Xinhua News Agency back issues from Tuesday, January 30:
S.Korean chief negotiator for six-party talks to visit Russia
Jan 30, 2007 ... S.Korean chief negotiator for six-party talks to visit RussiaSEOUL, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Chun Young-woo, South Korean topnegotiator for the six-party talks, is to visit Moscow on Wednesdayto mediate for a new round of the six-part talks, the South KoreanForeign Ministry said ...
ADB gives half a million dollars to Lanzhou-Chongqing Rail Project in China
Jan 30, 2007 ... ADB gives half a million dollars to Lanzhou-Chongqing Rail Projectin ChinaBEIJING, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) isgiving China a grant of 500,000 U.S. dollars for the construction ofa new railway linking Lanzhou in northwestern Gansu Province ...
Major news items in leading Afghan newspapers
Jan 30, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Afghan newspapers KABUL, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inAfghan leading newspapers on Tuesday.Cheragh: -- Thousands of Afghans observed Ashura with fervor and solemnityin Kabul and other Afghan cities on ...
China-Cameroon cooperation posts steady growth
Jan 30, 2007 ... China-Cameroon cooperation posts steady growthYAOUNDE, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao willarrive here Tuesday for a state visit to Cameroon, which is expectedto usher in a new stage in bilateral relations. China-Cameroon relations have grown steadily since ...
Philippine president lauds Congress for ratifying 2007 budget
Jan 30, 2007 ... Philippine president lauds Congress for ratifying 2007 budgetMANILA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Tuesday lauded Congress for ratifying the 2007 nationalbudget, vowing to strengthen measures to collect taxes, cut red tape,and curb graft and ...
URGENT: Six-party talks on Korean nuclear issue to resume from Feb.8
Jan 30, 2007 ... URGENT: Six-party talks on Korean nuclear issue to resume fromFeb. 8BEIJING, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The six-party talks on ...
Feature: No shame but dream for ice hockey amateurs in Asia
Jan 30, 2007 ... Feature: No shame but dream for ice hockey amateurs in Asiaby Sportswriter Shen NanCHANGCHUN, Northeast China, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Goalie Ahmed AlDhaheri fully stretched his arms over the crossbar, looking up to theroof for a gasp of fresh air. He just let in the 30th ...
Strong earthquake hit ocean south of Australia
Jan 30, 2007 ... Strong earthquake hit ocean south of AustraliaCANBERRA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- A strong earthquake measuring 6.7degrees on Ritcher scale occurred in the ocean south of Australia onTuesday afternoon. The earthquake is located in a remote area and no damage orcasualties are ...
Curfew imposed in southern Nepal Kalaiya
Jan 30, 2007 ... Curfew imposed in southern Nepal KalaiyaKATHMANDU, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Kalaiya municipality in southernNepal plains is under curfews on Tuesday. Local administration office imposed an eight-hour curfew inKalaiya municipality and surrounding areas of Bara district, which ...
Vietnam licenses big recreational project at island
Jan 30, 2007 ... Vietnam licenses big recreational project at islandHANOI, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam has licensed a U.S. firm toinvest 1 billion U.S. dollars in building a recreational complex atPhu Quoc island in southern Kien Giang province, local newspaperYouth reported Tuesday ....
Roundup: China-Africa cooperation fruitful over past 50 years
Jan 30, 2007 ... Roundup: China-Africa cooperation fruitful over past 50 yearsBEIJING, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- President Hu Jintao left here Tuesdayto begin state visits to eight African countries from Jan. 30 to Feb.10, which marks his first African trip after the Beijing Summit ofthe Forum on ...
Backgrounder: Eight steps China will take to boost China-Africa strategic partnership
Jan 30, 2007 ... Backgrounder: Eight steps China will take to boost China-Africastrategic partnershipBEIJING, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao left hereTuesday to begin state visits to eight African countries from Jan. 30to Feb. 10. At the Beijing Summit of the Forum on ...
Hong Kong stocks close higher at midday -- Jan. 30
Jan 30, 2007 ... Hong Kong stocks close higher at midday -- Jan. 30HONG KONG, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Hong ...
