Xinhua News Agency back issues from Wednesday, February 28:
3rd-Ld-Writethru: Strong wind derails train, leaving more than 30 casualties in NW China
Feb 28, 2007 ... 3rd-Ld-Writethru: Strong wind derails train, leaving more than 30casualties in NW ChinaURUMQI, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- At least three passengers were killedand more than 30 injured in a train derailment in northwest China'sXinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region early Wednesday, rescuers ...
12 illegal schools shut down in Lusaka
Feb 28, 2007 ... 12 illegal schools shut down in LusakaLUSAKA, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Lusaka City Council (LCC) hasclosed down 12 private nursery and primary schools for allegedlyoperating without licenses, Times of Zambia reported Wednesday. The LCC Public Relations Manager Chanda Makanta ...
1st Ld: Sri Lanka Navy sinks suspected rebel arms ship
Feb 28, 2007 ... 1st Ld: Sri Lanka Navy sinks suspected rebel arms shipCOLOMBO, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan Navy has sunk a suspectedarms carrying ship of the Tamil Tiger rebels off the southerncoast,the military said Wednesday. Commander D. K. P. Dassanayake, the spokesman of the Navyb ...
France again says use of force not an option on Iran
Feb 28, 2007 ... France again says use of force not an option on IranPARIS, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- France believes the use of force tosolve the Iranian nuclear issue is "unimaginable and unacceptable, "French foreign ministry said on Tuesday. Repeating France's stance that the use of force ...
China's top legislature ratifies treaty on national borders with Vietnam and Laos
Feb 28, 2007 ... China's top legislature ratifies treaty on national borders withVietnam and LaosBEIJING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislature on Wednesdayratified a treaty defining the point where the national borders ofChina, Vietnam and Laos meet. The treaty, which was signed ...
Foreign exchange rates in Philippines
Feb 28, 2007 ... Foreign exchange rates in PhilippinesMANILA, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the peso released by the Philippine central bank onWednesday: Wednesday Tuesday U.S. dollar 48.2870 48.1730 Japanese yen ...
Indonesia to host meetings on Iraq, Palestine conflicts
Feb 28, 2007 ... Indonesia to host meetings on Iraq, Palestine conflictsJAKARTA, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Jakarta will host two separatemeetings on issues relating to Iraq and Palestine next month, localpress reported Wednesday. One meeting will be held between Hamas and high-ranking ...
CPC to hold more forums with Taiwan's major opposition party in 2007: official
Feb 28, 2007 ... CPC to hold more forums with Taiwan's major opposition party in2007: officialBEIJING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland confirmed onWednesday that more forums would be held between the Communist Partyof China (CPC) and Taiwan's main opposition party the Kuomintang(KMT) ...
Pakistan to introduce natural gas-based transport
Feb 28, 2007 ... Pakistan to introduce natural gas-based transportISLAMABAD, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani authorities have approveda program to introduce CNG-based public transport system in all majorcities in five years, The DAWN newspaper reported Wednesday. The project is aimed at ...
Afghan army, coalition forces attacks Pakistani post, report
Feb 28, 2007 ... Afghan army, coalition forces attacks Pakistani post, reportISLAMABAD, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- A post of Pakistani forces atLowara Mandi of North Waziristan was attacked on Tuesday by theAfghan National Army and Afghanistan-based coalition forces,according to leading newspaper The ...
Indonesia's largest LNG plant in final stage of construction
Feb 28, 2007 ... Indonesia's largest LNG plant in final stage of constructionJAKARTA, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- A new liquefied natural gas (LNG)plant with proven reserves of more than 14 trillion cubic feet isentering the final phase of construction in Indonesia's easternmostprovince of Papua, local ...
2st-Ld: Strong wind derails train, leaving more than 30 casualties in NW China
Feb 28, 2007 ... 2st-Ld: Strong wind derails train, leaving more than 30 casualtiesin NW ChinaURUMQI, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- A task force from the Ministry ofRailways is heading for the scene of a train derailment in northwestChina's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region early Wednesday. Sent by ...
