Xinhua News Agency back issues from Thursday, October 19:
Wang Guangmei, wife of late Chinese president, dies at age of 85
Oct 19, 2006 ... Wang Guangmei, wife of late Chinese president, dies at age of 85BEIJING, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Wang Guangmei, wife of late ChinesePresident Liu Shaoqi, died in Beijing on October 13 at the age of 85. Wang was born in Beijing in 1921 and became a member of theCommunist Party of ...
Opener, Advisory
Oct 19, 2006 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service forWednesday, October 18, 2006, and begins ...
200 officials to attend 5th Ministerial Conference on Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation
Oct 19, 2006 ... 200 officials to attend 5th Ministerial Conference on Central AsiaRegional Economic CooperationURUMQI, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- About 200 ministers and officials fromthe eight countries in the Central Asia, the World Bank, the AsianDevelopment Bank (ADB), and United Nation ...
Feature: Afghanistan's border base sees frequent clashes with Taliban By Yu Zhixiao, Zhang Haibo
Oct 19, 2006 ... Feature: Afghanistan's border base sees frequent clashes withTaliban By Yu Zhixiao, Zhang HaiboBERMEL, Afghanistan, Oct. 18 (Xinhua)-- The Bermel military baseis located in the east of Afghanistan's eastern province Paktika andit is only 10 kilometers from Pakistan ....
ADB to provide 430 mln USD to improve Bangladesh's railway system
Oct 19, 2006 ... ADB to provide 430 mln USD to improve Bangladesh's railway system DHAKA, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) willhelp improve the efficiency and capacity of Bangladesh's railtransport through a 430-million-U.S. dollars investment program overfive years, the local ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Oct. 18
Oct 19, 2006 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Oct. 18BEIJING, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are domestic news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Wednesday: 200 officials to attend 5th Ministerial Conference on Central AsiaRegional Economic Cooperation Wang Guangmei, wife of late ...
Results of Zurich Open women's singles tennis (updated)
Oct 19, 2006 ... Results of Zurich Open women's singles tennis (updated)GENEVA, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theZurich Open women's singles second round tennis matches on ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)
Oct 19, 2006 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)HONG KONG, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong on Wednesday:Singapore stresses importance of energy security Foreign exchange rates in Hong Kong -- Oct. 18 ...
Nigeria urged to strengthen fiscal responsibility
Oct 19, 2006 ... Nigeria urged to strengthen fiscal responsibilityABUJA, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- UN Resident Coordinator in NigeriaAlberic Kacou here on Wednesday harped on the need for more fiscalresponsibility if Nigeria was to attain the Millennium DevelopmentGoals (MDGs) by year 2015 ....
Nigeria to issue passports, visas online soon
Oct 19, 2006 ... Nigeria to issue passports, visas online soonABUJA, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- All applications for new Nigerianpassports and entry visas are soon to be routed through the internet,Minister of Information and National Orientation Frank Nweke Jr. saidhere on Wednesday. Briefing ...
Pakistan unveils tribunal on doping charges
Oct 19, 2006 ... Pakistan unveils tribunal on doping chargesISLAMABAD, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) onWednesday unveiled a three-man tribunal that will hear doping chargesagainst fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif, the website oflocal newspaper The News ...
World hockey body to second Dutch coach to Kenya
Oct 19, 2006 ... World hockey body to second Dutch coach to KenyaNAIROBI, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- World hockey body has agreed tosecond a Dutch coach to help Kenyan teams as they prepare for AfricaCup of Club Championships to be held in Nairobi in December. Theo Ykema, the chairman of the ...
Women's team final results at Aarhus gymnastics worlds
Oct 19, 2006 ... Women's team final results at Aarhus gymnastics worldsAARHUS, Denmark, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the women'steam results from the Aarhus gymnastics world championships here onWednesday. 1. China, 182.200 (Zhou Zhuoru, Zhang Nan, Cheng Fei, Pang Panpan,He Ning, Li ...
