Xinhua News Agency back issues from Friday, October 20:
1st Ld: Chinese FM, Rice discuss Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, calling for diplomatic path
Oct 20, 2006 ... 1st Ld: Chinese FM, Rice discuss Korean Peninsula nuclear issue,calling for diplomatic pathBEIJING, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxingand visiting U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice held officialtalks here Friday morning at Beijing's Diaoyutai State ...
Israeli army continues tunnel search in Gaza amid fear of attack
Oct 20, 2006 ... Israeli army continues tunnel search in Gaza amid fear of attackJERUSALEM, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troopscontinued operations against arms-smuggling tunnels in southern GazaStrip early Friday for fear of being attacked, the Ha'aretz dailyreported ....
Market competition shreds ancient Canton silk
Oct 20, 2006 ... Market competition shreds ancient Canton silkBEIJING, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Once a symbol of wealth and style,gambiered Canton gauze - one of China's most meticulous forms ofancient silk - has become a victim of the country's modernizationdrive. "There are only about ten ...
American sprinter Blake banned 9 months for doping
Oct 20, 2006 ... American sprinter Blake banned 9 months for dopingWASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Sprinter Dominique Blake of theUnited States has accepted a nine-month ban after testing positivefor stimulant ephedrine, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency said onThursday ....
Malaysia stock market closes higher
Oct 20, 2006 ... Malaysia stock market closes higherKUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The key indices of the Malaysiastock market closed higher Friday supported by late buying onselected key blue chips as well as lower liners, dealers said. At the closing bell, the 100-quality stock ...
EU urged to balance flexibility, security of labor market
Oct 20, 2006 ... EU urged to balance flexibility, security of labor marketLAHTI, Finland, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) canbenefit from globalization if it can manage a balance between theflexibility and security of its labor market, Finnish Prime MinisterMatti Vanhanen said on ...
Thai bourse up 4.11 points
Oct 20, 2006 ... Thai bourse up 4.11 pointsBANGKOK, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Stock Exchange of Thailand ( SET)index on Friday moved up 4.11 points to close at 724.98 points ....
Philippine military to recruit thousands new troops
Oct 20, 2006 ... Philippine military to recruit thousands new troopsMANILA, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine military said on Fridaythat it will recruit as many as 3,000 new soldiers and 9, 000militiamen in a bid to eliminate the country's domestic insurgency bythe New People's Army (NPA) ....
1st lead: Iranian president calls UNSC decision "illegitimate"
Oct 20, 2006 ... 1st lead: Iranian president calls UNSC decision "illegitimate"TEHRAN, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejadon Friday termed the United Nations Security Council and itsdecisions as "illegitimate." "The whole world understands that the United States and ...
2nd LD: Chinese President meets U.S. Secretary of State Rice
Oct 20, 2006 ... 2nd LD: Chinese President meets U.S. Secretary of State RiceBEIJING, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao met withvisiting U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice here Friday. "It is essential for the two countries to consult closely on majorinternational and ...
Dollar quoted at lower 118 yen in Tokyo
Oct 20, 2006 ... Dollar quoted at lower 118 yen in TokyoTOKYO, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar hovered around thelower 118 yen zone Friday in Tokyo. At 5:00 p.m., the dollar was quoted at 118.36-38 yen, againstThursday's 5:00 p.m. quotes of 118.11-21 yen in New York and 118. 46-49 yen ...
Foreign-funded businesses record good performance in N. China city
Oct 20, 2006 ... Foreign-funded businesses record good performance in N. China city TIANJIN, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Foreign-funded companies in Tianjin,an industrial base in North China, realized 279.2 billion yuan (35.3billion U.S. dollars) in gross industrial output value in the firsteight months of ...
Urgent: EU leaders start informal meeting on energy, innovation
Oct 20, 2006 ... Urgent: EU leaders start informal meeting on energy, innovationLAHTI, Finland, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Leaders from the 25 EuropeanUnion (EU) members started informal talks Friday in the southernFinnish town of Lahti where they are expected to debate energy andinnovation issues ....
