Xinhua News Agency back issues from Monday, October 2:
Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapers
Oct 02, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapersISLAMABAD, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are major news items inleading Pakistani newspapers on Monday. The Daily Times: -- British troops battling the Taliban are to withdraw from one ofthe most dangerous areas of ...
Myanmar to vaccinate more than 13 million children against measles
Oct 02, 2006 ... Myanmar to vaccinate more than 13 million children against measles YANGON, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar will vaccinate more than 13million children against measles under a program on immunizationstarting next month, according to the Department of Health Monday. The children aged ...
Indigo Partners buys 49 pct stake in Indonesia s Mandala Airlines
Oct 02, 2006 ... Indigo Partners buys 49 pct stake in Indonesia s Mandala Airlines JAKARTA, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- U.S. firm Indigo Partners LLC hascompleted the purchase of a 49 percent stake in Indonesia-based PTMandala Airlines from Cardig International Aviation, an executivesaid Monday ....
Urgent: Two Americans awarded Nobel Medicine Prize
Oct 02, 2006 ... Urgent: Two Americans awarded Nobel Medicine PrizeSTOCKHOLM, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Two Americans -- Andrew Z. Fire ...
Less than 30 percent of Ming Dynasty Great Wall still standing
Oct 02, 2006 ... Less than 30 percent of Ming Dynasty Great Wall still standingBEIJING, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- A Great Wall expert has warned thatthe Great Wall has suffered extensive natural and human damage inrecent years. Only 30 percent of the walls built during the MingDynasty (1368-1644) are ...
Vietnam's stock market ends higher
Oct 02, 2006 ... Vietnam's stock market ends higherHANOI, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's stock market, VN-Index, rose4.95 points, or 0.94 percent, to 531.68 on Monday with 128. 471billion Vietnamese dong (VND) (roughly 8.08 million U.S. dollars)worth of shares and investment fund certificates ...
Ruling Hamas government endangers the people: Fatah official
Oct 02, 2006 ... Ruling Hamas government endangers the people: Fatah officialRAMALLAH, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- A spokesman for Palestinian PresidentMahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement strongly criticized the governing Hamasmovement on Monday, saying it endangers the people. "I think the government is ...
1st LD Writethru: Two bomb explosions demolish building in centralBaghdad
Oct 02, 2006 ... 1st LD Writethru: Two bomb explosions demolish building in centralBaghdadBAGHDAD, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Two explosion charges went off anddemolished a building in a Baghdad downtown district, a well-informed police source told Xinhua. The building ...
Urgent: Two bomb explosions demolish building in central Baghdad
Oct 02, 2006 ... Urgent: Two bomb explosions demolish building in central BaghdadBAGHDAD, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Two explosion charges went off anddemolished a building in a ...
Two people killed in car bomb in central Baghdad
Oct 02, 2006 ... Two people killed in car bomb in central BaghdadBAGHDAD, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed and two otherswounded when a car bomb went off near a police patrol in a centralBaghdad district on Monday, a police source told Xinhua. "A car bomb parked near the Turkish ...
Gunmen assassinate senior police officer in central Baghdad
Oct 02, 2006 ... Gunmen assassinate senior police officer in central BaghdadBAGHDAD, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Unknown gunmen shot dead a policeintelligence officer in central Baghdad on Monday, an InteriorMinistry source told Xinhua. "Colonel Faris Khalil Abdul Hassan, a member of a ...
Indian set-up slams umpires at World Cup
Oct 02, 2006 ... Indian set-up slams umpires at World CupMADRID, Oct 2 (Xinhua) -- The Indian team launched a scathingattack on the umpires at the Women's Hockey World Cup on Monday,claiming that they are "incompetent and biased". A statement signed by Indian team manager Anurita Saini ...
Venezuelan girl wins Miss Globe contest in Albania
Oct 02, 2006 ... Venezuelan girl wins Miss Globe contest in AlbaniaTIRANA, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- A Venezuelan girl came out at the topon Sunday evening at the 2006 Miss Globe International Beauty Contestheld in Butrint in southern Albania, local media reported on Monday. Viviane Lisbeth Ramos ...
