Xinhua News Agency back issues from Thursday, March 15:
Urgent: Iranian president asks to address UN Security Council
Mar 15, 2007 ... Urgent: Iranian president asks to address UN Security CouncilUNITED NATIONS, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President ...
Dutch unemployment stable
Mar 15, 2007 ... Dutch unemployment stableBRUSSELS, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Dutch unemployment rate stood at5.1 percent between December 2006 and February 2007, marginallyhigher than the 5 percent between November 2006 and January 2007,Statistics Netherlands said Thursday. But the figure was ...
Dutch minister vows to eliminate gender discrimination in employment
Mar 15, 2007 ... Dutch minister vows to eliminate gender discrimination inemploymentBRUSSELS, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Dutch Education and CultureMinister Ronald Plasterk pledged on Thursday to do more to close thegap between what men and women are paid, the Dutch news agency ANPreported ....
Death toll rise to 11 in violent protest in east India
Mar 15, 2007 ... Death toll rise to 11 in violent protest in east IndiaNEW DELHI, March 14 (Xinhua) -- The death toll has risen to 11 inclashes between the police and local villagers in east Indian stateWest Bengal Wednesday. And 39 were injured in the incident, including 14 ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- March 14
Mar 15, 2007 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- March 14BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Following are domestic news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Wednesday: 20 mln Chinese travel by air in 2007 Spring Festival travel peak 3rd LD-Writethru: Hill arrives for working group talks on ...
Ethiopia interested in recruiting teachers from Bangladesh
Mar 15, 2007 ... Ethiopia interested in recruiting teachers from BangladeshDHAKA, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopia has shown interest inrecruiting teachers from Bangladesh, as the African country wants toexpand bilateral relations, Bangladeshi news agency UNB reportedWednesday. "Ethiopia may ...
Opener, Advisory
Mar 15, 2007 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service forWednesday, March 14, 2007, and begins ...
Commentary: Japan's move for further overseas military deployment
Mar 15, 2007 ... Commentary: Japan's move for further overseas military deployment TOKYO, March 14 (Xinhua) -- The joint declaration on securitycooperation, which Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and AustralianPrime Minister John Howard signed on Tuesday in Tokyo, is a movetaken by the Japanese ...
Finland considers significantly cutting aid to Russian border regions
Mar 15, 2007 ... Finland considers significantly cutting aid to Russian borderregionsHELSINKI, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Finland intends to significantlycut financial support to neighbouring regions in Russia, Finnishmedia reported on Wednesday. Finland has spent over one billion euros ...
Dutch lawmakers, cafe owners oppose ban on smoking in coffee shops
Mar 15, 2007 ... Dutch lawmakers, cafe owners oppose ban on smoking in coffee shops BRUSSELS, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Dutch Health Minister Ab Klink'splan to ban smoking in coffee shops across the country from next yearfaced fierce opposition on Wednesday from legislators and thehospitality industry ....
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)
Mar 15, 2007 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)HONG KONG, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Wednesday:Major foreign exchange rates in Sri Lanka Dollar drops to 115 yen in Tokyo Landmark ...
Chinese Information Center opens in Moscow
Mar 15, 2007 ... Chinese Information Center opens in MoscowMOSCOW, March 14 (Xinhua) -- China opened an information center atits embassy here on Wednesday, which Chinese Ambassador to Russia LiuGuchang said will secure the success of the Year of China in Russia. "The active participation of ...
20 mln Chinese travel by air in 2007 Spring Festival travel peak
Mar 15, 2007 ... 20 mln Chinese travel by air in 2007 Spring Festival travel peakBEIJING, March 14 (Xinhua) -- China's airlines carried 20 millionpassengers during this year's 40-day Spring Festival, up 13 percentyear on year, said sources with the Civil Aviation Administration ofChina on ...
Danish football union wants to develop local talent
Mar 15, 2007 ... Danish football union wants to develop local talentSTOCKHOLM, March 14 (Xinhua) -- The growing number of foreignplayers in the domestic Super League has led the Danish FootballAssociation to consider instituting rules that require teams to drawon local talent before looking ...
