Xinhua News Agency back issues from Monday, December 4:
Vietnam TV Soccer Cup 2006 in progress
Dec 04, 2006 ... Vietnam TV Soccer Cup 2006 in progressBINH DUONG PROVINCE, Vietnam, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Defendingchampion of Vietnam's V-League 2006, Gach Dong Tam Long An, defeatedtheir compatriots Binh Dinh 3-1 with all the goals scored after thebreak at the Binh Duong Television Soccer Cup ...
Final results of men's 50m breaststroke at Asiad
Dec 04, 2006 ... Final results of men's 50m breaststroke at AsiadDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the final results in men 's50m breaststroke in the swimming event at the 15th Asian Games hereon Sunday: 1. Vladislav Polyyakov, Kazakhstan, 28.29 seconds 2. Kosuke ...
Medal standings of shooting at Doha Asiad
Dec 04, 2006 ... Medal standings of shooting at Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Doha Asiad shootingmedal standings after the competitions on Sunday (tabulated undergold, silver, bronze and total medals): 1. China 10 4 1 15 2. Kuwait ...
China's home news items from Xinhua -- Dec. 3
Dec 04, 2006 ... China's home news items from Xinhua -- Dec. 3BEIJING, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are China's home news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Sunday: China plans to open wider in science, technology Vice premier calls for closer environmental cooperation amongChina, Japan, ...
Results of men's 50m rifle prone final at Doha Asiad
Dec 04, 2006 ... Results of men's 50m rifle prone final at Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of the men's50m rife prone final at the 15th Asian Games here on Sunday: 1. Kazakhstan, 1,762 points 2. South Korea, 1,758 3. China, 1,752 4 ....
China wins women's 4x100m freestyle relay at Asiad
Dec 04, 2006 ... China wins women's 4x100m freestyle relay at AsiadDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- China lifted women's 4x100m freestylerelay swimming title for the fifth time in six Asian Games here onSunday. China took the second relay gold following the women's 4x100mmedley relay victory in ...
Results of table tennis men's team final at Asiad
Dec 04, 2006 ... Results of table tennis men's team final at AsiadDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of the tabletennis men's team final between China and South Korea at the AsianGames in Doha here on Sunday: ...
Collated results of badminton team event at Doha Asiad
Dec 04, 2006 ... Collated results of badminton team event at Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the collated results of thebadminton team matches at the 15th Asian Games here on Sunday: Women's team South Korea bt Indonesia, 3-2 Hwang Hye Yeon bt Fransiska ...
Kazakhstan takes first swimming gold in Doha Asiad
Dec 04, 2006 ... Kazakhstan takes first swimming gold in Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Athens Olympian Vladislav Polyakovbrought Kazakhstan the first swimming gold in Doha Asian Games whenhe snapped the men's 50m breaststroke title in the most hotly-competed and world-class race of the ...
Results of men's trap individual shooting at Doha Asiad
Dec 04, 2006 ... Results of men's trap individual shooting at Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of the men'sindividual trap final at the 15th Asian Games here on Sunday: 1. Naser Meqlad, Kuwait, ...
Russia urges Iran to suspend uranium enrichment activities
Dec 04, 2006 ... Russia urges Iran to suspend uranium enrichment activitiesMOSCOW, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Iran should suspend its uraniumenrichment activities and continue talks with the internationalcommunity, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said on Sunday. "Iran may at least suspend ...
Three British soldiers injured in Afghanistan suicide attack
Dec 04, 2006 ... Three British soldiers injured in Afghanistan suicide attackLONDON, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Three British soldiers have beenwounded in a suicide attack on a convoy in Afghanistan, the Ministryof Defence said here Sunday. An explosives-loaded car was detonated by a suicide bomber ...
Final results of women's 200m backstroke
Dec 04, 2006 ... Final results of women's 200m backstrokeDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the final results inwomen's 200m backstroke in the swimming event at the 15th Asian Gameshere on Sunday: 1. NAKAMURA Reiko Nakamura, Japan, two minutes 10.33 seconds 2. Zhao Jing, ...
China wins women's 4x100m freestyle relay at Asiad
Dec 04, 2006 ... China wins women's 4x100m freestyle relay at AsiadDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- China claimed the women's 4x100mfreestyle relay title in three minutes 42.11 seconds here ...
China trains newly elected local legislators
Dec 04, 2006 ... China trains newly elected local legislatorsBEIJING, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- China started training newly electedlocal legislators, as the election of the country's county andtownship people's congresses is underway. More than 170 newly elected standing committee members of ...
Opener, Advisory
Dec 04, 2006 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service for Sunday,December 03, 2006, and begins ...
