Xinhua News Agency back issues from Thursday, December 7:
Chinese shares see biggest swing this year
Dec 07, 2006 ... Chinese shares see biggest swing this yearBEIJING, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks seesawed up and down onWednesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index, a major indexof Chinese shares, fluctuating between 2192.90 points and 2097.42points, the widest spread this year ....
Russia eliminates over 15 percent of chemical weapons stockpile
Dec 07, 2006 ... Russia eliminates over 15 percent of chemical weapons stockpileMOSCOW, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Russia has eliminated more than 15percent of its total chemical weapons stockpiles, Itar-Tass newsagency said on Wednesday, quoting deputy head of the Russian FederalAgency for Industry ...
Indonesian fans staying up late for limited Asiad coverage
Dec 07, 2006 ... Indonesian fans staying up late for limited Asiad coverageJAKARTA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Isa, a student at the University ofIndonesia, has to stay up until the early morning if he wants updateson the national team competing in Doha's 15th Asian Games. "RCTI (a local TV ...
Georgia opposed to Russian discussion of South Ossetia referendum
Dec 07, 2006 ... Georgia opposed to Russian discussion of South Ossetia referendum MOSCOW, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- A move by Russia to recognize theresults of an independence referendum by Georgia's breakaway SouthOssetia region would be a big mistake, Georgian Foreign Minister GelaBezhuashvili said in ...
Final results of women's 100m backstroke at Asiad
Dec 07, 2006 ... Final results of women's 100m backstroke at AsiadDOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the final swimming resultsof women's 100m backstroke here on Wednesday at the 15th Asian Games: 1. Reiko Nakamura, Japan, one minute 0.82 seconds 2. Xu Tianlongzi, China, ...
Final results of men's 200m individual medley at Asiad
Dec 07, 2006 ... Final results of men's 200m individual medley at AsiadDOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the final swimming resultsof men's 200m individual medley here on Wednesday at the 15th AsianGames: 1. Hidemasa Sano, Japan, two minutes 0.73 seconds 2. Ken Takakuwa, ...
Results of Asian Games boxing competitions
Dec 07, 2006 ... Results of Asian Games boxing competitionsDOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the preliminary results ofAsian Games boxing here on Wednesday: 69 kg: Behzodbek Yunusov, Uzbekistan, bt Cao Van Truong, Vietnam, 49- 22(points) Hanati Silamu, China, bt ...
Opener, Advisory
Dec 07, 2006 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service forWednesday, December 06, 2006, and begins ...
Medal table of 15th Asian Games after Wednesday's competitions
Dec 07, 2006 ... Medal table of 15th Asian Games after Wednesday's competitionsDOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following is the medal table afterWednesday's competitions of the 15th Asian Games (tabulated undergold, silver, bronze and total medals): China75 41 18 134 ...
Angolan women's basketball team lose again in Afro-Cup
Dec 07, 2006 ... Angolan women's basketball team lose again in Afro-CupLUANDA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Angolan national women's under- 20basketball team lost to Mozambique by 41-53, in a fourth round matchof the African championship, taking place in Maputo on ...
HK pair win men's doubles gold in Asiad table tennis
Dec 07, 2006 ... HK pair win men's doubles gold in Asiad table tennisDOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Ko Lai Chak/Li Ching from Hong Kong,China, beat Olympic ...
Mizutori win horizontal bar to render Japan second gold at Asiad
Dec 07, 2006 ... Mizutori win horizontal bar to render Japan second gold at AsiadDOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Hisashi Mizutori overshadowed histeammate Hiroyuki Tomita to win the second gymnastics gold medal forJapan at Doha Asian Games on Wednesday. Mizutori performed with dynamic releases and ...
Chinese doubles shuttler Zheng cheers for first win at Doha Asiad
Dec 07, 2006 ... Chinese doubles shuttler Zheng cheers for first win at Doha Asiad DOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Zheng Bo and Gao Ling knocked offseven-seeded Songphon Anukritayawon and Kunchala Voravichitchaikulfrom Thailand to enter the badminton mixed doubles quarterfinals atthe 15th Asian ...
