Xinhua News Agency back issues from Monday, November 27:
Italian Serie A soccer results
Nov 27, 2006 ... Italian Serie A soccer resultsROME, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of the ItalianSerie A soccer matches on Sunday: Sunday, November 26 Atalanta Bergamo 0 Torino 2 Catania 2 Parma 0 Empoli1 ...
Asian Games basketball results
Nov 27, 2006 ... Asian Games basketball resultsDOHA, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from thebasketball preliminaries of the 2006 Doha Asian Games here on Sunday(half-time score in bracket): Group A: Macau, China beats ...
Macao and HK cagers sent packing before the start of Asiad
Nov 27, 2006 ... Macao and HK cagers sent packing before the start of AsiadDOHA, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Five days before the official opening ofthe Asian Games, some teams had to go home. Hong Kong and Macao men's basketball teams failed to pass thequalification round for the Dec. 1-15 Asian ...
Tajik footballer satisfied with Athletes' Village in Doha
Nov 27, 2006 ... Tajik footballer satisfied with Athletes' Village in DohaDOHA, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Aleksandr Mukanin of Tajikistan feltgreat with the Athletes' Village of the 15th Asian Games in Doha hereon Sunday. Mukanin, goalkeeper in the soccer team of Tajikistan, told Xinhuathat he ...
Italian Serie A soccer standings
Nov 27, 2006 ... Italian Serie A soccer standingsROME, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings from theItalian Serie A after soccer matches on Sunday (tabulated undermatches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against and points): 1 Inter Milan 12 9 3 0 25 13 30 ...
Writethru: Police kill groom, wounding two others in New York
Nov 27, 2006 ... Writethru: Police kill groom, wounding two others in New YorkNEW YORK, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Police fired about 50 shots Saturdayat a car carrying unarmed bachelor party goers in New York, killing agroom on his wedding day in a shooting that drew a furious outcryfrom family ...
Italian Serie A top scorers
Nov 27, 2006 ... Italian Serie A top scorersROME, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the top scorers of theItalian Serie A on Sunday: 9 Christian Rigano (Messina) 7 Francesco Totti (AS Roma) Rolando Bianchi (Reggina) 6 Amauri (Palermo) ...
Results of Dutch first division soccer league games
Nov 27, 2006 ... Results of Dutch first division soccer league gamesBRUSSELS, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of theDutch first division soccer leauge matches played on Sunday (hometeam listed first): ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Nov. 26
Nov 27, 2006 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Nov. 26BEIJING, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are domestic news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Sunday: Xu Beihong's painting Slave and Lion auctioned at record highprice 2nd Ld-Writethru: Japan's top negotiator in six-party ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua
Nov 27, 2006 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of XinhuaHONG KONG, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are news items fromthe Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong on Sunday:Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers ...
Japan treats Doha Asiad as warmup for Beijing Olympics
Nov 27, 2006 ... Japan treats Doha Asiad as warmup for Beijing OlympicsDOHA, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Hayashi Tsutomu, chef de mission of the906-strong Japanese delegation for Doha Asiad, said here Sunday thatJapan would treat the upcoming Asian Games as the warmup for the 2008Beijing Olympic Games ....
AL, JP challenges Bangladeshi caretaker government chief
Nov 27, 2006 ... AL, JP challenges Bangladeshi caretaker government chiefDHAKA, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Awami League (AL), one of the majorpolitical parties in Bangladesh and Jatiya (National) Party (JP) offormer military dictator Hussain Muhammad Ershad, on Sunday filed twoseparate suits in the ...
Standings of Dutch first division soccer league
Nov 27, 2006 ... Standings of Dutch first division soccer leagueBRUSSELS, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of Dutchfirst division soccer league after Sunday's matches ( tabulated undermatches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): PSV Eindhoven 14 12 ...
Chinese president's Asian tour a milestone in forging good- neighborly ties:FM
Nov 27, 2006 ... Chinese president's Asian tour a milestone in forging good-neighborly ties:FMBEIJING, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxingon Sunday hailed President Hu Jintao's Asian tour as a new milestonein efforts to foster friendly relations with neighboring ...
Summaries of Italian Serie A soccer
Nov 27, 2006 ... Summaries of Italian Serie A soccerROME, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the summaries from theItalian Serie A soccer matches on Sunday: Sunday, November 26 Atalanta Bergamo 1 Simone Loria (90+5) Torino 2 Claudio Rivalta (79og), Alessandro ...
Opener, Advisory
Nov 27, 2006 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service for Sunday,November 26, 2006, and begins ...
Polish former PM Marcinkiewicz defeated in Warsaw mayor election
Nov 27, 2006 ... Polish former PM Marcinkiewicz defeated in Warsaw mayor electionWARSAW, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz from Poland'sopposition Civic Platform defeated the ruling Law and Justicecandidate Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, the ex-prime minister, in Sunday'selection for Warsaw ...
