Xinhua News Agency back issues from Monday, December 18:
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Dec.17
Dec 18, 2006 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Dec.17BEIJING, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Following are domestic news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Sunday: HK airport sees robust growth in passenger and cargo traffic Chinese white-collar employees become main fashion consumers:survey ...
Opener, Advisory
Dec 18, 2006 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service for Sunday,December 17, 2006, and begins ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua
Dec 18, 2006 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of XinhuaHONG KONG, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Sunday:Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers Major news items in leading Thai newspapers Major ...
Oil tanks catch fire in northwestern Albania
Dec 18, 2006 ... Oil tanks catch fire in northwestern AlbaniaTIRANA, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Three oil tanks caught fire on Sundayin a port city in northwestern Albania, and one of them exploded,Interior Ministry officials said. Four firefighters sustained slight injuries in the explosion of ...
Results of Italian first division league
Dec 18, 2006 ... Results of Italian first division leagueROME, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theItalian first division league soccer matches on Sunday: Ascoli lost to Torino 2-0 Inter Milan bt Messina 2-0 ...
Standings of German first division league
Dec 18, 2006 ... Standings of German first division leagueBERLIN, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of theGerman first division league after the soccer matches played onSunday (tabulated under matches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for,goals against, points): Werder Bremen ...
Results of German first division league
Dec 18, 2006 ... Results of German first division leagueBERLIN, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theGerman first division league matches on Sunday: Werder Bremen bt VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 Borussia Dortmund lost to Bayer Leverkusen 2-1Played on Saturday: ...
Tanzania takes African rugby second division title
Dec 18, 2006 ... Tanzania takes African rugby second division titleARUSHA, Tanzania, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Hosts Tanzania on Sundaydefeated visitors Niger 29-10 here to take the 2006 Confederation ofAfrican Rugby Championship second-division title. It was the first championship title for the ...
Standings of Italian first division league
Dec 18, 2006 ... Standings of Italian first division leagueROME, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Italian first divisionsoccer standings after the matches played on Sunday (tabulated undermatches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): Inter Milan 16 13 3 0 ...
Summaries of German first division league
Dec 18, 2006 ... Summaries of German first division leagueBERLIN, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Following are the summaries from theGerman first division soccer matches on Sunday: Sunday, December 17 Borussia Dortmund 1 Martin Amedick (85)...
Summaries of Italian first division league
Dec 18, 2006 ... Summaries of Italian first division leagueROME, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Following are the summaries from theItalian first division soccer matches on Sunday: Sunday, December 17Ascoli 0 ...
Top scorers of Italian first division league
Dec 18, 2006 ... Top scorers of Italian first division leagueROME, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Following are the top scorers of theItalian first division league after the soccer matches played onSunday: 9 Francesco Totti (AS Roma) Adrian Mutu (Fiorentina) Christian Rigano (Messina) 8 ...
Summaries from English premier league
Dec 18, 2006 ... Summaries from English premier leagueLONDON, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Following are the summaries from theEnglish premier league matches on Sunday: Sunday, December 17West Ham United 1 Nigel Reo-Coker (75)...
Top scorers of English premier league
Dec 18, 2006 ... Top scorers of English premier leagueLONDON, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Following are the top scorers of theEnglish premier league on Sunday: 10 Didier Drogba (Chelsea) 9 Nwankwo Kanu (Portsmouth) 8 LouisSaha (Manchester United) Wayne Rooney ...
Standings of English premier league
Dec 18, 2006 ... Standings of English premier leagueLONDON, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of theEnglish premier league after the soccer matches played on Sunday(tabulated under games played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goalsagainst, points): 1 Manchester United 18 ...
Results of English premier league
Dec 18, 2006 ... Results of English premier leagueLONDON, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of theEnglish premier league soccer matches on Sunday:Everton lost to Chelsea 3-2 Manchester City lost to Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 West Ham United bt Manchester United 1-0 ...
Fatah confirms ceasefire deal with Hamas
Dec 18, 2006 ... Fatah confirms ceasefire deal with HamasGAZA, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Fatah movement led by PalestinianPresident Mahmoud Abbas confirmed Sunday night a ceasefire deal withgoverning Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), urging Hamas to keepits promise over the deal. "Fatah ...
URGENT: Six-party talks on Korean Peninsula nuclear issue resumed
Dec 18, 2006 ... URGENT: Six-party talks on Korean Peninsula nuclear issue resumed BEIJING, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Chief negotiators of the six-partytalks on the Korean ...