Ceremony held in memory of patriotic revolutionary
Dec 07, 2006 ... Ceremony held in memory of patriotic revolutionarySHANGHAI, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Shanghai municipal governmentheld a ceremony here Wednesday placing a plaque on an apartment ofthe deceased patriotic revolutionary Du Chongyuan. Chinese President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen ...
EU starts public consulation on trade defense measures
Dec 07, 2006 ... EU starts public consulation on trade defense measuresBRUSSELS, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- The European Commission (EC)announced on Wednesday that it had started to consult the public onthe European Union's (EU) use of protectionist measures againstunfairly priced imports. In a ...
Standings of Asian Games basketball
Dec 07, 2006 ... Standings of Asian Games basketballDOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the group standings of theDoha Asian Games basketball competitions after Wednesday's matches(tabulated under games played, won, lost and ranking): Men's Group A: Qatar3 3 0 1 ...
World champion Cheng dominates floor at Asiad gymnastics
Dec 07, 2006 ... World champion Cheng dominates floor at Asiad gymnasticsBySportswriter Zhang Rongfeng DOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- World champion Cheng Fei snared thewomen's floor title with ease, adding the third gold to her glory onteam and vault here on Wednesday. Cheng Fei, the triple ...
Result of women's doubles final in Asiad table tennis
Dec 07, 2006 ... Result of women's doubles final in Asiad table tennisDOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following is the result of the women'sdoubles final in the table ...
Start list of Oman against China at Doha Asiad
Dec 07, 2006 ... Start list of Oman against China at Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec. 6(Xinhua) -- Following is the start list of Oman against China in thesecond round soccer match at Doha Asian Games here on Thursday: Defenders: Mohamed Al Noobi, ...
Ri vaults DPRK the first ever apparatus title ever at Asiad gymnastics
Dec 07, 2006 ... Ri vaults DPRK the first ever apparatus title ever at AsiadgymnasticsBy Sportswriter Zhang RongfengDOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Ri Se Gwang won the DPR Korea the firstvault title in their Asian Games' history with a score of 16. 625points at Doha Asiad on Wednesday ....
3rd LD Writethru: Iraq panel recommends to shift U.S. military combat role by 2008
Dec 07, 2006 ... 3rd LD Writethru: Iraq panel recommends to shift U.S. militarycombat role by 2008WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- The bipartisan Iraq Study Groupsaid in a report sent to White House on Wednesday that the countryshould move most of its troops out of combat roles in Iraq by ...
Ahed Joughili gives Syria first Asiad weightlifting gold in 24 years
Dec 07, 2006 ... Ahed Joughili gives Syria first Asiad weightlifting gold in 24yearsDOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Ahed Joughili won the men's 105kgdivision at 392kg by a single kilogram to end Syria's 24-year medaldrought in weightlifting here on Wednesday. Joughili is only the second Syrian ...
Final summary of women's 800m freestyle at Asiad
Dec 07, 2006 ... Final summary of women's 800m freestyle at AsiadDOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the final summary ofwomen's 800m freestyle here on Wednesday at the 15th Asian Games: 1. Yurie Yano, Japan, eight minutes 29.51 seconds 2. Yang Jieqiao, China, 8:38.35 3 ....
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Dec. 6 (2)
Dec 07, 2006 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Dec. 6 (2)Investigators accused of faking results of Taiwan's electionshooting probe: report Three out of four Taiwan households have Internet access: survey China vows to limit AIDS cases to 1.5 million by 2010: vicepremier ...
Chinese Taipei chalks up both singles gold medals at Asiad soft tennis
Dec 07, 2006 ... Chinese Taipei chalks up both singles gold medals at Asiad softtennisDOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Taipei began their gold rush atthe Khalifa Soft Tennis Courts here on Wednesday by claiming goldmedals in men's and women's singles here at the Doha Asian Games. Wang ...
Results of women's volleyball tournament at Doha Asiad
Dec 07, 2006 ... Results of women's volleyball tournament at Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of the women 'svolleyball at the Doha Asian Games on Wednesday: Pool A: South Korea ...