1st Ld: Gun report forces two Las Vegas schools to shut down
Oct 02, 2006 ... 1st Ld: Gun report forces two Las Vegas schools to shut downLOS ANGELES, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) - Two schools in Las ...
Sata's secretary denies conceding defeat in Zambian presidential race
Oct 02, 2006 ... Sata's secretary denies conceding defeat in Zambian presidentialraceLUSAKA, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- The secretary-general of Zambia'sPatriotic Front presidential candidate Micheal Sata denied reports onMonday that Sata has accepted defeat in the September 28 election. "What ...
Jordanian PM holds talks with Abbas on aid
Oct 02, 2006 ... Jordanian PM holds talks with Abbas on aidAMMAN, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Jordanian Prime Minister Marouf Bakhiton Monday held talks with visiting Palestinian President MahmoudAbbas on the financial aid to the Palestinians, the official newsagency Petra reported. During the ...
Swedish parliament elects new speaker
Oct 02, 2006 ... Swedish parliament elects new speakerSTOCKHOLM, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Sweden's newly elected parliament,Riksdag, met for the first time on Monday, and Per Westerberg, amember of the ruling Moderate Party, has been elected speaker, localmedia reported. Westerberg beat the ...
Africa Focus: Kenya marks World's Habitat Day amid urbanizationcrisis
Oct 02, 2006 ... Africa Focus: Kenya marks World's Habitat Day amid urbanizationcrisisNAIROBI, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Kenya on Monday joined cities aroundthe world in marking this year's World Habitat Day, which waslaunched from the Italian city of Naples. The day's celebrations were held in ...
Diseases claim 30,000 cattle in southern Zimbabwe
Oct 02, 2006 ... Diseases claim 30,000 cattle in southern ZimbabweHARARE, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- At least 30,000 cattle died of variousdiseases in the southern Zimbabwe province of Masvingo in the firsteight months of this year, further depleting the drought- proneprovince's herd, the official The ...
Zimbabwe to host international meeting of engineers
Oct 02, 2006 ... Zimbabwe to host international meeting of engineersHARARE, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwe will be the first Africancountry to host the second general assembly of the World Council ofCivil Engineers at the country's premier resort town of VictoriaFalls in June next year. This ...
Kenya set to host UN relief summit
Oct 02, 2006 ... Kenya set to host UN relief summitNAIROBI, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- A three-day international summit tolook into the current state of global humanitarian relief programswill open in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on Tuesday. The summit, organized by a Britain-based non-profit ...
Zambia sets date for presidential inauguration
Oct 02, 2006 ... Zambia sets date for presidential inaugurationLUSAKA, Oct.2 (Xinhua) -- The time for a presidentialinauguration ceremony has been set to be on Tuesday, Zambia NationalBroadcasting Cooperation (ZNBC) reported on Monday. The ceremony would be held on Tuesday in Lusaka, the ...
1st Ld-Writethru: At least 6 killed in U.S. school shooting rampage
Oct 02, 2006 ... 1st Ld-Writethru: At least 6 killed in U.S. school shootingrampageWASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- At least six people were killed ina shooting rampage at an Amish school Monday in Lancaster,Pennsylvania, CNN Television reported. It was unclear if the gunman was among the ...
Lebanese FM urges UN to press Israel's fully withdrawal
Oct 02, 2006 ... Lebanese FM urges UN to press Israel's fully withdrawalBEIRUT, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese Foreign Minister FawziSalloukh said on Monday that Israel did not completely withdraw fromLebanese territory, and urged UN to press Israel's complete pullout. "The Lebanese government ...
Nigeria voices concern over treatment of migrants
Oct 02, 2006 ... Nigeria voices concern over treatment of migrantsLAGOS, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria has voiced concern over theworsening treatment of migrants, especially by the developedcountries, the official News Agency of Nigeria reported on Monday. Nigerian Minister of Labor and ...
