Xinhua News Agency back issues from Monday, March 26:
Quebecers head to polls in historical election
Mar 26, 2007 ... Quebecers head to polls in historical electionOTTAWA, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Voters in Canada's French-speakingprovince of Quebec went to the polls Monday in a historical electionthat may influence national politics. The election may result in the first minority ...
Mexican drug cartel controls most Costa Rica maritime smuggling
Mar 26, 2007 ... Mexican drug cartel controls most Costa Rica maritime smugglingSAN JOSE, March 25 (Xinhua) -- The Sinaloa Cartel, one of Mexico'smost powerful drug trafficking organizations, was behind the rampantcocaine trafficking activities among fishermen in Costa Rica, seniorsecurity ...
Pommel horse results at Cottbus gymnastics World Cup
Mar 26, 2007 ... Pommel horse results at Cottbus gymnastics World CupBERLIN, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the pommel horseresults from the Cottbus gymnastics World Cup in Germany on Sunday: 1. Krisztian Berki, Hungry, 16.000 points 2. Teng Haibin, China, ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- March 25
Mar 26, 2007 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- March 25BEIJING, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are domestic news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Sunday: Senior Chinese official calls for increasing human organ donations Roundup: Tsang's victory in CE election meets public expectations ...
Writethru: Germany's Merkel vows "roadmap" for EU constitution by June
Mar 26, 2007 ... Writethru: Germany's Merkel vows "roadmap" for EU constitution byJuneBERLIN, March 25 (Xinhua) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel onSunday vowed to set a "roadmap" for the stalled constitution of theEuropean Union (EU) by the end of June. Merkel, whose country currently ...
Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2320 GMT, March 25
Mar 26, 2007 ... Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2320 GMT, March 25CAIRO -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Sunday morning metwith visiting U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in thesouthern city of Aswan to discuss the latest Mideast developments andEgyptian domestic politics, ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua
Mar 26, 2007 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of XinhuaHONG KONG, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong on Sunday:Urgent: Japan issues tsunami warning after strong quake 1st Ld Writethru: Strong earthquake hits central ...
Opener, Advisory
Mar 26, 2007 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service for Sunday,March 25, 2007, and begins ...
Spanish royal family to donate 6 mln euros to El Salvador
Mar 26, 2007 ... Spanish royal family to donate 6 mln euros to El SalvadorMEXICO CITY, March 25 (Xinhua) -- The Spanish royal family willgive El Salvador 6 million euros (7.9 million U.S. dollars) to fightpoverty, Salvadoran President Elias Antonio Saca told local radio onSunday ....
Malaysia to host Asia oil, gas conference
Mar 26, 2007 ... Malaysia to host Asia oil, gas conferenceKUALA LUMPUR, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia will host the 12thAsia Oil and Gas Conference (AOGC 2007) in June, local press reportedMonday. Slated for June 10-12, the annual conference will be held at theKuala Lumpur Convention ...
4th Ld Writethru: Sri Lankan Air Force base under air raids
Mar 26, 2007 ... 4th Ld Writethru: Sri Lankan Air Force base under air raidsCOLOMBO, March 26 (Xinhua) -- A major base of the Sri Lankan AirForce, some 30 km north of the island country's capital Colombo, wasattacked by suspected aircraft of Tamil Tigers early Monday morning,defense officials ...
Update: Frequent aftershocks continue in central Japan
Mar 26, 2007 ... Update: Frequent aftershocks continue in central JapanWAJIMA, Japan, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Frequent aftershocks continuedto jolt central Japan on Monday, where a major earthquake on Sundaymorning killed one and injured 196 in prefectures of Ishikawa, Toyamaand Niigata ....
Women's vault results of Cottbus gymnastics World Cup
Mar 26, 2007 ... Women's vault results of Cottbus gymnastics World CupBERLIN, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the women's vaultresults from the Cottbus gymnastics World Cup in Germany on Saturday: 1. Oksana Chusovitina, Germany, 14.762 points 2. Jade Barbosa, ...