Four killed in series of attacks in Thai South
Oct 20, 2006 ... Four killed in series of attacks in Thai SouthBANGKOK, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- A series of attacks by Muslimmilitants Thursday night and Friday morning killed four civilians andinjured two soldiers in Thailand's southernmost province ofNarathiwat, police said. A resident of ...
Taiwan share prices close higher - Oct. 20
Oct 20, 2006 ... Taiwan share prices close higher - Oct. 20HONG KONG, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Share prices on the Taiwan StockExchange opened high and closed higher Friday, with the weightedindex, the market's key barometer, moving up 43.54 points to close at7,039.37, according to news from Taipei ....
French oil group denies purchase of smuggled Iraqi oil
Oct 20, 2006 ... French oil group denies purchase of smuggled Iraqi oilPARIS, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- French oil group Total said on Fridaythat it had never purchased oil that has been smuggled illegally fromIraq. "The group has never purchased, either directly or indirectly, oilthat has been ...
Hong Kong share prices close 0.7 percent higher
Oct 20, 2006 ... Hong Kong share prices close 0.7 percent higherHONG KONG, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong blue chips rallied 0.7percent to a six-year high on Friday as the benchmark Hang Seng indexwent up 126.58 points to close at 18,113.55. Hong Kong-listed mainland companies, or H-share ...
Interview: Egypt welcomes more Chinese tourists
Oct 20, 2006 ... Interview: Egypt welcomes more Chinese touristsby Lin JianyangCAIRO, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian Tourism Minister ZoheirGarranah said on Friday that Egypt welcomes more tourists from Chinato make a comparison between the two great ancient civilizations. "What I ...
Lebanon seeks 500 mln dlrs of soft loans for private sector
Oct 20, 2006 ... Lebanon seeks 500 mln dlrs of soft loans for private sectorBEIRUT, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Lebanon hopes to obtain 500 milliondollars or more in soft loans from international sources torevitalize its private sector, the Daily Star reported on Friday. "We hope to secure ...
Health preservation institutes named after China's long-life man mulled
Oct 20, 2006 ... Health preservation institutes named after China's long-life manmulledXUZHOU, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Around 1,300 descendants of Pengzu, anancient Chinese man who lived around 800 years according to legend,have come from all over the world to Xuzhou, East China's JiangsuProvince, ...
Foreign exchange rates in Hong Kong -- Oct. 20
Oct 20, 2006 ... Foreign exchange rates in Hong Kong -- Oct. 20HONG KONG, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the Hong Kong dollar released by Bank of China (HongKong) Limited on Friday:Buying Selling Japanese yen 656.90 ...
Australian dollar closes stronger
Oct 20, 2006 ... Australian dollar closes strongerCANBERRA, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Australian dollar closed higherat 76.02 U.S. cents Friday compared with Thursday's close of 75.66. During ...
Shanghai reports increasing inflow of foreign funds
Oct 20, 2006 ... Shanghai reports increasing inflow of foreign fundsSHANGHAI, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Shanghai has absorbed increasinginflow of foreign funds against the backdrop of a slowdown in foreigninvestment in the whole country in the first three quarters,according to local commerce ...
1st lead: Iranian president says to sell nuclear fuel to West infive years
Oct 20, 2006 ... 1st lead: Iranian president says to sell nuclear fuel to West infive yearsTEHRAN, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejadsaid on Friday that his country would produce nuclear fuel in fiveyears and sell it to the West at a "50 percent discount." "We ...
Vietnam Airlines staff arrested for allegedly gold smuggling
Oct 20, 2006 ... Vietnam Airlines staff arrested for allegedly gold smugglingHANOI, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- A technician of Vietnam Airlines, thecountry's national flag carrier, has been detained for allegedlytrying to smuggle 1.5 kg of gold to Russia, according to sources fromthe airlines on ...
Singapore shares end higher
Oct 20, 2006 ... Singapore shares end higherSINGAPORE, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The shares prices in Singaporeclosed higher on Friday with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI)rising 18.9 points to end at a new record 2686.4 points, breakingMonday's record when the index finished at 2669.5 ....
