Xinhua News Agency back issues from Monday, January 22:
Italian Serie A summaries
Jan 22, 2007 ... Italian Serie A summariesROME, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the summaries fromSunday's 20th-round matches in the Serie A, the Italian first-division soccer league (home teams listed first): Catania 0 Cagliari 1 (0-1) Cagliari: David Suazo (8, ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Jan 22, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Monday.Japan Times: -- Japan will ask international tuna conservation organizationsthis week to join forces on curbing ...
Results of South Africa Premier Soccer League
Jan 22, 2007 ... Results of South Africa Premier Soccer LeagueJOHANNESBURG, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results ofSouth African Premier Soccer League on Sunday: ...
Japan and Russia carve up two Nordic Combined team events
Jan 22, 2007 ... Japan and Russia carve up two Nordic Combined team eventsTURIN, Italy, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Japan won the 3x5km relays andRussia took the K95 on Saturday to concluded the team events of theNordic Combined at the Winter Universiade. In a field of seven competing teams, Japan ...
Italian Fabris cruises to men's speed skating 1,500m victory
Jan 22, 2007 ... Italian Fabris cruises to men's speed skating 1,500m victoryTURIN, Italy, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Italian Enrico Fabris won Sundaythe men's 1,500m speed skating with a clear margin at the WinterUniversiade here. Fabris set a Universiade record of one minute and 45.66 ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Jan. 21
Jan 22, 2007 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Jan. 21BEIJING, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Following are domestic news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Sunday: 4th LD-Writethru-China Focus: Former Shanghai tycoon charged againbribery and fraud China dismisses 243 senior bank managers last ...
Italian Serie A results
Jan 22, 2007 ... Italian Serie A resultsROME, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Italian Serie Aresults on Sunday: Catania lost to Cagliari 0-1 Empoli bt Sampdoria 2-0 Inter Milan bt Fiorentina 3-1 Lazio tied AC ...
Chelsea goalie Cech hears well in helmet during the match
Jan 22, 2007 ... Chelsea goalie Cech hears well in helmet during the matchPRAGUE, Jan 22 (Xinhua) -- The Czech soccer goalie Petr Cech,playing for English Premier League's Chelsea, told Czech reporters ata via-phone press conference that he could hear very well in thespecial protective helmet in ...
Tokyo stocks open higher
Jan 22, 2007 ... Tokyo stocks open higherTOKYO, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks opened higher Monday. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the 225-issue Nikkei StockAverage rose 130.81 points, or 0.76 percent, to ...
Greek Super League soccer standings
Jan 22, 2007 ... Greek Super League soccer standingsATHENS, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of theGreek Super League soccer after 18 weeks of play (tabulated undergames played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against and points): Olympiakos18 15 1 2 36 10 46 ...
Nigerian Navy begins annual sea inspection
Jan 22, 2007 ... Nigerian Navy begins annual sea inspectionLAGOS, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Nigerian Navy began its annual seainspection here on Sunday to beef up its capacity to ward off threatsby militants in the Niger Delta region and enhance security of thecountry's territorial waters ....
Results of Italian Serie A soccer
Jan 22, 2007 ... Results of Italian Serie A soccerROME, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of the ItalianSerie A soccer matches on Sunday: Catania 0 Cagliari 1 Empoli 2 Sampdoria0 Inter Milan 3 Fiorentina 1 Livorno 1 AS ...
Summaries of Dutch soccer championship
Jan 22, 2007 ... Summaries of Dutch soccer championshipBRUSSELS, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Following are the summaries of theDutch soccer championship on Sunday: Sparta Rotterdam 2 Danny Schenkel (19), Haris Medunjanin (39) Excelsior 1 Eldridge Rojer (17) Halftime: 2-1; ...
Summaries of English premier league soccer
Jan 22, 2007 ... Summaries of English premier league soccerLONDON, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Following are the summaries of theEnglish premier league soccer matches on Sunday: Wigan Athletic0 Everton 2 Mikel Arteta (65pen,90+1) Halftime: 0-0; Attendance: 15,000 ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua
Jan 22, 2007 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of XinhuaHONG KONG, Jan. 21 (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 Philippine newspapers ...
Results of English premier league soccer
Jan 22, 2007 ... Results of English premier league soccerLONDON, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of theEnglish premier league games on Sunday: Wigan Athletic 0 Everton 2Saturday, January 20 Aston Villa 2 Watford 0 Fulham...
Dakar Rally stage 15 results/final standings (updated)
Jan 22, 2007 ... Dakar Rally stage 15 results/final standings (updated)CAIRO, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Dakar Rally stage 15results and final standings on Sunday (93-km stage starting andfinishing in Dakar): Cars 1. Giniel de Villiers (South Africa) Volkswagen 7:42 ...