Bangladeshi swimmers eliminated in heats
Dec 04, 2006 ... Bangladeshi swimmers eliminated in heatsDHAKA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Bangladeshi swimmer Jewel Ahmed waseliminated in the qualifying round of the men's 100m butterfly in the15th Asian Games swimming competitions at the Hamad Aquatic Center inDoha on Sunday. Jewel Ahmed, who ...
China beat Malaysia 3-1 at Doha Asiad soccer tournament
Dec 04, 2006 ... China beat Malaysia 3-1 at Doha Asiad soccer tournamentDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- China downed Malaysia 3-1 in the groupstage second round of Doha Asian Games men's soccer tournament hereon Sunday. Zhou Haibin, who scored the winner in China's first group matchagainst Iraq, ...
Results of men's 10m air pistol team final at Doha Asiad
Dec 04, 2006 ... Results of men's 10m air pistol team final at Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of the men's10m air pistol team final at the 15th Asian Games here on Sunday: 1. China, 1,744 points 2. South Korea, 1,739 3. Vietnam, 1,730 ...
CHINA WINS MEN'S TABLE TENNIS TEAM GOLD IN ASIAN GAMES
Dec 04, 2006 ... CHINA WINS MEN'S TABLE ...
Japan claims soft tennis men's team title at Asiad (updated)
Dec 04, 2006 ... Japan claims soft tennis men's team title at Asiad (updated)DOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Japan beat back strong comeback fromChinese Taipei to win the Asian Games soft tennis men's team title atthe Khalifa Soft Tennis Courts here on Sunday. Japan revenged their loss to Chinese ...
Results of men's team final at Asiad table tennis
Dec 04, 2006 ... Results of men's team final at Asiad table tennisDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following is the final result of theAsian Games men's table tennis team final here on Sunday: ...
Results of men's soccer events at Doha Asiad
Dec 04, 2006 ... Results of men's soccer events at Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of men's soccertournament group stage second round matches at ...
Results of gymnastic women's team final at Doha Asian Games
Dec 04, 2006 ... Results of gymnastic women's team final at Doha Asian GamesDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the women's team results ofgymnastics at Doha Asian Games at Aspire Stadium of Doha on Sunday: 1. China (Zhang Nan, He Ning, Zhou Zhuoru, Cheng Fei, Pang Panpan,Han ...
China wins women's 4x100m freestyle relay at Asiad
Dec 04, 2006 ... China wins women's 4x100m freestyle relay at AsiadDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- China claimed the women's ...
China beats S. Korea in men's table tennis team final
Dec 04, 2006 ... China beats S. Korea in men's table tennis team finalDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- China routed South Korea 3-0 in the men'steam table tennis final at the Asian Games here on Sunday. Wang Hao set China's winning pace with a 3-0 (12-10, 11-4, 11-4)victory over Ryu Seung Min, who ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Dec. 3
Dec 04, 2006 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Dec. 3BEIJING, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are domestic news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Sunday: China plans to open wider in science,technology Vice premier calls for closer environmental cooperation amongChina, Japan, ROK ...
Results of men's 10m air pistol individual final at Doha Asiad
Dec 04, 2006 ... Results of men's 10m air pistol individual final at Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of the men's10m air pistol individual final at the 15th Asian Games here onSunday: 1. Tan Zongliang, China, 687.1 points 2. Kim Jong Su, ...
Results of men's trap team final at Doha Asiad
Dec 04, 2006 ... Results of men's trap team final at Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of the men'strap team final at the 15th Asian Games here on Sunday: 1. Kuwait, 327 hits ...
Results of women's 10m air pistol individual final at Doha Asiad
Dec 04, 2006 ... Results of women's 10m air pistol individual final at Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of the women 's10m air pistol individual final at the 15th Asian Games here onSunday: 1. Tao Luna, China, 490.3 points (Asian record) ...
Mongolia wins men's 81kg judo Asiad gold
Dec 04, 2006 ... Mongolia wins men's 81kg judo Asiad goldDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Nyamkhuu Damdinsuren of Mongoliatriumphed over Almas Atayev of Kazakhstan ...
11 feared drowned as vehicle falls into canal in central Pakistan
Dec 04, 2006 ... 11 feared drowned as vehicle falls into canal in central Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Eleven passengers including fivekids were feared drowned after their vehicle fell into a canal incentral Pakistan Sunday, police said. The official APP news agency quoted police ...
Results of women's 10m air pistol team final at Doha Asiad
Dec 04, 2006 ... Results of women's 10m air pistol team final at Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of the women 's10m air pistol team final at the 15th Asian Games here on Sunday: 1. China, 1,161 points 2. India, 1,142 3. South Korea, 1,140 ...
Medal winners of judo finals at Doha Asiad on Dec.3
Dec 04, 2006 ... Medal winners of judo finals at Doha Asiad on Dec.3DOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the medal winners of thejudo finals at the 15th Asian Games here on Sunday: Women's 63kg: Gold: Xu Yuhua, China Sliver: Kong Ja Young, South Korea Bronze: ...
