile, Bolivia hold talks at UN on cooperationUNITED NATIONS, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Chilean Foreign MinisterAlejandro Foxley and his Bolivian counterpart David Choquehuanca heldtalks on Thursday on the sidelines of the 61st United Nations GeneralAssembly meeting. According ...
Spain's Ence to relocate paper mill in Uruguay
Sep 22, 2006 ... Spain's Ence to relocate paper mill in UruguayMONTEVIDEO, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Spanish paper company Ence onThursday announced a rethink of its plan to build a cellulose planton the Uruguay River, which forms border with Argentina, followingpressure from Argentina. The ...
EU to send 100 observers to Nicaragua elections
Sep 22, 2006 ... EU to send 100 observers to Nicaragua electionsMANAGUA, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) would send100 observers to watch over Nicaragua's Nov. 5 presidential election,the EU's ambassador to the country, Francesca Mosca, told media onThursday. "In total, there ...
Barbados cycling ace banned for two years for doping
Sep 22, 2006 ... Barbados cycling ace banned for two years for dopingGENEVA, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Barbados' first cycling worldchampionship medalist Barry Forde was banned for two years for usingbanned substance testosterone by the Court of Arbitration for Sport(CAS). Forde, a silver ...
Myanmar gains trade surplus in first four months of 2006-07
Sep 22, 2006 ... Myanmar gains trade surplus in first four months of 2006-07YANGON, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar gained a trade surplus of1.38 billion U.S. dollars with its foreign trade in the first fourmonths of the fiscal year of 2006-07 which began in April, up 77.8percent from 776.1 million ...
Hidayat bows out of World Championships (corrected)
Sep 22, 2006 ... Hidayat bows out of World Championships (corrected)MADRID, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese veteran shuttler Chen Hongdisplayed daunting prowess on Thursday when he beat the odds to upsetreigning titlist Taufik Hidayat in the men's singles third round ofWorld Badminton ...
World Badminton Championships results
Sep 22, 2006 ... World Badminton Championships resultsMADRID, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Following are the third-round resultsof women's singles at the World Badminton Championships played onThursday: Petra Overzier, Germany, beat Wang Chen, Hong Kong, China, 22-20,4-21, 22-20 Petya ...
Major news items in leading Australian newspapers
Sep 22, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Australian newspapersCANBERRA, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Australian newspapers on Friday.The Australian: -- Prime Minister John Howard has begun to soften the impact ofhis new workplace laws ...
Lebanese war victims to receive compensation payments
Sep 22, 2006 ... Lebanese war victims to receive compensation paymentsBEIRUT, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese families of those killedduring the war with Israel were to begin receiving compensation onFriday, the Lebanese Cabinet announced on Thursday. After attending the Cabinet's weekly ...
World Badminton Championships results
Sep 22, 2006 ... World Badminton Championships resultsMADRID, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Following are the third-round resultsof men's singles at the World Badminton Championships played onThursday: Lee Hyun Ii, South Korea, beat Eric Pang, Netherlands, 21-16, 21-6 Lee Chong Wei, ...
Zhang Ning powers into quaterfinals
Sep 22, 2006 ... Zhang Ning powers into quaterfinalsMADRID, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Top seed Zhang Ning trounced Wong MewChoo of Malaysia 21-13, 21-13 to reach the women's singlesquarterfinals of World Badminton championships on Thursday. In the quarterfinals, the 31-year-old reigning Olympic ...
Polish PM seeks removal of his deputy, ruling coalition on edge of collapse
Sep 22, 2006 ... Polish PM seeks removal of his deputy, ruling coalition on edge ofcollapseWARSAW, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Large cracks were appearing inPoland's ruling coalition on Thursday as Prime Minister JaroslawKaczynski threatened to sack the deputy prime minister and hiscoalition partner, ...
Pentagon denies pre-9/11 intelligence hitch
Sep 22, 2006 ... Pentagon denies pre-9/11 intelligence hitchWASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Pentagon on Thursday deniedassertions that it had failed to send a vital intelligence report tothe FBI and thus could have missed the chance to stop the 9/11 terrorattacks. A report released ...