Putin, Bush discuss Georgia, Iran issues by phone
Oct 02, 2006 ... Putin, Bush discuss Georgia, Iran issues by phoneMOSCOW, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin had atelephone conversation with his U.S. counterpart George W. Bush,saying no third party should be involved in the row over Georgia'sarrest of four Russian officers ...
Military attack kills five soldiers in south Nigeria
Oct 02, 2006 ... Military attack kills five soldiers in south NigeriaPORT HARCOURT, Nigeria, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- A militant attack inNigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta, south Nigeria, left five soldierskilled, an army officer said here on Monday. Army Spokesman Sagir ...
Profile: Mwanawasa reelected Zambian president
Oct 02, 2006 ... Profile: Mwanawasa reelected Zambian presidentLUSAKA, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Zambian Chief Justice Ernest Sakaladeclared here Monday that Levy Mwanawasa, who collected 43 percent ofthe valid votes cast in the country's 150 constituencies last week, was re-elected Zambia's president ....
Iraqi PM announces new peace plan
Oct 02, 2006 ... Iraqi PM announces new peace planBAGHDAD, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Iraq's Prime Minister proposed a four-point plan on Monday in a new bid to stem rampant sectarian violencein his country and achieve solidarity in his embattled government. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced ...
Euro zone growth at six-year high
Oct 02, 2006 ... Euro zone growth at six-year highBRUSSELS, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- The economy of the 12-nation eurozone grew an annual 3.4 percent in the first half of the year, thehighest rate in six years, the European Union (EU) said in a reportpublished Monday. The recovery of the ...
Zambia's ruling party leads in parliamentary election
Oct 02, 2006 ... Zambia's ruling party leads in parliamentary electionLUSAKA, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Zambia's ruling Movement for MultipartyDemocracy (MMD) has won 70 out of the total 150 parliamentary seatsin the Sept. 28 tripartite elections that saw President LevyMwanawasa gain a second five-year ...
Update: At least 4 killed in U.S. school shooting rampage
Oct 02, 2006 ... Update: At least 4 killed in U.S. school shooting rampageWASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- At least four people were killed ina shooting rampage at an Amish school Monday in Lancaster,Pennsylvania, CNN Television reported. The gunman, a 32-year-old milk truck driver named ...
Talks continue between EU, U.S. over air passenger data transfer
Oct 02, 2006 ... Talks continue between EU, U.S. over air passenger data transferBRUSSELS, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) is weighing anew proposal on transatlantic air passenger data transfers by theUnited States as airlines are stuck in a legal limbo following theexpiry of the ...
Urgent: Ban favored by all permanent UN council members in key poll for next UN chief
Oct 02, 2006 ... Urgent: Ban favored by all permanent UN council members in keypoll for next UN chiefUNITED NATIONS, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- South Korean Foreign MinisterBan Ki-Moon has won all ...
Urgent: Searchers find black boxes of Brazil's ill-fated Boeing 737
Oct 02, 2006 ... Urgent: Searchers find black boxes of Brazil's ill-fated Boeing737NEW YORK, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) - Searchers Monday found the two ...
Films aspiring for Oscar nomination to be shown at Warsaw Festival
Oct 02, 2006 ... Films aspiring for Oscar nomination to be shown at Warsaw Festival WARSAW, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Ten films contending for the nominationof the Academy Award (Oscar) in the foreign film category will beshown at the 22nd Warsaw International Film Festival WMFF, whichstarts in Warsaw ...
Hooded youths fire-bomb three banks in central Athens
Oct 02, 2006 ... Hooded youths fire-bomb three banks in central AthensATHENS, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Dozens of local youths fire-bombedthree branches of banks in central Athens late Monday, the semi-official ANA reported. The report ...
Joint police operation in SE European countries targets human trafficking
Oct 02, 2006 ... Joint police operation in SE European countries targets humantraffickingATHENS, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- A simultaneous police operation inGreece and other southeast European countries led to discovery andrescue of more than 460 young women, all reportedly victims of ...