(China Sports) China pockets seventh Asiad men's team title of table tennis
Dec 04, 2006 ... (China Sports) China pockets seventh Asiad men's team title oftable tennisDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Defending champions China won a Busanfinal rematch over South Korea here on Sunday to claim their seventhAsian Games men's table tennis team title. It is also the fourth ...
State Councilor calls to enhance administrative review for social harmony
Dec 04, 2006 ... State Councilor calls to enhance administrative review for socialharmonyCHONGQING, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor Hua Jianminon Sunday required state departments and local authorities to enhanceadministrative review, saying that it is a way to promote ...
Roundup: Chinese women set to sweep gymnastics titles at Asiad
Dec 04, 2006 ... Roundup: Chinese women set to sweep gymnastics titles at AsiadBy sportswriter Zhang Rongfeng DOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese women followed men's footprint tolift their ninth consecutive gymnastics team title at Asiad, beatingDPR Korea to the second place with a large ...
South Korea wins men's 90kg judo Asiad gold medal
Dec 04, 2006 ... South Korea wins men's 90kg judo Asiad gold medalDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- South Korean Hwang Hee Tae defeated MaximRakov of Kazakhstan to take the ...
Xu wins second judo gold medal for China at Asiad
Dec 04, 2006 ... Xu wins second judo gold medal for China at AsiadDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- China's Xu Yuhua on Sunday won the goldmedal in women's 63 kg category after defeating South Korea's Kong JaYoung. "I am very glad to grab the gold medal, and I won easily in thefinal, "said Xu, who ...
China pockets ninth consecutive Asiad gymnastics women's team titles
Dec 04, 2006 ... China pockets ninth consecutive Asiad gymnastics women's teamtitlesBy sportswriter Zhang Rongfeng DOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese girls wrapped up their ninthconsecutive Asiad gymnastics team title in Doha on Sunday to repeatChinese men's feast one day later at Aspire ...
Japanese Ueno wins women's 70kg judo Asiad gold
Dec 04, 2006 ... Japanese Ueno wins women's 70kg judo Asiad goldDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Masae Ueno of Japan defeated South KoreanBae Eun Hye to take the ...
Iran upsets S. Korea at Asiad men's basketball
Dec 04, 2006 ... Iran upsets S. Korea at Asiad men's basketballDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Iran upset defending champion South Korea89-75 here on Sunday at the Doha Asian Games men's basketballtournament. Falling down by 20-11 in the first quarter, South Korea steadilypulled it back before ...
Japan beat China 16-0 in Asiad baseball tournament
Dec 04, 2006 ... Japan beat China 16-0 in Asiad baseball tournamentDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Japan defeated China 16-0 in the baseballtournament at the 15th Asian Games here on Sunday while defendingchampion South Korea crushed the Philippines 12-2. The Japanese squad opened the scoring at ...
Roundup: Polyakov of Kazakhstan beats Olympic champion Kitajima
Dec 04, 2006 ... Roundup: Polyakov of Kazakhstan beats Olympic champion KitajimaBy Sportswriter Ma Xiangfei DOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Athens Olympian Vladislav Polyakovovercame Athens champion Kosuke Kitajima in the 50m breaststroke tobring Kazakhstan the first swimming gold in Doha Asian ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua
Dec 04, 2006 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of XinhuaHONG KONG, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Sunday:Major news items in leading Thai newspapers 800 dead or missing in mudslides in Philippines: Red Cross ...
China Xu Yuhua wins women's 63kg judo gold in Doha Asiad
Dec 04, 2006 ... China Xu Yuhua wins women's 63kg judo gold in Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Xu Yuhua took the women's 63kgjudo gold medal at the 15th ...
Swimming medals table at Asiad
Dec 04, 2006 ... Swimming medals table at AsiadDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the swimming medalstandings after the second day competitions on Sunday at the 15thAsian Games: Gold Silver Bronze Total 1. China7 5 3 152. Japan ...
Results of men's 69kg weightlifting at Doha Asiad
Dec 04, 2006 ... Results of men's 69kg weightlifting at Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from the men 's69kg weightlifting event at the Doha Asian Games here on Sunday: 1. Zhang Guozheng, China, 336kg (152kg, snatch/184kg, jerk) 2. Shi Zhiyong, China, ...
Results of beach volleyball at Doha Asiad
Dec 04, 2006 ... Results of beach volleyball at Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of beachvolleyball matches at the Asian Games here on Sunday:Men's:Khoo Chong Long/Abdul Latif Muhd Rafiq Arumi, Malaysia, bt OdehAyman/Asfour Rafi, Palestine, 17-21, ...