Middle East banks look to enter Indonesian market
Jan 30, 2007 ... Middle East banks look to enter Indonesian marketJAKARTA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Two Arab banks look set to enter theIndonesian market to benefit from the increasing business conductedby Middle Eastern investors here, and a third Arab bank may follow,an envoy has said. "One ...
Indonesia seeks international help to retrieve black boxes
Jan 30, 2007 ... Indonesia seeks international help to retrieve black boxesJAKARTA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian government will borrowequipment to retrieve the flight recorder of the missing Adam Airjetliner from either the United States, Japan or France, local presssaid Tuesday ....
World Cup experiences brings more sponsors, says China biathlon head coach
Jan 30, 2007 ... World Cup experiences brings more sponsors, says China biathlonhead coachJILIN, Northeast China, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- China biathlon headcoach Claus Siebert said here on Tuesday that World Cup appearancescan draw more attention from the sponsors to the Chinese biathletes ....
Philippine stocks close higher
Jan 30, 2007 ... Philippine stocks close higherMANILA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Philippine stock prices closed higheron Tuesday after Congress ended weeks of debates and finally ratifiedthe 2007 national budget, dealers said. The main composite index finished up 19.30 points or 0.6 percentat ...
DPRK strongly opposes Japan's bid for UNSC membership
Jan 30, 2007 ... DPRK strongly opposes Japan's bid for UNSC membershipPYONGYANG, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic ofKorea(DPRK) on Thursday said it strongly opposed Japan's bid for apermanent membership of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC),saying that it would damage ...
Suicide bomb injures five in Afghanistan
Jan 30, 2007 ... Suicide bomb injures five in AfghanistanKABUL, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- A suicide bomber targeted Afghan troopsin Afghanistan's western Herat province Tuesday morning, woundingfive persons including three soldiers, police said. The incident occurred at 8:10 a.m. when a man ...
One more Tonga MP charged with last Nov.'s riot
Jan 30, 2007 ... One more Tonga MP charged with last Nov.'s riotWELLINGTON, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Tonga's Acting Police Commander,Taniela Faletau, confirmed Tuesday that Lepolo Taunisila, the NiuaPeople's Representative who was arrested on Jan. 24 has been chargedwith two counts of sedition and ...
Japan wins second gold in snowboard halfpipe at Winter Asiad
Jan 30, 2007 ... Japan wins second gold in snowboard halfpipe at Winter AsiadJILIN, Northeast China, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Japan claimed thesecond snowboard gold medal as Kokubo Kazuhiro took the men'shalfpipe gold at the 6th Asian Winter Games at the Beidahu skiresort, Jilin city on Tuesday ....
Backgrounder: Efforts pledged by China, Africa for new type of strategic partnership at last year's Beijing Summit
Jan 30, 2007 ... Backgrounder: Efforts pledged by China, Africa for new type ofstrategic partnership at last year's Beijing SummitBEIJING, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao left hereTuesday to begin state visits to eight African countries from Jan. 30to Feb. 10. At the ...
Results of Monday's NBA games
Jan 30, 2007 ... Results of Monday's NBA gamesWASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Following are the full results ofNational Basketball Association games on Monday (home team in CAPS): ATLANTA HAWKS 93 Orlando Magic 83 MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES 124 Sacramento ...
Fatah-Hamas ceasefire comes into force to seek end to Palestinianinter-fighting
Jan 30, 2007 ... Fatah-Hamas ceasefire comes into force to seek end to Palestinianinter-fightingGAZA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- A ceasefire agreed in Gaza at midnightbetween rival Fatah and Hamas movements came into force early Tuesdaymorning in an effort to end all violent inter- Palestinian ...
Lang Lang promotes his first all-Chinese music album in New York
Jan 30, 2007 ... Lang Lang promotes his first all-Chinese music album in New YorkNEW YORK, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Chinese keyboard talent Lang Langattended the promotion event for his first all-Chinese music album inNew York on Monday, once again obsessing his audience by fluid skilland full ...
Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers
Jan 30, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Turkish newspapersANKARA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Turkish newspapers on Tuesday.TURKIYE (Turkey): -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan underlined theimportance of alliance of ...
Shenzhen stock index down - Jan. 30
Jan 30, 2007 ... Shenzhen stock index down - Jan. 30BEIJING, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Component Index on the ShenzhenStock Exchange closed at 8,262.33 points on Tuesday, down 97.66points ...
Air quality of major Chinese cities -- Jan. 30
Jan 30, 2007 ... Air quality of major Chinese cities -- Jan. 30BEIJING, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Report on the quality of air in 47major Chinese cities (12:00 Jan. 29 to 12:00 Jan. 30 Beijing Time),released by the China Environmental Monitoring Center:City Major Pollutant ...
World Stars vs China to open women's World Cup program
Jan 30, 2007 ... World Stars vs China to open women's World Cup programGENEVA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- DPR Korean striker Ri Kum-suk, Japan's Hiromi Isozaki and Australian captain Cheryl Salisbury will bepart of a FIFA women's World Stars team that will play against theChinese national team in a ...
Tokyo shares end flat
Jan 30, 2007 ... Tokyo shares end flatTOKYO, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stock ended almost flat onTuesday, as earlier gains were offset by profit-taking. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average index rose 19.73 points, or0.11 percent, to 17,490.19. The broader Topix index of all First ...
Foreign exchange rates in Kenya
Jan 30, 2007 ... Foreign exchange rates in KenyaNAIROBI, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the Kenyan shilling released by the Central Bank ofKenya on Tuesday. Tuesday Monday U.S. dollar 70.556770.6256 British ...
U.S.-Philippine war games face delay
Jan 30, 2007 ... U.S.-Philippine war games face delayMANILA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The large-scale war exercises betweenPhilippine and U.S. troops scheduled for February this year will bedelayed, Armed Forces chief Hermogenes Esperon said on Tuesday. The actual training exercises for the ...
1st Ld: Six-party talks on Korean nuclear issue to resume from Feb.8
Jan 30, 2007 ... 1st Ld: Six-party talks on Korean nuclear issue to resume fromFeb. 8BEIJING, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The six-party talks on the Koreanpeninsular nuclear issue will be resumed in Beijing on Feb. 8, aChinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced on Tuesday. "As aresult of the ...
Starting line-up of China against US at Four Nations tournament
Jan 30, 2007 ... Starting line-up of China against US at Four Nations tournamentGUANGZHOU, South China, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Following is thestarting line-up of China against the United States at the FourNations women's soccer ...
Zanzibar police find drug hideout
Jan 30, 2007 ... Zanzibar police find drug hideoutDAR ES SALAAM, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The police in Tanzania'sZanzibar have found a hideout containing 4,644 pellets of cocaine andheroin worth 80 million Tanzanian shillings (64,000 U.S. dollars). The police also detained four people suspected ...
UN chief visits Kenya to see challenges in meeting millennium development goals
Jan 30, 2007 ... UN chief visits Kenya to see challenges in meeting millenniumdevelopment goalsNAIROBI, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon willarrive in Kenya on Tuesday for a two-day visit. A statement from the United Nations Office in Nairobi said Ban whosucceeded Kofi ...
Japan sweeps both golds at winter Asiad snowboard event
Jan 30, 2007 ... Japan sweeps both golds at winter Asiad snowboard eventJILIN, Northeast China, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Japan completed agreat showtime in snowboard events of the Asian Winter Games byclaiming both gold medals on offer at the Beidahu ski resort onTuesday. Kokubo Kazuhiro took ...
Results of England against Germany at Four Nations tournament
Jan 30, 2007 ... Results of England against Germany at Four Nations tournamentGUANGZHOU, South China, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Following are theresults of England against Germany ...
FDI hits record high in northwest China's Xinjiang
Jan 30, 2007 ... FDI hits record high in northwest China's XinjiangURUMQI, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Foreign direct investment intonorthwest China's Xinjiang Ugyur Autonomous Region hit a record highlast year with nearly 100 newly approved foreign-funded projects, theregional government said ....