Police release opposition leaders in Zimbabwe
Mar 15, 2007 ... Police release opposition leaders in ZimbabweHARARE, March 14 (Xinhua) -- The Zimbabwe Republic Police onTuesday night released opposition MDC leaders Morgan Tsvangirai andArthur Mutambara, other senior party officials and supporters intothe custody of their lawyers on the ...
Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2230 GMT, March 14
Mar 15, 2007 ... Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2230 GMT, March 14ABU DHABI -- Statistics showed that there were 645 reported casesof AIDS among nationals of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the endof 2006, local newspaper Khaleej Times reported on Wednesday. The figure was disclosed ...
China's top advisory body concludes annual session, calling to oppose "de jure independence of Taiwan"
Mar 15, 2007 ... China's top advisory body concludes annual session, calling tooppose "de jure independence of Taiwan"BEIJING, March 15 (Xinhua) -- China's top advisory body concludedits annual session here Thursday morning after adopting a politicalresolution that calls for firm opposition ...
Italian PM says will strengthen economic, energy ties with Russia
Mar 15, 2007 ... Italian PM says will strengthen economic, energy ties with Russia ROME, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Italy and Russia have a "strategicpartnership" and both nations want stronger ties between Moscow andthe European Union, Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi saidWednesday. Standing ...
GM expects Brazil to become its third-largest consumer
Mar 15, 2007 ... GM expects Brazil to become its third-largest consumerRIO DE JANEIRO, March 14 (Xinhua) -- General Motors announcedWednesday that it expects Brazil to become its third-largest consumermarket in 2007, said Ray Young, president of the GM Brazilsubsidiary. Sales to the ...
Solomon Islands PM to recognize Australia's new high commissioner
Mar 15, 2007 ... Solomon Islands PM to recognize Australia's new high commissioner CANBERRA, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Solomon Islands Prime MinisterMannaseh Sogavare will formally approve the appointment of AustralianHigh Commissioner designate Peter Hooton, Australian BroadcastingCorporation radio ...
Murray reaches quarter-finals at Pacific Life Open
Mar 15, 2007 ... Murray reaches quarter-finals at Pacific Life OpenWASHINGTON, March 14 (Xinhua) -- British No. 1 Andy Murraydefeated fourth seeded Nikolay Davydenko 7-6(3), 6-4 to reach thelast eight at the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells of California onWednesday. Murray broke ...
Chelsea beat Man. City to narrow league gap to six points
Mar 15, 2007 ... Chelsea beat Man. City to narrow league gap to six pointsLONDON, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Chelsea beat Manchester City 1-0 onWednesday to keep the gap within six points against Premier Leagueleader Manchester United. Frank Lampard converted a penalty in the 28th minute for his ...
Road accident leaves 4 dead, 18 missing
Mar 15, 2007 ... Road accident leaves 4 dead, 18 missingXI'AN, March 15 (Xinhua) -- A road accident occurred on nationalhighway left four people dead, 18 others missing in northwest China'sShaanxi Province on Thursday morning, said local resources. A bus of Xi'an Tourism Group carrying 33 ...
Kuwaiti Olympic soccer team beat Bahrain 3-0
Mar 15, 2007 ... Kuwaiti Olympic soccer team beat Bahrain 3-0KUWAIT CITY, March 14 (Xinhua) -- The Kuwaiti Olympic footballteam beat Bahraini side 3-0 here Wednesday as part of the ongoingsecond round of the first group of Asian qualifiers for BeijingOlympics 2008. Hamad al-Anzi, a local ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Mar 15, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, March 15 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Thursday:Asahi: -- The Tokyo District Court ruled Wednesday that a pediatrician 's1999 suicide was due to stress from ...
China's Li Na powers into last four at Pacific Life Open
Mar 15, 2007 ... China's Li Na powers into last four at Pacific Life OpenWASHINGTON, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Li Na staged a huge rallyafter 5-1 down in the second set to defeat Russian 15th seed VeraZvonareva 6-4, 7-5 in the quarter-finals of the Pacific Life Open inIndian Wells of ...