Bangladesh sees balance of payment surplus
Feb 28, 2007 ... Bangladesh sees balance of payment surplusDHAKA, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Despite slow foreign direct investment(FDI) and foreign aid, Bangladesh's overall balance of payment (BoP)surplus reached 347 million U.S. dollars in the first six months ofthe current fiscal, thanks to ...
Major news items in leading Afghan newspapers
Feb 28, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Afghan newspapersKABUL, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inAfghan leading newspapers on Wednesday. Anis: --A suicide attack at the gate of the U.S. military base inBagram, 50 km north of Kabul, killed 22 persons and ...
1st Ld-Writethru: Thai Finance Minister resigns
Feb 28, 2007 ... 1st Ld-Writethru: Thai Finance Minister resignsBANGKOK, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Thai Deputy Prime Minister andFinance Minister Pridiyathorn Devakul announced his resignation fromthe two posts Wednesday. Pridiyathorn told a press conference that he submitted resignationletter ...
U.S. opposes new peace operations for Fiji army
Feb 28, 2007 ... U.S. opposes new peace operations for Fiji armyWELLINGTON, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- The United States will not supportthe participation of the Fiji military in new peace operations but itwants Fijian soldiers in Iraq to stay, said an U. S. officialWednesday. The Fiji ...
Vietnam gains bigger seafood export in 2 months
Feb 28, 2007 ... Vietnam gains bigger seafood export in 2 monthsHANOI, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam earned 431 million U.S. dollarsfrom shipping abroad seafood, including shrimps, prawns, catfish andoctopuses in the first two months of this year, a year- on-year riseof 25.7 percent ....
Uganda in talks with Somali militants ahead of deployment of peacekeepers
Feb 28, 2007 ... Uganda in talks with Somali militants ahead of deployment ofpeacekeepersKAMPALA, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Ugandan troops are in talks withsome of the warlords in Somalia ahead of the country's deployment ofpeacekeepers, President Yoweri Museveni has revealed. Museveni told ...
Uganda's foreign debt sharply reduces to 1 bln USD
Feb 28, 2007 ... Uganda's foreign debt sharply reduces to 1 bln USDKAMPALA, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Uganda's foreign debt has droppedfrom nearly 4.5 billion U.S. dollars to 1 billion dollars, due to theWorld Bank's 3.7 billion debt waiver that started on July, 2006. Ugandan Finance Minister ...
1st LD-Writethru: China's NPC dismisses two members linked to graftscandals
Feb 28, 2007 ... 1st LD-Writethru: China's NPC dismisses two members linked tograft scandalsBEIJING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- A former provincial-rank official anda well-connected businessman were expelled from China's nationalparliament on Wednesday over alleged involvement in corruption ....
State leaders' visit promotes stable China-Japan ties
Feb 28, 2007 ... State leaders' visit promotes stable China-Japan tiesBEIJING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- A senior Party official Wednesdaysaod the successful exchange of visits between leaders of China andJapan would definitely promote bilateral friendship in a stable way. Wang Jiarui, head of ...
Foreign exchange rates in Indonesia
Feb 28, 2007 ... Foreign exchange rates in IndonesiaJAKARTA, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Following are the foreign exchangerates against the Indonesian rupiah here on Wednesday: Wednesday Tuesday US dollar 9,136/9,165 9,040/9,070 Euro ...
UAE to set up new quarantine center to prevent bird flu
Feb 28, 2007 ... UAE to set up new quarantine center to prevent bird fluABU DHABI, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) willset up a new quarantine center at the UAE-Oman border to prevent thepossible entry of the H5N1 bird flu virus, the Gulf News reported onWednesday. The ...
Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- Feb. 28
Feb 28, 2007 ... Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- Feb. 28CAIRO, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of major Mideastnews stories due to be covered or pursued by Xinhua News Agency onWednesday.-- Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla is expected toconclude in the United ...
Effective vaccine against malaria in Africa still far away: experts
Feb 28, 2007 ... Effective vaccine against malaria in Africa still far away:expertsDAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- It may not be until 2015 topartially succeed in finding an effective vaccine against malaria insub-Saharan Africa, according to experts attending the fifth AfricanMalaria ...
