Xinhua News Agency back issues from Sunday, October 8:
Malaysia urges ASEAN to set up fund to fight open burning
Oct 08, 2006 ... Malaysia urges ASEAN to set up fund to fight open burningKUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Malaysian Deputy Prime MinisterNajib Tun Razak on Saturday urged ASEAN countries to set up a sizablefund to tackle the problem of open burning which is seen as the causeof haze in the ...
Singapore forms new racial and religious committee
Oct 08, 2006 ... Singapore forms new racial and religious committeeSINGAPORE, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- A new committee has been formed inSingapore to reinforce inter faith awareness and understandingbetween racial and religious groups, Channel NewsAsia reported onSaturday. Prime Minister Lee ...
Gov't-guerrilla summit talks to be success: Nepali party leaders
Oct 08, 2006 ... Gov't-guerrilla summit talks to be success: Nepali party leadersKATHMANDU, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Nepali party leaders Saturdayreiterated the hope that the summit talks between the ruling Seven-Party Alliance government and the guerrillas slated for Sunday willproduce positive ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua
Oct 08, 2006 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of XinhuaHONG KONG, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Saturday:Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers Major news items in leading Australian newspapers ...
Negro League baseball great dies at 94
Oct 08, 2006 ... Negro League baseball great dies at 94WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Buck O'Neil, the Negro Leaguesbaseball great who fell one vote shy of the Hall of Fame, died Fridaynight at the age of 94. Bob Kendrick, marketing director for the Negro Leagues BaseballMuseum, said ...
Record number of visitors to Tian'anmen Square during weeklong vacation
Oct 08, 2006 ... Record number of visitors to Tian'anmen Square during weeklongvacationBEIJING, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- More than 5.2 million Chinese andforeigners visited Beijing's Tian'anmen Square during China'sweeklong National Day vacation, a new visitor record for the world'slargest city ...
Japanese PM leaves Tokyo for visit to China
Oct 08, 2006 ... Japanese PM leaves Tokyo for visit to ChinaTOKYO, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abeleft Tokyo on ...
1st Ld: CPC Central Committee key plenum opens
Oct 08, 2006 ... 1st Ld: CPC Central Committee key plenum opensBEIJING, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Sixth Plenary Session of the 16thCentral Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) opened inBeijing on Sunday morning. A major ...
Foreign Exchange Rates in Nepal
Oct 08, 2006 ... Foreign Exchange Rates in NepalKATHMANDU, Oct.8 (Xinhua)--The following are Inter-bank foreignexchange rates against the Nepali rupee on Sunday. Currency Unit Buying Selling Australian dollar 154.9655.4 Canadian dollar 1 ...
"Golden week" pops 2.7 bln yuan tourism income in Shanghai pockets
Oct 08, 2006 ... "Golden week" pops 2.7 bln yuan tourism income in Shanghai pockets SHANGHAI, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- East China's commercial hub Shanghaiwelcomed more than four million visitors during the weeklong NationalDay vacation - one of three tourism "golden weeks" in China - andearned 2.7 ...
Major news items in leading Indian newspapers
Oct 08, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Indian newspapersNEW DELHI, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- Following are major news headlinesin leading Indian newspapers on Sunday.The Hindu-- Dengue claimed three more lives in New Delhi Saturday,bringing up the death ...
Results of MLB play-offs division series
Oct 08, 2006 ... Results of MLB play-offs division seriesWASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of theMLB Play-offs Division Series games on Saturday (home team in CAPS): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R DETROIT 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 0 x 8 NY ...
Yankees eliminated by Tigers from playoffs
Oct 08, 2006 ... Yankees eliminated by Tigers from playoffsWASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The New York Yankees was eliminatedfrom the playoffs after a Saturday's 3-8 defeat by the Detroit Tigersin their best-of-five divisional series, in which the scores were 1-3. The win sends Detroit on ...