Results of handball in Asian Games
Dec 04, 2006 ... Results of handball in Asian GamesDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from thehandball preliminaries at the Doha Asian Games here on Sunday (halftime score in bracket): Group A: Bahrain beats Macao, China 53-11 (27-5) ...
Women's all-around event concerns Chinese gymnastics team coach
Dec 04, 2006 ... Women's all-around event concerns Chinese gymnastics team coachDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- The women's all-around event is Chineseteam's major concern heading for the Beijing Olympic Games, LuShanzhen, head coach of the Chinese women's gymnastics national team,said here on Sunday ....
Standings of men's volleyball at Doha Asiad
Dec 04, 2006 ... Standings of men's volleyball at Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of men'svolleyball preliminary round 2 at the 15th Asian Games after thematches on Sunday (tabulated under matches played, won, lost andpoints:) Pool A: Saudi Arabia ...
Results of England Premier League soccer
Dec 04, 2006 ... Results of England Premier League soccerLONDON, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theEnglish premier league soccer matches on Sunday: Sunday, December 3 Everton 2 West Ham United0Saturday, December 2 Arsenal ...
Hockey results at Doha Asian Games
Dec 04, 2006 ... Hockey results at Doha Asian GamesDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the women's preliminaryleague results of hockey at ...
Roundup: Chinese women unbeatable in Asiad volleyball
Dec 04, 2006 ... Roundup: Chinese women unbeatable in Asiad volleyballDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese women's volleyballers stayunbeatable in the Doha Asian Games after powering to a straight- setvictory over low-spirit South Korea on Sunday, while Chinese Taipeitrounced the Macao team 3-0 in ...
German Bundesliga soccer top scorers
Dec 04, 2006 ... German Bundesliga soccer top scorersBERLIN, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the top scorers of theGerman Bundesliga after soccer matches on Sunday: 10 Miroslav Klose (Werder Bremen)9 Marko Pantelic (Hertha Berlin)8 Mario Gomez (VfB ...
Results of men's volleyball tournament at Doha Asiad
Dec 04, 2006 ... Results of men's volleyball tournament at Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the collated results of themen's volleyball preliminary round 2 matches at the Doha Asiad onSunday: ...
Podium finishes for Asian Games table tennis
Dec 04, 2006 ... Podium finishes for Asian Games table tennisDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the medals of the tabletennis team events at the 15th Asian Games in Doha after Sunday'sfinals: Men's Team ...
Iraqi boxer cries in Doha Asiad
Dec 04, 2006 ... Iraqi boxer cries in Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi boxer Suraka Mahdi sobbed afterlosing to a Filipino in Sunday's preliminary round of 57kg categoryboxing competition in Doha Asiad. "The referee was not fair to me," he said, noting that "he gave alot of ...
Results of Davis Cup final between Russia and Argentina
Dec 04, 2006 ... Results of Davis Cup final between Russia and ArgentinaMOSCOW, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theDavis Cup World Group final between Russia and Argentina here onSunday: Russia bt Argentina 3-2 Nikolay Davydenko, Russia lost to David Nalbandian, ...
Furyk wins Nedbank Golf Challenge
Dec 04, 2006 ... Furyk wins Nedbank Golf ChallengeJOHANNESBURG, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- American Jim Furyk became thefifth player to successfully defend his Nedbank Golf Challenge titlewhen he claimed a two-stroke victory at the Gary Player Country Clubcourse at Sun City, South Africa, on Sunday ....
Summaries of English Premier League soccer
Dec 04, 2006 ... Summaries of English Premier League soccerLONDON, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the summaries from theEnglish premier league soccer matches on Sunday: Sunday, December 3 Everton 2 Leon Osman (51), James Vaughan (90+3) West Ham United 0 ...
Chinese women open up beach volleyball preliminaries with victories
Dec 04, 2006 ... Chinese women open up beach volleyball preliminaries withvictoriesDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Two Chinese women beach volleyball duos,Tian Jia and Wang Jie, and Zhang Xi and Xue Chen, opened theircampaign for the gold medal with easy victories at the Doha Asiad onSunday ....
Summaries of German Bundesliga soccer matches
Dec 04, 2006 ... Summaries of German Bundesliga soccer matchesBERLIN, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the summaries from theGerman Bundesliga soccer matches on Sunday: Sunday, December 3 Nuremberg 0 Schalke 04 0 Halftime: 0-0; ...
Games champion Polyakov has high hope for Beijing Olympics
Dec 04, 2006 ... Games champion Polyakov has high hope for Beijing OlympicsDOHA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Athens Olympian Vladislav Polyakov saidhe would like a podium finish in the Beijing Olympic Games less thantwo years away after he overcame Olympic champion Kosuke Kitajima towin the 50m ...