Israel's Peretz warns of Hamas' threat in Gaza
Feb 28, 2007 ... Israel's Peretz warns of Hamas' threat in GazaJERUSALEM, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Defense Minister AmirPeretz has warned of Hamas' threat in the Gaza Strip, accusing themovement of using a truce agreement between Israel and thePalestinians to continue stockpiling arms, the ...
Tokyo shares end sharply lower
Feb 28, 2007 ... Tokyo shares end sharply lowerTOKYO, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks ended sharply lower onWednesday following falls in world stock markets. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average index ended the day 515.80points, or 2.85 percent lower at 17,604.12. The Nikkei lost ...
HKSAR gov't expenditure for 2007-08 estimated at 248.4 bln HK dollars
Feb 28, 2007 ... HKSAR gov't expenditure for 2007-08 estimated at 248.4 bln HKdollarsHONG KONG, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Total government expenditure for2007-2008 is estimated to be 248.4 billion (31.8 billion U.S.dollars), or 1.14 percent increase from previous fiscal year, HongKong Special ...
HK's GDP to increase by 4.5 to 5.5 pct in 2007
Feb 28, 2007 ... HK's GDP to increase by 4.5 to 5.5 pct in 2007HONG KONG, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's GDP is expected toincrease by 4.5 to 5.5 percent in 2007, higher than the averagegrowth rate for the past 10 years, Hong Kong Financial SecretaryHenry Tang said in his presentation of the ...
China's grain output up 2.8 pct in 2006 but still short of demand
Feb 28, 2007 ... China's grain output up 2.8 pct in 2006 but still short of demand BEIJING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- China's grain output rose 2.8 percentfrom the previous year to 497.46 million tons in 2006, the NationalBureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Wednesday. It is the first time the ...
British stock exchange opens lower
Feb 28, 2007 ... British stock exchange opens lowerLONDON, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- British stocks opened lower onWednesday on the London Stock ...
Taiwan Olympic torch conundrum to be solved in April: mainland official
Feb 28, 2007 ... Taiwan Olympic torch conundrum to be solved in April: mainlandofficialBEIJING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- The issue of whether or not the 2008Beijing Olympic torch relay will include Taiwan will be resolved inApril, a Chinese mainland official said on Wednesday. "The question ...
Major news items in Nigeria's leading newspapers
Feb 28, 2007 ... Major news items in Nigeria's leading newspapersLAGOS, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inNigeria's leading newspapers on Wednesday. This Day: -- Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has written to theNational Assembly seeking its support in ...
Zambia nods joint copper exploration initiative
Feb 28, 2007 ... Zambia nods joint copper exploration initiativeLUSAKA, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Zambia has given consent to a jointcopper exploration program by the African Eagle Resources (AFE) ofBritain and local Phelps Dodge Mining Zambia (PDMZ) in Ndola inNorthern Province, Times of Zambia ...
Japan donates 1.7 mln USD food aid to Cambodia
Feb 28, 2007 ... Japan donates 1.7 mln USD food aid to CambodiaPHNOM PENH, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Japanese government hasdecided to donate 210 million yen (about 1.7 million U.S. dollars)food aid to Cambodia through the World Food Program (WFP), a pressrelease said here on Wednesday. The ...
1st LD-Writethru: Chinese shares recover from biggest plunge in 10 years
Feb 28, 2007 ... 1st LD-Writethru: Chinese shares recover from biggest plunge in 10yearsBEIJING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese shares bounced back from theheaviest losses in 10 years Wednesday, as the major index gained 3.94percent. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index, which tracks both ...
Hong Kong stocks close lower -- Feb. 28
Feb 28, 2007 ... Hong Kong stocks close lower -- Feb. 28HONG KONG, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Hong ...
NZ stocks close down
Feb 28, 2007 ... NZ stocks close downWELLINGTON, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand share market closeddown Wednesday with the benchmark NZSX-50 index falling 62.3 pointsor 1.52 percent to 4,037.12. Market leader Telecom was down seven cents to 4.82 NZ dollars,Fletcher Building was down 18 ...
