Xinhua News Agency back issues from Monday, February 26:
Third FTU leader gunned down in Cambodia
Feb 26, 2007 ... Third FTU leader gunned down in CambodiaPHNOM PENH, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Free Trade Union (FTU) leader ofCambodia Hy Vuthy was shot dead here on Saturday, making the thirdmurder of FTU senior officials in the past three years, local mediareported on Monday. Two ...
Chelsea beat Arsenal to win League Cup
Feb 26, 2007 ... Chelsea beat Arsenal to win League CupCARDIFF, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Didier Drogba scored a brace asChelsea came from behind to snatch the League Cup final triumph witha 2-1 win over Arsenal on Sunday. Theo Walcott gave Arsenal the lead after ghosting past RicardoCarvalho ...
Lozano wins first major Colombian cycling race of 2007
Feb 26, 2007 ... Lozano wins first major Colombian cycling race of 2007BOGOTA, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Colombian athlete Laura Lozano onSunday won the year's first major cycling race, the Quindio Women'sClassic, on the Quibaya City circuit, the Colombian CyclingFederation said on Sunday. "I ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Feb. 25
Feb 26, 2007 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Feb. 25BEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are domestic news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Sunday: China tightens regulation of securities dealers with new rulesChina to strengthen safety education to students Eight ...
Mexican president calls for more foreign investment
Feb 26, 2007 ... Mexican president calls for more foreign investmentMEXICO CITY, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Mexican President Felipe Calderoncalled for more foreign investment in Mexico, said a statement issuedby his office on Sunday. He made the call on Saturday when addressing a conference of ...
Spanish Primera Liga results
Feb 26, 2007 ... Spanish Primera Liga resultsMADRID, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Spanish Primera Ligaresults on Sunday: Celta Vigo tied Racing Santander 2-2 Barcelona bt Athletic Bilbao 3-0 ...
Spanish Primera Liga standings
Feb 26, 2007 ... Spanish Primera Liga standingsMADRID, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Spanish Primera Ligastandings after Sunday's games (tabulated under games played, won,drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): Barcelona 24 14 7 3 49 20 49 Sevilla 24 14 ...
Portuguese soccer championship standings
Feb 26, 2007 ... Portuguese soccer championship standingsLISBON, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Portuguese socerchampionship standings after Sunday's games (tabulated under gamesplayed, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): Porto19 15 1 3 43 10 46 ...
Copa Bogota women's final result
Feb 26, 2007 ... Copa Bogota women's final resultBOGOTA, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Copa Bogota women'ssingles final results on ...
Major news items in leading Australian newspapers
Feb 26, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Australian newspapersCANBERRA, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Australian newspapers on Monday:The Australian: -- U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney left Sydney Sunday afterwinding up his three-day visit ...
Opener, Advisory
Feb 26, 2007 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service for Sunday,february 25, 2007, and begins ...
Costa Rican security minister warns against gun crime
Feb 26, 2007 ... Costa Rican security minister warns against gun crimeSAN JOSE, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Costa Rica's Deputy Minister forPublic Security Gerardo Lascarez on Sunday warned against theproliferation of firearms in the nation, which were used in around5,000 robberies in 2006. Some ...
Tour of California cycling results
Feb 26, 2007 ... Tour of California cycling resultsWASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings afterthe Tour of California's seventh and final stage, a 124.7km circuitrace on Sunday: Seventh stage results 1. Ivan Dominguez, Cuba, Toyota United, two hours 39 minutes ...
Tokyo stocks open higher
Feb 26, 2007 ... Tokyo stocks open higherTOKYO, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks opened higher Monday. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the 225-issue Nikkei StockAverage rose 80.62 points, ...
Major news items in leading Nepali newspapers
Feb 26, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Nepali newspapersKATHMANDU, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin Nepali leading newspapers on Monday.The Rising Nepal: -- Lawmakers of the Interim Parliament Sunday protested againstthe government for not initiating ...
Italian Serie A standings
Feb 26, 2007 ... Italian Serie A standingsROME, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Serie A standingsafter Sunday's games (tabulated under games played, won, drawn, lost,goals for, against, points): Inter Milan 24 21 3 0 54 19 66 AS Roma 24 16 4 4 49 18 52 ...
French Ligue 1 results
Feb 26, 2007 ... French Ligue 1 resultsPARIS, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the French Ligue 1results on Sunday: ...