1st LD Writethru: Japanese PM heads for China for official visit
Oct 08, 2006 ... 1st LD Writethru: Japanese PM heads for China for official visitTOKYO, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abeleft here on Sunday morning for a two-day official visit to China China and Japan have reached an agreement on tackling thepolitical obstacles that ...
Latvia's ruling coalition set to win most votes in parliamentary election: election commission
Oct 08, 2006 ... Latvia's ruling coalition set to win most votes in parliamentaryelection: election commissionRIGA, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- Latvia's ruling coalition is poised towin most votes in the former Soviet republic's first parliamentaryelection since it joined the European Union two years ...
Love moves into contention for PGA title in Greensboro
Oct 08, 2006 ... Love moves into contention for PGA title in GreensboroWASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Davis Love III claimed intocontention on Saturday for his first PGA Tour title in three years atthe Greensboro Classic in North Carolina. The American fired a four-under-par 68 on a damp at ...
7 missing in fishing boat accident off central Japan
Oct 08, 2006 ... 7 missing in fishing boat accident off central JapanTOKYO, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- A fishing boat with fifteen aboard wasoverturned in the Pacific off Shinzuoka prefecture in central Japanearly Sunday. Eight were rescued and the other seven were stillmissing, local media reported ....
Air quality in Singapore back to normal level
Oct 08, 2006 ... Air quality in Singapore back to normal levelSINGAPORE, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- Air quality in Singapore moved backto the "good" range with the Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) droppingto 31 at 10:00 a.m. local time on Sunday after a peak point to 150 onSaturday night. The ...
Bucks center Bogut injures leg
Oct 08, 2006 ... Bucks center Bogut injures legWASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Milwaukee Bucks center AndrewBogut banged his leg into Steve Blake's knee and left the court inSaturday's team practice in Milwaukee. Bogut, who did not return to the court, was diagnosed with acontusion on ...
Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapers
Oct 08, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapersISLAMABAD, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- Following are major news items inleading Pakistani newspapers on Sunday. The Daily Times: -- Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf said on Saturdaythat the plans to fight terrorism ...
URGENT: CPC Central Committee key plenum opens
Oct 08, 2006 ... URGENT: CPC Central Committee key plenum opensBEIJING, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Sixth Plenary ...
3rd Ld: CPC Central Committee key plenum opens
Oct 08, 2006 ... 3rd Ld: CPC Central Committee key plenum opensBEIJING, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Sixth Plenary Session of the 16thCentral Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) opened inBeijing on Sunday morning. A major item of the agenda is to study the issue of building ...
Slovenia wins first Euro 2008 qualifier with 2-0 over Luxembourg
Oct 08, 2006 ... Slovenia wins first Euro 2008 qualifier with 2-0 over LuxembourgBELGRADE, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Slovenia hailed the first victory inthe qualifying stage for the Euro 2008 football championship as theydefeated Luxembourg 2-0 in a Group G match on Saturday, the SlovenePress Agency ...
China lose to South Korea 2-1 in ninth-place playoff
Oct 08, 2006 ... China lose to South Korea 2-1 in ninth-place playoffMADRID, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- China lost to South Korea 2-1 in theWomen's Hockey World Cup ninth-place playoff on Saturday. The loss put a sour end to China's nightmarish run in the WorldCup, which featured a 6-1 thrashing by ...
Major news items in leading Thai newspapers
Oct 08, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Thai newspapersBANGKOK, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Thai newspapers Sunday: Bangkok Post: -- The haze from Indonesian forest fires currently blanketingThailand's lower southern region has not yet ...
China's home news items from Xinhua -- Oct. 7
Oct 08, 2006 ... China's home news items from Xinhua -- Oct. 7BEIJING, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are China's home newsitems released by Xinhua on Saturday: China's senior advisor calls for better performance of advisorybody 1st Ld-Writethru: Senior Japanese official sees ...