Suspected militant arrested in Indonesia
Mar 26, 2007 ... Suspected militant arrested in IndonesiaJAKARTA, March 26 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian police arrested asuspected militant during a raid in the East Java capital of SurabayaMonday and seized 12.5 kg of explosive materials. The suspect, identified as Ahmad Fachrul Umam alias ...
Hungarian Berki outstrips Olympic champion for pommel horse title at Cottbus WC
Mar 26, 2007 ... Hungarian Berki outstrips Olympic champion for pommel horse titleat Cottbus WCBERLIN, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Krisztian Berki of Hungry, the 2006European champion, out-performed Olympic champion Teng Haibin fromChina to lift the pommel horse title at the Cottbus gymnastics ...
Tokyo shares open higher
Mar 26, 2007 ... Tokyo shares open higherTOKYO, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks opened slightly higher onMonday, after the rise in the Dow Jones index on Friday. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the 225-issue Nikkei StockAverage ...
Venezuela president calls on international community to respect Iran
Mar 26, 2007 ... Venezuela president calls on international community to respectIranCARACAS, March 25 (Xinhua) -- The international community shouldrespect Iran's sovereignty and prevent a possible U.S. attack againstthat country, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez said Sunday on atelevision ...
Xinhua international news advisory -- March 26
Mar 26, 2007 ... Xinhua international news advisory -- March 26BEIJING, March 25 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of the majorinternational news stories scheduled to be covered or pursued byXinhua on Monday. -- Chinese President Hu Jintao starts ...
Bird flu slashes poultry sales in Bangladesh by 20 percent
Mar 26, 2007 ... Bird flu slashes poultry sales in Bangladesh by 20 percentDHAKA, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Avian influenza has slashed sales ofpoultry and poultry products by 20 percent in Bangladesh, the localdaily The Financial Express reported Monday. "The disease has cost the poultry ...
Roundup: Senior Chinese party official ends Mexico visit
Mar 26, 2007 ... Roundup: Senior Chinese party official ends Mexico visitMEXICO CITY, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Li Changchun, a senior officialof the Communist Party of China (CPC), on Sunday ended a visit toMexico, which was aimed at deepening the strategic partnershipestablished by the two nations ...
Philippine stocks close lower
Mar 26, 2007 ... Philippine stocks close lowerMANILA, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Philippine stock prices closed loweron Monday as cautious investors locked in profits in select bluechips in the absence of inspiring leads, dealers said. The main composite index finished down 20.01 points or ...
Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapers
Mar 26, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapers ISLAMABAD, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are major news items inleading Pakistani newspapers on Monday.Daily Times: -- Hundreds of opposition activists have been detained ahead of acountrywide protest Monday ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, March 26
Mar 26, 2007 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, March 26NEW YORK -- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said hereSunday that Tehran will continue its "legal and peaceful nuclearprogram," but will give a formal response to a UN resolution passedSaturday after a "thorough and ...
Zambia holds Congo Brazzaville in Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
Mar 26, 2007 ... Zambia holds Congo Brazzaville in Africa Cup of Nations qualifier LUSAKA, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Zambia has remained in contention forthe Ghana 2008 Africa Cup of Nations after holding second-placedCongo Brazzaville 0-0 at in Brazzaville Sunday afternoon. The Chipolopolo boys ...
Rings' results of Cottbus gymnastics World Cup
Mar 26, 2007 ... Rings' results of Cottbus gymnastics World CupBERLIN, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the rings' results fromthe Cottbus gymnastics World Cup in Germany on Sunday: 1. Regulo Carmona, Venezuela, 16.125 points 2. Andrea Coppolino, Italy, 16.075 ...
Results of Sunday's NBA games
Mar 26, 2007 ... Results of Sunday's NBA gamesWASHINGTON, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of theNational Basketball Association games on Sunday (home team in CAPS): Dallas Mavericks 104 ATLANTA HAWKS 97 Chicago Bulls 92 INDIANA PACERS ...
Brazilian soccer standings
Mar 26, 2007 ... Brazilian soccer standingsRIO DE JANEIRO, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standingsSunday in the Brazilian soccer state league championships (tabulatedunder matches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against andpoints): Sao Paulo Championship Santos ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Mar 26, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, March 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Monday.Asahi: -- A strong earthquake estimated at magnitude 6.9 struck at around9:42 a.m. Sunday off the Noto Peninsula ...