Zambia urged to conclude trade pacts with Angola, DRC
Oct 20, 2006 ... Zambia urged to conclude trade pacts with Angola, DRCLUSAKA, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Zambia should hasten the conclusion ofbilateral trade agreements with Angola and the Democratic Republic ofCongo (DRC) in order to facilitate the accessing of the two bigexport markets by Zambian ...
Vietnam to export 1 mln tons of rice
Oct 20, 2006 ... Vietnam to export 1 mln tons of riceHANOI, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam is expected to ship abroad over1 million tons of rice in the first quarter of 2007, compared withmore than 1.1 million tons in the same period of 2006, according tosources from the country's Ministry of ...
HK bankruptcy petitions down 16.1 pct in September
Oct 20, 2006 ... HK bankruptcy petitions down 16.1 pct in SeptemberHONG KONG, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's bankruptcy petitionsdropped 16.1 percent in September on a month-to-month basis, HongKong government's Official Receiver's Office said here Friday. According to the government, ...
Shanghai posts drastic surge in foreign trade
Oct 20, 2006 ... Shanghai posts drastic surge in foreign tradeSHANGHAI, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Shanghai, China's leadingmetropolis, did a foreign trade totaling 312.7 billion U.S. dollarsin the first three quarters this year, up 22 percent year on year. According to the Shanghai Customs, the ...
Weather forecast for major Chinese cities -- Oct. 20
Oct 20, 2006 ... Weather forecast for major Chinese cities -- Oct. 20BEIJING, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Weather forecast for 17 major Chinesecities (20:00 Oct. 20 - 20:00 Oct. 21, Beijing Time, temperatures inCelsius):Min.Max. Condition Wind scale Beijing 11 ...
Urgent: Iranian president calls UNSC decision "illegitimate"
Oct 20, 2006 ... Urgent: Iranian president calls UNSC decision "illegitimate"TEHRAN, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Iranian ...
English premier league soccer fixtures
Oct 20, 2006 ... English premier league soccer fixturesLONDON, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Following are the fixtures from theEnglish premier league soccer matches over the weekend: Saturday, October 21 (GMT) Wigan Athletic v Manchester City (1145) Charlton Athletic v ...
Weather forecast for world cities -- Oct. 20
Oct 20, 2006 ... Weather forecast for world cities -- Oct. 20BEIJING, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Weather forecast for 11 world cities(20:00 Oct. 20 - 20:00 Oct. 21, Beijing Time, temperatures inCelsius):Min. Max. Condition Wind scale Beijing 1115 ...
Colombo stocks close up
Oct 20, 2006 ... Colombo stocks close upCOLOMBO, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Share prices on the Colombo StockExchange closed higher on Friday, with the key Colombo All SharePrice Index increasing by 17.88 points to close at 2,471.59 points. The highly ...
News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 1)
Oct 20, 2006 ... News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 1)HONG KONG, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong on Friday:Major news items in leading Australian newspapers Troops to stay in Iraq when there is secure, ...
Foreign exchange rates in Malaysia
Oct 20, 2006 ... Foreign exchange rates in MalaysiaKUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The following are closingforeign exchange rates against the Malaysian ringgit here on Friday: FridayThursday U.S. dollar 3.6735/67853.6725/6750 ...
British stock exchange opens higher
Oct 20, 2006 ... British stock exchange opens higherLONDON, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- British stocks opened higher on Fridayon the London Stock ...
LONG MARCH IN FOCUS: "You can't understand the Long March from a bus window"
Oct 20, 2006 ... LONG MARCH IN FOCUS: "You can't understand the Long March from abus window" By Xinhua Writers Zhou Zhijiang, Zhou Yan GUIYANG, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- When China commemorates the 70thanniversary of the Long March victory on Sunday, Ed Jocelyn will becelebrating his own success in ...
Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers
Oct 20, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapersCAIRO, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Egyptian newspapers on Friday.Al Ahram: -- Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit said Thursday Egypthas followed up the latest developments ...