German Bundesliga top scorers
Nov 27, 2006 ... German Bundesliga top scorersBERLIN, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the top scorers of theGerman Bundesliga soccer on Sunday: 9 Marko Pantelic (Hertha Berlin) 8 Roy Makaay (Bayern Munich) Miroslav Klose (Werder Bremen)...
Singapore launches new program to facilitate biomedindustries
Nov 27, 2006 ... Singapore launches new program to facilitate biomed industriesSINGAPORE, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Singapore on Monday launched newGood Lab Practice (GLP) program to facilitate growth of biomedicalcompanies and local laboratories. According to Standards, Productivity and ...
Standings of German Bundesliga soccer
Nov 27, 2006 ... Standings of German Bundesliga soccerBERLIN, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of theGerman Bundesliga soccer after matches on Sunday (tabulated undermatches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against and points): 1 Schalke 04 14 9 2 3 ...
Market exchange rates -- Nov. 27
Nov 27, 2006 ... Market exchange rates -- Nov. 27BEIJING, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- The central parity of the RMB againstfive major currencies announced Monday by the China Foreign ExchangeTrading System: Currency UnitMiddle Price (in RMB yuan) U.S. Dollar 100 ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Nov. 27
Nov 27, 2006 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Nov. 27TEHRAN -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sundaythat he would assist the United States to stabilize the currentsituation in Iraq if Washington changes its "bullying" policy towardIran. "The Iranian nation is ...
Tottenham fight back to beat Wigan 3-1
Nov 27, 2006 ... Tottenham fight back to beat Wigan 3-1LONDON, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Tottenham came back from a goal downto beat visiting Wigan 3-1 on Sunday thanks to goals from JermainDefoe and Dimitar Berbatov. The strike duo served notice of their budding partnership, asMartin Jol's ...
Standings of English Premiership soccer
Nov 27, 2006 ... Standings of English Premiership soccerLONDON, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of theEnglish Premierhship after soccer matches on Sunday (tabulated undermatches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against and points): 1 Manchester United 14 11 2 1 30 ...
Results of English Premiership soccer
Nov 27, 2006 ... Results of English Premiership soccerLONDON, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of theEnglish premier league soccer matches on Sunday: Sunday, November 26 Manchester United 1 Chelsea 1Newcastle United 1 Portsmouth0 ...
Spain congratulates Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire
Nov 27, 2006 ... Spain congratulates Israeli-Palestinian ceasefireMADRID, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Spanish government issued acongratulatory note on Sunday after Israel and the Palestiniansagreed on a ceasefire. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reached the agreement on Fridaywith ...
Results of men's volleyball at Doha Asiad
Nov 27, 2006 ... Results of men's volleyball at Doha AsiadDOHA, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the collated group resultsof the men's volleyball at the Doha Asian Games here on Sunday: Pool A: Lebanon bt Mongolia 3-1 (25-16, 23-25, 25-11, ...
URGENT: RMB breaks 7.85 mark against U.S. dollar
Nov 27, 2006 ... URGENT: RMB breaks 7.85 mark against U.S. dollarBEIJING, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- The value of the Renminbi (RMB)against the U.S. dollar hit a new high on Monday, with the ...
At least 27 shoppers injured in Colombia grenade attack
Nov 27, 2006 ... At least 27 shoppers injured in Colombia grenade attackBOGOTA, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- At least 27 people were injured onSunday when two men attacked a shopping center in Neiva, the capitalof Colombia's southeastern department of Huila, police said. Police said the two ...
2nd Ld Writethru: Leftist candidate claims victory in Ecuador's presidential race: exit poll
Nov 27, 2006 ... 2nd Ld Writethru: Leftist candidate claims victory in Ecuador'spresidential race: exit pollQUITO, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Leftist candidate Rafael Correa claimedvictory in Sunday's presidential runoff in Ecuador after three exitpolls and a quick count of votes showed he was enjoying ...
S. African basketball coach dies during match
Nov 27, 2006 ... S. African basketball coach dies during matchJOHANNESBURG, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- South African basketballsuffered a tragic loss when leading coach and former Serbian nationalplayer Nikola Jokanovic died while coaching his team in a PremierBasketball League (PBL) match in ...
Major news items in leading Thai newspapers
Nov 27, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Thai newspapersBANGKOK, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Thai newspapers Monday:The Nation: -- Amid a new surge in violence in Thailand's deep South, a keyman behind meetings of senior Thai officials and ...
Volleyball Roundup: Saudi downs Macao, Hong Kong sails as Palestine quits
Nov 27, 2006 ... Volleyball Roundup: Saudi downs Macao, Hong Kong sails asPalestine quitsDOHA, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Saudi Arabia, runner-up of the just-ended Arabian Championship, beat Macao of China 3-0 at the Doha Asiadmen's volleyball tournament which opened here on Sunday. Much luckier ...