Guatemala City restores calm after landslide
Feb 26, 2007 ... Guatemala City restores calm after landslideMEXICO CITY, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Calm has returned to theGuatemala City neighborhood of San Antonio after a major landslidekilled three people and triggered the evacuation of hundreds of localresidents, according to news reaching here ...
Chinese shares open slightly higher on Feb. 26
Feb 26, 2007 ... Chinese shares open slightly higher on Feb. 26BEIJING, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese shares opened higher onMonday, the first trading day after the Chinese lunar New Yearholiday, as the benchmark Shanghai ...
Urgent: Senegalese presidential election ends
Feb 26, 2007 ... Urgent: Senegalese presidential election endsDAKAR, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Senegal's ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Feb. 26
Feb 26, 2007 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Feb. 26BAGHDAD -- Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has left for Jordan formedical tests after falling sick, the pan-Arab al-Jazeera TV channelreported on Sunday. Meanwhile, the president's office said in a brief statement ...
English premier league standings
Feb 26, 2007 ... English premier league standingsLONDON, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the English premierleague standings after Sunday's games (tabulated under games played,won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): Manchester United 28 22 3 3 65 19 69 Chelsea ...
Italy's Roberta Vinci wins Colombian tennis tourney
Feb 26, 2007 ... Italy's Roberta Vinci wins Colombian tennis tourneyBOGOTA, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Italian tennis player Roberta Vinci onSunday beat Tathiana Garbin to win the 15th Colsatinas Tennis Cup inColombian capital Bogota. Gabin's loss appeared to mainly due to health problems: ...
No permission for Israel to cross Arab airspace to strike Iran: ALchief
Feb 26, 2007 ... No permission for Israel to cross Arab airspace to strike Iran: ALchiefCAIRO, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Arab League (AL) chief Amr Moussa onSunday denied reports that Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Omanhave agreed to allow Israeli warplanes to cross their airspaces tostrike ...
1st LD: China's legislature deliberates draft law on employment promotion
Feb 26, 2007 ... 1st LD: China's legislature deliberates draft law on employmentpromotionBEIJING, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Standing Committee of theNational People's Congress (NPC), or China's legislature, began onMonday examination of the draft law on employment promotion for thefirst time ....
Xinjiang reports largest proven natural gas reserve in China
Feb 26, 2007 ... Xinjiang reports largest proven natural gas reserve in ChinaURUMQI, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Northwest China's Xinjiang regionincreased its proven natural gas reserve to 1.29 trillion cubicmeters in 2006, ranking first in the country. Xinjiang has an estimated natural gas ...
Spanish autoparts workers strike against job cutback plans
Feb 26, 2007 ... Spanish autoparts workers strike against job cutback plansMADRID, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Some 3,000 people on Sunday went onstrike against a plan to slash 1,600 jobs at Delphi, a U.S.-ownedcar parts manufacturer, in Puerto Real near the southern Spanish cityof Cadiz. "It is ...
Kuwait detects bird flu cases: health minister
Feb 26, 2007 ... Kuwait detects bird flu cases: health ministerKUWAIT CITY, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Kuwaiti Health Minister SheikhAhmad al-Abdullah al-Sabah said on Sunday that bird flu cases werespotted among birds in Kuwait, the official KUNA news agencyreported. The virus existed in 20 ...
Major news items in Thailand's leading newspapers
Feb 26, 2007 ... Major news items in Thailand's leading newspapersBANGKOK, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inThailand's leading newspapers on Monday:Bangkok Post: -- Thai Police have offered a reward of 100,000 baht (about 3, 000U.S. dollars) for the ...
Five more people killed one day after four murdered in Sao Paulo
Feb 26, 2007 ... Five more people killed one day after four murdered in Sao PauloBRASILIA, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Five more people were shot dead byunknown gunmen on Sunday in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo afterfour were found slain the previous day, the military police reported. In the early ...
ATP and WTA Memphis results
Feb 26, 2007 ... ATP and WTA Memphis resultsWASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theMemphis ATP and WTA tournament ...
US indoor athletics championships results (1)
Feb 26, 2007 ... US indoor athletics championships results (1)WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading resultsat the US Indoor Athletics Championships in Boston on Sunday: Men 60m: 1. Dabryan Blanton, 6.56 2. Marcus Brunson, 6.58 3. Kyle ...
