Xinhua News Agency back issues from Sunday, November 26:
Opener, Advisory
Nov 26, 2006 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service forSaturday, November 25, 2006, and begins ...
German Bundesliga standings
Nov 26, 2006 ... German Bundesliga standingsBERLIN, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings from theBundesliga after matches on Saturday (tabulated under games played,won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): Schalke 04 14 9 2 3 25 16 29 Werder ...
English premier league results
Nov 26, 2006 ... English premier league resultsLONDON, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theEnglish premier league matches on Saturday: Saturday, November 25 Aston ...
German Bundesliga results
Nov 26, 2006 ... German Bundesliga resultsBERLIN, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theBundesliga matches on Saturday: Eintracht Frankfurt tied Borussia Dortmund 1-1Hamburg SV lost to Bayern Munich 1-2 ...
German Bundesliga top scorers
Nov 26, 2006 ... German Bundesliga top scorersBERLIN, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the top scorers of theBundesliga on Saturday: 9 Marko Pantelic (Hertha Berlin) 8 Roy Makaay (Bayern Munich) Miroslav Klose (Werder Bremen) ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua
Nov 26, 2006 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of XinhuaHONG KONG, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Saturday:Major news items in leading Australian newspapers Two NZers dead after light plane crash Foreign ...
English premier league standings
Nov 26, 2006 ... English premier league standingsLONDON, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings from theEnglish premier league after matches on Saturday (tabulated undergames played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): Manchester United 13 11 1 1 29 6 34 ...
West Ham usher in new era with win
Nov 26, 2006 ... West Ham usher in new era with winLONDON, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- West Ham ushered in a new era with anervy victory on Saturday when they beat visiting Sheffield United 1-0 in a Premiership game. Fresh from his takeover, Eggert Magnusson was given a rousingreception at Upton ...
English premier league top scorers
Nov 26, 2006 ... English premier league top scorersLONDON, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the top scorers of theEnglish premier league on Saturday: 8 Didier Drogba (Chelsea) Nwankwo Kanu (Portsmouth) 7 Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) ...
Italian Serie A results and standings
Nov 26, 2006 ... Italian Serie A results and standingsROME, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from the SerieA matches on Saturday: Saturday, November 25 Chievo Verona bt Udinese 2-0Standings (tabulated under games played, won, drawn, lost, goalsfor, against, ...
Rooney signs new deal with Manchester United
Nov 26, 2006 ... Rooney signs new deal with Manchester UnitedLONDON, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Wayne Rooney has signed a new contractwith Manchester United that will keep him at the club until 2012, theleading Premiership club said in a statement on Saturday. The England international striker, ...
Italian Serie A top scorers
Nov 26, 2006 ... Italian Serie A top scorersROME, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the top scorers of theSerie A on Saturday: 9 Christian Rigano (Messina) 6 Eugenio Corini (Palermo) Vincenzo Iaquinta (Udinese)Igor Budan (Parma) ...
Israeli artillery shelling kills two Palestinians
Nov 26, 2006 ... Israeli artillery shelling kills two PalestiniansGAZA, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Two Palestinians, one Hamas militant andone police officer, were killed in an Israeli artillery shelling oneastern Gaza Strip Saturday night, security sources said. An Israeli army tank fired several ...
Urgent: Abbas, Olmert agree on ceasefire
Nov 26, 2006 ... Urgent: Abbas, Olmert agree on ceasefireGAZA, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas andIsraeli Prime Minister ...
Urgent: coal mine gas blast occurs in southwest China, fatalities estimated at over 20
Nov 26, 2006 ... Urgent: coal mine gas blast occurs in southwest China, fatalitiesestimated at over 20KUNMING, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- A gas explosion occurred Saturday ina coal mine in Fuyuan, a mountainous county in southwest China'sYunnan Province, with fatalities estimated at more than 20, ...