Malawi football association to get no gov't fund
Oct 19, 2006 ... Malawi football association to get no gov't fundLUSAKA, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Football Association of Malawi (FAM)was on Tuesday thrown into fresh turmoil when the government said itcannot meet its 5 million (35, 700 U.S. dollars) budget forSaturday's vital Under-20 CAF Youth ...
Italy jumps to second place in FIFA rankings
Oct 19, 2006 ... Italy jumps to second place in FIFA rankingsROME, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Italian national soccer team leapt backinto second place in October's FIFA rankings thanks to two victoriesits Euro 2008 qualification campaign, local media reported Wednesday. Italy beat Ukraine 2-0 at ...
Peru best prepared S.American nation for bird flu outbreak: PAHO
Oct 19, 2006 ... Peru best prepared S.American nation for bird flu outbreak: PAHOLIMA, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Peru is the best prepared country inSouth America for a possible outbreak of bird flu, the Pan AmericanHealth Organization (PAHO) said on Wednesday. The organization also warned that ...
Barber to retire at end of season
Oct 19, 2006 ... Barber to retire at end of seasonWASHINGTON, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- New York Giants running back TikiBarber will reportedly retire at the end of the season. The 31-year-old Barber said at a promotional book tour in New Yorkthat he was "leaning toward" retiring and that ...
Malawi football association to have nothing do with fired German coach
Oct 19, 2006 ... Malawi football association to have nothing do with fired GermancoachLUSAKA, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Football Association of Malawi(FAM) has said it will have nothing to do with fired German coachBurkhard Ziese's plans to build youth soccer academies in thecountry, Nation ...
Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2240 GMT, Oct. 18
Oct 19, 2006 ... Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2240 GMT, Oct. 18GAZA -- Two gunmen of the ruling Palestinian Islamic ResistanceMovement (Hamas) were killed on Wednesday morning during clashes withIsraeli army forces east of the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah,medics and eyewitnesses said ....
Kenya to be suspended by FIFA
Oct 19, 2006 ... Kenya to be suspended by FIFANAIROBI, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- World soccer governing body FIFA'sAssociations Committee on Wednesday recommended that Kenya besuspended from international football for persistent problems withinthe country's game. The announcement follows a ...
Israeli troops push 4 km into Gaza: IDF spokesman
Oct 19, 2006 ... Israeli troops push 4 km into Gaza: IDF spokesmanJERUSALEM, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Israel Defense Forces (IDF) pushedfour km deep into southern Gaza Strip along the Philadelphi Route andfound five tunnels for smuggling weapons on Wednesday, an IDFspokesman told Xinhua. The ...
Knicks to start season without Jeffries
Oct 19, 2006 ... Knicks to start season without JeffriesWASHINGTON, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- New York Knicks forward JaredJeffries will miss the start of the season because of a fracturedleft wrist. Jeffries was hurt during last Friday's preseason game against theNew Jersey Nets and will ...
Doha Asian Games flame travels through Philippine capital
Oct 19, 2006 ... Doha Asian Games flame travels through Philippine capitalMANILA, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- The flame of the Doha 2006 Asian Gamesis traveling through the Philippine capital Metro Manila Thursday aspart of its 50,000 kilometers journey around Asia in the lead up tothe 15th Asian Games ...
Las Vegas, San Juan finalists to host '07 FIBA Americas
Oct 19, 2006 ... Las Vegas, San Juan finalists to host '07 FIBA AmericasWASHINGTON, Oct. 17 (Xinhua)-- Las Vegas and San Juan were the twofinalists in the bid to host the 2007 FIBA Americas which will decidequalifiers for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, reports said on Wednesday. Venezuela, ...
