Xinhua News Agency back issues from Thursday, April 12:
Opener, Advisory
Apr 12, 2007 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service forWednesday, April 11, 2007, and begins ...
China is "crucial" persuader of Sudan peace plan: senior diplomat
Apr 12, 2007 ... China is "crucial" persuader of Sudan peace plan: senior diplomat BEIJING, April 11 (Xinhua) -- China played a crucial role inpersuading Sudan to accept the peace plan over the Darfur issue putforward by former U.N chief Kofi Annan, said Chinese AssistantForeign Minister Zhai Jun ...
Chinese premier urges Japan to properly handle history, Taiwan issues
Apr 12, 2007 ... Chinese premier urges Japan to properly handle history, TaiwanissuesTOKYO, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao onWednesday urged Japan to properly handle history issues and theTaiwan question. During talks with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe, Wen ...
Senegal to host forum on African air transport security
Apr 12, 2007 ... Senegal to host forum on African air transport security DAKAR,April 11 (Xinhua) -- International Air Transport Association (IATA)will organize a forum here on April 12-13 dubbed "First Days ofAviation," on the theme of "security, a priority for air transport, arequirement for its ...
Johannesburg stock down despite Gold Fields
Apr 12, 2007 ... Johannesburg stock down despite Gold Fields JOHANNESBURG, April 11 (Xinhua) -- The Johannesburg SecurityExchange ended lower on Wednesday, overriding a great show by GoldFields (GFI) following media reports that an American financier mightbid for it. The bourse also ignored ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- April 11 (1)
Apr 12, 2007 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- April 11 (1)BEIJING, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Following are domestic news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Wednesday: Death toll of infectious diseases rises 42 percent in March China's iron ore imports rise 23 pct in first quarter ...
China, Japan reach consensus on forging mutually beneficial strategic ties
Apr 12, 2007 ... China, Japan reach consensus on forging mutually beneficialstrategic tiesTOKYO, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese and Japanese leaders onWednesday reached consensus on building a strategic, mutuallybeneficial relationship. A joint press communique issued after talks between ...
Chinese premier holds talks with Japanese PM
Apr 12, 2007 ... Chinese premier holds talks with Japanese PMTOKYO, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabaoheld talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe here Wednesday,during which the two leaders agreed on the content of the strategic,mutually beneficial relationship ...
China, Japan pledge to strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation
Apr 12, 2007 ... China, Japan pledge to strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation TOKYO, April 11 (Xinhua) -- China and Japan on Wednesday vowed tostrengthen mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields inefforts to forge strategic relationship, according to a Sino-Japanese joint press ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)
Apr 12, 2007 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)HONG KONG, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong on Wednesday:Foreign exchange rates in Hong Kong -- April 11 NZ stocks close down Philippine gov't ...
Chinese, Japanese leaders agree to boost strategic ties
Apr 12, 2007 ... Chinese, Japanese leaders agree to boost strategic tiesTOKYO, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao andJapanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed on Wednesday that a lot hasto be done in the course of building a strategic, mutually beneficialrelationship. During ...
South Africa expresses shock over Algeria bomb blasts
Apr 12, 2007 ... South Africa expresses shock over Algeria bomb blasts JOHANNESBURG, April 11 (Xinhua) -- The South African governmentexpressed its sadness, shock and outrage at the spate of bombings inAlgeria on Wednesday. The Department of Foreign Affairs said in a statement: "In ...
UN warns over growth of slum dwellers in Kenya
Apr 12, 2007 ... UN warns over growth of slum dwellers in Kenya NAIROBI, April 11 (Xinhua) -- The UN agency for human settlementwarned on Wednesday that the number of Kenyan slum dwellers isexpected to double within the next decade unless urgent action istaken to make housing in urban areas more ...
China says attempts to boycott Beijing Olympics doomed to fail
Apr 12, 2007 ... China says attempts to boycott Beijing Olympics doomed to failBEIJING, April 11 (Xinhua) -- China said on Wednesday that theattempts of some people to boycott the Beijing Olympic Games as aprotest against its policy on the Darfur issue are doomed to fail. People who harbor ...
