Xinhua News Agency back issues from Sunday, December 3:
Cuba proposes negotiations with U.S.
Dec 03, 2006 ... Cuba proposes negotiations with U.S.HAVANA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Cuban Defense Minister Raul Castrooffered on Saturday to negotiate with the United States to normalizetheir relations. Raul Castro, who is the younger brother of Cuban leader FidelCastro, made the gesture ...
Wu Peng defends men's 200m butterfly gold at Asiad
Dec 03, 2006 ... Wu Peng defends men's 200m butterfly gold at AsiadDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Chinese teenager Wu Peng made asuccessful defence of the men's 200m butterfly title in the mostanticipated swimming competition of the night here Saturday at theAsian Games. Wu, who beat 2004 ...
S. Korean judoka Jang wins men's 100kg title at Asiad
Dec 03, 2006 ... S. Korean judoka Jang wins men's 100kg title at AsiadDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- South Korean judoka Jang Sung Ho claimedthe men's 100kg title at the Doha Asian Games on ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Dec. 2
Dec 03, 2006 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Dec. 2BEIJING, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are domestic news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Saturday: Roundup: China's top legislator visits Hong Kong 4 injured in scaffolding collapse in HK Macao launches cross-strait book ...
Furyk ready to defend Nedbank Challenge title
Dec 03, 2006 ... Furyk ready to defend Nedbank Challenge titleJOHANNESBURG, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- World No. 2 golfer Jim Furyk ison course to becoming only the fifth player in the 26-year history ofthe Nedbank Golf Challenge to successfully defend his title. The American held off a strong ...
Results of women's 50m breaststroke final at Asiad
Dec 03, 2006 ... Results of women's 50m breaststroke final at AsiadDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the women's 50mbreaststroke final results in the swimming event at the 15th AsianGames here on Saturday: 1. Ji Liping, China, 31.52 seconds 2. Asami ...
Roundup: Singapore joins title clash in Asian Games table tennis
Dec 03, 2006 ... Roundup: Singapore joins title clash in Asian Games table tennisDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Singapore beat off a superb comeback fromdefending champion DPR Korea at the women's table tennis teamcompetition on Saturday, winning 3-2 to set up a championship clashagainst China in the ...
(China Sports) China sweeps gymnastics men's team title in Asiad history
Dec 03, 2006 ... (China Sports) China sweeps gymnastics men's team title in AsiadhistoryBy sportswriters Zhang Rongfeng, Li Pengxiang DOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- China took the incredible ninthconsecutive win in Asiad men's gymnastics team competition in Doha onSaturday, beating arch rival Japan ...
Results from soft tennis tournament at Doha Asiad
Dec 03, 2006 ... Results from soft tennis tournament at Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the playoff matches resultsfrom the Doha 15th Asian Games soft tennis tournament on Saturday: ...
Chinese judoka Tong Wen wins women's over 78kg title at Asiad
Dec 03, 2006 ... Chinese judoka Tong Wen wins women's over 78kg title at AsiadDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- ...
Powerlifter Li shakes injury off to win gold in Doha Asiad
Dec 03, 2006 ... Powerlifter Li shakes injury off to win gold in Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Shrugging off the back injury, worldchampion Li Zheng from China won the third gold medal of the 15thAsian Games weightlifting competition in the men's 56kg class here onSaturday. Li lifted ...
Fixtures of Doha Asiad soft tennis team semis
Dec 03, 2006 ... Fixtures of Doha Asiad soft tennis team semisDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the fixtures of the DohaAsian Games soft tennis team event semifinals: ...
China's Li Zheng wins men's 56kg weightlifting Asiad gold
Dec 03, 2006 ... China's Li Zheng wins men's 56kg weightlifting Asiad goldDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Li Zheng lifted a total of 287kgsto take the men's 56kg weightlifting ...