Foreign exchange rates in Thailand
Dec 18, 2006 ... Foreign exchange rates in ThailandBANGKOK, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the baht on Monday as offered by the Bangkok Bank:Monday Friday U.S. dollar34.85/35.45 34.83/35.47 ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Dec 18, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inthe leading Philippine newspapers on Monday:Manila Bulletin: -- Philippine Commission on Election said on Sunday that it wasconfident next year's ...
WTA Tour Champions Race standings
Dec 18, 2006 ... WTA Tour Champions Race standingsWASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings fromthe WTA Tour Champions Race singles: 1. Justine Henin-Hardenne, Belgium, 3998 2. Maria Sharapova, Russia, 3532 3. Amelie Mauresmo, France, 3391 4 ....
Italian Serie A results (updated)
Dec 18, 2006 ... Italian Serie A results (updated)ROME, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results and standingsfrom the Serie A matches on Sunday: Sunday, December 17 AS Roma bt Palermo 4-0 Ascoli lost to Torino 0-2 Inter Milan bt Messina 2-0 Livorno ...
English Premiership results
Dec 18, 2006 ... English Premiership resultsLONDON, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of theEnglish Premiership ...
South African soccer standings
Dec 18, 2006 ... South African soccer standingsJOHANNESBURG, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings ofSouth Africa's soccer Premier League on Sunday (tabulated under gamesplayed, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): Silver Stars12 7 3 2 14 7 7 24 ...
South Africa wins COSAFA U20 Cup
Dec 18, 2006 ... South Africa wins COSAFA U20 CupJOHANNESBURG, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- The South African U20 soccerteam won the Metropolitan COSAFA (Council of Southern AfricanFootball Associations) Cup with a 2-1 win over Zambia on Sunday. The final was played at the Mmbatho Stadium in ...
Egypt's Al-Ahly reach new level: Portuguese coach
Dec 18, 2006 ... Egypt's Al-Ahly reach new level: Portuguese coachCAIRO, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Manuel Jose, Portuguese coach forEgypt's Al-Ahly, said Ahly are now capable of playing at the highestlevels after they clinched the bronze medal in the 2006 FIFA ClubWorld Cup by beating Mexico's Club ...
Market exchange rates -- Dec. 18
Dec 18, 2006 ... Market exchange rates -- Dec. 18BEIJING, Dec. 18 (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 ...
4 people killed in earthquake in Indonesia
Dec 18, 2006 ... 4 people killed in earthquake in IndonesiaJAKARTA, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Four people were killed and buildingswere damaged in a strong earthquake on Indonesia's Sumatra islandearly Monday morning, according to a local media report. The 5.8-magnitude ...
Italian Serie A standings (updated)
Dec 18, 2006 ... Italian Serie A standings (updated)ROME, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings from theSerie A after the matches on Sunday (tabulated under games played,won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): Inter Milan 16 13 3 0 34 14 42 AS Roma ...
Romania urged to adopt European system of management on eve of EU accession
Dec 18, 2006 ... Romania urged to adopt European system of management on eve of EUaccessionBUCHAREST, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Romania was urged to adopt thesystem of European affairs management on Sunday, in the run-up to itsaccession to the European Union on Jan. 1, 2007. The new European ...
Greek, German justice ministers discuss prisoner repatriation
Dec 18, 2006 ... Greek, German justice ministers discuss prisoner repatriationATHENS, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Greek Justice Minister AnastasiosPapaligouras held talks in Berlin with his German counterpartBrigitte Zypries, discussing the repatriation of foreign prisoners,the Greek Justice Ministry ...
Greek Super League soccer results
Dec 18, 2006 ... Greek Super League soccer resultsATHENS, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of the GreekSuper League soccer matches played over the weekend: Atromitos Athens tied Aris Thessaloniki 1-1 Iraklis Thessaloniki bt Xanthi 1-0 ...
Egypt's Zamalek fail to sign new coach
Dec 18, 2006 ... Egypt's Zamalek fail to sign new coachCAIRO, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Zamalek, one of Egypt's best soccerclubs based in Cairo, said it has failed to sign Helmi Toulan, anEgyptian coach, as Zamalek's new manager as both sides failed tostrike a deal on Saturday, local soccer website ...
Major news items in leading Australian newspapers
Dec 18, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Australian newspapersCANBERRA, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Australian newspapers on Monday.The Australian: -- Iraq's embattled Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki offered anolive branch to former ...
ATP Tour rankings
Dec 18, 2006 ... ATP Tour rankingsWASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the rankings fromthe ATP Tour singles: 1. Roger Federer, Switzerland, 8370 2. Rafael Nadal, Spain, 4470 3. Nikolay Davydenko, Russia, 2825 4. James Blake, United States, 2530 5 ....