1st LD: Abbas, Olmert agree on ceasefire
Nov 26, 2006 ... 1st LD: Abbas, Olmert agree on ceasefireGAZA, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas andIsraeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Saturday night agreed on amutual ceasefire as of 6:00 a.m. (0400 GMT) Sunday, said Nabil AbuRudeineh, an advisor to Abbas ....
Wheat gene may boost foods' nutrient content: study
Nov 26, 2006 ... Wheat gene may boost foods' nutrient content: studyWASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Scientists have cloned a genefrom wild wheat that increases the protein, zinc and iron content inthe grain, potentially offering a solution to nutritionaldeficiencies affecting hundreds of ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Nov. 26
Nov 26, 2006 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Nov. 26TEHRAN -- Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said onSaturday that the United States does not dare to attack Iran and theIslamic republic would not take such a threat seriously, the officialIRNA news agency reported ....
Venezuelan president says Castro recovering, mentally sharp
Nov 26, 2006 ... Venezuelan president says Castro recovering, mentally sharpCARACAS, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez saidon Saturday that Cuban leader Fidel Castro is recovering and mentallysharp. Chavez was responding to rumors that Castro has lost his ...
Road accident kills four in Uruguay
Nov 26, 2006 ... Road accident kills four in UruguayMONTEVIDEO, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Four people were killed and 11others injured when a passenger bus collided with a truck in Floresprovince, southwest Uruguay, early Saturday morning. Flores' police told Xinhua that the bus coming from ...
Xinhua international news advisory -- Nov.26
Nov 26, 2006 ... Xinhua international news advisory -- Nov.26BEIJING, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of the majorinternational news stories scheduled to be covered or pursued byXinhua on Sunday. -- Chinese President Hu ...
Liverpool beat Manchester City 1-0
Nov 26, 2006 ... Liverpool beat Manchester City 1-0LONDON, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Steven Gerrard scored his firstPremiership goal of the season when he guided Liverpool to a 1-0 homewin over Manchester City on Saturday. Gerrard crashed a swerving shot past Nicky Weaver in the 67thminute ...
English premier league top scorers (updated)
Nov 26, 2006 ... English premier league top scorers (updated)LONDON, Nov 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the top scorers of theEnglish premier league after Saturday's matches: 8 Didier Drogba (Chelsea) Nwankwo Kanu (Portsmouth) 7 Wayne Rooney ...
Economists divided on China's futher macroeconomic controls
Nov 26, 2006 ... Economists divided on China's futher macroeconomic controls ByXinhua writer Cheng Yunjie BEIJING, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Amid signsof a possible slowdown in world economic growth next year, Chineseand overseas experts are divided about whether China should beef upmacro-economic control ....
Death toll rises to 21 in northeast China coal mine gas explosion
Nov 26, 2006 ... Death toll rises to 21 in northeast China coal mine gas explosion HARBIN, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Twenty-one miners have been confirmeddead and six more remained missing in Saturday's coal mine gasexplosion in Jixi, a city in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. By 7 a.m ....
Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2255 GMT, Nov. 25
Nov 26, 2006 ... Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2255 GMT, Nov. 25CAIRO -- Visiting exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal said here onSaturday that the stalemate on a prisoner swap, which involvedkidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit and about 1,000 Palestinianprisoners in Israeli jails, was ...
Enforcement of California's anti-human trafficking law hits snag
Nov 26, 2006 ... Enforcement of California's anti-human trafficking law hits snagLOS ANGELES, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Enforcement of California's anti-human trafficking law, the first kind in a U.S. state, has hit snagas authorities found it too difficult to prove the crime, a newspaperreport said ...
English premier league results (updated)
Nov 26, 2006 ... English premier league results (updated)LONDON, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theEnglish premier league matches on Saturday: Aston Villa tied Middlesbrough 1-1Bolton Wanderers bt Arsenal 3-1Charlton Athletic tied Everton 1-1 ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Nov 26, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Philippine newspapers on Sunday: Manila Bulletin: -- Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Benjamin S. AbalosSr., along with government ...