UEFA Cup results
Mar 15, 2007 ... UEFA Cup resultsPARIS, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from UEFACup fourth round second leg ties played on Wednesday: At London Tottenham Hotspur, England, 3 (Berbatov 28, 42, Malbranque 76)Sporting Braga, Portugal 2 (Huddlestone 24-og, ...
Argentine national guard seizes 1.7 tons of marijuana
Mar 15, 2007 ... Argentine national guard seizes 1.7 tons of marijuanaBUENOS AIRES, March 14 (Xinhua) -- The Argentine National Guard onWednesday seized 1.7 tons of marijuana in a jungle area of thenorthern province of Misiones, local press reported. The marijuana, with a ...
Pacific Life Open men's results
Mar 15, 2007 ... Pacific Life Open men's resultsWASHINGTON, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Following are the ATP results onWednesday in the 5.3 million U.S. dollars Pacific Life Open hardcourttournament in Indian Wells of ...
Pentagon describes some Iraq violence as "civil war"
Mar 15, 2007 ... Pentagon describes some Iraq violence as "civil war"WASHINGTON, March 14 (Xinhua) -- The Pentagon has done somethingit never did before -- describing some violence in Iraq as "civilwar" in a report released Wednesday. Assessing Iraq situation in the last quarter of 2006, ...
Leverkusen, Bremen reach UEFA Cup quarter-finals
Mar 15, 2007 ... Leverkusen, Bremen reach UEFA Cup quarter-finalsLONDON, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Bayer Leverkusen and Werder Bremenboth advanced into the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup on Wednesday,giving Germany two clubs in the final eight. Leverkusen, the 2002 European Champions League ...
Platini calls for dismantling fences in stadiums
Mar 15, 2007 ... Platini calls for dismantling fences in stadiumsLONDON, March 14 (Xinhua) -- UEFA president Michel Platini said onWednesday European Union governments should get rid of fences in allstadiums across the 27-member countries. Platini's call comes a day after EU sports ...
Venezuela's Copa America facilities in final preparations
Mar 15, 2007 ... Venezuela's Copa America facilities in final preparationsCARACAS, March 14 (Xinhua) -- The 2007 Copa America organizingcommittee said on Wednesday that the preparations for the soccercompetition were now in their final phase. The Pachencho Romero Stadium, scene of the ...
Tokyo shares open higher
Mar 15, 2007 ... Tokyo shares open higherTOKYO, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks opened higher on Thursdayafter the previous day's sharp decline. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the 225-issue Nikkei StockAverage ...
China's top advisory body holds closing meeting of annual session
Mar 15, 2007 ... China's top advisory body holds closing meeting of annual session BEIJING, March 15 (Xinhua) -- The Fifth Session of the Tenth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political ConsultativeConference (CPPCC) began its closing meeting here on Thursday ....
Tirreno-Adriatico cycling race first stage results
Mar 15, 2007 ... Tirreno-Adriatico cycling race first stage resultsROME, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results ofWednesday's ProTour Tirreno-Adriatico 175km, first stage inCivitavecchia, Italy: 1. Robbie McEwen, Australia, Predictor-Lotto, four hours 34minutes 24 seconds ...
Foreign exchange rates in Thailand
Mar 15, 2007 ... Foreign exchange rates in ThailandBANGKOK, March 15 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the baht on Thursday as offered by the Bangkok Bank:ThursdayWednesday U.S. dollar34.65/35.30 34.74/35.39 ...
China to match world leader ROK in shipbuilding orders for 2007
Mar 15, 2007 ... China to match world leader ROK in shipbuilding orders for 2007BEIJING, March 15 (Xinhua) -- China's shipbuilding industry maycome close to matching world leader Republic of Korea (ROK)in termsof compensated gross tonnage (CGT) in 2007 and take a 30-35 percentshare of the global ...