German Bundesliga soccer top scorers
Dec 03, 2006 ... German Bundesliga soccer top scorersBERLIN, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the top scorers of theGerman Bundesliga after soccer matches on Saturday: 10 Miroslav Klose (Werder Bremen)9 Marko Pantelic (Hertha Berlin)8 Mario Gomez ...
Results of women's 4x100m medley relay final at Asiad
Dec 03, 2006 ... Results of women's 4x100m medley relay final at AsiadDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the women's 4x100m medleyrelay final results in the swimming event at the 15th Asian Gameshere on Saturday: 1. China, four minutes ...
Uzbekistan shocks host Qatar in convincing style
Dec 03, 2006 ... Uzbekistan shocks host Qatar in convincing styleDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Qatar soccer team suffered a heavy blowas Uzbekistan downed the host 1-0 in a convincing way in their secondgroup match of the Asian Games at Al Sadd Stadium here on Saturday. Moscow Torpedo striker ...
Men's volleyball results at Doha Asiad
Dec 03, 2006 ... Men's volleyball results at Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the collated group resultsof the men's volleyball preliminary round 2 at the Doha Asiad onSaturday: Pool A: ...
Medal standings of weightlifting at Doha Asiad
Dec 03, 2006 ... Medal standings of weightlifting at Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Doha Asiadweightlifting medal standings after the competitions on Saturday (tabulated under gold, silver, ...
Wu Peng defends men's 200m butterfly gold at Asiad (updated)
Dec 03, 2006 ... Wu Peng defends men's 200m butterfly gold at Asiad (updated)DOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Chinese teenager Wu Peng made asuccessful defence of the men's 200m butterfly in the mostanticipated swimming competition of the night here Saturday at theAsian Games. Wu, who beat 2004 ...
Starting line-up of Uzbekistan against Qatar at Doha Asiad soccer
Dec 03, 2006 ... Starting line-up of Uzbekistan against Qatar at Doha Asiad soccer DOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following is the starting line-up ofUzbekistan against Qatar in the second round soccer competitions atDoha Asian Games here on Saturday: ...
Japanese judoka Muneta clinches men's over 100kg title at Asiad
Dec 03, 2006 ... Japanese judoka Muneta clinches men's over 100kg title at AsiadDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Japanese judoka Yasuyuki Muneta clinchedthe men's over 100kg title at the Doha Asian ...
China's Tong eyes 2008 Olympic judo gold medal
Dec 03, 2006 ... China's Tong eyes 2008 Olympic judo gold medalDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Chinese women's judo star Tong Wen, whograbbed the gold medal in over 78kg level at the Doha Asian Games,said on Saturday her next aim is to win the champion at the 2008Olympic Games. "I am very glad ...
Khatib eyes title clash with China in Asiad men's basketball
Dec 03, 2006 ... Khatib eyes title clash with China in Asiad men's basketballDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Fadi El Khatib, who scored 34 points in28 minutes to lead a Lebanese rout of Uzbekistan 106-70 here onSaturday, expected to meet China again in the men's basketball finalof the Doha Asian Games ....
China wins women's 4X100m medley relay gold at Doha Asiad
Dec 03, 2006 ... China wins women's 4X100m medley relay gold at Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- China won Saturday's last swimming eventas its quartet of Zhao Jing, Luo Nan, Zhou Yafei and Pang ...
South Korea, China to clash for table tennis gold
Dec 03, 2006 ... South Korea, China to clash for table tennis goldDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- South Korea outplayed Hong Kong of China3-0 in the men's table tennis team semifinals of the Asian Games onSaturday, setting up a title clash with world champion China. Cheung Yuk should have sent ...
Results of badminton men's team event at Doha Asiad
Dec 03, 2006 ... Results of badminton men's team event at Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of thebadminton men's team event competition at the Doha Asian Games hereon Saturday: Pool A China bt Indonesia 3-1 Lin Dan bt Taufik Hidayat 21-17, ...