Yearender: India, Pakistan ties getting warmer while thorny issues remain unsolved by Fu Shuangqi
Dec 18, 2006 ... Yearender: India, Pakistan ties getting warmer while thorny issuesremain unsolved by Fu ShuangqiNEW DELHI, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- The air between India and Pakistanis turning slightly warmer in the last two months of the year 2006 assenior officials from the two sides began ...
Major news items in leading Vietnamese newspapers
Dec 18, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Vietnamese newspapers HANOI, Dec. 18(Xinhua) -- The following are major news items in Vietnamese leadingnewspapers on Monday.Pioneer: -- The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN), Vietnam's biggest electricityproducer and sole distributor, plans to ...
Tokyo stocks higher
Dec 18, 2006 ... Tokyo stocks higherTOKYO, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks rose moderately Mondaymorning, tracking gains in U.S. shares on Friday and with investorsbuying export-linked shares after the U.S. dollar's rise to the 118yen level in the morning ....
Foreign exchange rates in Philippines
Dec 18, 2006 ... Foreign exchange rates in PhilippinesMANILA, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the peso released by the Philippine Central Bank onMonday:Monday Friday U.S. dollar 49.406049.4280 Japanese ...
2nd LD: Six-party talks on Korean Peninsula nuclear issue resumed
Dec 18, 2006 ... 2nd LD: Six-party talks on Korean Peninsula nuclear issue resumed BEIJING, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Chief negotiators of the six-partytalks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue gathered at the DiaoyutaiState Guesthouse Monday morning, initiating a new round ofnegotiation on the ...
Hong Kong stocks open lower -- Dec. 18
Dec 18, 2006 ... Hong Kong stocks open lower -- Dec. 18HONG KONG, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Hong ...
Earthquake hits Aceh, Indonesia again in one week
Dec 18, 2006 ... Earthquake hits Aceh, Indonesia again in one weekJAKARTA, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.8 on theRichter Scale rocked the Aceh province of Indonesia at about 4:10a.m. local time on Monday morning, leaving at least 4 people dead,according to an official source ....
Nepal to change new coat of arms
Dec 18, 2006 ... Nepal to change new coat of armsKATHMANDU, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Nepali government has decidedto bring timely changes to the country's coat of arms and bring itinto force on Dec. 30, the National News Agency RSS reported onMonday. According to the RSS, the new coat of ...
3rd LD-Writethru: Six-party talks on Korean Peninsula nuclear issueresumed
Dec 18, 2006 ... 3rd LD-Writethru: Six-party talks on Korean Peninsula nuclearissue resumedBEIJING, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Chief negotiators of the six-partytalks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue gathered at the DiaoyutaiState Guesthouse Monday morning, initiating a new round ofnegotiation ...
Foreign exchange rates in Nepal
Dec 18, 2006 ... Foreign exchange rates in NepalKATHMANDU, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- The following are Inter-bankforeign exchange rates against the Nepali rupee on Monday:CurrencyUnit Buying Selling Australian dollar 1 55.8056.26 Canadian dollar 1 ...
Chinese shares open slightly higher on Monday
Dec 18, 2006 ... Chinese shares open slightly higher on MondayBEIJING, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Chinese share prices on the country'sbenchmark index continued their record setting pace on Monday openingat ...
Moderate quake jolts seas west of Indonesia
Dec 18, 2006 ... Moderate quake jolts seas west of IndonesiaHONG KONG, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- A moderate earthquake measuring 5.8on the Richter scale struck the seas west of Sumatra Island,Indonesia, early Monday morning, according to a bulletin released byHong Kong ...
Malaysia to upgrade Penang port
Dec 18, 2006 ... Malaysia to upgrade Penang portKUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Penang Port in Malaysia willupgrade its infrastructure and facilities with an injection of 1billion ringgit (277.78 million U.S. dollars) in the next five years,a newspaper report said Monday. The port's ...
Major news items in Thailand's leading newspapers
Dec 18, 2006 ... Major news items in Thailand's leading newspapersBANGKOK, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inThailand's leading newspapers on Monday:Bangkok Post: -- Lao Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh Sunday handed a gardenwith Lao style at the 2006 ...
Major News items in Leading Indian Newspapers
Dec 18, 2006 ... Major News items in Leading Indian NewspapersNEW DELHI 18 (Xinhua) -- Following are the major news headlines inleading Indian newspapers on Monday. The Hindu -- Cautioning against complacency following the rapid progressachieved by India, Indian Prime Minister ...