Light aircraft crashes, killing one in U.S.
Nov 26, 2006 ... Light aircraft crashes, killing one in U.S.LOS ANGELES, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- A light aircraft crashed intowater in San Pedro of Los Angeles County on Saturday, killing atleast one person, officials said. Rescue teams were dispatched to the scene about 400 yardsoffshore, ...
Cup of Russia figure skating results
Nov 26, 2006 ... Cup of Russia figure skating resultsMOSCOW, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are Sunday's results at theCup of Russia, the fifth event of the International Skating Union'sGrand Prix series: Ice dance Free dance 1. Oksana Domnina/Maxim Shabalin, Russia, 94.99 ...
Load shedding to be imposed in Nepal soon
Nov 26, 2006 ... Load shedding to be imposed in Nepal soonKATHMANDU, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) is planning to enforce a load shedding in the supply ofelectricity all over the country after a week. According to executive director of the Authority Arjun ...
Thaksin will not return home soon, may quit politics: lawyer
Nov 26, 2006 ... Thaksin will not return home soon, may quit politics: lawyerBANGKOK, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's ousted prime ministerThaksin Shinawatra will stay out of his homeland until the politicalsituation has returned to normal, his lawyer said Sunday. According to Thaksin's ...
Casio World Open final-round results
Nov 26, 2006 ... Casio World Open final-round resultsTOKYO, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading scores Sundayafter the final round of the 140 million yen Casio World Open atKochi Kuroshio Country Club (7,235 yards, par 72) in Kochi Prefecture(Japanese unless noted): Jeev Milkha ...
Lu Zhangong re-elected as Party boss in east China province
Nov 26, 2006 ... Lu Zhangong re-elected as Party boss in east China provinceFUZHOU, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Lu Zhangong was re-elected secretaryof the Fujian branch of the Communist Party of China (CPC) at thefirst plenary session of the 8th Fujian Provincial CPC Committee heldon Sunday ....
Iraqi president to visit Tehran on Monday
Nov 26, 2006 ... Iraqi president to visit Tehran on MondayBAGHDAD, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi President Jalal Talabani willvisit the neighboring Iran on Monday, his spokesman told Xinhua onSunday. "President Talabani will start his visit to Iran on Monday. Thevisit is expected to last a ...
Hamas condemns and orders investigation into violation of ceasefirewith Israel
Nov 26, 2006 ... Hamas condemns and orders investigation into violation ofceasefire with IsraelGAZA, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Hamas-led Palestinian government onSunday condemned the rocket attacks at southern Israeli towns, whichbreached a ceasefire with Israel and said it would look into ...
Standings of men's volleyball World Championship
Nov 26, 2006 ... Standings of men's volleyball World ChampionshipHIROSHIMA, Japan, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standingsin the second round of the 2006 men's volleyball World Championshipswhich held at Japan on Sunday (tabulated under the gamesplayed,won,lost and points) Group E ...
Remarkable achievements from Chinese banking reform, official
Nov 26, 2006 ... Remarkable achievements from Chinese banking reform, officialBEIJING, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- China has chalked up a remarkableachievement in reforming its banking industry, said Vice ChairmanTang Chuangning of the China Banking Regulatory Commission hereSunday. "The ...
Revised soccer draw at Doha Games
Nov 26, 2006 ... Revised soccer draw at Doha GamesDOHA, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following is the revised soccer draw atthe Doha Asian Games 2006 here on Sunday: Group A Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan Group B South Korea, ...
Brazil crush Czech Republic at men's volleyball worlds
Nov 26, 2006 ... Brazil crush Czech Republic at men's volleyball worldsHIROSHIMA, Japan, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Defending champion Brazildelighted fans with a stylish straight-set win over Czech Republic onSunday to remain its request to the title of the 2006 men'svolleyball World Championship ....
