Xinhua News Agency back issues from Wednesday, November 22:
Japan offers Myanmar more aid for healthcare
Nov 22, 2006 ... Japan offers Myanmar more aid for healthcareYANGON, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Japanese government has agreed toprovide 2.65 million U.S. dollars of grant aid to the United NationsChildren's Fund (UNICEF) in Myanmar to support child healthcareservices in the country for the year ...
UN official urges Latin American nations to boost economic integration
Nov 22, 2006 ... UN official urges Latin American nations to boost economicintegrationSANTIAGO, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Countries in Latin America and theCaribbean must speed up their economic integration to avoid economicshocks, the executive secretary of the United Nations EconomicCommission for ...
Bush to meet with Iraqi PM next week
Nov 22, 2006 ... Bush to meet with Iraqi PM next weekWASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W. Bush saidTuesday that he will meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki inJordan late next week to discuss recent developments and"transferring security responsibility." "We ...
Survey: most migrant women workers work overtime without pay
Nov 22, 2006 ... Survey: most migrant women workers work overtime without payBEIJING, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Most migrant women in Chinese citieswork nine to 10 hours a day without one day off in a week, accordingto a recent survey by the All-China Women's Federation. Almost 25 percent of the ...
Auto parts giant to double investment in China
Nov 22, 2006 ... Auto parts giant to double investment in ChinaBEIJING, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Bosch Group, the world's leadingsupplier of auto parts, is to double its investment in China,injecting 620 million euros by 2008. Bosch would not be making the additional investment if there ...
Cuba's vice president "very optimistic" about Castro's recovery
Nov 22, 2006 ... Cuba's vice president "very optimistic" about Castro's recoveryMEXICO CITY, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Cuba's Vice President CarlosLage, told media on Tuesday that the government was "very optimistic"about the recovery of Cuban leader Fidel Castro. "He keeps recovering, his health ...
Hong Kong stocks open higher -- Nov. 22
Nov 22, 2006 ... Hong Kong stocks open higher -- Nov. 22HONG KONG, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Hong ...
China's leading power generating firm to issue 500 million A shares
Nov 22, 2006 ... China's leading power generating firm to issue 500 million AsharesBEIJING, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Datang International Power GenerationCompany, a leading independent Chinese power generator listed on theHong Kong and London stock exchanges, is to issue 500 million Ashares on the ...
Vietnam arrests person transporting 10.5 kg of heroin
Nov 22, 2006 ... Vietnam arrests person transporting 10.5 kg of heroinHANOI, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Vietnamese police have detained a localperson for transporting 30 cakes of heroin (10.5 kg), local newspaperSaigon Liberation reported Wednesday. The person from Hanoi capital city was caught ...
URGENT: China officially reports 39,644 new HIV infections this year
Nov 22, 2006 ... URGENT: China officially reports 39,644 new HIV infections thisyearBEIJING, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- China's Minister of Health says thenumber of people who were officially reported being infected by HIVin the first ten months this year rose 39,644 over the figure at theend of ...
China vows to give more migrant workers industrial injury insurance
Nov 22, 2006 ... China vows to give more migrant workers industrial injuryinsuranceTIANJIN, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Thye Chinese government will makegreater efforts to cover at least 10 million migrant workers withindustrial injury insurance next year. Chen Gang, head of the Workplace Injury ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 1)
Nov 22, 2006 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 1)HONG KONG, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong on Wednesday:Major news items in leading Australian newspapers Tokyo stocks open lower Bush fires ...
Scientists lose contact with Mars surveyor
Nov 22, 2006 ... Scientists lose contact with Mars surveyorLOS ANGELES, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Scientists failed to contact theMars Global Surveyor, which went missing in space, indicating thatthe surveyor's mission was at an end, officials said on Tuesday. During the decade-long mission, the ...
Yellow River running red from pollution
Nov 22, 2006 ... Yellow River running red from pollutionLANZHOU, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- A one-kilometer stretch of China'ssecond longest river, the Yellow River, has turned red from pollutionfor the second time in a month. Waste water was discharged by a station that provides heating forthe ...