Serbia beats Belgium 1-0 in Euro 2008 qualifier
Oct 08, 2006 ... Serbia beats Belgium 1-0 in Euro 2008 qualifierBELGRADE, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Serbia's national football team edgedout the visiting Belgium 1-0 on Saturday evening in a Euro 2008 GroupA qualifier. Nikola Zigic's 54th minute goal helped Serbia beat Belgium,sending a low shot ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Oct.7
Oct 08, 2006 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Oct.7BEIJING, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are domestic news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Saturday: China's senior advisor calls for better performance of advisorybody 1st Ld-Writethru: Senior Japanese official sees Abe's China ...
Netherlands tie Bulgaria 1-1 at Euro 2008 qualifier
Oct 08, 2006 ... Netherlands tie Bulgaria 1-1 at Euro 2008 qualifierBRUSSELS, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- A second-half goal from Robin vanPersie gave the Netherlands a 1-1 away draw against Bulgaria in theirEuro 2008 Group G qualifier on Saturday, Dutch media reported onSaturday. Atletico Madrid ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Oct 08, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Sunday. Yomiuri: -- One crew member died and 25 others were still missing as ofmidnight Sunday after two fishing boats and ...
Results of men's over 105kg in weightlifting worlds
Oct 08, 2006 ... Results of men's over 105kg in weightlifting worldsSANTO DOMINGO, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results ofmen's over 105kg category competition at the World WeightliftingChampionships here on Saturday: 1. Hossein Reza Zadeh, Iran, 448kg (202kg, snatch/246kg, jerk) ...
Zambia beats Djibouti 10-0 in Olympic qualifying
Oct 08, 2006 ... Zambia beats Djibouti 10-0 in Olympic qualifyingLUSAKA, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Zambia Under-23 national soccerteam Saturday bombarded their Djibouti counterparts with 10unanswered goals to qualify for the group stages of the 2008 BeijingOlympic Games. Both Given Singuluma ...
Results of women's over 75kg in weightlifting worlds
Oct 08, 2006 ... Results of women's over 75kg in weightlifting worldsSANTO DOMINGO, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results ofwomen's over 75kg category competition at the World WeightliftingChampionships here on Saturday: 1. Jang Mi-ran, South Korea, 314kg (135kg, snatch/179kg, jerk) ...
Blair promises sufficient equipment for UK troops in Afghanistan
Oct 08, 2006 ... Blair promises sufficient equipment for UK troops in AfghanistanLONDON, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- British Prime Minister Tony Blairpromised on Saturday to provide British troops in Afghanistan withenough resources,describing the fighting in the Asian country as"very tough." In ...
All miners trapped in C. China flooded graphite mine rescued
Oct 08, 2006 ... All miners trapped in C. China flooded graphite mine rescuedCHANGSHA, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- All the miners trapped in a floodedgraphite mine in Guiyang County, central China's Hunan Province, wererescued as of Saturday afternoon, the local government source said. With the last ...
Opener, Advisory
Oct 08, 2006 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service forSaturday, October 07, 2006, and begins ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Oct 08, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Philippine newspapers on Sunday: Manila Bulletin: -- Commuters and workers Saturday pushed their call for theinclusion of liquefied petroleum ...
Xinhua home news advisory -- Oct. 8
Oct 08, 2006 ... Xinhua home news advisory -- Oct. 8BEIJING, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of the majordomestic news stories scheduled to be covered or pursued by Xinhua onSunday: 1. CPC Central Committee key plenum opens 2. Japanese Prime Minister Abe visits China ...
Jang Mi-Ran wins women's over 75kg in weightlifting worlds
Oct 08, 2006 ... Jang Mi-Ran wins women's over 75kg in weightlifting worldsSANTO DOMINGO, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The battle in the women's superheavyweight in the weightlifting worlds will be probably rememberedfor a long time as Jang Mi-ran of South Korea beat Mu Shuangshuang ofChina to defend ...
Xinhua international news advisory -- Oct. 8
Oct 08, 2006 ... Xinhua international news advisory -- Oct. 8BEIJING, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of the majorinternational news stories scheduled to be covered or pursued byXinhua on Sunday. -- ...