Cote d'Ivoire beats Madagascar 3-0 in African Nation Cup qualifier
Mar 26, 2007 ... Cote d'Ivoire beats Madagascar 3-0 in African Nation Cup qualifier ANTANANARIVO, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Elephants from Cote d'Ivoirebeat the oxen of the Indian Ocean island country of Madagascar by abig margin of 3-0 here Sunday afternoon in a qualification match forthe African ...
Chinese gymnasts secure three golds, two silvers at World Cup
Mar 26, 2007 ... Chinese gymnasts secure three golds, two silvers at World CupCOTTBUS, Germany, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese gymnastic teamcollected three gold and two silver medals at the three-day 2007gymnastics World Cup held in Cottbus, Germany. Teng Haibin won the gold medal on ...
Brazil win six-way final of S. American under-17 soccer
Mar 26, 2007 ... Brazil win six-way final of S. American under-17 soccerQUITO, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Brazil won the South-American Under-17 Soccer Championship on Sunday as they crushed Ecuador 5-2 in thesix-way final at the Atahualpa Stadium in Ecuador's capital city,Quito. Brazil's goals ...
Results from Sony Ericsson Open women's tennis
Mar 26, 2007 ... Results from Sony Ericsson Open women's tennisWASHINGTON, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the third roundresults from the Sony Ericsson women's singles Open in Miami onSunday (prefix number denotes seeding): 8-Nicole Vaidisova, Czech Republic, bt Victoria Azarenka, ...
Results from Sony Ericsson Open men's singles tennis
Mar 26, 2007 ... Results from Sony Ericsson Open men's singles tennisWASHINGTON, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Sony EricssonOpen men's singles results in Miami on Sunday (prefix number denotesseeding): Third round: Paul-Henri Mathieu, France, bt 5-Fernando Gonzalez, Chile, ...
Results from international soccer friendlies
Mar 26, 2007 ... Results from international soccer friendliesWASHINGTON, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results fromthe international soccer friendlies ...
African Nations Cup goalscorers
Mar 26, 2007 ... African Nations Cup goalscorersJOHANNESBURG, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the goalscorersin the African Nations Cup qualifiers after the weekend's third roundof qualifying matches: 4- Flavio (Angola) 3-Suleimani Ndikumana (Burundi), Mohamadou Idrissou, ...
Maradona to fly to Switzerland to fight weight
Mar 26, 2007 ... Maradona to fly to Switzerland to fight weightBUENOS AIRES, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Diego Maradona, the Argentinesoccer star of the 80s, will travel to Switzerland to lose weight,his personal doctor Alfredo Cahe told Argentine radio 10 on Sunday. Maradona, which is known as ...
Kenyan soccer team beat Swaziland 2-0 in Nations Cup qualifying
Mar 26, 2007 ... Kenyan soccer team beat Swaziland 2-0 in Nations Cup qualifyingNAIROBI, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's national soccer team,Harambee Stars, returned to the international competition on apositive note when they beat Swaziland 2-0 in Nairobi on Sunday toregister their first Group ...
Veteran Chusovitina wins Germany vault gold at Cottbus WC
Mar 26, 2007 ... Veteran Chusovitina wins Germany vault gold at Cottbus WCBERLIN, March 25 (Xinhua) -- The 32-year-old veteran gymnastOksana Chusovitina cruised to women's vault title out of twoenergetic routines for the hosts at the Cottbus gymnastics World Cupin Germany on Sunday ....
Intel to announce 2.5 bln dollar project in China
Mar 26, 2007 ... Intel to announce 2.5 bln dollar project in ChinaBEIJING, March 26 (Xinhua) -- U.S. chip giant Intel Corp. is toannounce on Monday its plan to build a 2.5-billion-US-dollar plant inDalian, a port city in northeast China's Liaoning Province, the localgovernment of Dalian said ....