Major news items in leading British newspapers
Nov 22, 2006 ... Major news items in leading British newspapersLONDON, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are major news items inleading British newspapers on Wednesday:Financial Times: -- The furore over the soaring costs of the 2012 London Olympicsintensified Tuesday after the ...
Doctors try to save China's first "mermaid" baby
Nov 22, 2006 ... Doctors try to save China's first "mermaid" babyCHANGSHA, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- With round-the-clock care fromdoctors and nurses, a baby born with a rare congenital defect knownas sirenomelia, or "mermaid syndrome", is still alive 2 weeks afterbeing found abandoned outside a ...
China to build gene bank for Siberian tigers
Nov 22, 2006 ... China to build gene bank for Siberian tigersHARBIN, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese zoologists plan to establish agene bank for the endangered Siberian tigers within three years toensure heredity diversity for the large cats. "By 2009, we will have established a DNA bank from ...
Air quality of major Chinese cities -- Nov. 22
Nov 22, 2006 ... Air quality of major Chinese cities -- Nov. 22BEIJING, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Report on the quality of air in 47major Chinese cities (12:00 Nov. 21 to 12:00 Nov. 22 Beijing Time),released by the China Environmental Monitoring Center:City Major Pollutant ...
Eleven major Chinese cities suffer from poor air in first 3 quarters
Nov 22, 2006 ... Eleven major Chinese cities suffer from poor air in first 3quartersBEIJING, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Eleven Chinese cities suffered poorair quality for more than three months during the first threequarters this year, according to the country's environment watchdog. The 11 ...
HIV cases fall among Brazilian babies, rise among people over 50, study
Nov 22, 2006 ... HIV cases fall among Brazilian babies, rise among people over 50,studyRIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- The number of babies infectedwith HIV fell significantly in Brazil, while the incidence amongpeople over 50 years old showed a rising tendency, according to astudy by the ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0800 GMT, Nov. 22
Nov 22, 2006 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0800 GMT, Nov. 22MANILA -- Four people were killed in a clash early Wednesdaybetween Philippine government forces and the New People's Army (NPA)leftwing rebels in a province north of Manila, said police. Some 20 heavily armed NPA members ...
Dutch go to polls in legislative election
Nov 22, 2006 ... Dutch go to polls in legislative electionBRUSSELS, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Dutch went to polls early Wednesday in a legislative ...
4th East Asia Forum held to study building EAC
Nov 22, 2006 ... 4th East Asia Forum held to study building EACSIEM REAP, Cambodia, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Hor Nam Hong, CambodianDeputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs andInternational Cooperation proposed here Wednesday that the ASEAN (theAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations) ...
EU gives 1 million euros to back peace and reconstruction in southern Philippines
Nov 22, 2006 ... EU gives 1 million euros to back peace and reconstruction insouthern PhilippinesMANILA, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- The European Union has agreed to give1 million euros to the World Bank-managed Mindanao Trust Fund (MTF)for confidence-building and reconstruction efforts in the ...
Israeli army considers retaking parts of Gaza
Nov 22, 2006 ... Israeli army considers retaking parts of GazaJERUSALEM, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Defense Minister AmirPeretz on Tuesday night asked the military to weigh options forreoccupying areas of the Gaza Strip in order to halt the rocketbarrage, the local Ha'aretz daily reported ...
Foreign exchange rates in Indonesia
Nov 22, 2006 ... Foreign exchange rates in IndonesiaJAKARTA, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the foreign exchangerates against the Indonesian rupiah here on Wednesday: Wednesday Tuesday U.S. dollar9,125/9,1559,130/9,160 Euro ...
1st Ld: Cancer-causing fish slip through food safety supervision net
Nov 22, 2006 ... 1st Ld: Cancer-causing fish slip through food safety supervisionnetBEIJING, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- The sales ban on turbot in Beijingand other cities reflects loopholes in food safety monitoring,according to Lei Jilin, the man who introduced the flatfish to China,and other ...