Results of Dutch soccer championship (updated)
Jan 22, 2007 ... Results of Dutch soccer championship (updated)BRUSSELS, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of theDutch soccer championship on Sunday: Ajax Amsterdam 2 Utrecht 0 NAC Breda4 Feyenoord 1 Sparta Rotterdam 2 Excelsior...
English premier league results
Jan 22, 2007 ... English premier league resultsLONDON, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the English premierleague results on Sunday: Arsenal bt Manchester United 2-1 Wigan Athletic lost to Everton 0-2 Saturday, January 20 Aston Villa bt Watford 2-0 Fulham ...
Romania mourn the death of Olympic medalist Maria Cioncan
Jan 22, 2007 ... Romania mourn the death of Olympic medalist Maria CioncanBUCHAREST, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Romanian sports world mourned onSunday the death of Maria Cioncan, who was one of Romania's bestmedallists and a very possible winner at the coming Beijing Olympics. Maria Cioncan died in ...
Major news items in leading Australian newspapers
Jan 22, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Australian newspapersCANBERRA, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Australian newspapers on Monday.The Australian: -- Staff at one of the Australian Defense Force's largest weaponstorage facilities have for ...
Greek economy needs to look outward: FM
Jan 22, 2007 ... Greek economy needs to look outward: FMATHENS, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Greece's economy needs an outward-looking approach in order to survive and allow growth in the comingyears, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis said on Sunday. "We want our policy to open the way for ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Jan. 22
Jan 22, 2007 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Jan. 22MOSCOW -- President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday Russia is readyfor a constructive dialogue with the European Union (EU) over energysupplies that is based on mutual respect for interests. "We are open to constructive work in ...
South African soccer league standings
Jan 22, 2007 ... South African soccer league standingsJOHANNESBURG, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings inSouth Africa's Premier Soccer League on Sunday: Team GP W D L GF GA GD Pts Silver Stars 17 8 6 3 17 9 +8 30 Mamelodi Sundowns ...
Roundup: Energy dominates Putin-Merkel meeting
Jan 22, 2007 ... Roundup: Energy dominates Putin-Merkel meetingMOSCOW, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin onSunday said that Russia is open to dialogue with the European Union(EU) over the issue of energy supplies based on the mutual respect ofindividual interests, and will try ...
Hong Kong stocks open higher -- Jan. 22
Jan 22, 2007 ... Hong Kong stocks open higher -- Jan. 22HONG KONG, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- ...
Domracheva wins Belarus biathlon sprint gold
Jan 22, 2007 ... Domracheva wins Belarus biathlon sprint goldTURIN, Italy, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Darya Domracheva of Belarusconquered Sunday the women's 7.5km sprint event by beating a twin ofUkraine at the Winter Unverisiade. Domracheva's winning time was 25 minutes and 7.7 seconds, ...
Spanish Primera Liga results
Jan 22, 2007 ... Spanish Primera Liga resultsMADRID, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Spanish Primera Ligaresults on Sunday: Deportivo Coruna tied Espanyol 0-0 Barcelona bt Gimnastic 3-0 Getafe bt Celta Vigo 1-0 Levante tied Athletic Bilbao 0-0 ...
Greek Super League soccer results
Jan 22, 2007 ... Greek Super League soccer resultsATHENS, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of the GreekSuper League soccer matches played over the weekend: Xanthi drew Panathinaikos Athens 0-0 Aris Thessaloniki bt Egaleo Athens 3-1 ...
China Re gets 4 bln U.S. dollar capital injection for listing
Jan 22, 2007 ... China Re gets 4 bln U.S. dollar capital injection for listingBEIJING, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- China's largest re-insurer, China Re,has received a capital injection of 4 billion U.S. dollars, headingfor a listing this year, said the country's insurance watchdog hereSunday. The ...
Spanish Primera Liga top scorers
Jan 22, 2007 ... Spanish Primera Liga top scorersMADRID, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Spanish Primera Ligatop scorers after weekend matches: 15 Frederic Kanoute (Sevilla) 12 Ronaldinho (Barcelona) Diego Milito (Real Zaragoza) 10 Ruud van Nistelrooy (Real ...
Dutch soccer championship top scorers
Jan 22, 2007 ... Dutch soccer championship top scorersBRUSSELS, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Dutch soccerchampionship top scorers after matches on Sunday: 19 Afonso Alves (Heerenveen) 16 Blaise N'Kufo (Twente Enschede) 15 Danko Lazovic (Vitesse Arnhem) ...
Roundup: Abbas, Meshaal fail to agree on Palestinian unity government
Jan 22, 2007 ... Roundup: Abbas, Meshaal fail to agree on Palestinian unitygovernmentDAMASCUS, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbasand Khaled Meshaal, the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)' exiledpolitburo chief in Syria, failed to reach agreement on forming anational ...