English Premiership top scorers
Nov 27, 2006 ... English Premiership top scorersLONDON, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the top scorers of theEnglish premier soccer league on Sunday: 8 Didier Drogba (Chelsea) Nwankwo Kanu (Portsmouth) 7 Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) ...
Xinhua home news advisory -- Nov. 27
Nov 27, 2006 ... Xinhua home news advisory -- Nov. 27BEIJING, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Major home news stories scheduled tobe covered or pursued by Xinhua on Monday: 1. Professionals from 28countries learn solar energy technology in China 2. 86 percent ofBeijing's college students have poor eyesight: ...
Palestine quits men's volleyball event at Doha Asiad
Nov 27, 2006 ... Palestine quits men's volleyball event at Doha AsiadDOHA, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Palestine has quit men's volleyballevent of the Doha Asiad due to traveling difficulties, the AsianVolleyball Confederation (AVC) announced here on Sunday. The Palestine delegation just informed ...
URGENT: Chief ROK negotiator arrives for resumption of six-party talks
Nov 27, 2006 ... URGENT: Chief ROK negotiator arrives for resumption of six-partytalksBEIJING, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Chief negotiator of the Republic ...
Major news items in leading Nepali newspapers
Nov 27, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Nepali newspapersKATHMANDU, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin Nepali leading newspapers on Monday.The Rising Nepal: -- The Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) (formerly known asguerrilla), the Nepali government, and ...
S. Africa wins Surf Ski World Cup
Nov 27, 2006 ... S. Africa wins Surf Ski World CupJOHANNESBURG, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- South Africa won the Surf SkiWorld Cup in Perth, Australia, in emphatic style, headed by back- to-back victories in both legs of the event by 43-year-old Durban aceOscar Chalupsky. After his solid victory ...
Summaries of German Bundesliga soccer
Nov 27, 2006 ... Summaries of German Bundesliga soccerBERLIN, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the summaries from theGerman Bundesliga soccer matches on Sunday: Sunday, November 26 Bayer Leverkusen 3 Sergei Barbarez (19),Simon Rolfes (66), Andriy Voronin (79) ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Nov 27, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inthe leading Philippine newspapers on Monday:Philippine Daily Inquirer: -- Except for a small weight gain that she needs to lose throughdiet and ...
Xinhua international news advisory -- Nov.27
Nov 27, 2006 ... Xinhua international news advisory -- Nov.27BEIJING, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of the majorinternational news stories scheduled to be covered or pursued byXinhua on Monday. -- NATO Secretary General says Riga summit to set direction fortransformation ....
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Nov 27, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Monday. Japan Times: -- A former medic in the Imperial Japanese Navy says he carriedout vivisection on about 30 prisoners, ...
At least 11 killed, 12 injured in Peru bus crash
Nov 27, 2006 ... At least 11 killed, 12 injured in Peru bus crashLIMA, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- At least 11 people were killed and 12more injured on Sunday when a local bus crashed in Huanta, a town inPeru's southeastern department of Ayacucho, local police said. The deadly accident ...
Argentina seeks Gorbachev's help over dispute with Uruguay
Nov 27, 2006 ... Argentina seeks Gorbachev's help over dispute with UruguayBUENOS AIRES, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Argentina is considering askingfor former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's help to resolve itsdispute with Uruguay over the planned construction of two paper millson the Uruguay River, ...
NZ withdraws High Commission staff from Suva
Nov 27, 2006 ... NZ withdraws High Commission staff from SuvaWELLINGTON, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand's High Commission inSuva Monday moves its staff out of the Fijian capital in fears of acoup. New Zealand media said concerns are growing over the politicalsituation in Fiji, following ...
Newcastle beat Portsmouth 1-0
Nov 27, 2006 ... Newcastle beat Portsmouth 1-0LONDON, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Antoine Sibierski scored his firstPremiership goal of the season on Saturday to award Newcastle a 1- 0win over Portsmouth. The home side were on top from the start and were unfortunate tosee Obafemi Martins' ...
Colombia hits drug plantation eradication target
Nov 27, 2006 ... Colombia hits drug plantation eradication targetBOGOTA, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Colombia has attained its 2006 targetof eliminating 40,000 hectares of drug plantations, Luis AlfonsoHoyos, director of the Presidential Agency for Social Action said onSunday. A total of 41,717 ...
Major news in leading Australian newspapers
Nov 27, 2006 ... Major news in leading Australian newspapersCANBERRA, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Australian newspapers on Monday.The Australian: -- Plans to implement a national scheme to assess overseas traineddoctors are in tatters, with ...