Mexico falls to 19th in FIFA rankings
Oct 19, 2006 ... Mexico falls to 19th in FIFA rankingsMEXICO CITY, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Mexico fell two spots to 19th inthe rankings of soccer's governing body, the International Federationof Football Associations (FIFA) on Wednesday. Mexico remains the top team in the Central American and ...
Four Belgian footballers suspended for deliberately losing match
Oct 19, 2006 ... Four Belgian footballers suspended for deliberately losing matchBRUSSELS, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Four Belgian football players havebeen suspended for deliberately losing a match, VRT news reportedWednesday. The four players were found to be involved in the "suspicious" 7-0 ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Oct 19, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Thursday.Asahi: -- Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso and U.S. Secretary of StateCondoleezza Rice agreed Wednesday to ...
Drogba's brilliance helps Chelsea sink Barcelona
Oct 19, 2006 ... Drogba's brilliance helps Chelsea sink BarcelonaLONDON, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Didier Drogba's superb goal made thedifference in a high-tempo European Champions League clash whereChelsea beat Barcelona 1-0 on Wednesday. The brilliant moment came with just two minutes after the ...
European Champions League results
Oct 19, 2006 ... European Champions League resultsLONDON, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of EuropeanChampions League games played on Wednesday: Chelsea bt Barcelona 1-0 Werder Bremen bt Levski Sofia 2-0 ...
Tokyo stocks open higher
Oct 19, 2006 ... Tokyo stocks open higherTOKYO, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks opened slightly higher onThursday following a mild recovery on the previous trading day. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the 225-issue Nikkei ...
Stocks close higher in Mexico, Argentina, lower in Brazil
Oct 19, 2006 ... Stocks close higher in Mexico, Argentina, lower in BrazilMEXICO CITY, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Latin America's three major stockmarkets closed mixed on Wednesday. Mexico City's IPC stock index rose by 0.94 percent to close at23,012.87 points. A total of 128.1 million shares were ...
Macedonia rises to 50th in FIFA rankings
Oct 19, 2006 ... Macedonia rises to 50th in FIFA rankingsSKOPJE, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Macedonian national football team hasmoved into the top 50 in the new FIFA world ranking with 563 points,nine more points than in September's ranking, local media reported onWednesday. The ...
Syrian Karama qualified for AFC Champions League final
Oct 19, 2006 ... Syrian Karama qualified for AFC Champions League finalKUWAIT CITY, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Syrian side Karama beat Kuwait'sQadisiya here Wednesday night 1-0 to enter the final of AFC ChampionsLeague. Aatef Jenyat of Karama scored the only goal in the 14th minute,which was ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Oct 19, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Philippine newspapers on Thursday:Manila Bulletin: -- The country's notable sports icons gather Thursday as the "Flame of Hospitality" is ...
Costa Rica soccer federation publishes shortlist for managers
Oct 19, 2006 ... Costa Rica soccer federation publishes shortlist for managersSAN JOSE, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Two Italians, a Colombian and twoCosta Ricans have been shortlisted as potential national teammanagers by the Costa Rican Football Federation (Fedefutbol), theFederation said in a ...
Egypt moves up two spots in FIFA rankings
Oct 19, 2006 ... Egypt moves up two spots in FIFA rankingsCAIRO, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Egypt moved up two spots in the FIFAmonthly rankings to settle in the 25th place for October 2006, localsports portal filgoal.com reported Wednesday. The Pharaohs, who only managed a goalless away draw ...
Chinese women team make history to their first champions
Oct 19, 2006 ... Chinese women team make history to their first championsBy Sportswriter Zhang Rongfeng AARHUS, Denmark, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Chinese women's team followedmen's step to pull off their first ever world championships title inAarhus of Denmark on Wednesday. Chinese ...
Six still missing in Rio bay boat collision
Oct 19, 2006 ... Six still missing in Rio bay boat collisionRIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Six people were still missingafter a Brazilian fishing boat collided with a cargo ship in Rio deJaneiro's Guanabara Bay and sank, rescuers said on Wednesday. Rio Port Authority and its Fire ...