Foreign exchange rates in Indonesia
Jan 30, 2007 ... Foreign exchange rates in IndonesiaJAKARTA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Following are the foreign exchangerates against the Indonesian rupiah here on Tuesday: TuesdayMonday U.S. dollar9,090/9,1209,100/9,130 Euro...
Vietnam sentences 8 drug traffickers, producers to death
Jan 30, 2007 ... Vietnam sentences 8 drug traffickers, producers to deathHANOI, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- A Vietnamese court Tuesday handed downeight death sentences and 13 life imprisonment ones on local peopleon the charges of producing, trading, transporting and storing largevolumes of drugs, ...
Starting line-up of US against China at Four Nations tournament
Jan 30, 2007 ... Starting line-up of US against China at Four Nations tournamentGUANGZHOU, South China, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Following is thestarting line-up of the United States against China at the FourNations women's soccer international tournament here on ...
Results of women's cross-country skiing sprint at Winter Asiad
Jan 30, 2007 ... Results of women's cross-country skiing sprint at Winter AsiadJILIN, Northeast China, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Following are theresults of the women's sprint free of the cross-country skiing at thesixth Asian Winter Games here on Tuesday: ...
Hushen index down - Jan. 30
Jan 30, 2007 ... Hushen index down - Jan. 30BEIJING, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Hushen 300 Index reflecting thewhole fluctuation of China's Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchangesclosed at 2,551.88 points on Tuesday, down 25.03 ...
Commuters in Zambian capital to pay more
Jan 30, 2007 ... Commuters in Zambian capital to pay moreLUSAKA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Bus and taxi operators in the Zambiancapital of Lusaka have increased their fares by 300 kwacha (0.07 U.S.dollar) to 500 kwacha (0.12 dollar) for commuters while taxi fare by5,000 kwacha (1.19 dollar), Zambia ...
Germany labour out England goalless draw
Jan 30, 2007 ... Germany labour out England goalless drawGUANGZHOU, South China, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- World topped Germanyended their trip here with three draws after they finished the lastmatch a goalless draw on Tuesday with England in the four-nationwomen's soccer tournament. England ...
More Philippine troops deployed to prevent clashes with MILF
Jan 30, 2007 ... More Philippine troops deployed to prevent clashes with MILFMANILA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine military has deployedhundreds of soldiers to the southern Philippine province of NorthCotabato to prevent further clashes with the separatist Moro IslamicLiberation Front ...
Thaksin to return Thailand this year
Jan 30, 2007 ... Thaksin to return Thailand this yearBANGKOK, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's ousted prime ministerThaksin Shinawatra was to return to Thailand this year, said hislegal advisor Noppadol Pattama Tuesday. Whether his return would be before or after the general electionwas ...
Soccer giants Arsenal to help Vietnam set up academy
Jan 30, 2007 ... Soccer giants Arsenal to help Vietnam set up academyHANOI, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- English Premier League giants Arsenalwill help Vietnam set up a soccer academy in a four-million-dollarproject, Doan Nguyen Duc, chairman of V-League club Hoang Anh GiaLai, said Tuesday. The ...
One dead in chemical plant blast in Romania
Jan 30, 2007 ... One dead in chemical plant blast in RomaniaBUCHAREST, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- One worker was reported dead and atleast another wounded on Tuesday morning in a blast at Azomures chemical plant of Targu Mures, 330 km northwest of Bucharest. The blast occurred at the urea ...
Forced government paper subscription still devouring village funds in China
Jan 30, 2007 ... Forced government paper subscription still devouring village fundsin ChinaBEIJING, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Nearly four years after a ban oncompulsory government newspaper subscription, many people in China'srural areas are being forced by local officials to shell out aportion of ...
German stocks open mixed
Jan 30, 2007 ... German stocks open mixedBERLIN, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- German stocks opened mixed on Tuesdayon the Frankfurt market. The 30-share DAX Index dropped 0.15 percent or 10.38 points to6,715.63 at ...