1st LD: Two Iranian police killed, four abducted in ambush attacknear Pakistan border
Feb 28, 2007 ... 1st LD: Two Iranian police killed, four abducted in ambush attacknear Pakistan borderTEHRAN, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- A group of Iranian police wereambushed late Tuesday in Sistan-Baluchestan province borderingPakistan, leaving two police killed and four others kidnapped, ...
Boat capsizes in northern Philippines, 2 missing
Feb 28, 2007 ... Boat capsizes in northern Philippines, 2 missingMANILA, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Two people went missing after a motorboat capsized on Wednesday off Talim Island in the northernPhilippine province of Rizal, local media reported. Police said ...
Zambian soccer coach summons 8 foreign-based players
Feb 28, 2007 ... Zambian soccer coach summons 8 foreign-based playersLUSAKA, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Zambia national soccer team coachPatrick Phiri has summoned eight foreign-based players ahead of thenext month's Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against CongoBrazzaville, Wednesday's newspaper The ...
Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers
Feb 28, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Turkish newspapersANKARA, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Turkish newspapers on Wednesday.TURKIYE (Turkey): -- Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, who is currently in Ankara ona four-day official visit to ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0800 GMT, Feb. 28
Feb 28, 2007 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0800 GMT, Feb. 28BANGKOK -- Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Finance MinisterPridiyathorn Devakul announced his resignation from the two postsWednesday. Pridiyathorn told a press conference at the Government House thathe submitted his ...
Philippine stocks close sharply lower
Feb 28, 2007 ... Philippine stocks close sharply lowerMANILA, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Philippine stock prices closed sharplylower on Wednesday, sending the main index to its weakest finish insix weeks, as investors were rattled by the sell-off on U.S. WallStreet overnight, dealers said. The ...
Hong Kong chief executive commends the budget
Feb 28, 2007 ... Hong Kong chief executive commends the budgetHONG KONG, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong leader Donald TsangWednesday hailed the 2007-08 Budget presented by his financialsecretary to the Legislative Council as an embodiment of the " alwayspeople first" concept of governance ....
Urgent: Iranian president arrives in Khartoum
Feb 28, 2007 ... Urgent: Iranian president arrives in KhartoumKHARTOUM, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President MahmoudAhmadinejad arrived in Khartoum ...
Vietnam stock market index closes lower
Feb 28, 2007 ... Vietnam stock market index closes lowerHANOI, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's stock market index, VN-Index, dropped 29.67 points, or 2.54 percent, to 1,137.69 onWednesday, with 1,289.927 billion Vietnamese dong (VND) (80.62million U.S. dollars) worth of shares and investment ...
3 Taliban militants killed in S. Afghanistan
Feb 28, 2007 ... 3 Taliban militants killed in S. AfghanistanKABUL, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Three Taliban militants have beenkilled and three others injured when they encountered Afghan forcesin southern Zabul province, a local official said Wednesday. The clash erupted in Arghandab district ...
Dollar trades at mid-118 yen in Tokyo
Feb 28, 2007 ... Dollar trades at mid-118 yen in TokyoTOKYO, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar rose to the mid-118 yenlevel Wednesday in Tokyo. At 5:00 p.m., the dollar was quoted at 118.58-60 yen compared withTuesday's 5:00 p.m. quotes of 117.89-99 yen in New York and 119.93-96 yen in ...
Major news items in leading British newspapers
Feb 28, 2007 ... Major news items in leading British newspapersLONDON, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Following are major news items inleading British newspapers on Wednesday:Daily Telegraph: -- U.S. President George W. Bush signalled a dramatic shift in hisMiddle East policy last night by ...
2 women killed in PNG for alleged witchcraft
Feb 28, 2007 ... 2 women killed in PNG for alleged witchcraftWELLINGTON, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Police in Papua New Guinea saidWednesday two elderly women accused of practicing witchcraft havebeen tortured and murdered by a group of men who dragged their bodiesto a riverbank and burnt them ....
Senior Cuban official says Castro will resume duty in "near future"
Feb 28, 2007 ... Senior Cuban official says Castro will resume duty in "nearfuture"BEIJING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- A visiting senior Cuban official saidhere on Wednesday that Cuban leader Fidel Castro is recovering in a"satisfying" speed and will return to his duty in "near future". Fernando ...