Chilean truck crashes, spilling 25,000 liters of sulfuric acid
Oct 19, 2006 ... Chilean truck crashes, spilling 25,000 liters of sulfuric acidSANTIAGO, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- A truck carrying 25,000 liters ofsulfuric acid crashed on a rural road in northern Chile on Wednesday,causing no victim but a great panic in the grape-growing area. The crash, whose ...
Villareal transfer is dream coming true: Chilean Fernandez
Oct 19, 2006 ... Villareal transfer is dream coming true: Chilean FernandezSANTIAGO, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Colo Colo winger Matias Fernandezsaid on Wednesday that he was fulfilling a dream with his move toone of Spain's top clubs after signing Villareal. "My dream of playing in Spain has ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Oct. 19
Oct 19, 2006 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Oct. 19TEHRAN -- Iran said Wednesday that the European Union (EU) "couldhave been more realistic" when the bloc issued a statement supportingconsultations on sanctions over Tehran's nuclear program, the semi-official Mehr news agency ...
Major news items in leading Australian newspapers
Oct 19, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Australian newspapersCANBERRA, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Australian newspapers on Thursday.The Australian: -- The Bush administration would reach out to the U.S. foes Iranand Syria to help stop ...
1st Ld: China's GDP growth slows in third quarter
Oct 19, 2006 ... 1st Ld: China's GDP growth slows in third quarterBEIJING, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- China's gross domestic product (GDP)grew by 10.4 percent in the third quarter of 2006, down 0.9percentage point from the second quarter, the National Bureau ofStatistics (NBS) announced Thursday ....
Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia to strengthen anti-drug cooperation
Oct 19, 2006 ... Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia to strengthen anti-drug cooperationHANOI, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia will beef uptheir cooperation on drug control, contributing to efforts for anASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) without narcoticsby 2015, local media ...
China's industrial production up 17.2 percent in first three quarters
Oct 19, 2006 ... China's industrial production up 17.2 percent in first threequartersBEIJING, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- China's industrial output in thefirst nine months of 2006 totaled 6.22 trillion yuan (777.76 billionU.S. dollars), up 17.2 percent over the same period last year, whichwas 0.9 ...
Foreign exchange rates in Nepal
Oct 19, 2006 ... Foreign exchange rates in NepalKATHMANDU, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- The following are Inter-bankforeign exchange rates against the Nepali rupee on Thursday:CurrencyUnit Buying Selling Australian dollar1 54.56 55 Canadian dollar ...
U.S. governor leads tourism campaign in China
Oct 19, 2006 ... U.S. governor leads tourism campaign in ChinaBEIJING, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- With videos of snow-capped peaks andscenic valleys, the governor of the U.S. state of Utah launched atourism campaign in Beijing Wednesday to lure more Chinese tourists. Although the United States is ...
Brazilian presidential candidate denies plan for privatization
Oct 19, 2006 ... Brazilian presidential candidate denies plan for privatizationRIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian presidential hopefulGeraldo Alckmin denied on Wednesday he had plans to privatize state-run companies. Alckmin, who was running for presidency against ...
Number of Chinese with brittle bones triples in 30 years
Oct 19, 2006 ... Number of Chinese with brittle bones triples in 30 yearsBEIJING, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- The number of Chinese with bone-wasting osteoporosis has tripled in the past 30 years, say experts. The cost of treating osteoporosis and diseases caused byosteoporosis added up to at least ...
Northwest China region reports surge in HIV carriers
Oct 19, 2006 ... Northwest China region reports surge in HIV carriersURUMQI, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region,northwest China, reported 16,035 HIV carriers at the end of June, arise of 4,732 in just nine months, according to the local diseasecontrol center. The region ...
Tokyo stocks edges lower in morning
Oct 19, 2006 ... Tokyo stocks edges lower in morningTOKYO, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- The key Nikkei stock index edged lowerin directionless trading Thursday morning as investors wereincreasingly moving toward smaller-capital issues. The ...