Cancer-causing fish slip through food safety supervision net
Nov 22, 2006 ... Cancer-causing fish slip through food safety supervision netBEIJING, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- The sales ban on turbot in Beijingand other cities reflects loopholes in food safety monitoring,according to Cao Jilin, the man who introduced the flatfish to China,and other experts ....
Four "snail patients" sue Beijing Health Bureau for failing to warnpublic
Nov 22, 2006 ... Four "snail patients" sue Beijing Health Bureau for failing towarn publicBEIJING, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Four people who were sickened aftereating snails in a Beijing restaurant are suing the Beijing HealthBureau for failing to warn the public for weeks after it learned ofthe ...
Accomplice of Indonesia's most wanted terrorist jailed
Nov 22, 2006 ... Accomplice of Indonesia's most wanted terrorist jailedJAKARTA, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- An Indonesian engineer was foundguilty Wednesday of hiding information about the whereabouts of thecountry's most wanted terrorist and sentenced to six years in jail bya district court in the ...
Bill to legalize abortion rejected by Chilean legislature
Nov 22, 2006 ... Bill to legalize abortion rejected by Chilean legislatureSANTIAGO, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Chile's National Congress, the lowerhouse of the legislature, rejected on Tuesday a bill to partiallylegalize abortion presented by ruling party deputies. Congress leader Antonio Leal ...
1st LD: China officially reports 39,644 new HIV infections this year
Nov 22, 2006 ... 1st LD: China officially reports 39,644 new HIV infections thisyearBEIJING, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Health said thenumber of people who were officially reported being infected by HIVin the first ten months this year rose 39,644 over the figure at theend of ...
4 killed in clash between Philippine forces and leftwing rebels
Nov 22, 2006 ... 4 killed in clash between Philippine forces and leftwing rebelsMANILA, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Four people were killed in a clashearly Wednesday between Philippine government forces and the NewPeople's Army (NPA) leftwing rebels in a province north of Manila,said police. Some ...
Foreign exchange rates in Singapore
Nov 22, 2006 ... Foreign exchange rates in SingaporeSINGAPORE, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are inter-bank ratesof foreign currencies against the Singapore dollar on Wednesday: Wednesday Tuesdaybid/askbid/ask Australian dollar ...
Vietnam's stock market closes higher
Nov 22, 2006 ... Vietnam's stock market closes higherHANOI, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's stock market index, VN-Index, rose 11.94 points, or 2 percent, to 610.16 on Wednesday with403.260 billion Vietnamese dong (VND) (25.36 million U.S. dollars)worth of shares, bonds and investment certificates ...
Dollar falls to lower 117 yen level in Tokyo
Nov 22, 2006 ... Dollar falls to lower 117 yen level in TokyoTOKYO, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar fell to the lower 117yen level Wednesday in Tokyo as investors reduced their dollarholdings ahead of holidays in Japan and the United States. At 5 p.m., the dollar was quoted at 117.46-49 ...
Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers
Nov 22, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapersCAIRO, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Egyptian newspapers on Wednesday.Al Ahram: -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said Tuesday the future of theArabs depends heavily on the ...
Major news items in leading Thai newspapers
Nov 22, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Thai newspapersBANGKOK, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Thai newspapers Wednesday:The Nation: -- Thailand's National Counter-Corruption Commission (NCCC) hasappointed a panel to investigate deposed ...
Help-line for lesbians opens in Shanghai
Nov 22, 2006 ... Help-line for lesbians opens in ShanghaiBEIJING, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Lesbians in Shanghai can get psychological help and support from a new hotline that opened thisweek, the first on the Chinese mainland dedicated to their concerns. Sponsored by a Hong Kong foundation, the ...
Major news headlines in leading Indian newspapers
Nov 22, 2006 ... Major news headlines in leading Indian newspapersNEW DELHI, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are major news headlinesin leading Indian newspapers on Wednesday: The Hindu -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese President HuJintao have agreed that an early ...