Romania-Georgia 20-8 in qualifications for rugby worlds
Oct 08, 2006 ... Romania-Georgia 20-8 in qualifications for rugby worldsBUCHAREST, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Romanian rugby team "Stejarii" onSaturday took an important step to its qualifying for the 2007 WorldCup, defeating Georgian team 20-8 (9-3) in Ghencea II Stadium inBucharest. "Stejarii" ...
Fired German soccer coach hires security detail
Oct 08, 2006 ... Fired German soccer coach hires security detailLUSAKA, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- German soccer coach Burkhard Ziesefired by Malawi last week said he suspects some people want tophysically assault him and damage his property, and therefore he hashired security detail, Nation Online of ...
Results of men's 105kg in weightlifting worlds
Oct 08, 2006 ... Results of men's 105kg in weightlifting worldsSANTO DOMINGO, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results ofmen's 105kg category competition at the World WeightliftingChampionships here on Saturday: 1. Marcin Dolega, Poland, 415kg (193kg, snatch/222kg, jerk) 2 ....
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Oct. 8
Oct 08, 2006 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Oct. 8BERLIN -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday thatshe is against a rapid expansion of the European Union. In a video-taped statement on her website, the outspokenchancellor also outlined Germany's priorities when it ...
Bulgaria draws with Netherlands in European soccer qualifier
Oct 08, 2006 ... Bulgaria draws with Netherlands in European soccer qualifierSOFIA, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Bulgaria's national football team endedan European Soccer Championship Group G qualifier with a 1-1 drawover group leader Netherlands on Saturday. Bulgaria opened an earlier scoring just ...
Brazil slashes Kuwait Sporting Club 4-0 in friendly
Oct 08, 2006 ... Brazil slashes Kuwait Sporting Club 4-0 in friendlyKUWAIT CITY, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Four players goaled respectivelyfor Brazil's 4-0 win over Kuwaiti sporting club here on Saturday. The match, set for the celebration of the club's 45th anniversary,witnessed the new Brazilian ...
Delegation of African leaders to head for Sudan for Darfur settlement
Oct 08, 2006 ... Delegation of African leaders to head for Sudan for DarfursettlementDAKAR, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- A delegation grouping African leaderswill go to Sudan for discussions about the Darfur issue with SudanesePresident Omar Hassan Ahmed el-Bashir, the Senegalese ForeignMinistry said on ...
Romania to help Bulgaria remove oil spill from Danube
Oct 08, 2006 ... Romania to help Bulgaria remove oil spill from DanubeBUCHAREST, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Romanian government decided onSaturday to provide neighboring Bulgaria with a batch of material tohelp it remove the oil spill from the Danube River. Under a donation deal signed by ...
NZ, Indonesia trade grows
Oct 08, 2006 ... NZ, Indonesia trade growsWELLINGTON, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand's Trade with Indonesiahas grown in the year to June 2006 by 127 million NZ dollars (85million U.S. dollars), said Trade Minister Phil Goff Sunday. This increase takes the total bilateral trade with ...
Nepal's trade deficit widens
Oct 08, 2006 ... Nepal's trade deficit widensKATHMANDU, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- Due to higher rate of growth inimports compared to exports, Nepal registered a substantial rise intrade deficit of about 114 billion Nepali rupees (1.56 billion USdollars) during the fiscal year 2005-06 which ends in ...
Croatia trounces Andorra 7-0 in Euro 2008 qualifier
Oct 08, 2006 ... Croatia trounces Andorra 7-0 in Euro 2008 qualifierBELGRADE, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Croatia's national football teamtrounced the Andorra's team 7-0 in the qualifying for the Euro 2008football championship in the Croatian capital Zagreb on Saturdayevening. The score equaled ...
NZ Trade Minister to lead major trade mission to China
Oct 08, 2006 ... NZ Trade Minister to lead major trade mission to ChinaWELLINGTON, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand Trade Minister PhilGoff will lead a major trade mission to Shanghai and Beijing inNovember to coincide with the launch of the first direct air servicebetween New Zealand and China ....