20,000 weddings scheduled in week-long holidays in Beijing
Oct 02, 2006 ... 20,000 weddings scheduled in week-long holidays in BeijingBEIJING, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- The streets of Beijing were lined upwith wedding cars decorated by flowers on Monday, the second day ofthe week-long national holidays. It's estimated that there are more than 20,000 ...
Nepali king terms peace process as nation's need
Oct 02, 2006 ... Nepali king terms peace process as nation's needKATHMANDU, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Nepali King Gyanendra has said thatthe "success of the ongoing efforts to guarantee security to thepeople by making the peace process successful," is, indeed, " theneed of the nation and the desire of ...
Vietnam's pepper export up in first 9 months
Oct 02, 2006 ... Vietnam's pepper export up in first 9 monthsHANOI, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam, the world's biggest pepperexporter, sold overseas 105,000 tons of pepper worth 159 million U.S. dollars in the first nine months of this year, posting respectiveyear-on-year surges of 22.3 percent and ...
Vietnam posts higher woodwork export earnings in first 9 months
Oct 02, 2006 ... Vietnam posts higher woodwork export earnings in first 9 monthsHANOI, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam exported woodwork worth nearly1.4 billion U.S. dollars in the first nine months of this year, ayear-on-year increase of 23.8 percent, according to a local industryassociation on ...
Vietnam's agriculture to face integration challenges
Oct 02, 2006 ... Vietnam's agriculture to face integration challengesHANOI, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's agriculture with smallproduction scale and low professionalism of farmers will, thoughtaking new measures, experience hardship when the country joins theWorld Trade Organization (WTO), local ...
World can learn from Nepal in peace process: Nepali PM
Oct 02, 2006 ... World can learn from Nepal in peace process: Nepali PMKATHMANDU, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Nepali Prime Minister Girija PrasadKoirala has said that the Nepali peace process would be an examplefor the world how the way out of problems is possible throughdialogue following its success, ...
China steps up IPR protection to promote innovation (1)
Oct 02, 2006 ... China steps up IPR protection to promote innovation (1) By DingYimin, China Features BEIJING, Oct.2 (Xinhua) -- Landlords of Beijing's biggest retailmarkets including the Silk Alley Market signed a memorandum with agroup of international manufacturers of brand-name products in ...
WTA Tour leading rankings
Oct 02, 2006 ... WTA Tour leading rankingsLONDON, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading rankings fromthe WTA Tour singles: 1. Amelie Mauresmo (France) 3746 2. Justine Henin-Hardenne (Belgium) 3474 3. Maria Sharapova (Russia) 3037 ...
1st Ld: Writethru: Suicide bombing injures 3 in Afghan capital
Oct 02, 2006 ... 1st Ld: Writethru: Suicide bombing injures 3 in Afghan capitalKABUL, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- An apparently premature suicide bombripped off eastern Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, on Monday, injuringthree civilians. The bombing happened at around 10:00 a.m. on Jalalabad road ....
China steps up IPR protection to promote innovation (3)
Oct 02, 2006 ... China steps up IPR protection to promote innovation (3)The competition of the future world is a competition for IPRs,said Premier Wen Jiabao. Based on this insight, China has increasedits financial support to IPR-related work. The State Council, or the central government, ...
Most Canadians see Afghan mission as lost cause: poll
Oct 02, 2006 ... Most Canadians see Afghan mission as lost cause: pollOTTAWA, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- A new survey showed that most Canadiansconsidered Canada's Afghan mission a lost cause and were skeptical ofthe Washington-led war on terror. The poll, conducted by Decima Research from Sept. 8 ...
Philippine stocks close lower
Oct 02, 2006 ... Philippine stocks close lowerMANILA, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Philippine stock prices Monday closedlower on profit-taking in selected stocks, with sentiment weigheddown by concerns over the economic impact of the damage inflicted byTyphoon Xangsane last week, dealers said. The ...