Five Philippine chess players in scam to be sacked
Feb 28, 2007 ... Five Philippine chess players in scam to be sackedMANILA, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- The National Chess Federation of thePhilippines (NCFP) will suspend at least five players it found tohave been involved in game-fixing activities in a series oftournaments last year, local media ...
Major news items in leading Kenyan newspapers
Feb 28, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Kenyan newspapersNAIROBI, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- The following are the major newsitems in leading Kenyan newspapers on Wednesday. Daily Nation: -- Kenyan civil servants implicated in corruption will be sackedwithout terminal benefits in a ...
Update-3: HK to adopt a series of tax relief measures
Feb 28, 2007 ... Update-3: HK to adopt a series of tax relief measuresHONG KONG, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- As the government's financialposition has improved following the strong recovery of economy, aseries of tax relief measures will be adopted, Hong Kong FinancialSecretary Henry Tang said in his ...
German stocks continue to plunge at opening
Feb 28, 2007 ... German stocks continue to plunge at openingBERLIN, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- German stocks continued to diveWednesday on the Frankfurt market after a deep loss the previous day. The 30-share DAX Index dipped by 127.36 points or 1.87 percent to6,692.29 points soon after opening. It ...
2nd Ld-Writethru: Thai Finance Minister resigns
Feb 28, 2007 ... 2nd Ld-Writethru: Thai Finance Minister resignsBANGKOK, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Thai Deputy Prime Minister andFinance Minister Pridiyathorn Devakul announced his resignation fromthe two posts Wednesday. Pridiyathorn told a press conference at the Government House thathe ...
Malaysia tin price ends higher
Feb 28, 2007 ... Malaysia tin price ends higherKUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Tin price on the Kuala LumpurTin Market ended higher Wednesday. The price rose 90 U.S. dollars to ...
1st LD: Car bomb hits Baghdad market, at least 10 killed
Feb 28, 2007 ... 1st LD: Car bomb hits Baghdad market, at least 10 killedBAGHDAD, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- A car bomb went off at a busywholesale market in a southern Baghdad district on Wednesday, killingat least 10 people and wounding more than seven, an Interior Ministrysource said. "A car ...
Three soldiers injured by bomb in Thai south
Feb 28, 2007 ... Three soldiers injured by bomb in Thai southBANGKOK, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Three patrolling soldiers wereinjured by an bomb as they escorted villagers to work at a rubberplantation in Thailand's southern border province NarathiwatWednesday morning, according to a local media ....
Key issues to be discussed at China's upcoming "two sessions" (2)
Feb 28, 2007 ... Key issues to be discussed at China's upcoming "two sessions" (2) AGRICULTURE, FARMERS AND RURAL ECONOMY With 900 million people living in rural areas, the issues onagriculture, farmers and rural economy have been atop agenda for theChinese government in recent years. The ...
Indonesia sets age limit of acquired plane at 10 years
Feb 28, 2007 ... Indonesia sets age limit of acquired plane at 10 yearsJAKARTA, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian government ispreparing a new ruling that will limit the age of newly-acquiredpassenger planes to 10 years to encourage domestic operators toprioritize safety, an official has said ....
Australian dollar finishes lower
Feb 28, 2007 ... Australian dollar finishes lowerCANBERRA, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Australian dollar closed lowerat 78.77 U.S. cents Wednesday compared with Tuesday's close of ...
Results of Tuesday's NBA games
Feb 28, 2007 ... Results of Tuesday's NBA gamesWASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Following are the full results of National Basketball Association games on Tuesday (home team in CAPS): CLEVELAND CAVALIERS 97 NO/Okla ....
Beijing accuses Taiwan pro-independence groups of twisting "2-28 Uprising"
Feb 28, 2007 ... Beijing accuses Taiwan pro-independence groups of twisting "2-28Uprising"BEIJING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- A Beijing official on Wednesdayblasted efforts by Taiwan's pro-independence groups to mark theisland's "2-28" conflict in 1947 as the start of the Taiwanindependence movement, ...