2nd Ld: CPC Central Committee key plenum opens
Oct 08, 2006 ... 2nd Ld: CPC Central Committee key plenum opensBEIJING, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Sixth Plenary Session of the 16thCentral Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) opened inBeijing on Sunday morning. A major item of the agenda is to study the issue of building ...
Bush family christens George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier
Oct 08, 2006 ... Bush family christens George H.W. Bush aircraft carrierWASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W. Bush,together with his father, former President George H.W. Bush, andother family members, christened the last of the Nimitz-classaircraft carriers Saturday in Newport ...
Scientists to discuss groundwater management in Beijing
Oct 08, 2006 ... Scientists to discuss groundwater management in BeijingBEIJING, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- More than 240 scientists from 56countries will gather in Beijing Monday to discuss groundwater andpropose strategies for groundwater management. The 34th Congress of the International ...
Bangladesh's ruling, opposition talks held in good atmosphere
Oct 08, 2006 ... Bangladesh's ruling, opposition talks held in good atmosphereDHAKA, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh's ruling and main oppositionparties held talks on Sunday evening for the third day in a goodatmosphere in a bid to settle the electoral dispute between the twoahead of the national ...
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
Oct 08, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapersJERUSALEM, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Israeli newspapers on Sunday.Ha'aretz: -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian PresidentMahmoud Abbas have moved closer to ...
Federer wins Japan Open title
Oct 08, 2006 ... Federer wins Japan Open titleTOKYO, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- Top-ranked Roger Federer fromSwitzerland eased past Britain's Tim Henman at the Japan Open men'ssingles final on Sunday to capture his ninth crown this season. The Swiss needed only 67 minutes to blitz his opponent 6-3, ...
Body of high-ranking police officer found in central Baghdad
Oct 08, 2006 ... Body of high-ranking police officer found in central BaghdadBAGHDAD, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- A police patrol has found the body ofa senior officer of the Interior Ministry in a central Baghdadneighborhood, a well-informed ministry source told Xinhua on Sunday. "A police patrol ...
URGENT: Chinese, Japanese PMs hold talks in Beijing
Oct 08, 2006 ... URGENT: Chinese, Japanese PMs hold talks in BeijingBEIJING, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao andJapanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held their first talks in BeijingSunday afternoon, following a welcoming ceremony in ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0800 GMT, Oct. 8
Oct 08, 2006 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0800 GMT, Oct. 8BERLIN -- Germany's prosecutors confirmed Saturday that they areinvestigating claims the U.S. army illegally held terrorist suspectsat a military prison in Germany. The German news agency DPA reported from the western German ...
Angolan refugees reluctant to return home from Zambia
Oct 08, 2006 ... Angolan refugees reluctant to return home from ZambiaLUSAKA, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- Angolan refugees are reluctant toreturn home from neighboring Zambia despite an assurance that peacehas returned to their home country, Zambian Home Affairs PermanentSecretary Peter Mumba has said ...
Standings from 2008 African Cup of Nations qualifying
Oct 08, 2006 ... Standings from 2008 African Cup of Nations qualifyingCAIRO, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings from theAfricanNations Cup qualification group stage matches onSaturday (tabulated under matches played, won, drawn, lost, goalsfor, against, and points): ...
Standings from Euro 2008 qualifiers
Oct 08, 2006 ... Standings from Euro 2008 qualifiersLONDON, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of theEuropean Soccer Championships group stage after Saturday's matches(tabulated under matches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for,against, and points): Group A Serbia...
China faces 8 challenges in building harmonious society: experts
Oct 08, 2006 ... China faces 8 challenges in building harmonious society: expertsBEIJING, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- The growing gap between rich and poor,corruption, and a lack of protection mechanisms for some socialgroups are three of the major challenges that China will have toovercome as it sets ...