NZ signs to punish attacks against UN personnel
Sep 22, 2006 ... NZ signs to punish attacks against UN personnelWELLINGTON, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand has signed a UNtreaty to criminalize and punish attacks against UN personnel workingin the field. According Friday's report from NZTV, Foreign Minister WinstonPeters signed ...
Nepal Citizenship Act 2006 approved in Nepali parliament
Sep 22, 2006 ... Nepal Citizenship Act 2006 approved in Nepali parliamentKATHMANDU, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- The meeting of the Nepali House ofRepresentatives on Thursday unanimously approved Nepal CitizenshipBill, 2006, state-run Radio Nepal reported on Friday. Responding to queries raised in ...
Chinese, Aussie boost NZ visitor arrivals
Sep 22, 2006 ... Chinese, Aussie boost NZ visitor arrivalsWELLINGTON, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- There were 155,700 short-termoverseas visitor arrivals to New Zealand in August 2006, up 5,000 (3percent) on August 2005, Statistics New Zealand said Friday. It said more visitors came from Australia ...
Colombian soccer union condemns double contracts
Sep 22, 2006 ... Colombian soccer union condemns double contractsBOGOTA, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Colombian Professional SoccerPlayers Union (Alcolfutpro) Thursday condemned that most of theColombian clubs sign two contracts with players, with unfair socialsecurity provision. Alcolfutpro ...
Urgent: China Merchants Bank listed in Hong Kong stock market
Sep 22, 2006 ... Urgent: China Merchants Bank listed in Hong Kong stock marketHONG KONG, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- China Merchants Bank, ...
Journalists in BALCO case should be jailed: judge
Sep 22, 2006 ... Journalists in BALCO case should be jailed: judgeWASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- U.S. District Court Judge JeffreyWhite Thursday said the two journalists who refused to name theirsource in the BALCO case should be jailed. "The only appropriate sentence is to incarcerate ...
Xinhua international news advisory -- Sept. 22
Sep 22, 2006 ... Xinhua international news advisory -- Sept. 22BEIJING, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of the majorinternational news stories scheduled to be covered or pursued byXinhua on Friday. -- Lebanese victims of war to ...
Roundup: Pacific islands call for help on HIV/AIDS
Sep 22, 2006 ... Roundup: Pacific islands call for help on HIV/AIDSWELLINGTON, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Small island nations in Pacificregion called Friday for more international support against HIV/AIDS. The Premier and Health Minister of the tiny Pacific island of Niuesaid his government ...
Mexico's teachers march to capital, demanding higher pay, governor resignation
Sep 22, 2006 ... Mexico's teachers march to capital, demanding higher pay, governorresignationMEXICO CITY, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Teachers and activists in thesouthern Mexican state of Oaxaca began a march on Thursday to thecapital, Mexico City, demanding higher pay and the resignation of ...
Foreign exchange rates in Thailand
Sep 22, 2006 ... Foreign exchange rates in ThailandBANGKOK, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the baht on Friday as offered by the Bangkok Bank:Friday Thursday U.S. dollar 37.18/37.78 37.22/37.82 ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Sep 22, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Friday.Asahi:-- The Tokyo District Court on Thursday ruled that the Tokyo boardof education's directive forcing ...
Market exchange rates -- Sept. 22
Sep 22, 2006 ... Market exchange rates -- Sept. 22BEIJING, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- The central parity of the RMBagainst five major currencies announced Friday by the China ForeignExchange Trading System: Currency Unit Middle Price (in RMB yuan) U.S. Dollar 100 ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Sep 22, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Philippine newspapers on Friday:Manila Bulletin: -- The number of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who workedabroad during the period April ...
Prospects for China-Iceland economic, trade cooperation broad: Chinese state councilor
Sep 22, 2006 ... Prospects for China-Iceland economic, trade cooperation broad:Chinese state councilorSTOCKHOLM, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Economic and trade cooperationbetween China and Iceland faced broad prospects, visiting ChineseState Councilor Chen Zhili said on Thursday, according to news ...