World's housing ministers to meet in Kenya over urbanization
Apr 12, 2007 ... World's housing ministers to meet in Kenya over urbanization NAIROBI, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Housing ministers and urban plannersfrom around the world are due to meet in Nairobi next week to discussurbanization crisis, UN officials said on Wednesday. The ministersfrom 100 ...
Former Party chief in central China city accused of taking huge bribes
Apr 12, 2007 ... Former Party chief in central China city accused of taking hugebribesCHANGSHA, April 11 (Xinhua) -- The former Party chief of ChenzhouCity in central China's Hunan Province has been accused of takingbribes of more than 14.34 million yuan, a provincial official saidWednesday ....
Roundup: Bomb blasts leave 23 dead, over 160 more injured in Algeria
Apr 12, 2007 ... Roundup: Bomb blasts leave 23 dead, over 160 more injured inAlgeria ALGIERS, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Two bomb blasts, one of which wastargeted at the prime minister's headquarters, shook Algiers onWednesday leaving 23 people dead and 162 others injured, according toofficial ...
France condemns bombing blasts in Algeria
Apr 12, 2007 ... France condemns bombing blasts in Algeria PARIS, April 11 (Xinhua) -- French Foreign Minister PhilippeDouste-Blazy on Wednesday condemned the attacks leaving 23 peopledead and 162 others injured in Algiers, capital of Algeria. "I express my horror and my indignation about the ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- April 11 (2)
Apr 12, 2007 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- April 11 (2)Sinopec expects steady growth in 2007 performance Company managers must hold shares for minimum period Angang Steel records 229 percent growth in net profits Taiwan's main opposition party swears in new leader ...
1st Ld-Writethru: China stresses fair play in foreign acquisition of domestic companies
Apr 12, 2007 ... 1st Ld-Writethru: China stresses fair play in foreign acquisitionof domestic companiesBEIJING, April 11 (Xinhua) -- China will encourage foreigninvestment while protecting the rights and interests of Chinesebusinesses in disputes over foreign mergers and acquisitions, ...
China to conduct first extensive survey on polluters
Apr 12, 2007 ... China to conduct first extensive survey on pollutersBEIJING, April 11 (Xinhua) -- In a bid to capture an overallpicture of how much pollution is emitted, China's State Council, orthe cabinet, has decided to launch the first-ever nationwide surveyof all polluters. The ...
New Romanian government outlines priorities
Apr 12, 2007 ... New Romanian government outlines prioritiesBUCHAREST, April 11(Xinhua) -- Romanian Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu onWednesday outlined the fight against corruption, absorbing Europeanfunds and working as a team as the priorities for his new reshuffledgovernment during its ...
Chinese envoy says Darfur situation "basically stable"
Apr 12, 2007 ... Chinese envoy says Darfur situation "basically stable"BEIJING, April 11 (Xinhua) -- The situation in Sudan's Darfurregion is "basically stable", a Chinese special envoy who has justreturned from a Sudan tour said on Wednesday. He urged the international community to also ...
Zimbabwean mobile operator bars prepaid int'l calls
Apr 12, 2007 ... Zimbabwean mobile operator bars prepaid int'l calls HARARE, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwe's mobile operator, EconetWireless, has with immediate effect barred all its prepaid customersfrom making international calls citing foreign currency shortages,The Herald reported on ...
China securities regulator joins multilateral probe cooperation
Apr 12, 2007 ... China securities regulator joins multilateral probe cooperationBEIJING, April 11 (Xinhua) -- China's securities regulator saidWednesday it has joined an international securities investigativeagreement that will help it solve cross-border regulatory problemsand achieve a higher ...
Public prosecutor engaged in trying Islamic militants shot dead in Bangladesh
Apr 12, 2007 ... Public prosecutor engaged in trying Islamic militants shot dead inBangladeshDHAKA, April 11 (Xinhua) -- A public prosecutor who conducted thecase against top militant leaders of banned Jamaatul MujahideenBangladesh (JMB) outfit was shot dead by unknown assailants ...