Weather information for Asia Pacific cities -- Nov. 26
Nov 26, 2006 ... Weather information for Asia Pacific cities -- Nov. 26HONG KONG, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- The following is temperature andweather forecast of Nov. 27 for 22 Asia-Pacific cities dispatched bythe Hong Kong Observatory on Sunday:CITY MINIMUMMAXIMUM FORECAST ...
Urgent: Former Italian PM collapses during speech
Nov 26, 2006 ... Urgent: Former Italian PM collapses during speechROME, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Former Italian prime minister SilvioBerlusconi collapsed Sunday when he was giving ...
House of Representatives passes Nepal's Citizenship Bill
Nov 26, 2006 ... House of Representatives passes Nepal's Citizenship BillKATHMANDU, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Nepali House of Representativeson Sunday passed the Citizenship Bill, easing the way for thousandsof people living in the Terai region to acquire citizenship. The passed Bill states ...
Israel to display patience and restraint: PM
Nov 26, 2006 ... Israel to display patience and restraint: PMJERUSALEM, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmerton Sunday said that Israel would display "patience and restraint" inthe face of Palestinian breaching of a cease-fire that went intoeffect earlier in the day, local media ...
Cycling sprinters face tough test in Beijing Olympics
Nov 26, 2006 ... Cycling sprinters face tough test in Beijing OlympicsBEIJING, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Cycling sprint specialists are in atough time in the 2008 Beijing Olympics road race, said one ICUofficial on Sunday. According to ICU official web site, International Cycling Uniondelegate ...
Madison world champion Galvez killed in race
Nov 26, 2006 ... Madison world champion Galvez killed in raceBRUSSELS, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Madison world champion Isaac Galvezdied from a collision during an indoor cycling race in Brussels onSunday. The 31-year-old Spaniard collided with Belgian Dimitri de Fauw andflew into the railings ...
Superjumbo A380 arrives in S. Africa for last test flight
Nov 26, 2006 ... Superjumbo A380 arrives in S. Africa for last test flightJOHANNESBURG, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- The world's largest commercialaircraft, the Airbus A380, arrived in the OR Tambo InternationalAirport in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Sunday morning for its lastglobal tour to test its ...
PSV extend lead in Dutch league by 5-0 win over FC Utrecht
Nov 26, 2006 ... PSV extend lead in Dutch league by 5-0 win over FC UtrechtBRUSSELS, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- PSV Eindhoven extended its lead atthe top of the Dutch league after hammering FC Utrecht with a 5- 0victory Saturday. The victory put PSV six points ahead of second-placed Ajax, ...
Results of men's volleyball World Championship
Nov 26, 2006 ... Results of men's volleyball World ChampionshipHIROSHIMA, Japan, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the resultsfrom the second round matches of 2006 men's volleyball WorldChampionships in Japan on Sunday: Group E in Sendai: Puerto Rico lost to Russia, 0-3 (20-25, ...
Results of men's volleyball World Championship (updated)
Nov 26, 2006 ... Results of men's volleyball World Championship (updated)HIROSHIMA, Japan, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the resultsfrom the second round matches of 2006 men's volleyball WorldChampionships which held in Japan on Sunday: Group E in Sendai: Puerto Rico lost to ...
Myanmar to grant new gem mining blocks for local investors in 2007
Nov 26, 2006 ... Myanmar to grant new gem mining blocks for local investors in 2007 YANGON, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar will grant 215 more new gemmining blocks for local investors in 2007 to promote gems and jadeproduction, said a report of Sunday's Myanmar Times. Of the new mining blocks ...
Chinese president returns home from visit to 4 Asian nations, APEC summit
Nov 26, 2006 ... Chinese president returns home from visit to 4 Asian nations, APECsummitBEIJING, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao came backhome Sunday evening from his state visit to Vietnam, Laos, India andPakistan. While in Vietnam, Hu also attended the 14th Asia ...