Over half of Chilean women suffer domestic violence: survey
Mar 26, 2007 ... Over half of Chilean women suffer domestic violence: surveySANTIAGO, March 25 (Xinhua) -- More than 50 percent of Chileanwomen have suffered some domestic violence, according to a surveypublished on Sunday by the National Women's Service. "One of the main concerns expressed ...
Standings of 2006-2007 NBA conference after March 25 games
Mar 26, 2007 ... Standings of 2006-2007 NBA conference after March 25 gamesWASHINGTON, March 25 (Xinhua)-- Following are the standings of theNational Basketball Association after games finished on Sunday: Eastern Conference Name Win Loss PCTHome Road Streak ...
Major news items in leading Australian newspapers
Mar 26, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Australian newspapersCANBERRA, March 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Australian newspapers on Monday.The Australian: -- Prime Minister John Howard is expected to announce this week amajor increase to ...
European PGA Tour WGC-CA Championship scores
Mar 26, 2007 ... European PGA Tour WGC-CA Championship scoresWASHINGTON, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading scoresfrom the WGC-CA Championship at the par-72 course in Miami, Floridaon Sunday (United States unless stated): 278 Tiger Woods 71 66 68 73 ...
Chinese president leaves for Russia
Mar 26, 2007 ... Chinese president leaves for RussiaBEIJING, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao lefthere on Monday morning to pay a three-day state visit to Russia atthe invitation of his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. During the visit, President Hu will attend the ...
Collated results of African Nations Cup qualifiers
Mar 26, 2007 ... Collated results of African Nations Cup qualifiersJOHANNESBURG, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the collatedresults of the 2008 African Nations Cup qualifiers played at theweekend: GROUP ONE Played on Sunday: In Antananarivo: Madagascar 0 Cote d'Ivoire ...
Vietnam gets American Idol version
Mar 26, 2007 ... Vietnam gets American Idol versionHANOI, March 26 (Xinhua) -- A Vietnamese TV station has signed acopyright contract with the producer of American Idol, one of theworld's most popular TV shows, to create Vietnam Idol, localnewspaper Vietnam News reported Monday. "We want ...
Foreign exchange rates in Philippines
Mar 26, 2007 ... Foreign exchange rates in PhilippinesMANILA, March 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the peso released by the Philippine central bank onMonday:MondayFriday U.S. dollar 48.1740 48.2610 Japanese yen ...
Chinese, Vanuatuan premiers exchange congratulations on anniversaryof diplomatic ties
Mar 26, 2007 ... Chinese, Vanuatuan premiers exchange congratulations onanniversary of diplomatic tiesBEIJING, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Mondayexchanged congratulatory messages with his Vanuatuan counterpart, HamLini, marking the 25th anniversary of the establishment of ...
Major news items in leading Indian newspapers
Mar 26, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Indian newspapersNEW DELHI, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are major news headlinesin leading Indian newspapers on Monday.The Indian Express: -- Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee Sundayrequested Indian Petroleum ...
Former Malaysian minister to scale Mt. Qomolangma
Mar 26, 2007 ... Former Malaysian minister to scale Mt. QomolangmaKATHMANDU, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Former Malaysian Deputy MinisterDatuk Khalid Yunus is leading an expedition to climb Mt. Qomolanamathis season, a leading newspaper The Kathmandu Post reported onMonday. According to the ...
Market exchange rates -- March 26
Mar 26, 2007 ... Market exchange rates -- March 26BEIJING, March 26 (Xinhua) -- The central parity of the RMBagainst five major currencies announced on March 26 by the ChinaForeign Exchange Trading System: Currency UnitMiddle Price (in RMB yuan) U.S. Dollar 100 ...
Nepal to hold School Leaving Certificate exam in April
Mar 26, 2007 ... Nepal to hold School Leaving Certificate exam in AprilKATHMANDU, March 26 (Xinhua) -- The School Leaving Certificate(SLC) examinations of 2007 will be held on April 4-12, NepaliNational News Agency, RSS reported on Monday. According to the RSS, a total of 368,678 students ...
Malaysia plans to beef up police force
Mar 26, 2007 ... Malaysia plans to beef up police forceKUALA LUMPUR, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia plans to take inanother 60,000 policemen to raise the total police force to 150, 000strong, local press reported Monday. The police force is currently 90,000 strong but many people feelthis ...