Results from Valencia Open ATP tennis
Apr 12, 2007 ... Results from Valencia Open ATP tennisMADRID, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from thethird day of the Valencia Open men's tennis on Wednesday (prefixnumber denotes seeding): First round: Alberto Martin, Spain, bt Feliciano Lopez, Spain, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 ...
Russian PM arrives in Pakistan for visit
Apr 12, 2007 ... Russian PM arrives in Pakistan for visitISLAMABAD, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Russian Prime Minister MikhailE.Fradkov arrived Wednesday in Pakistan for a three-day visit, thestate-run Pakistan Television reported. During the visit, Pakistan and Russia are likely to ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, April 12
Apr 12, 2007 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, April 12NAIROBI -- Housing ministers and urban planners from around theworld are due to meet in Nairobi next week to discuss urbanizationcrisis, UN officials said on Wednesday. The ministers from 100countries will attend the 21st Session ...
Collated standings of AFC Champions League
Apr 12, 2007 ... Collated standings of AFC Champions LeagueBEIJING, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of theAFC Champions league after soccer matches on Wednesday (tabulatedunder matches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against andpoints): Group A Al Wahda, ...
Results from U.S. Clay Court men's tennis
Apr 12, 2007 ... Results from U.S. Clay Court men's tennisWASHINGTON, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Following are the U.S. Clay CourtChampionships men's singles second round results in Houston, Texas ...
Fuel prices increased in Zambia
Apr 12, 2007 ... Fuel prices increased in Zambia LUSAKA, April 11 (Xinhua) -- The Energy Regulations Board ofZambia has with immediate effect increased pump prices for petrol,diesel and kerosene. The price of petrol has been increased from 5, 939 kwacha (1.4 U.S. dollars) to 6,513 kwacha ....
More than half of South African businesses innovative
Apr 12, 2007 ... More than half of South African businesses innovative JOHANNESBURG, April 11 (Xinhua) -- More than half of South Africanbusinesses were involved in innovative activities between 2002 and2004, a survey revealed on Wednesday. Derek Hanekom, the deputy minister of science and ...
Fixtures of AFC Champions League soccer matches
Apr 12, 2007 ... Fixtures of AFC Champions League soccer matchesBEIJING, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Following are the next fixtuers ofthe AFC Champions league soccer matches on April 25 (home team first,all local time): Group A Al Rayyan, Qatar, vs Al Arabi, Kuwait (18:25) Al ...
Solomons people ask for rebuilding help: UN
Apr 12, 2007 ... Solomons people ask for rebuilding help: UNCANBERRA, April 12 (Xinhua) -- The people of Solomon Islands areasking for help to rebuild shattered homes and infrastructure astremors continued to shake the tsunami affected areas. UN agencies said the people also need emergency ...
Brazil Sao Paulo appoints Rai as European representative
Apr 12, 2007 ... Brazil Sao Paulo appoints Rai as European representativeSAO PAULO, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Sao Paulo soccer club hasappointed on Wednesday Brazilian former soccer Rai Souza VieiraOliveira as its official representative to Europe. Rai, 41, who lives in London, said that he has ...
Major news items in leading Australian newspapers
Apr 12, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Australian newspapersCANBERRA, April 12 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Australian newspapers on Thursday.The Australian: -- The Philippine army's U.S.-backed campaign to flush out some ofsoutheast Asia's most ...
Cuba's Industriales wins through to Baseball Series final
Apr 12, 2007 ... Cuba's Industriales wins through to Baseball Series finalHAVANA, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Cuban baseball team Industriales hasbeaten Havana 10-0 and will go through to the Cuban Baseball Seriesfinal, battling the winner of the Santiago-Villa Clara game. There will be two more ...
Zambian information minister fired
Apr 12, 2007 ... Zambian information minister fired LUSAKA, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Zambian President Levy Mwanawasafired Wednesday his Information and Broadcasting Services MinisterVernon Mwaanga, according to a statement released to local press byspecial assistant to the president for press and ...
Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, April 11
Apr 12, 2007 ... Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, April 11JERUSALEM -- Israeli official denied on Wednesday a localnewspaper report that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has decided toreject a list of prisoners the Palestinians wanted to be freed inexchange for the return of a captured ...
Tokyo stocks open lower
Apr 12, 2007 ... Tokyo stocks open lowerTOKYO, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks opened lower Thursday. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the 225-issue Nikkei StockAverage fell 124.85 points, or ...
Argentine soccer player Maradona's liver still inflamed
Apr 12, 2007 ... Argentine soccer player Maradona's liver still inflamedBUENOS AIRES, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Argentine soccer star of 1980sDiego Maradona overcame the medical emergency but his liver is stillinflamed due to his alcoholism, his personal doctor Alfredo Cahe saidWednesday ....
Urgent: Chinese premier delivers speech in Japanese Diet
Apr 12, 2007 ... Urgent: Chinese premier delivers speech in Japanese DietTOKYO, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Chinese Premier Wen ...
Peru soccer manager punished for partying, lying
Apr 12, 2007 ... Peru soccer manager punished for partying, lyingLIMA, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Peru's soccer authorities on Wednesdayannounced a pay cut for national team manager, Julio Uribe, as apunishment for lying about partying in Japanese city Yokohama, afterPeru's March 24 2-0 defeat in a ...
Botswana sends helicopter to search missing pilot
Apr 12, 2007 ... Botswana sends helicopter to search missing pilot JOHANNESBURG, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Botswana sent a militaryhelicopter on Wednesday to scour the arid Kalahari Desert in searchof a South African pilot who went missing on Sunday. Police, wildlife and medical personnel in the ...
Road accident kills at least five in Zimbabwe
Apr 12, 2007 ... Road accident kills at least five in Zimbabwe HARARE, April 11 (Xinhua) -- At least five people were killed andseveral others were injured in Zimbabwe on Wednesday when a CapitalExpress bus travelling from Beitbridge to Harare burst a front tyreand plunged into a river, the ...
China, Japan vow to strengthen cooperation on regional, international affairs
Apr 12, 2007 ... China, Japan vow to strengthen cooperation on regional,international affairsTOKYO, April 11 (Xinhua) -- China and Japan vowed to strengthencooperation on regional and international affairs in efforts to builda mutually beneficial strategic relationship, according to a ...
Collated results from Champions League quarterfinals
Apr 12, 2007 ... Collated results from Champions League quarterfinalsLONDON, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Following are the collated results ofWednesday's Champions League quarter-final second leg matches: At Liverpool Liverpool beat PSV Eindhoven 1-0 (Liverpool win 4-0 on ...
V. Williams, Jankovic advance at Family Circle Cup
Apr 12, 2007 ... V. Williams, Jankovic advance at Family Circle CupWASHINGTON, April 11 (Xinhua) -- American Venus Williams reachedthe third round of the Family Circle Cup women's tennis inCharleston, North Carolina on Wednesday. The world number 29, who won the Family Circle three years ...
Uruguayan Nacional seeks to defeat Argentina's Velez
Apr 12, 2007 ... Uruguayan Nacional seeks to defeat Argentina's VelezMONTEVIDEO, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Uruguay first division soccerteam Nacional must win its Copa Libertadores' Group Four matchThursday against Argentina's Velez, if it wants to keep its chance toqualify for the competition's ...
Results from Family Circle Cup women's tennis second round
Apr 12, 2007 ... Results from Family Circle Cup women's tennis second roundWASHINGTON, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Family CircleCup women's singles second round results on Wednesday (prefix numberdenotes seeding): 12-Katarina Srebotnik, Slovenia, bt Aravane Rezai, France, ...
Top scorers of Champions League
Apr 12, 2007 ... Top scorers of Champions LeagueLONDON, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Champions Leaguetop scorers after Wednesday's quarter-final, second leg matches: 7 Kaka (AC Milan) 6 Ruud Van Nistelrooy (Real Madrid) Didier Drogba (Chelsea) ...