URGENT: Japan's top negotiator in six-party talks arrives in Beijing
Nov 26, 2006 ... URGENT: Japan's top negotiator in six-party talks arrives inBeijingBEIJING, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Kenichiro Sasae, Japan's topnegotiator in the six-party talks, which aims to resolve the nuclearissue on the Korean Peninsula, arrived in ...
World Cup speedskating results
Nov 26, 2006 ... World Cup speedskating resultsMOSCOW, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are Sunday's results from aWorld Cup speedskating event at the Krylatskoye Indoor SkatingCenter: Women 1,500 meters 1. Anni Friesinger, Germany, 1 minute, 56.40 seconds 2 ....
Seven killed by Thai southern insurgents
Nov 26, 2006 ... Seven killed by Thai southern insurgentsBANGKOK, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Violence continued unabated inThailand's restive south over the weekend as seven people, includingtwo soldiers and a government employee, were killed in separateattacks and six others injured. Two ...
Ecuador's presidential runoff kicks off Sunday
Nov 26, 2006 ... Ecuador's presidential runoff kicks off SundayQUITO, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Ecuadorian voters headed for pollingstations Sunday for the nation's presidential runoff. Voting began at 7:00 a.m.(1200 ...
Chinese vice-president emphasizes need for harmonious society
Nov 26, 2006 ... Chinese vice-president emphasizes need for harmonious societyJINAN, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghonghas said the construction of a harmonious society and new countrysidemust be priorities. Zeng, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political ...
Weather forecast for major Chinese cities -- Nov. 26
Nov 26, 2006 ... Weather forecast for major Chinese cities -- Nov. 26BEIJING, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Weather forecast for 17 major Chinesecities (20:00 Nov. 26 - 20:00 Nov. 27, Beijing Time, temperatures inCelsius):Min.Max. Condition Wind scale Beijing 2 ...
China shun Iraq in football group stage at Doha Asiad
Nov 26, 2006 ... China shun Iraq in football group stage at Doha AsiadDOHA,Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- China U-23 Olympic football team has avoided abig clash with strong rival Iraq at the group stage in Doha Asiadfollowing a draw ceremony here on Sunday. China had ever been grouped with Iraq, Oman ...
Mongolian prime minister visits historical city in NW China
Nov 26, 2006 ... Mongolian prime minister visits historical city in NW ChinaXI'AN, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Mongolian Prime Minister MiegombynEnkhbold on Sunday visited Xi'an, a historical city and capital ofnorthwest China's Shaanxi Province. In Xi'an, he paid a visit to a local economic and ...
PLC not to give vote of confidence to any government before returnof detained lawmakers
Nov 26, 2006 ... PLC not to give vote of confidence to any government before returnof detained lawmakersGAZA, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Deputy Speaker of the PalestinianLegislative Council (PLC) Hassan Khrisha said Sunday the parliamentwould cast no vote of confidence to any upcoming government if ...
Russia beat Puerto Rico 3-0 at world men's volleyball championship
Nov 26, 2006 ... Russia beat Puerto Rico 3-0 at world men's volleyball championship SENDAI, Japan, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- World runner-up Russia beatPuerto Rico in straight sets at the 2006 men's volleyball WorldChampionship here on Sunday. Captain Semen Poltavsky scored 17 points to lift Russia ...
2nd LD-China Focus: Hydropower stations dot the Yangtze River
Nov 26, 2006 ... 2nd LD-China Focus: Hydropower stations dot the Yangtze RiverYIBIN, Sichuan, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- A thousand kilometers upstreamfrom the titanesque Three Gorges Project, China continues to throw uphydropower stations on the Yangtze. Construction began Sunday on the 6-million ...
Jordan's stock market index closes up
Nov 26, 2006 ... Jordan's stock market index closes upAMMAN, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- The price index of Jordan's Amman stockmarket closed at 5,686 points on Sunday, up 55 points from ...