Japan's Mizutori wins horizontal bar gold at Doha Asiad
Dec 07, 2006 ... Japan's Mizutori wins horizontal bar gold at Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Hisashi Mizutori scored 16. 075points to take the ...
Results of basketball in Doah Asian Games
Dec 07, 2006 ... Results of basketball in Doah Asian GamesDOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are Wednesday's results fromthe basketball competitions of the Doha Asian Games (half-time scorein bracket): Men ...
Results of women's handball in Doha Asiad
Dec 07, 2006 ... Results of women's handball in Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec.6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from women'shandball preliminaries at the Doha Asian ...
Mizutoris win horizontal bar to give Japan second gymnastics gold
Dec 07, 2006 ... Mizutoris win horizontal bar to give Japan second gymnastics gold DOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Hisashi Mizutori overshadowed teammateHiroyuki Tomita to win the second gymnastics gold medal for Japan atthe Doha Asian Games on Wednesday. Mizutori performed with dynamic releases and ...
China's home news items from Xinhua -- Dec. 6 (1)
Dec 07, 2006 ... China's home news items from Xinhua -- Dec. 6 (1)BEIJING, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are China's home news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Wednesday: Ceremony held in memory of patriotic revolutionary Chinese Vice Premier urges textile sector to sharpencompetitiveness ...
Chinese dual claim top two on beam at Asiad gymnastics
Dec 07, 2006 ... Chinese dual claim top two on beam at Asiad gymnasticsby sportswriter Zhang RongfengDOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese veteran Zhang Nan continued herimpressive form on the beam to grab the balance-oriented title at the15th Asian Games here on Wednesday. Zhang came ...
Final results of women's 800m freestyle (group 2) at Asiad
Dec 07, 2006 ... Final results of women's 800m freestyle (group 2) at AsiadDOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the final swimming resultsof women's 800m freestyle (group 2) here on Wednesday at the 15thAsian Games: 1. Yurie Yano, Japan, eight minutes 29.51 seconds 2. Yang ...
Chen Zuo to challenge his own limit after 100m free win in Doha
Dec 07, 2006 ... Chen Zuo to challenge his own limit after 100m free win in Doha By Sportswriter Ma Xiangfei DOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Reigning Asian Games champion Chen Zuofrom China said he will keep challenging his own limit. The defending champion powered to the victory in men's ...
New pairing duo win third table tennis gold for China in Asiad
Dec 07, 2006 ... New pairing duo win third table tennis gold for China in AsiadDOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Newly paired-up Guo Yue and Li Xiaoxiawon the third table tennis title for China at the Doha Asian Gamestable tennis ...
Swimming medals table at Asiad
Dec 07, 2006 ... Swimming medals table at AsiadDOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the swimming medalstandings after the fifth day competition on Wednesday at the 15thAsian Games: Gold Silver Bronze Total 1. China 1518 6 392. Japan ...
World champion Cheng dominates the floor at Asiad gymnastics
Dec 07, 2006 ... World champion Cheng dominates the floor at Asiad gymnasticsDOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- World champion Cheng Fei snared thewomen's floor with ease, adding the third gold to her glory on teamand vault here on Wednesday. The triple world champion at the Aarhus championships ...
Preview: Chinese rowing's challenges looming ahead
Dec 07, 2006 ... Preview: Chinese rowing's challenges looming aheadDOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- China is expected to face toughchallenges from the men's four and lightweight single's sculls in therowing tournament of the Doha Asian Games. On Thursday, five finals will take place and China might ...
Srichaphan pulls out of men's singles at Asiad
Dec 07, 2006 ... Srichaphan pulls out of men's singles at AsiadDOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Thai tennis star Paradorn Srichaphan haspulled out of the men's singles event at the 15th Doha Asian Gamesdue a wrist injury on Wednesday. The defending champion, who beat South Korea's Lee Hyung Taik ...