Tokyo stocks end higher
Oct 02, 2006 ... Tokyo stocks end higherTOKYO, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks rose almost across theboard on Monday, as market confidence was boosted by a favorablebusiness sentiment survey released by the central bank earlier in theday. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average rose 126.71 ...
Philippine government facing major challenges: EU report
Oct 02, 2006 ... Philippine government facing major challenges: EU reportMANILA, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Lack of good governance, restoringpeace and security and economic reforms are the greatest challengesfacing the Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo administration, the European Unionsaid in its 2006 bilateral ...
CORRECTS-Urgent: Rice says P5, Germany may meet later this week on Iran
Oct 02, 2006 ... CORRECTS-Urgent: Rice says P5, Germany may meet later this week onIranLONDON, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Foreign ministers of the five permanentmembers of the UN Security Council plus Germany may meet later thisweek ...
Air quality of major Chinese cities -- Oct. 2
Oct 02, 2006 ... Air quality of major Chinese cities -- Oct. 2BEIJING, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Report on the quality of air in 47major Chinese cities (12:00 Oct. 1 to 12:00 Oct. 2 Beijing Time),released by the China Environmental Monitoring Center:City Major Pollutant Air ...
Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers
Oct 02, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Iranian newspapersTEHRAN, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Iranian newspapers on Monday.Kayhan: -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday that Iranis keen on developing relations with ...
Federer's preparation "very good" for Japan Open
Oct 02, 2006 ... Federer's preparation "very good" for Japan OpenTOKYO, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- World No. 1 Roger Federer of Switzerlandsaid Monday at a practice that his preparation is "very good" for hisfirst tournament appearance in Tokyo at Japan Open, which startedMonday. "My preparation ...
Airline compensates north China park for plane crash
Oct 02, 2006 ... Airline compensates north China park for plane crashBAOTOU, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- A Shanghai-based airline company hasagreed to compensate a north China park for a plane crash thatcontaminated its lake nearly two years ago. China Eastern Airlines will pay 21.4 million yuan ...
Major news items in leading British newspapers
Oct 02, 2006 ... Major news items in leading British newspapersLONDON, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading British newspapers on Monday:The Independent: -- An African peacekeeping force has emerged as the best hope ofaverting humanitarian catastrophe ...
British stock exchange opens higher
Oct 02, 2006 ... British stock exchange opens higherLONDON, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- British stocks opened higher on Mondayon the London Stock ...
Two Kenyan professionals join national soccer team
Oct 02, 2006 ... Two Kenyan professionals join national soccer teamNAIROBI, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Two Kenyan professionals have joinedthe national soccer team Harambee Stars who are preparing for thisweek's African Cup of Nations qualifier against Angola. The pair -- Tanzanian-based players ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 1)
Oct 02, 2006 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 1)HONG KONG, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Monday:Major news items in leading Australian newspapers Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers ...
Urgent: Fourteen people kidnapped by gunmen in eastern Baghdad
Oct 02, 2006 ... Urgent: Fourteen people kidnapped by gunmen in eastern BaghdadBAGHDAD, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Unknown gunmen wearing police ...
Japan's Mitsubishi Materials to start Indian firm on automotive tool sale
Oct 02, 2006 ... Japan's Mitsubishi Materials to start Indian firm on automotivetool saleTOKYO, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Mitsubishi Materials Corp. saidMonday it will set up a sales company in southern India which willfocus on automotive hard metal tools. The decision is in view of the ...
Urgent: Georgia to hand over detained Russian officers to OSCE
Oct 02, 2006 ... Urgent: Georgia to hand over detained Russian officers to OSCEMOSCOW, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- The four detained Russian militaryofficers ...
Foreign exchange rates in Vietnam
Oct 02, 2006 ... Foreign exchange rates in VietnamHANOI, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- The following are Inter-bank foreignexchange rates against the Vietnamese dong (VND) on Monday: ...