Pan Pacific Open women's singles results
Jan 30, 2007 ... Pan Pacific Open women's singles resultsTOKYO, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Following are the first round resultsfrom the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament women's singles onTuesday (prefix number denotes seeding): Francesca Schiavone, Italy, beat Erika Takao, Japan, 7-5, 7-5 ...
China, Britain to cooperate more in research on emerging infectiousdiseases
Jan 30, 2007 ... China, Britain to cooperate more in research on emerginginfectious diseasesBEIJING, Jan.30 (Xinhua) -- Chinese and British scientists willexpand cooperation in research on emerging infectious diseases, suchas AIDS, SARS and bird flu, this year. Jin Dapeng, director of ...
Bus strike enters second day in Johannesburg
Jan 30, 2007 ... Bus strike enters second day in JohannesburgJOHANNESBURG, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- About 50 percent of buses inJohannesburg were operating on Tuesday due to a dispute over sickleave, the South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) said. Spokesman Dumisani Langa said there were ...
Four people die of alcohol poisoning in Russia
Jan 30, 2007 ... Four people die of alcohol poisoning in RussiaMOSCOW, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Four people died of counterfeitalcohol poisoning in the Irkutsk region of Russia during the past 24hours, Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday. A further 32 people were hospitalized, and 25 were ...
China hopes all sides reach agreement on Darfur issue at early date
Jan 30, 2007 ... China hopes all sides reach agreement on Darfur issue at earlydateBEIJING, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- China hopes all relevant sides takethe chance to maintain dialogues to properly settle the Darfur issueat an early date, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said Tuesday. China ...
Results of men's cross-country skiing at Winter Asiad
Jan 30, 2007 ... Results of men's cross-country skiing at Winter AsiadJILIN, Northeast China, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Following are theresults of men's cross-country skiing at the 6th Asian Winter Gameshere on Tuesday: 1. Yuichi Onda, Japan 2 ....
Major news items in leading Kenyan newspaper
Jan 30, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Kenyan newspaperNAIROBI, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Kenyan newspaper on Tuesday. Daily Nation: -- Kenya is lobbying for the reversal of a decision allowing twosouthern African states to cull surplus ...
Vietnam's crude oil export down in January
Jan 30, 2007 ... Vietnam's crude oil export down in JanuaryHANOI, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam is estimated to export nearly1.5 million tons of crude oil worth 595 million U.S. dollars inJanuary, year-on-year decreases of 6.7 percent and 20.2 percent,respectively. The country plans to pump ...
Major news items in leading British newspapers
Jan 30, 2007 ... Major news items in leading British newspapersLONDON, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Following are major news items inleading British newspapers on Tuesday:The Financial Times: -- British Airways is bracing itself for a day of phantom flightswith hundreds of planes flying ...
Internet pay-on-display system attracts grumbles amid cheers
Jan 30, 2007 ... Internet pay-on-display system attracts grumbles amid cheersby Mu Xuyao BEIJING, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Asking a person's earnings isnormally considered as rude as asking a woman's age -- except on theInternet, where China's professionals detail their salaries underonline ...
UAE's telecom giant harvests 27 percent increase in net profit in2006
Jan 30, 2007 ... UAE's telecom giant harvests 27 percent increase in net profit in2006ABU DHABI, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Etisalat, the United Arab Emirates(UAE)-based telecom giant, harvested a 27 percent increase in netprofit to Dh 5.86 billion (1.60 billion U.S. dollars) in 2006, localpaper Gulf ...
2nd Ld-Writethru: Six-party talks on Korean nuclear issue to resumefrom Feb. 8
Jan 30, 2007 ... 2nd Ld-Writethru: Six-party talks on Korean nuclear issue toresume from Feb. 8BEIJING, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The six-party talks on the Koreanpeninsular nuclear issue will be resumed in Beijing on Feb. 8, aChinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman announced on Tuesday. "As a ...
Slovakian PM to visit China
Jan 30, 2007 ... Slovakian PM to visit ChinaBEIJING, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Ficowill pay an official visit to China from February 5 ...