Beijing's fixed-assets investment grows 21 percent in Jan.-Sept. period
Oct 20, 2006 ... Beijing's fixed-assets investment grows 21 percent in Jan.-Sept.periodBEIJING, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- China's capital invested 207.2billion yuan (26.2 billion U.S. dollars) in fixed assets in the firstthree quarters this year, a year-on-year growth of 21.8 percent. According ...
WB offers Zambian bank loan of 11 million dollars
Oct 20, 2006 ... WB offers Zambian bank loan of 11 million dollarsLUSAKA, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The International Finance Corporation(IFC), a private sector arm of the World Bank, is providing StanbicBank Zambia with subordinated loan of 11 million U.S. dollars to helpit increase lending to local ...
Australian stock market closes higher
Oct 20, 2006 ... Australian stock market closes higherCANBERRA, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Australian stock exchange marketclosed higher Friday as the benchmark S&P/ASX200 added 50.1 points to5,335.4, while the all ordinaries found 47.5 points to 5, 304.4. Market turnover was 1.55 billion ...
Trading on Hong Kong Stock Exchange -- Oct. 20
Oct 20, 2006 ... Trading on Hong Kong Stock Exchange -- Oct. 20HONG KONG, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The following are Friday's majorHang Seng Indices managed and compiled by HSI Service Limited, awholly owned subsidiary of the Hang Seng Bank:Index: Previous Close Close ...
Turkish peacekeepers arrive in Lebanon
Oct 20, 2006 ... Turkish peacekeepers arrive in LebanonBEIRUT, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Turkish peacekeepers arrived in Beiruton Friday to join an enlarged UN force in south Lebanon, the ANBtelevision reported. Some 95 soldiers and civilian engineers arrived in Beirut's harboron two military ...
EU leaders discuss labor efficiency with business, labor representatives
Oct 20, 2006 ... EU leaders discuss labor efficiency with business, laborrepresentativesLAHTI, Finland, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Leaders from the current andnext two European Union (EU) presidency countries started talks withbusiness and labor representatives on ways to boost labor marketefficiency ...
Solomons PM's office searched by members of regional mission
Oct 20, 2006 ... Solomons PM's office searched by members of regional missionCANBERRA, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Solomon Islands' Prime MinisterManasseh Sogavare's office in the nation's capital of Honiara wasraided Friday by Solomon Islands police and members of the RegionalAssistance Mission to the ...
Beijing posts 15-percent growth in value-added output
Oct 20, 2006 ... Beijing posts 15-percent growth in value-added outputBEIJING, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Major industrial enterprises inChina's capital chalked up 127.9 billion yuan (16.2 billion U.S.dollars) in value-added output in the first three quarters of theyear, a growth of 15.6 percent ...
NPC members call for law on traditional Chinese medicine
Oct 20, 2006 ... NPC members call for law on traditional Chinese medicineBEIJING, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Members of the Education, Science,Culture and Public Health Committee of the National People's Congress(NPC) on Friday called for a law to enshrine the role of traditionalChinese medicine (TCM) ...
Bill on HK customs office on mainland top of legislative agenda
Oct 20, 2006 ... Bill on HK customs office on mainland top of legislative agendaBEIJING, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislature, the StandingCommittee of the National People's Congress, will begin the secondreading of a bill which proposes the establishment of a Hong Kongcustoms office on ...
2nd LD Writethru: Iranian president calls UNSC decision "illegitimate"
Oct 20, 2006 ... 2nd LD Writethru: Iranian president calls UNSC decision "illegitimate"TEHRAN, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejadon Friday termed the United Nations Security Council and itsdecisions as "illegitimate." "The whole world understands that the United ...
Thai royal, military figures meet Chinese general
Oct 20, 2006 ... Thai royal, military figures meet Chinese generalBANGKOK, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's Crown Prince MahaVajiralongkorn, Privy Council President Prem Tinsulanonda, DefenseMinister Boonrawd Somtat on Friday separately met with ChineseGeneral Liang Guanglie, chief of General ...
