Xinhua News Agency back issues from Thursday, January 11:
Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers
Jan 11, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Iranian newspapersTEHRAN, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Iranian newspapers on Thursday.Kayhan: -- Iran on Wednesday condemned U.S. airstrikes on Somali villagesand refugees in the country's south, ...
Health officials crack down on ads of nicotine replacement products
Jan 11, 2007 ... Health officials crack down on ads of nicotine replacementproductsBEIJING, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese health authorities havebanned producers of smoking cessation products from advertisingnicotine-containing products as "harmless". Ministry of Health spokesman Mao Qun'an ...
Baosteel mulling over public listing overseas
Jan 11, 2007 ... Baosteel mulling over public listing overseasBEIJING, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Shanghai Baosteel Group Corporation(Baosteel) has launched the first-phase preparation for its overseaslisting plan, the Shanghai Securities News reported Thursday, quotingsources from Baosteel. The ...
Dar es Salaam among Safer Cities Project
Jan 11, 2007 ... Dar es Salaam among Safer Cities ProjectDAR ES SALAAM, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Dar es Salaam has been chosenas one of the three African cities for the Safer Cities Project co-sponsored by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme and theCanadian government. Local English ...
NOTICE: Xinhua News Agency adjusts China, Asia-Pacific News Service
Jan 11, 2007 ... NOTICE: Xinhua News Agency adjusts China, Asia-Pacific NewsServiceBEIJING, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Xinhua News Agency is to adjustits China and Asia-Pacific News Service (CANS) beginning Jan. 1,2007, to enhance the English language coverage of news in the regionand provide ...
Results of Wednesday's NBA games
Jan 11, 2007 ... Results of Wednesday's NBA gamesWASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Following are the full results ofNational Basketball Association games on Wednesday (home team inCAPS): WASHINGTON WIZARDS 113 Chicago Bulls 103 NO/Okla. City Hornets 96 ATLANTA HAWKS 77 ...
Philippines to improve athletes' physical, mental conditioning
Jan 11, 2007 ... Philippines to improve athletes' physical, mental conditioningMANILA, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Aside from increasing its war chestfor this year's Southeast Asian Games and the 2008 Olympic Games, thePhilippine Sports Commission (PSC) is also laying down the groundworkto improve the ...
More than 800,000 young Chinese join Communist Youth League annually
Jan 11, 2007 ... More than 800,000 young Chinese join Communist Youth LeagueannuallyBEIJING, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- More than 800,000 young people joinedthe Communist Youth League of China (CYLC) each year from 2000 to2005, making it the main political participation channel for youngChinese, said ...
Result of Hobart International tennis tournament
Jan 11, 2007 ... Result of Hobart International tennis tournamentCANBERRA, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Following is the result from the ...
Chinese women waiting longer to marry: report
Jan 11, 2007 ... Chinese women waiting longer to marry: reportBEIJING, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese women have been delayingwedlock over the past decade and the average age for a woman to marryis now 24, a research report has found. Since 1990, Chinese women have married between at 21.9 to ...
N. China cities take measures to prevent flu outbreak
Jan 11, 2007 ... N. China cities take measures to prevent flu outbreakBEIJING, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Local authorities in North China haveannounced new measures to curb the spread of flu in the wake of asharp rise in the number of cases of the illness. North China's Tianjin municipality has ...
Standings of 2006-2007 NBA conference after Jan. 10 games
Jan 11, 2007 ... Standings of 2006-2007 NBA conference after Jan. 10 gamesWASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings ofNational Basketball Association games finished on Wednesday: Eastern Conference Name Win Loss PCTHome Road Streak ...
Philippines offers to host talks on Korean Peninsular nuclear issue
Jan 11, 2007 ... Philippines offers to host talks on Korean Peninsular nuclearissueCEBU, Philippines, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- While the Philippines ishosting the 12th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)Summit here, it has also offered to host an "informal" version of theSix-Party Talks ...