Peru coach fined due to improper disco outing
Apr 12, 2007 ... Peru coach fined due to improper disco outingLIMA, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Peru coach Julio Cesar Uribe was fined30 percent off one month's wages by Peruvian Football Federationafter media exposed his controversial outing to a disco followinglast month's friendly in Japan ....
AC Milan join English party in Champions League
Apr 12, 2007 ... AC Milan join English party in Champions LeagueLONDON, April 11 (Xinhua) -- AC Milan became the only non-Englishside in the Champions League's last four after a 2-0 win over BayernMunich on Wednesday. The victory sent them through 4-2 on aggregate to set up asemifinal tie ...
Zandberg beats Neethling in S. African swimming championships
Apr 12, 2007 ... Zandberg beats Neethling in S. African swimming championshipsJOHANNESBURG, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Gerhard Zandberg, South Africangold medalist at the World Swimming Championships last month, won themen's 50 meters freestyle final during the South African NationalAquatic ...
Urgent: Wen calls for pushing forward Sino-Japanese ties to new stage
Apr 12, 2007 ... Urgent: Wen calls for pushing forward Sino-Japanese ties to newstageTOKYO, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabaosaid in Japanese Diet (parliament) on Thursday that the Chinese andJapanese leaders have reached consensus on forging ...
Colombia aborts bid to host soccer World Cup in 2014
Apr 12, 2007 ... Colombia aborts bid to host soccer World Cup in 2014BOGOTA, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Colombian Football Federation(FCF)confirmed on Wednesday that Colombia has aborted its bid to hostthe World Cup in 2014. "After analysing all the aspects involved in the organisation ofthe ...
1st LD Writethru: Two more Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Apr 12, 2007 ... 1st LD Writethru: Two more Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan OTTAWA, April 11 (Xinhua)-- Two Canadian soldiers were killed inAfghanistan on Wednesday, only three days after a roadside bombclaimed six soldiers' lives in the troubled country, Canadian mediareported. The ...
16 fans charged over Old Trafford clashes
Apr 12, 2007 ... 16 fans charged over Old Trafford clashesLONDON, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Police charged 16 fans on Wednesdayover skirmishes outside Manchester United's stadium before theirChampions League clash with Roma on Tuesday. Twelve English fans and four from Italy were charged with ...
Major news items in leading Nepali newspapers
Apr 12, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Nepali newspapersKATHMANDU, April 12 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin Nepali leading newspapers on Thursday:The Rising Nepal: -- Indian ambassador to Nepal Shiv Shanker Mukherjee met withPrime Minister Girija Prasad ...
Al Wahda of UAE stay perfect in AFC Champions League
Apr 12, 2007 ... Al Wahda of UAE stay perfect in AFC Champions LeagueKUWAIT CITY, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Al Wahda of the United ArabEmirates maintained their perfect record in this year's AFC ChampionsLeague, claiming a 2-1 victory against Iraq league champions AlZawra'a on Wednesday to open up a ...
1st Ld Writethru: Chinese premier delivers speech in Japanese Diet
Apr 12, 2007 ... 1st Ld Writethru: Chinese premier delivers speech in Japanese Diet TOKYO, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabaodelivered a speech in the Japanese Diet (or parliament) on Thursday,the first by a Chinese leader in 22 years. In his speech on Sino-Japanese ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Apr 12, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, April 12 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Philippine newspapers on Thursday:Manila Bulletin: -- Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno said Wednesday that the SupremeCourt will designate ...
80 bank defaulters' visas cancelled in Nepal
Apr 12, 2007 ... 80 bank defaulters' visas cancelled in NepalKATHMANDU, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Nepali Ministry for ForeignAffairs has sent a list of 80 businessmen blacklisted for non-payment of bank loans to the foreign embassies in Kathmandurequesting them to cancel visa issued to them because ...
Chinese shares open higher on April 12
Apr 12, 2007 ... Chinese shares open higher on April 12BEIJING, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese shares opened higher onThursday. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index opened at 3503.23points, up by ...