One-third of Vietnamese AIDS patients access free treatment
Nov 22, 2006 ... One-third of Vietnamese AIDS patients access free treatmentHANOI, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Some 7,000 out of more than 20,000registered AIDS patients in Vietnam currently benefit from freetreatment programs funded by the Vietnamese government andinternational donors, local newspaper ...
Negotiations the only way out in Mideast crisis: UN official
Nov 22, 2006 ... Negotiations the only way out in Mideast crisis: UN officialUNITED NATIONS, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- The wave of deadly violenceover the past month in the Middle East has highlighted the fact thatthe crisis in the region can only be tackled through politicalnegotiations, a senior UN ...
British stock exchange opens higher
Nov 22, 2006 ... British stock exchange opens higherLONDON, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- British stocks opened higher onWednesday on the London Stock ...
Singapore shares end record high
Nov 22, 2006 ... Singapore shares end record highSINGAPORE, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- The shares prices in Singaporeclosed record high on Wednesday with the benchmark Straits TimesIndex (STI) rising 27.1 points to end at 2,830 points. The overall ...
Two bodyguards of Iraqi parliament speaker killed, wounded bygunmen in Baghdad
Nov 22, 2006 ... Two bodyguards of Iraqi parliament speaker killed, wounded bygunmen in BaghdadBAGHDAD, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Unknown gunmen attacked a carcarrying two bodyguards of Iraqi parliament speaker in northernBaghdad on Wednesday, killing one and wounding another, an InteriorMinistry ...
Germany agrees in principle on EADS deal
Nov 22, 2006 ... Germany agrees in principle on EADS dealBERLIN, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- The German government and thecarmaking giant DaimlerChrysler agreed on "broad outlines" of a dealto allow the carmaker to sell part of its stake in European aerospacegroup European Aeronautic and Defense Space ...
Donald Tsang encourages mainland students to study and work in HK
Nov 22, 2006 ... Donald Tsang encourages mainland students to study and work in HK GUIYANG, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) - Hong Kong chief executive Donald TsangYam-kuen on Wednesday encouraged the Chinese mainland's students tostudy and work in Hong Kong. Tsang made the remarks during his visit to ...
Chinese FM spokeswoman: China welcomes Nepal's peace accord
Nov 22, 2006 ... Chinese FM spokeswoman: China welcomes Nepal's peace accordBEIJING, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- China welcomes a peace agreementsigned between the Nepal government and the parties concerned,Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said on Wednesday. "China welcomes the ...
4th Ld-China Focus: China officially reports nearly 40,000 new HIV infections this year
Nov 22, 2006 ... 4th Ld-China Focus: China officially reports nearly 40,000 new HIVinfections this yearBEIJING, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Health saidWednesday that the number of people officially reported as infectedby HIV has risen 27.5 percent since the beginning of the year ....
Beirut Marathon postponed for Industry Minister's assassination
Nov 22, 2006 ... Beirut Marathon postponed for Industry Minister's assassinationBEIRUT, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Beirut International Marathon hasbeen postponed because of the assassination of Lebanese IndustryMinister Pierre Gemayel, local Naharnet news website reported onWednesday. "We ...
Hong Kong's triathlete eyes on medal in Doha Asiad
Nov 22, 2006 ... Hong Kong's triathlete eyes on medal in Doha AsiadHONG KONG, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's Triathlete Daniel LeeChi-wo was looking forward to a medal in Doha Asiad after winning alocal title last weekend. Lee dominated the Nike 10km Challenge in Tin Shui Wai last ...
Doha officialism dents Hong Kong's gold medal hopes
Nov 22, 2006 ... Doha officialism dents Hong Kong's gold medal hopesHONG KONG, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Red tape in Doha, Qatar, hasseverely dented the Hong Kong team's gold medal hopes at the AsianGames, a local newspaper reported here on Wednesday. According to South China Morning Post, Hong ...