Urgent: Dozens of militants killed in Afghanistan
Jan 11, 2007 ... Urgent: Dozens of militants killed in AfghanistanKABUL, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Dozens of suspected ...
Kooyong Classic tennis results
Jan 11, 2007 ... Kooyong Classic tennis resultsCANBERRA, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from thesecond day of the Kooyong Classic tennis tournament in MelbourneThursday: Relegation round ...
Urgent: 150 militants killed in Afghanistan
Jan 11, 2007 ... Urgent: 150 militants killed in AfghanistanKABUL, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- As many as 150 ...
Tokyo shares close lower
Jan 11, 2007 ... Tokyo shares close lowerTOKYO, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks ended lower on Thursday,offsetting earlier gains in the day. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average fell 104.23 points, or 0.62percent, to 16,838.17. The broader Tokyo Stock Price Index of all First ...
Australia not to send more troops to Iraq, PM
Jan 11, 2007 ... Australia not to send more troops to Iraq, PMCANBERRA, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Australian Prime Minister JohnHoward said on Thursday that he supports Washington's decision tosend more troops to Iraq, but adding there is no plan on extraAustralian forces there. He made the ...
9 insurgents killed in clash in Afghanistan
Jan 11, 2007 ... 9 insurgents killed in clash in AfghanistanKABUL, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Nine suspected Taliban insurgents werekilled and one Afghan soldier was injured as they came in contact inAfghanistan's southern Helmand province, Afghan and NATO sources saidThursday. The incident ...
Former national children's center head jailed for graft
Jan 11, 2007 ... Former national children's center head jailed for graftBEIJING, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- The former head of the China NationalChildren's Center (CNCC) Zhao Shunyi has been sentenced to 20 yearsin prison for embezzlement and taking bribes. Zhao Shunyi, 51, was convicted by the ...
Philippine government condemns Mindanao bombings
Jan 11, 2007 ... Philippine government condemns Mindanao bombingsMANILA, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine government condemnedThursday simultaneous bombings that killed at least seven people andinjured scores of others in three Mindanao cities on Wednesday."The bombings are acts of ...
2nd LD: China becomes world's 2nd largest market for new vehicles in 2006
Jan 11, 2007 ... 2nd LD: China becomes world's 2nd largest market for new vehiclesin 2006BEIJING, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- China overtook Japan to become theworld's second largest market for new vehicles in 2006 next only tothe United States, registering sales of 7.22 million units, up 25.13percent ...
Sydney International tennis results
Jan 11, 2007 ... Sydney International tennis resultsCANBERRA, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theSydney International tennis tournament played Thursday (prefix numberdenotes seeding): Men's ...
Indonesian leader to skip East Asia summit to focus on home
Jan 11, 2007 ... Indonesian leader to skip East Asia summit to focus on homeJAKARTA, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian President Susilo BambangYudhoyono will cut short his visit to Cebu, the Philippines, due to anumber of domestic situations and as a result he will skip the 16-nation East Asia ...
Egyptian diplomat terms Bush's new Iraqi policy "continued mistake"
Jan 11, 2007 ... Egyptian diplomat terms Bush's new Iraqi policy "continuedmistake"CAIRO, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- An Egyptian diplomatic expert Thursdayslammed U.S. President George W. Bush's new Iraqi strategy whichincluded sending extra American troops to Iraq as a "continuedmistaken policy." ...
Australian stock market closes higher
Jan 11, 2007 ... Australian stock market closes higherCANBERRA, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Australian stock exchange marketclosed higher Thursday as the benchmark S&P/ASX200 increased 44points to 5,564.9, while the all ordinaries added 40. 6 points to5,542.7. Market turnover reached 1.44 ...
China rejects UN intervention into Myanmar issue, says FM spokesman
Jan 11, 2007 ... China rejects UN intervention into Myanmar issue, says FMspokesmanBEIJING, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- China rejects the intervention of theUN Security Council into the Myanmar issue, said Foreign Ministryspokesman Liu Jianchao at a regular press conference on Thursday. The ...