Xinhua world economic news summary at 0500 GMT, Oct. 19
Oct 19, 2006 ... Xinhua world economic news summary at 0500 GMT, Oct. 19NEW YORK -- World oil prices fell sharply on Wednesday as U.S.commercial crude oil inventories increased. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery inNovember, shed 1.28 dollars to close at 57.65 dollars ...
URGENT: China's GDP grows 10.7 pct in first three quarters
Oct 19, 2006 ... URGENT: China's GDP grows 10.7 pct in first three quartersBEIJING, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- China's gross domestic product (GDP)grew by 10.7 percent in ...
Indonesia January-September FDI flows fall 43 pct on year
Oct 19, 2006 ... Indonesia January-September FDI flows fall 43 pct on yearJAKARTA, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- The realization of foreign directinvestment (FDI) to Indonesia plunged by 43.85 percent to 4.29billion U.S. dollars in the first nine months of 2006 against 7.64billion dollars in the same ...
Foreign exchange rates in Philippines
Oct 19, 2006 ... Foreign exchange rates in PhilippinesMANILA, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the peso released by the Central Bank of thePhilippines on Thursday: Thursday WednesdayU.S. dollar 49.9350 ...
American Samoa advised withdraw PIF application
Oct 19, 2006 ... American Samoa advised withdraw PIF applicationWELLINGTON, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- The United States' StateDepartment has asked American Samoa to withdraw its observer statusapplication to the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF). According to Radio New Zealand Thursday's report, the ...
China's CPI up 1.3 pct from January to September
Oct 19, 2006 ... China's CPI up 1.3 pct from January to SeptemberBEIJING, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- China's consumer prices were up 1.3percent in the first three quarters over the same period last year,said the National Bureau of Statistics on Thursday. The growth rate was the same as that in the ...
Amazon native people storm CVRD mining complex
Oct 19, 2006 ... Amazon native people storm CVRD mining complexRIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- A gang of around 200 nativeIndians armed with bows and arrows and pieces of wood attacked andseized an Amazon mining complex on Wednesday. Brazilian iron ore giant CVRD said the indigenous ...
Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapers
Oct 19, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapersISLAMABAD, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Following are the major news itemsin leading Pakistani newspapers on Thursday: DAWN: -- India on Wednesday signaled a tough stance towards the delayedforeign secretary-level talks ...
Major news items in leading Indian newspapers
Oct 19, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Indian newspapersNEW DELHI, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Following are major news headlinesin leading Indian newspapers on Thursday.The Hindu: -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said that Anti-terrrorism Instituional Mechanism ...
Hong Kong stocks open higher -- Oct. 19
Oct 19, 2006 ... Hong Kong stocks open higher -- Oct. 19HONG KONG, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- ...
Major news items in leading Vietnamese newspapers
Oct 19, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Vietnamese newspapersHANOI, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) --The following are major news items inVietnamese leading newspapers on Thursday:Saigon Liberation: --Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia will strengthen their cooperation ...
China trains 11,000-plus African professionals
Oct 19, 2006 ... China trains 11,000-plus African professionalsBEIJING, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- China Thursday announced to ...
China loses up to 20 million tons of grain due to inadequate storage
Oct 19, 2006 ... China loses up to 20 million tons of grain due to inadequatestorageBEIJING, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- China lost around 18 to 20 milliontons of grain annually due to inadequate storage by farmers, theState Grain Administration has claimed. The losses were valued at between 18 ...
Flyers waive three
Oct 19, 2006 ... Flyers waive threeWASHINGTON, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Philadelphia Flyers of the NHLleague have waived forwards Petr Nedved and Niko Dimitrakos anddefenseman Nolan Baumgartner, the team announced on Wednesday.The Flyers are off to one of the worst starts in franchise ...