German Bundesliga standings
Feb 26, 2007 ... German Bundesliga standingsBERLIN, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the German Bundesligastandings after Sunday's matches (tabulated under games played, won,drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): Schalke 0423 15 4 4 40 22 49 VfB Stuttgart ...
Roundup: Senegalese actively involved in presidential election
Feb 26, 2007 ... Roundup: Senegalese actively involved in presidential electionDAKAR, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Idrissa Faye arrived on Sunday at apolling station in the Senegalese capital of Dakar, 20 minutes beforethe presidential polls officially started at 8:00 a.m.(0800 GMT), buthe found that ...
Writethru: Senegalese presidential election ends
Feb 26, 2007 ... Writethru: Senegalese presidential election endsDAKAR, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Senegal's presidential election endedaround 9:00 p.m. (21:00 GMT) Sunday and the counting of ballots beganimmediately. The election started at 8:00 a.m. (0800 GMT) and has beenscheduled to end at ...
Xinhua home news advisory - Feb.26
Feb 26, 2007 ... Xinhua home news advisory - Feb.26BEIJING, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Major news stories scheduled to becovered or pursued by Xinhua on Monday: 1. Shenzhen Commercial Bankacquires Ping'an Bank 2. Five pilot rural financial institutions toopen business in China ...
Belgian soccer championship results
Feb 26, 2007 ... Belgian soccer championship resultsBRUSSELS, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the ...
German Bundesliga top scorers
Feb 26, 2007 ... German Bundesliga top scorersBERLIN, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the German Bundesligatop scorers after Sunday's matches: 13 Mario Gomez (VfB Stuttgart) 11 Kevin Kuranyi (Schalke 04) Roy Makaay (Bayern Munich) Miroslav Klose (Werder Bremen) ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Feb 26, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Monday:Japan Times: -- Japan Airlines Corp. has detected cracks in pipes in the samesection of eight MD-90 airplanes, ...
English Premiership results
Feb 26, 2007 ... English Premiership resultsLONDON, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of theEnglish Premier League ...
(Update with correction) British Council to close 10 offices in Europe
Feb 26, 2007 ... (Update with correction) British Council to close 10 offices inEuropeLONDON, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- The British Council is to close 10 ofits 19 offices in Europe and promote its presence in the Muslimworld, the British daily The Times reported in an early edition ofits Monday ...
Italian Serie A results
Feb 26, 2007 ... Italian Serie A resultsROME, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Serie A results onSunday: AC Milan bt Sampdoria 1-0 AS Roma bt Reggina 3-0 ...
English premier league top scorers
Feb 26, 2007 ... English premier league top scorersLONDON, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the English premierleague top scorers after Sunday's games: 17 Didier Drogba (Chelsea) 16 Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) 12 Yakubu Aiyegbeni (Middlesbrough) 11 Robin ...
British Council to close 10 offices in Europe
Feb 26, 2007 ... British Council to close 10 offices in EuropeLONDON, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- The British Council is to close 10 ofits 19 offices in Europe and promote its presence in the Muslimworld, the British daily The Times reported in an early edition ofits Monday newspaper. The ...
Belgian soccer championship standings
Feb 26, 2007 ... Belgian soccer championship standingsBRUSSELS, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Belgianchampionship standings after Sunday's games (tabulated under gamesplayed, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): Racing Genk23 16 5 2 53 21 53 Anderlecht...
Colombia to host World Table Tennis Championships
Feb 26, 2007 ... Colombia to host World Table Tennis ChampionshipsBOGOTA, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Colombia will host the World TableTennis Championships between Nov. 21 and Nov. 29 of 2009, JavierOrlando Paez, president of the Colombian Table Tennis Federation saidon Sunday. "Now we have to ...
Woman killed by running train in Manila shanty area
Feb 26, 2007 ... Woman killed by running train in Manila shanty areaMANILA, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- A 45-year-old woman was killed Mondaymorning by a train in Manila when she was organizing personalbelongings salvaged from demolished shanties, reported local radiodzBB. The Philippine National ...
Foreign exchange rates in Thailand
Feb 26, 2007 ... Foreign exchange rates in ThailandBANGKOK, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the baht on Monday as offered by the Bangkok Bank:Monday Friday U.S. dollar35.30/35.95 35.38/36.03 ...
Portuguese soccer championship results
Feb 26, 2007 ... Portuguese soccer championship resultsLISBON, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Portuguese ...