Chinese police say more than half of emergency calls a nuisance
Jan 11, 2007 ... Chinese police say more than half of emergency calls a nuisanceLANZHOU, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- More than half of all calls onChina's 110 emergency services were nuisance calls last year,according to police sources. Police were plagued by hundreds of thousands of nuisance calls ...
Zambia to carry out three new hydropower generation projects
Jan 11, 2007 ... Zambia to carry out three new hydropower generation projectsLUSAKA, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Zambian government will carry outthree hydropower generation projects to meet the increased demand forelectricity in the country, local media cited an energy official asreporting on ...
Iraq skips 6th Asian Winter Games
Jan 11, 2007 ... Iraq skips 6th Asian Winter GamesCHANGCHUN, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Iraq will not participate in theupcoming 6th Asian Winter Games in Changchun, China, and that failedthe host's efforts of bringing together all the 45 members of theOlympic Council of Asia (OCA), organizers said ...
Former Ethiopian ruler Mengistu sentenced to life imprisonment
Jan 11, 2007 ... Former Ethiopian ruler Mengistu sentenced to life imprisonmentADDIS ABABA, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- An Ethiopian court sentencedformer ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam to life in prison for genocide onThursday. The sentence came after a 12-year trial and followed the ...
Australian dollar closes stronger
Jan 11, 2007 ... Australian dollar closes strongerCANBERRA, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Australian dollar closed higherat 78.20 U.S. cents Thursday compared with Wednesday's close of78.06 ....
3 Malaysian soldiers wounded in explosions leave hospital
Jan 11, 2007 ... 3 Malaysian soldiers wounded in explosions leave hospitalKUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Three of the four Malaysiansoldiers wounded in explosions at a post bordering Thailand have beendischarged from hospital Thursday morning. They are Sarjan Mat Nazir Ishak, 34, and ...
Roundup: Fraud case indictments announced in California
Jan 11, 2007 ... Roundup: Fraud case indictments announced in CaliforniaLOS ANGELES, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Los Angeles County DistrictAttorney's Office on Wednesday announced the indictments of 101people in one of the largest insurance fraud cases uncovered inCalifornia. The indictments ...
Dollar rises to upper 119 yen in Tokyo
Jan 11, 2007 ... Dollar rises to upper 119 yen in TokyoTOKYO, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar climbed to near 120 yenon Thursday in Tokyo. At 5:00 p.m., the dollar was quoted at 119.95-97 yen, comparedwith Wednesday's 5:00 p.m. quotes of 119.58-68 yen in New York and119.26-29 yen in ...
China says Japan's concern on arms embargo lift groundless, untenable
Jan 11, 2007 ... China says Japan's concern on arms embargo lift groundless,untenableBEIJING, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- China said on Thursday that it isgroundless and untenable for Japan to see the European Union (EU)'sremoval of arms embargo on China posing threat to the peace in EastAsia ....
S. Korean central bank holds key rate at 4.5 pct
Jan 11, 2007 ... S. Korean central bank holds key rate at 4.5 pctSEOUL, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Bank of Korea (BOK) decided onThursday to hold the call rate at 4.5 percent for January, which isthe fifth consecutive month to keep the rate at a five-year high. "The economy maintains its ...
1st Ld Writethru: NATO says 150 militants killed in Afghanistan
Jan 11, 2007 ... 1st Ld Writethru: NATO says 150 militants killed in AfghanistanKABUL, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- NATO said Thursday that as many as 150suspected Taliban militants were killed in a battle in easternAfghanistan after they crossed the border from Pakistan. A NATO statement said that ...
Germany records biggest economic growth since 2000
Jan 11, 2007 ... Germany records biggest economic growth since 2000BERLIN, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Germany's economy, the largest inEurope and the third largest in the world, increased by 2.5 percentin 2006, the biggest growth since 2000, according to officialstatistics released on Thursday ....