China seizes women's 4x100m medley relay at Asiad
Dec 03, 2006 ... China seizes women's 4x100m medley relay at AsiadDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Four Chinese girls, two of them newlycrowned, rallied to win the 4x100m medley relay here Saturday at theAsian Games. Zhao Jing, Luo Nan, ...
China beat Japan to grab ninth consecutive gymnastics men's team title
Dec 03, 2006 ... China beat Japan to grab ninth consecutive gymnastics men's teamtitleDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- China overtook Japan with 377.100 pointsto extend their men's team dominance for the ninth successive time atthe Asiad in Doha 2006 on Saturday. China scored 377.100 points, ...
Pang from China grabs women's 200m freestyle title in Doha (updated)
Dec 03, 2006 ... Pang from China grabs women's 200m freestyle title in Doha(updated)DOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Pang Jiaying beat her compatriotand defending champion Yang Yu to win the first swimming gold medalof the 15th Asian Games in the women's 200m freestyle here onSaturday ....
Medal table of 15th Asian Games after Saturday's competitions
Dec 03, 2006 ... Medal table of 15th Asian Games after Saturday's competitionsDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following is the medal table afterSaturday's competitions of the 15th Asian Games (tabulated undergold, silver, bronze and total medals): 1. China 16 5 2 23 ...
Beach Volleyball Results at Doha Asiad
Dec 03, 2006 ... Beach Volleyball Results at Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of beachvolleyball matches at the Asian Games here on Saturday: Men's round: Ibrahim Al Farsi/Yaqoob Al Maqbali, Oman 1, bt Waheed Fathuhulla/Mohamed Nadeem, Maldives 1, 21-14, ...
Summaries of German Bundesliga soccer matches
Dec 03, 2006 ... Summaries of German Bundesliga soccer matchesBERLIN, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the summaries from theGerman Bundesliga soccer matches on Saturday: Saturday, December 2 Arminia Bielefeld 0 Bayer Leverkusen0 Halftime: 0-0; ...
English Premiership top soccer
Dec 03, 2006 ... English Premiership top soccerLONDON, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the top scorers of theEnglish premier league onSaturday: 8 Didier Drogba (Chelsea) Kevin Doyle (Reading) Nwankwo Kanu (Portsmouth) ...
China wins men's gymnastics team gold in Doha Asiad
Dec 03, 2006 ... China wins men's gymnastics team gold in Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- China took the gold medal in the men'sgymnastics team final at the 15th Asian Games ...
Chinese judoka Tong Wen wins women's over 78kg title at Asiad
Dec 03, 2006 ... Chinese judoka Tong Wen wins women's over 78kg title at AsiadDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Chinese judoka Tong Wen won the women' sover 78kg title at the Doha Asian Games here ...
Summaries of English Premiership soccer
Dec 03, 2006 ... Summaries of English Premiership soccerLONDON, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the summaries from theEnglish premier league soccer matches on Saturday: Blackburn Rovers2 Shabani Nonda (6), Benny McCarthy (24) Fulham 0 Halftime: 2-0; ...
Gymnastics men's team podium finishers out of 1974-2006 Asiad
Dec 03, 2006 ... Gymnastics men's team podium finishers out of 1974-2006 AsiadDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the podium finishers ongymnastics men's team from 1974-2006 Asiad: 2006 Doha: 1. China 2. Japan 3. South Korea 2002 Busan: 1 ....
Gymnastic men's team results at Doha Asiad
Dec 03, 2006 ... Gymnastic men's team results at Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the gymnastic men's teamfinal results at the 15th Asian Games in Doha on Saturday: 1. China (Yang Wei, Chen Yibing, Xiao Qin, Zou Kai, Liang Fuliang,Feng Jing), 377.100 points 2 ....
Medal standings of shooting at Doha Asiad
Dec 03, 2006 ... Medal standings of shooting at Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Doha Asiad shootingmedal standings after the competitions on Saturday (tabulated undergold, silver, bronze and medal total): 1. China...