Results of South Africa Airways Tennis Open
Jan 22, 2007 ... Results of South Africa Airways Tennis OpenJOHANNESBURG, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of theSouth African Airways Tennis Open played on Sunday at Westridge ParkTennis Stadium in Durban, South Africa (prefix number denotesseeding): 1-Yuri Schukin (RUS) bt ...
Canada invests in protection of temperate rainforest
Jan 22, 2007 ... Canada invests in protection of temperate rainforestOTTAWA, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Canada will invest a total of 120million Canadian dollars (102 million U.S. dollars) to protect anarea which is the world's largest intact temperate rainforest. Environment Minister John Baird ...
Poland finish one-two in Alpine Skiing
Jan 22, 2007 ... Poland finish one-two in Alpine SkiingTURIN, Italy, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Polish pair of KatarzynaKarasinska and Aleksandra Klus defeated a Slovenian pair to have theone-two finish of the women's slalom at the Winter ...
English soccer results
Jan 22, 2007 ... English soccer resultsLONDON, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of ...
Foreign exchange rates in Thailand
Jan 22, 2007 ... Foreign exchange rates in ThailandBANGKOK, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the baht on Monday as offered by the Bangkok Bank:Monday Friday U.S. dollar35.65/36.30 35.64/36.29 ...
Poland comes back to top with 1-2 finish in slalom
Jan 22, 2007 ... Poland comes back to top with 1-2 finish in slalomTURIN, Italy, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Polish pair of KatarzynaKarasinska and Aleksandra Klus snatched down a 1-2 finish in thewomen's slalom on Sunday to put Poland back to the top of the medaltable of the Winter Universiade here ....
URGENT: US chief negotiator: six-party talks to resume soon
Jan 22, 2007 ... URGENT: US chief negotiator: six-party talks to resume soonBEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- U.S. chief negotiator to the six-party talks Christopher Hill said here on Monday that the six-partytalks will reopen very soon ....
English premier league top scorers
Jan 22, 2007 ... English premier league top scorersLONDON, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the English premierleague top scorers on Sunday: 14 Didier Drogba (Chelsea) 13 Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) 11 Robin van Persie (Arsenal) 10 Kevin Doyle (Reading) ...
Nordic combined skiing World Cup in Czech Republic cancelled
Jan 22, 2007 ... Nordic combined skiing World Cup in Czech Republic cancelledHARRACHOV, Czech Republic, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Nordic combinedskiing World Cup event scheduled in Harrachov next weekend has beencancelled because of hot weather, the International Ski Federation(FIS) announced on ...
Xinhua international news advisory -- Jan. 22
Jan 22, 2007 ... Xinhua international news advisory -- Jan. 22BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of the majorinternational news stories scheduled to be covered or pursued byXinhua ...
Xinhua home news advisory -- Jan. 22
Jan 22, 2007 ... Xinhua home news advisory -- Jan. 22BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Major home news stories scheduled tobe covered or pursued by Xinhua on Monday: 1. Industrial Bank definesIPO price range 2. 78 banks meet capital adequacy standard 3. Salesof flat screen TV sets to reach 8.1 ...
Spanish Primera Liga summaries
Jan 22, 2007 ... Spanish Primera Liga summariesMADRID, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Spanish Primera Ligasummaries on Sunday: Barcelona 3 Javier Saviola (18), Ludovic Giuly (68),Andres Iniesta (81)Gimnastic 0 Halftime: 1-0; Attendance: ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Jan 22, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Philippine newspapers on Monday.The Philippine Star: -- There will be a "surge" in government troops and operations inMindanao as the ...
Italian Serie A leading scorers
Jan 22, 2007 ... Italian Serie A leading scorersROME, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading scorers afterSunday's games in the Serie A (penalties in parentheses): Francesco Totti, AS Roma, 13 (3) Gionatha Spinesi, Catania, 11 (3) Cristiano Doni, Atalanta, 10 (2) ...
Italian Serie A standings
Jan 22, 2007 ... Italian Serie A standingsROME, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings in Serie Aof Italian soccer on Sunday (tabulated under games played, won,drawn, lost, goals for, against and points): 1 Inter Milan 20 17 3 0 44 17 54 2 AS Roma 20 13 4 ...
Medal table of Winter Universiade
Jan 22, 2007 ... Medal table of Winter UniversiadeTURIN, Italy, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Following is the medal tableafter the fifth day of the 23rd Winter Universiade here (tabulatedunder gold, silver, bronze medals and total): 1. Poland 4206 2. Italy 4...