Bangladeshi people deserve to elect a government that reflects popular will: Britain
Jan 11, 2007 ... Bangladeshi people deserve to elect a government that reflectspopular will: BritainDHAKA, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- British Foreign Secretary MargaretBeckett said Thursday Bangladeshi people deserve the right to elect agovernment that reflects the popular will in free, fair, ...
Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- Jan. 11
Jan 11, 2007 ... Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- Jan. 11CAIRO, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of major Mideastnews stories due to be covered or pursued by Xinhua News Agency onThursday.-- Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit leaves for Turkeyfor a two-day visit, ...
Writethru: Germany records biggest economic growth since 2000
Jan 11, 2007 ... Writethru: Germany records biggest economic growth since 2000BERLIN, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Germany's economy, the largest inEurope and the third largest in the world, increased by 2.5 percentin 2006, the biggest growth since 2000, according to officialstatistics released on ...
Thai King approves charter drafting head
Jan 11, 2007 ... Thai King approves charter drafting headBANGKOK, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadejhas endorsed the appointments of Constitution Drafting Assembly (CDA) chairman Noranit Sethabutr and his two deputies, SeriSuwanapanont and Decho Saowananont, in a royal ...
S. Korean president offers to quit ruling party in exchange to support presidential system revision
Jan 11, 2007 ... S. Korean president offers to quit ruling party in exchange tosupport presidential system revisionSEOUL, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- South Korean President Roh Moo-hyunsaid Thursday that he is willing to quit from the ruling Uri Party ifit will help him to push forward the revision of ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 1)
Jan 11, 2007 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 1)HONG KONG, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Thursday:Urgent: Indonesia's missing airplane has been declared found Major news items in leading Australian ...
U.S. Air Force deploys F-117 fighters in S. Korea
Jan 11, 2007 ... U.S. Air Force deploys F-117 fighters in S. KoreaSEOUL, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Air Force said that about 300airmen and a squadron of F-117 Nighthawk jets from the 49th FighterWing from Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, have arrived in SouthKorea on Thursday. The ...
Cost of air ticket to go up in Zambia
Jan 11, 2007 ... Cost of air ticket to go up in ZambiaLUSAKA, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- The cost of air tickets for someairlines is expected to increase by 7 percent as travel agents inZambia will take consultation charges, Zambia Daily Mail reported onThursday. Travel Agents Association of ...
Myanmar PM leaves for ASEAN summit in Philippines
Jan 11, 2007 ... Myanmar PM leaves for ASEAN summit in PhilippinesYANGON, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar Prime Minister General Soe Winleft here Thursday for Cebu, the Philippines, to attend the 12thSummit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and aseries of ASEAN-related summits ...
China's population to increase by 200 million in 30 years: report
Jan 11, 2007 ... China's population to increase by 200 million in 30 years: report BEIJING, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- China's population will increase by200 million in 30 years, according to a report published on Thursday. The report by the State Population and Family Planning Commissiondraws a ...
Coalition forces detain Iranian diplomatic personnel in northernIraq: TV
Jan 11, 2007 ... Coalition forces detain Iranian diplomatic personnel in northernIraq: TVBAGHDAD, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Multi-National Forces in Arbilprovince detained staff of the Iranian consulate there, Iraq's state-run television reported on Thursday. The troops also confiscated ...
Science to meet football in southern Turkey
Jan 11, 2007 ... Science to meet football in southern TurkeyANKARA, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Sixth World Congress on Scienceand Football will be held at the Hotel Kervansaray in Antalya insouthern Turkey on Jan. 15-20, Turkish Daily News reported onThursday. The congress, hosted by Ankara ...
Hong Kong consumer complaints down 2 pct in 2006
Jan 11, 2007 ... Hong Kong consumer complaints down 2 pct in 2006HONG KONG, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Hong Kong Consumer CouncilThursday announced in its annual report that consumer and touristcomplaints fell 2 percent last year, bucked the trend of unabatedincreases since 1999. According ...