Results of English Premiership soccer matches
Dec 03, 2006 ... Results of English Premiership soccer matchesLONDON, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of theEnglish premier league soccer matches on Saturday: Saturday, December 2 Arsenal 3 Tottenham Hotspur 0Blackburn Rovers 2 Fulham ...
Doha is my lucky place: Chinese Li Ping
Dec 03, 2006 ... Doha is my lucky place: Chinese Li PingDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Li Ping of China regarded the city Dohaas her lucky place as she has already taken two gold medals from the15th Asian Games on Saturday, the first day after the officialopening of the Games. "I like Doha, and ...
Khatib leads Lebanese rout of Uzbekistan at Asiad men's basketball
Dec 03, 2006 ... Khatib leads Lebanese rout of Uzbekistan at Asiad men's basketball DOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Fadi El Khatib scored 34 points to lead aLebanese rout of Uzbekistan 106-70 at the Doha Asian Games men'sbasketball tournament here on Saturday. With the amazing victory in the ...
Roundup: China pulls off ninth consecutive Asiad gymnastics men's team title
Dec 03, 2006 ... Roundup: China pulls off ninth consecutive Asiad gymnastics men'steam titleDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- China made the stunning ninth consecutivewin in Asiad men's gymnastics team competition in Doha on Saturday,beating arch rival Japan with 377.100 points. China featured its ...
Results of men's 200m butterfly final at Asiad
Dec 03, 2006 ... Results of men's 200m butterfly final at AsiadDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the men's 200m butterfly final results in the swimming event at the 15th Asian Games here onSaturday: 1. Wu Peng, China, one minute 54.91 2. Takeshi Matsuda, ...
Japanese judoka Nakazawa wins women's 78kg title at Asiad
Dec 03, 2006 ... Japanese judoka Nakazawa wins women's 78kg title at AsiadDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Japanese judoka Sae Nakazawa took thewomen's 78kg gold medal at the Doha Asian Games here ...
Feature: China's Wu looks to reach level of Phelps
Dec 03, 2006 ... Feature: China's Wu looks to reach level of PhelpsBy Sportswriter Ma Xiangfei DOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Chinese teenager Wu Peng said MichaelPhelps is not his idol but sets an example for him although there isstill a gap between them. The 19-year-old was crowned for ...
South Korea makes men's team table tennis final
Dec 03, 2006 ... South Korea makes men's team table tennis finalDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- South Korea crushed Hong Kong of China 3-0 in the men's ...
Results of Asiad table tennis in Doha (updated 3-last)
Dec 03, 2006 ... Results of Asiad table tennis in Doha (updated 3-last)DOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from the tabletennis competitions of the Asian Games in Doha on Saturday: Men's Team Semifinals South Korea bt Hong Kong, China, 3-0 Oh Sang Eun ...
Results of men's soccer tournament at Doha Asian Games
Dec 03, 2006 ... Results of men's soccer tournament at Doha Asian GamesDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of men's soccersecond round matches at Doha Asian Games here on ...
Roundup: China dominant in first day of swimming at Asiad
Dec 03, 2006 ... Roundup: China dominant in first day of swimming at AsiadBy Sportswriter Ma Xiangfei DOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Chinese teenager Wu Peng struck abrilliant victory to grab the men's 200m butterfly title under thepressure of two strong Japanese rivals as China dominated ...
Standings of men's volleyball at Doha Asiad
Dec 03, 2006 ... Standings of men's volleyball at Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of men'svolleyball preliminary round 2 at the 15th Asian Games after thematches on Saturday (tabulated under matches played, won, lost andpoints:) Pool A: United Arab ...
Day 1: China shows expected dominance at Asian Games
Dec 03, 2006 ... Day 1: China shows expected dominance at Asian GamesBy Sportswriter Wang Zijiang DOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Everyone knew China would dominate theDoha Asian Games, but few knew they could do in such an extreme way. They swept 16 out of 20 gold medals on offer on the ...