China's Li Na and Zheng Jie, Indian Mirza to lead Asiad women's tennis
Nov 27, 2006 ... China's Li Na and Zheng Jie, Indian Mirza to lead Asiad women'stennisDOHA, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Nine out of top ten Asian female playersare set to star in the 15th Asian Games tennis tournament to berunning from December 4 to 14 at Doha, Qatar. With the regular 2006 WTA ...
Groupings for Asian Games men's basketball
Nov 27, 2006 ... Groupings for Asian Games men's basketballDOHA, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the groupings of thesecond round round-robin competitions of the 2006 Doha Asian ...
Chinese shares open lower
Nov 27, 2006 ... Chinese shares open lowerBEIJING, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese shares opened lower on Mondaydue to profit-taking by investors following rapid increase in thepast month. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index, a major index of Chineseshares, opened at 2042.19 points in the ...
Hong Kong stocks open higher -- Nov. 27
Nov 27, 2006 ... Hong Kong stocks open higher -- Nov. 27HONG KONG, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- ...
Results of French Ligue 1 soccer
Nov 27, 2006 ... Results of French Ligue 1 soccerPARIS, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of the FrenchLigue 1 soccer matches on Sunday: Sunday, November 26 Nantes 1 Paris St Germain 1Le Mans 1 Racing Lens 1 ...
Interview: Scheffer says NATO welcomes closer ties with Pacific nations
Nov 27, 2006 ... Interview: Scheffer says NATO welcomes closer ties with PacificnationsRIGA, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO) welcomes closer ties with nations in the Asia-Pacific region,NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has said. In an exclusive ...
1st LD-Writethru: RMB breaks 7.85 mark against U.S. dollar
Nov 27, 2006 ... 1st LD-Writethru: RMB breaks 7.85 mark against U.S. dollarBEIJING, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- The value of the Renminbi (RMB)against the U.S. dollar hit a new high on Monday, with the centralparity rate at 7.8402 yuan to one dollar, breaking the 7.85 mark. This signifies that RMB ...
Nepali gov't optimistic on eliminating leprosy by 2008
Nov 27, 2006 ... Nepali gov't optimistic on eliminating leprosy by 2008KATHMANDU, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- With leprosy prevalence rate at1.91 percent per 10,000 this year -- a 20 percent drop from last year-- the government is optimistic that Nepal will be free from thedisease by 2008, according to ...
Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2225 GMT, Nov. 26
Nov 27, 2006 ... Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2225 GMT, Nov. 26JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday saidthat Israel would display "patience and restraint" in the face ofPalestinian breaching of a cease-fire that went into effect earlierin the day, local media said ....
Foreign Exchange Rates in Nepal
Nov 27, 2006 ... Foreign Exchange Rates in NepalKATHMANDU, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- The following are Inter-bankforeign exchange rates against the Nepali rupee on Monday. CurrencyUnit Buying Selling Australian Dollar 1 55.2855.74 Canadian Dollar 1 ...
Major news items in leading Vietnamese newspapers
Nov 27, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Vietnamese newspapersHANOI, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inVietnamese leading newspapers on Monday.Vietnam Economic Times: --The Vietnamese government has asked banks in Vietnam to increasecapital to 1 ...
Bangladesh Election Commission announces general elections on Jan. 21
Nov 27, 2006 ... Bangladesh Election Commission announces general elections on Jan.21DHAKA, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Amidst high political controversy andprotests, Bangladesh Election Commission Monday announced thatgeneral elections in the country will be held on Jan. 21 to elect anew national ...
Cities along Yangtze vows to safeguard interests of migrant workers
Nov 27, 2006 ... Cities along Yangtze vows to safeguard interests of migrantworkersCHONGQING, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Representatives of 29 citygovernments along the Yangtze River, China's longest, have gatheredin southwest China's Chongqing Municipality to discuss and likelysign an agreement on ...
Vietnamese gov't asks banks to increase capital
Nov 27, 2006 ... Vietnamese gov't asks banks to increase capitalHANOI, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Vietnamese government has requiredbanks in Vietnam to increase their capitals to at least 62.9 millionU.S. dollars or 188.7 million dollars, depending on kinds of creditinstitutions, by the end of ...
2nd Ld Writethru: Suicide bombing kills 2 NATO soldiers in S. Afghanistan
Nov 27, 2006 ... 2nd Ld Writethru: Suicide bombing kills 2 NATO soldiers in S.AfghanistanKABUL, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- A suicide car bombing killed twosoldiers of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) on Monday about 4 km south of Kandahar city, capital ofKandahar province ...
Iranian soccer team back to Asiad
Nov 27, 2006 ... Iranian soccer team back to AsiadDOHA, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Iranian soccer team is allowed toreturn to the Asian Games after the world soccer body FIFAtemporarily lifted the suspension of the Iran Football ...