Tokyo shares almost flat in morning
Mar 26, 2007 ... Tokyo shares almost flat in morningTOKYO, March 26 (Xinhua) --Tokyo stocks ended Monday morning session almost flat, with both keyindexes slightly lower. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ...
1st LD: Intel announces 2.5 bln dollar project in China
Mar 26, 2007 ... 1st LD: Intel announces 2.5 bln dollar project in ChinaBEIJING, March 26 (Xinhua) -- U.S. chip giant Intel Corp. said onMonday it will build a 2.5-billion-U.S.-dollar semiconductor plant inDalian, a port city in northeast China's Liaoning Province. The plant, to be located ...
Vietnam uses methadone as drug substitute
Mar 26, 2007 ... Vietnam uses methadone as drug substituteHANOI, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's Health Ministry haspermitted, for the first time, the use of methadone, a syntheticnarcotic, as a therapeutic tool to rehabilitate drug addicts, localnewspaper Youth reported on Monday. The ...
Argentine soccer results
Mar 26, 2007 ... Argentine soccer resultsBUENOS AIRES, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results ofthe seventh round of the Argentine Clausura first-division soccerleague (home teams first): Friday: Nueva Chicago 2, Belgrano de Cordoba 0 Racing Club 2, Arsenal 2 ...
Poppy cultivation in Myanmar falls 34 percent in 2006: UNODC
Mar 26, 2007 ... Poppy cultivation in Myanmar falls 34 percent in 2006: UNODCYANGON, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar's poppy cultivation fell 34percent to 21,500 hectares in 2006, representing a dramatic 83percent drop from 130,300 hectares in 1998, all state-run newspapersquoted an annual report ...
Mexicans demonstrate against proposed abortion law
Mar 26, 2007 ... Mexicans demonstrate against proposed abortion lawMEXICO CITY, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Some 5,000 people marchedthrough Mexico City Sunday to express their opposition to a possiblelegalization of abortion in the first three months of pregnancy. The protesters, called upon by ...
Italy dominates Cuban badminton contest
Mar 26, 2007 ... Italy dominates Cuban badminton contestHAVANA, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Italy's national badminton team wontwo gold medals on Sunday to lead the medals table at the eighthedition of the Giraldilla International Tournament. In the women's singles, Italy's Agnese Allegrine, ...
Standings of African Nations Cup qualifiers
Mar 26, 2007 ... Standings of African Nations Cup qualifiersJOHANNESBURG, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of2008 African Nations Cup after qualifiers over the weekend (tabulatedunder matches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against andpoints): GROUP ONE 1 ....
Angola beat Eritrea 6-1 in African Nations Cup qualifying
Mar 26, 2007 ... Angola beat Eritrea 6-1 in African Nations Cup qualifyingLUANDA, March 25 (Xinhua) -- The Angolan national football teambeat Eritrea 6-1 in a Group F qualifying match of the African Cup ofNations 2008 here on Sunday. The team scored three goals ...
Men's floor exercise results at Cottbus gymnastics World Cup
Mar 26, 2007 ... Men's floor exercise results at Cottbus gymnastics World CupBERLIN, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the men's floorexercise results at Cottbus gymnastics World Cup in Germany onSunday: 1. Vadym Kuvakin, Ukraine, 15.525 points 2. Victor Rosa, ...
Uneven bars results from Cottbus gymnastics World Cup
Mar 26, 2007 ... Uneven bars results from Cottbus gymnastics World CupBERLIN, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the uneven bars resultsfrom the Cottbus gymnastics Wolrd Cup in Germany on Saturday: 1. Elsa Garcia, Mexico, 15.250 points 2. Kristina Palesova, Czech ...
Nepali PM to leave for SAARC summit on April 1
Mar 26, 2007 ... Nepali PM to leave for SAARC summit on April 1KATHMANDU, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Nepali Prime Minister GirijaPrasad Koirala is leaving for New Delhi on April 1 to attend the 14thSummit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation(SAARC), a leading website, eKantipur.com ...