Afghan president visits Canada for gaining support
Sep 22, 2006 ... Afghan president visits Canada for gaining supportOTTAWA, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrivedhere Thursday for drumming up support for his country amid Canadianpublic's stronger calls for troops withdrawal from Afghanistan. During his three-day visit, ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Sept. 22
Sep 22, 2006 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Sept. 22BANGKOK -- The People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), an anti-Thaksin group, announced Thursday that it would cease its activitiesfor a time in view of the political development happening inThailand, but it reiterated it would not ...
Dutch June-August jobless rate down to 5.3 percent
Sep 22, 2006 ... Dutch June-August jobless rate down to 5.3 percentBRUSSELS, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Dutch unemployment in the threemonths to August averaged 5.3 percent, down from 6.5 percent in thesame period a year earlier, according to figures released by DutchCentral Bureau for Statistics ...
Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, Sept. 21
Sep 22, 2006 ... Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, Sept. 21BAGHDAD -- Italian troops in Iraq handed over security for thesouthern Dhi Qar province on Thursday to Iraqis in the second suchtransfer of an entire province. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki hailed the security ...
Stocks close lower in Mexico, Argentina, Brazil
Sep 22, 2006 ... Stocks close lower in Mexico, Argentina, BrazilMEXICO CITY, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Latin America's three majorstock markets closed lower on Thursday. Mexico City's stock market IPC index dropped 1.57 percent to closeat 21,498.09 points. A total of 135 million shares were ...
Lula calls for thorough investigation into his alleged campaign scandal
Sep 22, 2006 ... Lula calls for thorough investigation into his alleged campaignscandalRIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian President LuizInacio Lula da Silva told Brazilian television on Thursday that hewanted a thorough investigation into his alleged election campaignscandal ....
Xinhua home news advisory -- Sept. 22
Sep 22, 2006 ... Xinhua home news advisory -- Sept. 22BEIJING, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of the majordomestic news stories scheduled to be covered or pursued by Xinhua onFriday: 1. First SCO supreme court presidents conference continues 2. China to invest 2.9 ...
Australia beat Brazil in women's basketball semis
Sep 22, 2006 ... Australia beat Brazil in women's basketball semisBRASILIA, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Australian women's basketball teambeat its Brazilian rival 88-76 on Thursday in the semifinal of thesport's World Championship in Sao Paulo. The Australian team turned around a game that had ...
Australia beat Brazil in women's basketball semis (updated)
Sep 22, 2006 ... Australia beat Brazil in women's basketball semis (updated)RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Australian women's nationalbasketball team beat Brazil on Thursday 88-76 in the FIBA WorldChampionship semifinals at Ibirapuera Arena, in Sao Paulo. Australia will play the ...
Tokyo shares open lower
Sep 22, 2006 ... Tokyo shares open lowerTOKYO, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks opened lower on Fridaywith the decline of high-techs and other export-oriented issues. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the 225-issue Nikkei StockAverage ...
Brazilian coach Dunga calls up players for friendlies
Sep 22, 2006 ... Brazilian coach Dunga calls up players for friendliesRIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian national footballteam head coach Dunga on Thursday announced the roster for the nexttwo friendly matches in October. On a list released on Thursday by the Brazilian ...
Four dead, two missing in SW China coal mine gas blast
Sep 22, 2006 ... Four dead, two missing in SW China coal mine gas blastCHENGDU, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Four miners have been confirmed deadand two others are missing after a gas explosion rocked a coal minein southwest China's Sichuan Province, local work safety sources saidon Friday. The ...
New Zealand, Austria sign double tax agreement
Sep 22, 2006 ... New Zealand, Austria sign double tax agreementWELLINGTON, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand has signed a doubletax agreement with the Republic of Austria, Revenue Minister PeterDunne announced Friday. "Once in force, the double tax agreement with Austria will helpreduce ...
Swiss Cancellara grabs men's time trial world title
Sep 22, 2006 ... Swiss Cancellara grabs men's time trial world titleVIENNA, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Swiss Fabian Cancellara clinched themen's time trial title at the world road race championships onThursday, finishing the 50.8km course in one hour and 11 seconds. The 25-year-old, third in 2005 ...