Market exchange rates -- Feb. 26
Feb 26, 2007 ... Market exchange rates -- Feb. 26BEIJING, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- The central parity of the RMB againstfive major currencies announced on Feb. 26 by the China ForeignExchange Trading System: Currency UnitMiddle Price (in RMB yuan) U.S. Dollar 100 ...
English climber found dead in Argentine Andes
Feb 26, 2007 ... English climber found dead in Argentine AndesBUENOS AIRES, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- A mountain guide has found thelifeless body of an English climber Alan Feeder, 51, at around 6,000meters up the Aconcagua Mountain, in the eastern Argentina provinceof Mendoza, local authorities ...
URGENT: China legislature deliberates draft law on employment promotion
Feb 26, 2007 ... URGENT: China legislature deliberates draft law on employmentpromotionBEIJING, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Standing Committee of theNational People's Congress (NPC), or China's legislature, began onMonday examination of the draft law on employment promotion for ...
Foreign exchange rates in Nepal
Feb 26, 2007 ... Foreign exchange rates in NepalKATHMANDU, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are inter-bankforeign exchange rates against the Nepali rupee on Monday:CurrencyUnit Buying Selling Australian Dollar 1 55.6656.13 Canadian Dollar 1 ...
Buenos Aires Open tennis result
Feb 26, 2007 ... Buenos Aires Open tennis resultBUENOS AIRES, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following is the result from theATP Buenos Aires Open here ...
Spanish Primera Liga top scorers
Feb 26, 2007 ... Spanish Primera Liga top scorersMADRID, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Primera Liga topscorers on Sunday: 18 Frederic Kanoute (Sevilla) 16 Ronaldinho (Barcelona) 15 Diego ...
Collated Rotterdam Open results
Feb 26, 2007 ... Collated Rotterdam Open resultsBRUSSELS, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the final results ofthe Rotterdam Open on Sunday (prefix number denotes seeding): Singles Final ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Feb 26, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Philippine newspapers on Monday: Manila Bulletin: -- An estimated half-a-million foreign and local tourists flockedto the country's summer ...
Xinhua international news advisory -- Feb. 26
Feb 26, 2007 ... Xinhua international news advisory -- Feb. 26BEIJING, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of the majorinternational news stories scheduled to be covered or pursued byXinhua on Monday ....
Results of Bansko European biathlon
Feb 26, 2007 ... Results of Bansko European biathlonSOFIA, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of the lastday's competition of the European Biathlon Championship held inBansko, southwestern Bulgaria on Sunday: Men's 4x7.5km Relay 1. Germany, ...
Kenya names squad for World Cross Country Championships
Feb 26, 2007 ... Kenya names squad for World Cross Country ChampionshipsNAIROBI, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Kenyan team whichare expected to go for training ahead of the 35th IAAF World CrossCountry Championships scheduled for Mombasa next month: Senior men: Moses Mosop ...
China tightens regulation of securities dealers with new rules
Feb 26, 2007 ... China tightens regulation of securities dealers with new rulesBEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- China's Shanghai and Shenzhen stockexchanges issued on Sunday the new rules of regulating their membersecurities companies in a bid to ward off risks in stock trading. The rules, ...
Italian Serie A top scorers
Feb 26, 2007 ... Italian Serie A top scorersROME, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Italian Serie A topscorers after Sunday's matches: 14 Francesco Totti (AS Roma) 13 Luca Toni (Fiorentina) 12 Rolando Bianchi (Reggina) Gionatha Spinesi ...
French Ligue 1 standings
Feb 26, 2007 ... French Ligue 1 standingsPARIS, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the French Ligue 1standings after Sunday's games (tabulated under games played, won,drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): Olympique Lyon 26 18 4 4 47 21 58 Racing Lens 26 12 9 5 ...
Watchdog condemns third murder of FTU leaders in Cambodia
Feb 26, 2007 ... Watchdog condemns third murder of FTU leaders in CambodiaPHNOM PENH, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia Watchdog CouncilInternational (CWCI) has firmly condemned the murder of Free TradeUnion (FTU) leader Hy Vuthy here on Saturday, according to its pressrelease received here on ...
Sri Lanka president starts visit to China
Feb 26, 2007 ... Sri Lanka president starts visit to ChinaBEIJING, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan President MahindaRajapakse arrived in Beijing Monday, kicking off a seven-day statevisit to China. During his stay in Beijing, Rajapakse is to hold talks with hisChinese counterpart Hu ...