Medal winners at Doha Asian Games on Dec. 2
Dec 03, 2006 ... Medal winners at Doha Asian Games on Dec. 2DOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the medal winners at theDoha Asian Games here on Saturday: Gymnastics: Men's team final Gold: China Silver: Japan Bronze: South KoreaJudo: ...
Results of German Bundesliga soccer
Dec 03, 2006 ... Results of German Bundesliga soccerBERLIN, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of the GermanBundesliga soccer matches on Saturday: Saturday, December 2 Arminia Bielefeld 0 Bayer Leverkusen 0Bayern Munich 1 Borussia ...
Standings of English Premiership soccer
Dec 03, 2006 ... Standings of English Premiership soccerLONDON, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of theEnglish premier league on Saturday (tabulated under matches played,won, drawn, lost, goals for, against and points): 1 Manchester United 15 12 2 1 33 7 38 ...
China, S. Korea and Malaysia enter badminton men's team semis
Dec 03, 2006 ... China, S. Korea and Malaysia enter badminton men's team semisDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Traditional powerhouses China, SouthKorea and Malaysia marched into the badminton men's team semifinalsat the 15th Asian Games here on Saturday. In the encounter with long-time rival ...
Li Ping wins China's second weightlifting gold in Doha Asiad
Dec 03, 2006 ... Li Ping wins China's second weightlifting gold in Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- World champion Li Ping of China overcameJunpim Kuntatean of Thailand by three kilograms to win women's 53kgweightlifting gold medal in the 15th Asian Games here on Saturday. Li, 18, hoisted ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua
Dec 03, 2006 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of XinhuaHONG KONG, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Saturday:Major news items in leading Australian newspapers Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers ...
Starting list of Qatar against Uzbekistan at Doha Asiad
Dec 03, 2006 ... Starting list of Qatar against Uzbekistan at Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following is the starting line-up ofQatar against Uzbekistan in the second round soccer matches at DohaAsian Games here on Saturday: Forwards: Sebastian Quintana, ...
Japan beats Kazakhastan, Bahrain upsets Hong Kong, China
Dec 03, 2006 ... Japan beats Kazakhastan, Bahrain upsets Hong Kong, ChinaDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Japan struggled with a 3-2 win againstKazakhstan in the women's volleyball event at the Doha Asian Games onSaturday, while Hong Kong, China, was beaten by Bahrain 0-3 in themen's competition. ...
Results of men's 56kg weightlifting at Doha Asiad
Dec 03, 2006 ... Results of men's 56kg weightlifting at Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from the men 's56kg weightlifting event at the Doha Asian Games here on Saturday:1. Li Zheng, China, 287kg (130kg, snatch/ 157kg, jerk) 2. Hoang Anh Tuan, Vietnam, ...
Standings of German Bundesliga soccer
Dec 03, 2006 ... Standings of German Bundesliga soccerBERLIN, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of theGerman Bundesliga after soccer matches on Saturday (tabulated undermatches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against and points): 1 Werder Bremen 15 9 3 3 ...
China struggles past Kazakhstan in Asiad men's basketball
Dec 03, 2006 ... China struggles past Kazakhstan in Asiad men's basketballDOHA, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Asian champion China claimed an openingwin at the Doha Asian Games men's basketball tournament, but not aseasily as its arch rival Lebanon did. The Chinese, the incontestable No. 1 team in ...
Backgrounder: Key facts about Venezuela's presidential elections
Dec 03, 2006 ... Backgrounder: Key facts about Venezuela's presidential electionsCARACAS, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- The Venezuelans will vote on Sunday tochoose the country's president. Following are some key facts aboutthe presidential elections of the South American country. All Venezuela's ...
Major news items in leading Thai newspapers
Dec 03, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Thai newspapersBANGKOK, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Thai newspapers Sunday: Bangkok Post -- As violence in Thailand's restive South continues unabated,Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said Saturday ...