Brazilian police seize 800 kg of cocaine, arrest four
Mar 15, 2007 ... Brazilian police seize 800 kg of cocaine, arrest fourBRASILIA, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian police Tuesday nightseized 800 kg of cocaine and arrested four people in Sao Paulo, thecountry's Narcotics Investigation Department said Wednesday. The seizure was made in a ...
English premier league summaries
Mar 15, 2007 ... English premier league summariesLONDON, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Following are the English PremierLeague summaries on Wednesday: Manchester City 0 Chelsea 1 ...
Woods wins 2006 top golf award
Mar 15, 2007 ... Woods wins 2006 top golf awardWASHINGTON, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Tiger Woods received of the 2006Mark H. McCormack Award after dominating last year's world rankings,Official World Golf Ranking's governing board said on Wednesday. American Woods, who is seeking a fifth title ...
Tirreno-Adriatico cycling race first stage standings
Mar 15, 2007 ... Tirreno-Adriatico cycling race first stage standingsROME, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings afterWednesday's ProTour Tirreno-Adriatico 175km, first stage inCivitavecchia, Italy: 1. Robbie McEwen (Australia/Predictor-Lotto)4 hours 34 minutes14 seconds ...
Market exchange rates -- March 15
Mar 15, 2007 ... Market exchange rates -- March 15BEIJING, March 15 (Xinhua) -- The central parity of the RMBagainst five major currencies announced on March 15 by the ChinaForeign Exchange Trading System: Currency UnitMiddle Price (in RMB yuan) U.S. Dollar 100 ...
Egypt rank 41st in FIFA monthly ranking up one position
Mar 15, 2007 ... Egypt rank 41st in FIFA monthly ranking up one positionCAIRO, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Egypt moved up one position in theFIFA monthly ranking on Wednesday to settle in the 41st place andmaintain their status as the leading Arab national team, local soccernews website filgoal.com ...
Major news items in leading Australian newspapers
Mar 15, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Australian newspapersCANBERRA, March 15 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Australian newspapers on Thursday:The Australian: -- Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has launchedanother attack on ...
South African Cup second round result
Mar 15, 2007 ... South African Cup second round resultJOHANNESBURG, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Following is the South AfricanCup second round result on Wednesday (Roman numeral denotes divisionof non-premier league teams): Maritzburg United lost to Mamelodi Sundowns 0-1 Playing on ...
Urgent: Nigerian militant group releases two Italians
Mar 15, 2007 ... Urgent: Nigerian militant group releases two ItaliansLAGOS, March 15 (Xinhua) -- The Movement for the Emancipation ofthe ...
Mexican police arrest 70 undocumented Guatemalans
Mar 15, 2007 ... Mexican police arrest 70 undocumented GuatemalansMEXICO CITY, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Mexico's Preventative FederalPolice (PFP) have arrested 70 undocumented Guatemalans in northernMexico, the National Migration Agency (INM) said Wednesday. The detention took place Tuesday ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Mar 15, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, March 15 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inthe leading Philippine newspapers on Thursday:Manila Bulletin: -- Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has approved therelease of 20 million ...
Platini eyes comeback of 2018 World Cup to Europe
Mar 15, 2007 ... Platini eyes comeback of 2018 World Cup to EuropeLONDON, March 15 (Xinhua) -- UEFA president Michel Platini said onWednesday he would urge FIFA chief Sepp Blatter to lead the 2018World Cup finals back to Europe. "He has originally agreed to a three-time rotation in the ...
Chinese shares open lower on March 15
Mar 15, 2007 ... Chinese shares open lower on March 15BEIJING, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Chinese shares opened lower onThursday. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index opened at 2,905.98points, down by ...
Stocks close higher in Mexico, Argentina, Brazil
Mar 15, 2007 ... Stocks close higher in Mexico, Argentina, BrazilMEXICO CITY, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Latin America's three majorstock markets closed higher on Wednesday. Mexico City's IPC stock index rose by 0.49 percent to close at26,719.32 points. A total of 174.8 million shares were ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, March 15
Mar 15, 2007 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, March 15GAZA -- Palestinian Prime Minister-designate Ismail Haneyaannounced on Wednesday night that a national unity government dealwas finalized as final obstacle related to the coalition had beenovercome. "I give good news to the ...