Researchers work on new way to treat heart failure
Dec 18, 2006 ... Researchers work on new way to treat heart failureLOS ANGELES, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Lives of patients suffering fromheart failure may be saved by a new approach to using medicationwhich has been devised by researchers at the University of Illinoisin Chicago (UIC). The ...
Saved whale found dead in Malaysia
Dec 18, 2006 ... Saved whale found dead in MalaysiaKUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- An injured whale which was towedback into deep waters has been found dead, local press reportedMonday. The huge dead body was found last Sunday morning almost in thesame spot where it got struck days ago ...
Missing climber found dead in western U.S.
Dec 18, 2006 ... Missing climber found dead in western U.S.LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers found the body of amissing climber on Sunday on Mt. Hood in Oregon, the Fox Televisionreported. The victim, believed to be one of the three missing climbers, hadnot been identified, the ...
Cement form collapses killing five at Taipei construction site
Dec 18, 2006 ... Cement form collapses killing five at Taipei construction siteBEIJING, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Five construction workers were killedin Taipei on Sunday night after a cement form designed to hold wetconcrete collapsed and burying those below it, Taiwan's mediareported. While ...
China tightens control of lottery ticket sales to minors
Dec 18, 2006 ... China tightens control of lottery ticket sales to minorsBEIJING, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Chinese lottery vendors risk beingpunished if they sell lottery tickets to young people, Monday'sBeijing Times reported. "Selling lottery tickets to youth under 18 year old isprohibited," ...
4th Ld: Six parties stress "action-to-action" in resolving nuclear issue
Dec 18, 2006 ... 4th Ld: Six parties stress "action-to-action" in resolving nuclearissueBEIJING, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- The six parties to the KoreanPeninsula nuclear talks held a plenary session Monday morning withthe resumption of multilateral talks, stressing to resolve thenuclear standoff in ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0800 GMT, Dec. 18
Dec 18, 2006 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0800 GMT, Dec. 18TOKYO -- Japan launches on Monday afternoon an H-2A rocketcarrying the country's biggest ever satellite from Tanegashima SpaceCenter in Kagoshima Prefecture. Launch of the rocket was postponed from Saturday because of ...
3rd Ld: Six parties stress "action-to-action" in resolving nuclear issue
Dec 18, 2006 ... 3rd Ld: Six parties stress "action-to-action" in resolving nuclearissueBEIJING, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- The six parties to the KoreanPeninsula nuclear talks held a plenary session Monday morning withthe resumption of multilateral talks, stressing to resolve thenuclear standoff in ...
Shenzhen stock index up - Dec. 18
Dec 18, 2006 ... Shenzhen stock index up - Dec. 18BEIJING, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Component Stock Index on theShenzhen Stock Exchange closed at 6,393.33 points on Monday, up224.84 points ...
Dollar falls to upper 117 yen in Tokyo
Dec 18, 2006 ... Dollar falls to upper 117 yen in TokyoTOKYO, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar fell to the upper 117yen level late Monday in Tokyo. At 5:00 p.m., the dollar was quoted at 117.96-98 yen, comparedwith Friday's 5:00 p.m. quotes of 118.13-23 yen in New York and117.86-89 yen ...
Urgent: Saddam Hussein trial resumes in Baghdad
Dec 18, 2006 ... Urgent: Saddam Hussein trial resumes in BaghdadBAGHDAD, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- The trial of the ousted Iraqi ...
S. African man survives five-storey fall
Dec 18, 2006 ... S. African man survives five-storey fallJOHANNESBURG, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Extremely drunk, barelyconscious, but incredibly lucky. That is a man who survived a five-storey fall in Durban, South Africa. The 31-year-old Durban man fell from the window of a buildingduring an ...
Zambia urges church to promote healthy social values
Dec 18, 2006 ... Zambia urges church to promote healthy social valuesLUSAKA, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Zambian government has urged thechurch in the country to promote healthy social values and culturalpractices, Times of Zambia reported Monday. The newspaper quoted Community Development and ...
Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers
Dec 18, 2006 ... Major news items in leading Iranian newspapersTEHRAN, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Iranian newspapers on Monday.Kayhan: -- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini onSunday dismissed British Prime Minister Tony ...
YEARENDER: A richer China grapples with widening wealth gap (2)
Dec 18, 2006 ... YEARENDER: A richer China grapples with widening wealth gap (2)SECURE THE VULNERABLEBefore China's Gini Coefficient can fall, the government mustcontinue to help rural communities with more subsidies and betterpublic services, said Mao. From 1985 to the end of ...