Medal standings of shooting at Doha Asiad
Dec 07, 2006 ... Medal standings of shooting at Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Doha Asiad shootingmedal standings after the competitions on Wednesday (tabulated undergold, silver, bronze and medal total): 1. China 24 9 2 35 2. Kazakhstan ...
Results of horizontal bar at Asiad gymnastics
Dec 07, 2006 ... Results of horizontal bar at Asiad gymnasticsDOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the horizontal bar resultsof gymnastics at Doha Asian Games on Wednesday: 1. Hisashi Mizutori, Japan, 16.075 points 2. Zou Kai, China, 15.950 ...
Sano of Japan takes men's 200m IM at Asiad
Dec 07, 2006 ... Sano of Japan takes men's 200m IM at AsiadDOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Hidemasa Sano overcamecompatriot and Asian record holder Ken Takakuwa for the men's 200mindividual medley gold here on Wednesday at the Asian Games. Sano, finishing fifth in last year's world ...
Results of beach volleyball at Doha Asiad
Dec 07, 2006 ... Results of beach volleyball at Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of the beachvolleyball matches at the Asian Games here on Wednesday: Men's: Wu Penggen/Xu Linyin, China 1, bt Ardiyansah Andy/Darkuncoro KokoPrasetyo, Indonesia 1, 21-19, ...
Swimming round: China, Japan split golds on fifth day at Asiad
Dec 07, 2006 ... Swimming round: China, Japan split golds on fifth day at AsiadBy Sportswriter Ma Xiangfei DOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- China and Japan kept racing head by headin the limelight on the fifth day of the swimming event here onWednesday at the Asian Games when each seized three out ...
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Lebanon drops second straight game at Asiad men's basketball
Dec 07, 2006 ... Lebanon drops second straight game at Asiad men's basketballDOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Asian runner-up Lebanon suffered itssecond straight defeat at the Doha Asian Games men's basketballtournament as it lost to Kazakhstan 80-75 here on Wednesday. Lebanon stayed within 70-69 ...
Results of men's handball in Doha Asiad
Dec 07, 2006 ... Results of men's handball in Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec.6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from men'shandball preliminaries at the Doha Asian Games here on Wednesday (halftime scores in ...
Defending champion South Korea settles for bronze in Asiad baseball
Dec 07, 2006 ... Defending champion South Korea settles for bronze in AsiadbaseballDOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Defending champion South Korea settledfor the bronze medal after beating China 12-2 in the baseballtournament of the 15th Asian Games here on Wednesday. China got a bad start when ...
Results of women's floor exercise at Asiad gymnastics
Dec 07, 2006 ... Results of women's floor exercise at Asiad gymnasticsDOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the women's floor exerciseresults at Doha Asian Games on Wednesday: 1. Cheng Fei, China, 15.750 points 2. Pang Panpan, China, 15.250 ...
Chinese Vice Premier urges textile sector to sharpen competitiveness
Dec 07, 2006 ... Chinese Vice Premier urges textile sector to sharpencompetitivenessBEIJING, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan hascalled on the country's textile sector to sharpen its competitiveedge. He urged the textile sector to speed up industrial upgrading ...
ASEAN to discuss free flow of migrant workers in region
Dec 07, 2006 ... ASEAN to discuss free flow of migrant workers in regionCEBU, the Philippines, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will discussmeasures that would speed up economic integration within the region. In a press briefing ...
First ever Youth Cricket Academy set up in Zambia
Dec 07, 2006 ... First ever Youth Cricket Academy set up in ZambiaLUSAKA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Zambia Cricket Union has gone intopartnership with Lusaka Municipal Sports club to establish the firstever Youth Cricket Academy in the country. Cricket Union President, Andrew Shawa said here ...
Results of men's over 105kg weightlifting at Doha Asiad
Dec 07, 2006 ... Results of men's over 105kg weightlifting at Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from the men 'sover 105kg weightlifting event at the Doha Asian Games here onWednesday: 1. Hossein Reza Azdeh, Iran, 425kg (195kg, snatch/230kg, jerk) 2. Jaber ...