PLO member calls for speeding up formation of national unity gov't
Nov 22, 2006 ... PLO member calls for speeding up formation of national unity gov't GAZA, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- A member of the Palestinian LiberationOrganization (PLO) called on Wednesday for speeding up the formationof a proposed national unity government, warning the people can notbear more delay ....
Johannesburg bourse ends higher
Nov 22, 2006 ... Johannesburg bourse ends higherJOHANNESBURG, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Johannesburg SecuritiesExchange (JSE) ended on higher ground on Wednesday, encouraged bystronger world markets and positive corporate news locally. A firmerrand also spurred demand for industrials and banks ....
Colombo stocks close up
Nov 22, 2006 ... Colombo stocks close upCOLOMBO, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Share prices on the Colombo StockExchange closed up on Wednesday, with the key Colombo All Share PriceIndex increasing by 14.85 points to close at 2,663.77 points. The highly ...
More cities in California reject coal-fired power
Nov 22, 2006 ... More cities in California reject coal-fired powerLOS ANGELES, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- More U.S. cities joined LosAngeles in rejecting coal-fired power as pressure over pollutionmounts, it was reported Wednesday. In an abrupt about-face, Burbank and several other ...
CPPCC vice-chairman meets Micronesian Congress Deputy Speaker
Nov 22, 2006 ... CPPCC vice-chairman meets Micronesian Congress Deputy SpeakerBEIJING, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Xu Kuangdi, vice-chairman of theNational Committee of the Chinese People's Political ConsultativeConference (CPPCC), met here ...
Former Tianjin university president expelled from municipal legislature
Nov 22, 2006 ... Former Tianjin university president expelled from municipallegislatureTIANJIN, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- A former Tianjin University presidenthas been suspended from his post in the municipal legislature due toa "serious breach of duty". The 33rd Session of the 14th Standing ...
Two policemen wounded in explosion in central Baghdad
Nov 22, 2006 ... Two policemen wounded in explosion in central BaghdadBAGHDAD, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Two policemen were injured when ahomemade bomb planted near three bodies found in central Baghdad onWednesday, an Interior Ministry source said. "Our police patrols received information about ...
Taipei court to hold first hearing of charges against wife of Taiwan leader
Nov 22, 2006 ... Taipei court to hold first hearing of charges against wife ofTaiwan leaderBEIJING, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- A Taipei court on Tuesday set Dec. 15as the date for the first hearing of corruption charges against WuShu-chen, wife of Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian, and three others ....
China to build world's largest radio telescope
Nov 22, 2006 ... China to build world's largest radio telescopeBEIJING, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- China has officially started thefeasibility study on the construction of a 500 meter aperturespherical telescope (FAST), which will be the largest in the world. Senior officials from the National ...
Iran insists on nuclear program: president
Nov 22, 2006 ... Iran insists on nuclear program: presidentTEHRAN, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejadsaid on Wednesday that his country would press ahead with its nuclearprogram despite the West's pressure, the official IRNA new agencyreported. "We will first have ...
China heads to Asian Games with two wins
Nov 22, 2006 ... China heads to Asian Games with two winsJIANGYIN, East China, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese women'sbasketball team defeated Australia's Dandengnon 75-60 here onWednesday to complete its Asian Games warm-ups. In Monday's game, China won 91-69. Wednesday's game was ...
Britain may hand over Basra to Iraq next spring: Foreign Secretary
Nov 22, 2006 ... Britain may hand over Basra to Iraq next spring: Foreign Secretary LONDON, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- British Foreign Secretary MargaretBeckett said on Wednesday that Britain might transfer control of thesouthern Iraqi city of Basra to the Iraqi government in the spring. The ...
ASEAN air forces to increase cooperation in parts procurement
Nov 22, 2006 ... ASEAN air forces to increase cooperation in parts procurementJAKARTA, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- The air force chiefs of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) member countries have agreedto increase cooperation in the procurement of spare parts for bothtransport and fighter ...