Foreign exchange rates in Singapore
Jan 11, 2007 ... Foreign exchange rates in SingaporeSINGAPORE, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- The following are inter-bank ratesof foreign currencies against the Singapore dollar on Thursday.ThursdayWednesday bid/ask bid/ask...
2nd Ld Writethru: NATO says 150 militants killed in E. Afghan
Jan 11, 2007 ... 2nd Ld Writethru: NATO says 150 militants killed in E. AfghanKABUL, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- As many as 150 suspected Talibanmilitants were killed in eastern Afghanistan, NATO said Thursday in astatement. "ISAF and Afghan National Army (ANA) forces engaged and killed ...
China refutes Human Rigts Watch's criticism as biased, untrue
Jan 11, 2007 ... China refutes Human Rigts Watch's criticism as biased, untrueBEIJING, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- China on Thursday refuted Human RightWatch's criticism on China's human rights conditions as biased anduntrue. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Liu Jianchao made the remarksin a ...
Service sector generates most newly-emerging occupations in China
Jan 11, 2007 ... Service sector generates most newly-emerging occupations in China SHANGHAI, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- The service sector has generatedmost of the newly-emerging occupations in China in a new list ofprofessions issued by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security onThursday. The ...
Philippine military places Mindanao on highest terror alert
Jan 11, 2007 ... Philippine military places Mindanao on highest terror alertMANILA, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Philippine military has placedsouthern island of Mindanao on its highest terror alert level citingthe possibility of more attacks following three successive bombingsthere Wednesday evening ....
2nd LD-Writethru-China Focus: RMB breaks 7.80 mark against U.S. dollar
Jan 11, 2007 ... 2nd LD-Writethru-China Focus: RMB breaks 7.80 mark against U.S.dollarBEIJING, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- The value of the RMB against the U.S.dollar hit a new high Thursday, with a central parity rate of 7.7977yuan to one dollar, breaking the 7.80 mark for the first time. The ...
S. Korean gov't confirms human bird flu case
Jan 11, 2007 ... S. Korean gov't confirms human bird flu caseSEOUL, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- The state-run South Korea Center forDisease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said on Thursday that it hasconfirmed a human infection of the avian influenza virus. The KCDC said that it found a infector ...
Malaysia stock market closes lower
Jan 11, 2007 ... Malaysia stock market closes lowerKUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Malaysia stock market closedbroadly lower on Thursday among selling, mostly on heavyweights. The benchmark Kuala Lumpur Composite Index closed 7.13 points, or0.64 percent, lower at 1,106.06 ....
Fatah renews support for holding early elections
Jan 11, 2007 ... Fatah renews support for holding early electionsRAMALLAH, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas'Fatah movement renewed on Thursday its support for early electionstwo days after a report saying that Abbas may prefer unity governmenttalks than early elections ....
India's Jet Airways to add flights to Malaysian capital
Jan 11, 2007 ... India's Jet Airways to add flights to Malaysian capitalKUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- India's leading private airlineJet Airways will add flights to the Malaysian capital this year, thecompany said here on Thursday. Jet Airways will start its second daily flight from ...
Lithuanian air base gains new power to maneuver NATO fighters
Jan 11, 2007 ... Lithuanian air base gains new power to maneuver NATO fightersRIGA, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- A key Lithuanian air base has gainedadditional powers from NATO with a new warrant to scramble NATOfighters based in the country, according to reports from Vilnius. From this week, ...
EU suspends election observation mission to Bangladesh
Jan 11, 2007 ... EU suspends election observation mission to BangladeshBRUSSELS, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) on Thursdaysuspended its mission to observe the upcoming parliamentary electionsin Bangladesh, which it says lacks the conditions for "credible andmeaningful elections." ...
Petrol prices hit 18-month low in Finland
Jan 11, 2007 ... Petrol prices hit 18-month low in FinlandHELSINKI, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Petrol prices are now at the lowestlevel in a year and a half in Finland, Finnish media reported onThursday. Lower crude oil prices have pushed down the petrol prices at oilstations to less than 1.20 ...