HK CFS continues food poisoning investigations to protect public health
Oct 20, 2006 ... HK CFS continues food poisoning investigations to protect publichealthHONG KONG, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Center for Food Safety (CFS) ofHong Kong announced Friday that test results of 22 raw oyster samplespreviously collected from a food supplier and four food premisesshowed ...
PALESTINIAN PM UNHARMED IN ATTACK ON HIS CONVOY IN GAZA: SOURCES
Oct 20, 2006 ... PALESTINIAN PM UNHARMED IN ...
Israeli warplanes forced to overfly southern Lebanon: officials
Oct 20, 2006 ... Israeli warplanes forced to overfly southern Lebanon: officialsJERUSALEM, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Israeli officials said Friday thatIsraeli warplanes were forced to fly over southern Lebanon for thesake of its own security. Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev told local media ...
Philippine military deploys more troops to hunt terror suspects
Oct 20, 2006 ... Philippine military deploys more troops to hunt terror suspectsMANILA, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine military will deploy atleast 1,500 more soldiers on Saturday to augment the 6,000 governmenttroops currently hunting three most wanted terrorists on the southernisland of ...
Interview: AL chief says AL-AU cooperation on Sudan's Darfur issue
Oct 20, 2006 ... Interview: AL chief says AL-AU cooperation on Sudan's Darfur issue by Lin JianyangCAIRO, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Arab League (AL) Secretary-General AmrMoussa has said that the Cairo-based League has been in goodcooperation with the African Union (AU) to solve the Darfur ...
3rd LD: Chinese President meets U.S. Secretary of State Rice
Oct 20, 2006 ... 3rd LD: Chinese President meets U.S. Secretary of State RiceBEIJING, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao met withvisiting U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice here Friday. "It is essential for the two countries to consult closely on majorinternational and ...
Thai FM pleads for "trust" on democracy restoration in UN day
Oct 20, 2006 ... Thai FM pleads for "trust" on democracy restoration in UN dayBANGKOK, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Thai Foreign Minister NityaPibulsonggram wished the United Nations a happy birthday on Fridayand took the chance to reassure the world that Thailand would restorefull parliamentary ...
1st Ld: 100 wild boars in NE China to be culled
Oct 20, 2006 ... 1st Ld: 100 wild boars in NE China to be culledHARBIN, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Forestry authorities in northeastChina's Heilongjiang Province have approved a proposal to kill 100wild boars in order to protect local residents and crops. Boars enjoy state-level protection but ...
Major change expected in U.S. strategy for Iraq war: report
Oct 20, 2006 ... Major change expected in U.S. strategy for Iraq war: reportWASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Growing doubts among U.S.Republican lawmakers about the administration's Iraq strategy,coupled with the prospect of Democratic wins in next month's midtermelections, will soon force the ...
Russia not to speed up partnership agreement with EU: Kremlin aide
Oct 20, 2006 ... Russia not to speed up partnership agreement with EU: Kremlin aide MOSCOW, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Russia will not speed up work on a newagreement on partnership and cooperation with the European Union(EU), a Kremlin aide said on Friday. "Attempts to make the text of the future ...
China-Mauritania relationship has special strategic significance: Mauritanian Leader
Oct 20, 2006 ... China-Mauritania relationship has special strategic significance:Mauritanian LeaderDAKAR, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Friendly cooperation with China is ofspecial strategic significance to Mauritania, and Mauritania wouldunswervingly work at enhancing the relationship, Mauritanian Head ...
1st LD-China-Mauritania relationship has special strategic significance: Mauritanian Leader
Oct 20, 2006 ... 1st LD-China-Mauritania relationship has special strategicsignificance: Mauritanian Leader Eds: Adds the official title ofVall in 2nd paraDAKAR, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Friendly cooperation with China is ofspecial strategic significance to Mauritania, and Mauritania ...
Interview: Comoran president praises China-Africa cooperation as model
Oct 20, 2006 ... Interview: Comoran president praises China-Africa cooperation asmodelTANANARIVE, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Comoran President Ahmed AbdallahMohamed Sambi said here on Thursday that quality cooperation betweenChina and Africa could be regarded as a model. In a written interview ...