Henry's last-gasp goal sinks Manchester United
Jan 22, 2007 ... Henry's last-gasp goal sinks Manchester UnitedLONDON, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Thierry Henry scored the winner in theinjury time to earn Arsenal a 2-1 dramatic victory over ManchesterUnited on Saturday. United went in front when Patrice Evra drilled in a cross forWayne Rooney ...
Market exchange rates -- Jan. 22
Jan 22, 2007 ... Market exchange rates -- Jan. 22BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- The central parity of the RMB againstfive major currencies announced on Monday by the China ForeignExchange Trading System: Currency UnitMiddle Price (in RMB yuan) U.S. Dollar 100 ...
1st Ld: US chief negotiator: six-party talks to resume soon
Jan 22, 2007 ... 1st Ld: US chief negotiator: six-party talks to resume soonBEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- U.S. chief negotiator to the six-party talks Christopher Hill said here on Monday that the six-partytalks will reopen very soon. Hill made the remarks before heading for Washington where ...
Urgent: Russia seizes Japanese fishing boat in disputed waters
Jan 22, 2007 ... Urgent: Russia seizes Japanese fishing boat in disputed watersTOKYO, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- A Japanese fishing boat was capturedSunday ...
NOTICE: Xinhua News Agency adjusts China, Asia-Pacific News Service
Jan 22, 2007 ... NOTICE: Xinhua News Agency adjusts China, Asia-Pacific NewsServiceBEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Xinhua News Agency has adjustedits China and Asia-Pacific News Service (CANS) since Jan. 1, 2007, toenhance the English language coverage of news in the region andprovide ...
China dismisses 243 senior bank managers last year
Jan 22, 2007 ... China dismisses 243 senior bank managers last yearBEIJING, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- China dismissed 243 senior managersin 1,085 cases of law-breaking, such as graft, embezzlement andmalpractice, in banking institutions last year, said the bankingwatchdog here Saturday. The ...
Standings of Italian Serie A soccer
Jan 22, 2007 ... Standings of Italian Serie A soccerROME, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of theItalian Serie A soccer on Sunday (tabulated under matches played,won, drawn, lost, goals for, against and points): 1. Inter Milan 20 17 3 0 44 17 54 2. AS Roma ...
Standings of Dutch soccer championship (updated)
Jan 22, 2007 ... Standings of Dutch soccer championship (updated)BRUSSELS, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of theDutch soccer championship after matches on Sunday (tabulated undermatches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against and points): 1. PSV Eindhoven 21 18 2 ...
Standings of English premier league soccer
Jan 22, 2007 ... Standings of English premier league soccerLONDON, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of theEnglish premier league on Sunday (tabulated under matches played,won, drawn, lost, goals for, against and points): 1. Manchester United 23 18 3 2 52 16 57 2. ...
Next generation Internet leads China's scientific events in 2006: scientists
Jan 22, 2007 ... Next generation Internet leads China's scientific events in 2006:scientistsBEIJING, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese academicians accredited thecountry's top scientific development in 2006 to the breakthrough innext generation Internet, which can largely reduce the ...
Bangladesh's chief advisor pledges handover of power to elected gov't
Jan 22, 2007 ... Bangladesh's chief advisor pledges handover of power to electedgov'tDHAKA, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh's new chief of the interimcaretaker government Fakhruddin Ahmed on Sunday pledged to hand overpower to an elected government at the earliest by holding free, fairand ...
Opener, Advisory
Jan 22, 2007 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service for Sunday,January 21, 2007, and begins ...
4th LD-Writethru-China Focus: Former Shanghai tycoon charged again bribery and fraud
Jan 22, 2007 ... 4th LD-Writethru-China Focus: Former Shanghai tycoon charged againbribery and fraudSHANGHAI, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Former Shanghai tycoon Zhou Zhengyihas been charged with bribery and forging VAT receipts, just monthsafter completing a three-year prison sentence, local authorities ...
Sumann, Kvoscenko win mass start at World Cup biathlon in Slovenia
Jan 22, 2007 ... Sumann, Kvoscenko win mass start at World Cup biathlon in Slovenia BELGRADE, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Austrian Christoph Sumann andUkrainian Oksana Kvoscenko on Sunday won the men's and women's massstart respectively at World Cup biathlon in Slovenia's Pokljuka. Sumann won the ...
Spanish Primera Liga standings
Jan 22, 2007 ... Spanish Primera Liga standingsMADRID, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Spanish Primera Ligastandings after games played on Sunday (tabulated under games played,won, drawn, lost, goals for, against and points): 1 Barcelona 18 11 5 2 39 16 38 2 ...
Results of IAAF cross country
Jan 22, 2007 ... Results of IAAF cross countryMADRID, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results in the IAAFinternational cross country meeting in Seville, Spain on Sunday: Men (10.8km): 1. Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopia, 31 minutes 05 seconds 2. Tariku Bekele, Ethiopia, 31:07 ...