Standings of men's soccer events at Doha Asiad
Dec 07, 2006 ... Standings of men's soccer events at Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the men's soccer standingsafter Wednesday's second round matches at Doha Asian Games (tabulatedunder matches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against andpoints): Group A (Q)Uzbekistan ...
Weightlifting Roundup: Chinese young buds shining in Doha
Dec 07, 2006 ... Weightlifting Roundup: Chinese young buds shining in DohaBySportswriter Liu Yang DOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Capping ten gold medals out of all 15 onoffer in weightlifting competitions in the Doha Asiad, Chineselifters have put their eyes at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games ....
HK paddlers claim men's doubles gold in Asiad
Dec 07, 2006 ... HK paddlers claim men's doubles gold in AsiadDOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Li Ching and Ko Lai Chak from Hong Kong,China, completed a mission impossible as they snatched the men'stable tennis doubles gold medal from Olympic champions Ma Lin andChen Qi and ended China's winning streak ...
Roundup: Chinese sharpshooters march on at 15th Asiad
Dec 07, 2006 ... Roundup: Chinese sharpshooters march on at 15th AsiadBySportswriter Shen Nan DOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese sharpshooters marched on at theLusail Shooting Complex by grabbing five gold medals in all fiveevents they had competed in at the 15th Asian Games here onWednesday ....
Roundup: Former Thai Wushu champion advances in Doha Asiad boxing
Dec 07, 2006 ... Roundup: Former Thai Wushu champion advances in Doha Asiad boxing DOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- After two rounds of winning on the ringat the Doha Asiad, a former Wushu champion from Thailand steppedfurther toward a boxing gold here on Wednesday. The boxer Angkarn Chomphuphuang, ...
Roundup: Iranian Azdeh wins in titanic weightlifting display at Asiad
Dec 07, 2006 ... Roundup: Iranian Azdeh wins in titanic weightlifting display atAsiadDOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Iranian Hercules Hossein Reza Azdehtook just four lifts in men's over 105kg division to win the finalweightlifting gold with a total of 425kg here on Wednesday. After the ...
Yang shares parallel bars title with Kim at Asiad gymnastics
Dec 07, 2006 ... Yang shares parallel bars title with Kim at Asiad gymnasticsDOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- China's Yang Wei took his fourth goldmedal by sharing the parallel bars title with South Korean Kim DaeEun at the Doha Asian Games on Wednesday. World champion Yang Wei went to the final as ...
3 Chinese teams advance in beach volleyball with clean sheet
Dec 07, 2006 ... 3 Chinese teams advance in beach volleyball with clean sheetDOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Three Chinese teams remain unbeatable andone lost in Wednesday's beach volleyball action at the Asian Games. Top seeds Wu Penggen and Xu Linyin beat Ardiyansah Andy andDarkuncoro Koko ...
Results of weightlifting medallists at Doha Asiad
Dec 07, 2006 ... Results of weightlifting medallists at Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theweightlifting medallists at the Doha Asian Games here on Wednesday: Women's 48kg 1. Wang Mingjuan, China, 206kg (90kg, snatch/ 116kg, jerk) 2. Pensiri ...
Roundup: China, Japan make top eight at Asiad men's basketball
Dec 07, 2006 ... Roundup: China, Japan make top eight at Asiad men's basketball By Sportswriter Wang Jingyu DOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Asian champion China and Japan bothsecured berths in the quarter-finals of the Doha Asian Games men'sbasketball tournament with respective victories here on ...
Roundup: China, Hong Kong each collect a gold from table tennis in Asiad
Dec 07, 2006 ... Roundup: China, Hong Kong each collect a gold from table tennis inAsiadBy Sportswriter Zhang Han DOHA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Penultimate day of the table tennistournament in the Doha Asian Games produced the biggest upset as HongKong of China grabbed a gold medal from the ...
Final medal standings of weightlifting at Doha Asiad
Dec 07, 2006 ... Final medal standings of weightlifting at Doha AsiadDOHA, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Doha Asiadweightlifting medal standings after the competitions on Wednesday(tabulated under gold, silver, bronze and total medals): 1. China 10 4 0 13 2 ....