Xinhua internationala news advisory -- March 15
Mar 15, 2007 ... Xinhua internationala news advisory -- March 15BEIJING, March 15 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of the majorinternational news stories scheduled to be covered or pursued byXinhua ...
Chinese lawmaker proposes trans-ministry body to tighten food safety supervision
Mar 15, 2007 ... Chinese lawmaker proposes trans-ministry body to tighten foodsafety supervisionBEIJING, March 15 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese lawmaker has appealed toset up a trans-ministry agency to shoulder the responsibilities,which are undertaken by several government departments, for foodsafety ...
Hun Sen orders probe of debt of NRP Acting President
Mar 15, 2007 ... Hun Sen orders probe of debt of NRP Acting PresidentPHNOM PENH, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Prime Minister Hun Sen hasordered lawyers to investigate a debt of 1.36 million U.S. dollarsowed by the acting president of the Norodom Ranariddh Party (NRP),local media said on Thursday ....
1st Ld: China's top advisory body concludes annual session, calling to oppose "de jure independence of Taiwan"
Mar 15, 2007 ... 1st Ld: China's top advisory body concludes annual session,calling to oppose "de jure independence of Taiwan" EDS-Adds detailsof the resolution BEIJING, March 15 (Xinhua) -- China's top advisory body concludedits annual session here Thursday morning after adopting a ...
Xinhua news advisory for NPC, CPPCC sessions - March 15
Mar 15, 2007 ... Xinhua news advisory for NPC, CPPCC sessions - March 15BEIJING, March 15 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of the majornews stories scheduled to be covered or pursued by Xinhua on Thursdayabout the annual full sessions of the National People's Congress(NPC) and the National ...
Writethru: Nigerian militant group releases two Italian hostages
Mar 15, 2007 ... Writethru: Nigerian militant group releases two Italian hostagesLAGOS, March 15 (Xinhua) -- The Movement for the Emancipation ofthe Nigerian Delta (MEND) said on Thursday that they have releasedtwo Italians kidnapped last December in Nigeria's oil-rich NigerDelta. MEND ...
Pacific Life Open women's result
Mar 15, 2007 ... Pacific Life Open women's resultWASHINGTON, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Following is the Pacific LifeOpen women's singles quarter-final ...
Valencia's Navarro receives seven-month suspension
Mar 15, 2007 ... Valencia's Navarro receives seven-month suspensionMADRID, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Valencia defender David Navarro hasbeen banned for seven months for running on to the pitch and punchingArgentine midfielder Nicolas Burdisso at the end of his side'sChampions League match with Inter ...
FDA approves new advanced breast cancer drug
Mar 15, 2007 ... FDA approves new advanced breast cancer drugWASHINGTON, March 14 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Food and DrugAdministration (FDA) on Wednesday approved a new drug for patientswith advanced, metastatic breast cancer. The newly approved drug Tykerb (lapatinib) is to be used ...
Bucks sack coach Stotts
Mar 15, 2007 ... Bucks sack coach StottsWASHINGTON, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Terry Stotts was fired onWednesday as coach of the Milwaukee Bucks, who are struggling in theNBA after injuries to key players. An interim coach was not announced for Thursday's game against SanAntonio, general ...
Cambodian airports plan to combat terrorism
Mar 15, 2007 ... Cambodian airports plan to combat terrorismPHNOM PENH, March 15 (Xinhua) -- The Phnom Penh and Siem Reapinternational airports of Cambodia are planning to buy and installanti-terrorism equipment to ensure airport security and passengersafety, local media said on Thursday ....
Platini schemes Champions League berths reform
Mar 15, 2007 ... Platini schemes Champions League berths reformLONDON, March 15 (Xinhua) -- UEFA president Michel Platiniproposed playoff matches at the end of the season to determine thefinal Champions League berths on Wednesday. As part of his election platform, Platini said he would like ...