Xinhua News Agency back issues from Friday, June 1:
Obesity to be biggest health problem in Netherlands: Expert
Jun 01, 2007 ... Obesity to be biggest health problem in Netherlands: ExpertBRUSSELS, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Obesity will be the biggest healthproblem in the Netherlands in 2050 as more and more children havebeen suffering from overweight in recent years, Dutch media reportedFriday ....
French Open men's singles third round results
Jun 01, 2007 ... French Open men's singles third round resultsPARIS, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Following are the French Open men'ssingles third round results (prefix denotes seeding): Juan Monaco, Argentina, bt Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 ...
Minority students account for over 40 percent of U.S. school enrollment
Jun 01, 2007 ... Minority students account for over 40 percent of U.S. schoolenrollmentWASHINGTON, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Minority students now account for42 percent of public school enrollments in the United States, up from22 percent three decades ago, driven mainly by an extraordinaryinflux of ...
4 foreigners arrested in western Nepal for smuggling hashish
Jun 01, 2007 ... 4 foreigners arrested in western Nepal for smuggling hashishKATHMANDU, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Nepali police have confiscated 4. 5kg hashish from Lakeside in Pokhara in western Nepal, the NationalNews Agency RSS reported on Friday. According to the RSS, four foreigners have also ...
Villagers under rebel fire in Sri Lanka's north
Jun 01, 2007 ... Villagers under rebel fire in Sri Lanka's northCOLOMBO, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels firedmortars and artillery at a village in the north on Thursday, forcingvillagers flee the area, defense officials said. Some 300 families fled the village of ...
Chinese language proficiency competition results unveiled in Malaysia
Jun 01, 2007 ... Chinese language proficiency competition results unveiled inMalaysiaKUALA LUMPUR, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Two Malaysian college studentswon over other fourteen students in the Malaysian zone final of "Chinese Bridge 2007" Chinese language proficiency competition here onThursday, ...
Injuries impede Italy and Israel in Euro 2008 qualifiers
Jun 01, 2007 ... Injuries impede Italy and Israel in Euro 2008 qualifiersPARIS, June 1 (Xinhua) -- World champions Italy are among thecountries having to think again as injury problems take their toll onpreparations for the two rounds of Euro 2008 soccer qualifiers onSaturday and Wednesday ....
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part II)
Jun 01, 2007 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part II)HONG KONG, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Thursday:Dollar stays in mid-121 yen zone in Tokyo NZ ranks 2nd in Global Peace Index Australian ...
1st Ld Writethru: 5 killed in southern Thailand violence
Jun 01, 2007 ... 1st Ld Writethru: 5 killed in southern Thailand violenceBANGKOK, May 31 (Xinhua) -- An unknown number of attackers openedfire at a mosque in Thai southern province of Songkhla on Thursdaynight, killing five villagers and injuring two others. The attack took place at the ...
Urgent: 5 killed in Thai southern violence
Jun 01, 2007 ... Urgent: 5 killed in Thai southern violenceBANGKOK, May 31 (Xinhua) -- An unknown number of attackers ...
Kenya names final squad to face Swaziland
Jun 01, 2007 ... Kenya names final squad to face SwazilandNAIROBI, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Kenya on Thursday unveiled the finallist of players to face Swaziland for 2008 Africa Cup of Nationsqualifying match in Mbabane this weekend. Harambee Stars coach Jacob Mulee dropped three key ...
4th LD Writethru: Mass demonstration held in Bangkok after party disbanding verdict
Jun 01, 2007 ... 4th LD Writethru: Mass demonstration held in Bangkok after partydisbanding verdictBANGKOK, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Thousands of anti-coup demonstratorsrallied in central Bangkok Thursday after the country'sConstitutional Tribunal ordered the former ruling party Thai Rak Thai(TRT) ...
1st LD: Spain, France pledge active role on EU constitution
Jun 01, 2007 ... 1st LD: Spain, France pledge active role on EU constitutionMADRID, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Spanish Prime Minister Jose LuisRodriguez Zapatero and French President Nicolas Sarkozy pledgedThursday to play "active roles" in reaching an agreement on the EU'sconstitution as soon as ...
Major news items in leading Australian newspapers
Jun 01, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Australian newspapersCANBERRA, June 1 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Australian newspapers on Friday:The Australian: -- Australia must consider nuclear power and the creation of acarbon trading scheme as part ...
U.S. defense chief envisions long-term military presence in Iraq
Jun 01, 2007 ... U.S. defense chief envisions long-term military presence in IraqWASHINGTON, May 31 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gatessaid Thursday that he envisions some level of American troops in Iraqfor a "protracted period of time," possibly under a South Korea-likesecurity ...
Xinhua international news advisory -- June 1
Jun 01, 2007 ... Xinhua international news advisory -- June 1BEIJING, June 1 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of the majorinternational news stories scheduled to be covered or pursued byXinhua on Friday. -- ...
Court demands explanation from Brazilian president on refinery sale
Jun 01, 2007 ... Court demands explanation from Brazilian president on refinerysaleRIO DE JANEIRO, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's Federal Supreme Courtsaid on Thursday that it had demanded President Luiz Inacio Lula daSilva explain the sale of two Petrobras refineries to the Boliviangovernment ....
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Jun 01, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, June 1 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inthe leading Philippine newspapers on Friday:The Manila Times: -- The Philippine economy grew at its fastest rate in nearly 20years in the first three ...
Brazilian president approves anti-crime plan
Jun 01, 2007 ... Brazilian president approves anti-crime planRIO DE JANEIRO, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian President Luiz InacioLula da Silva on Thursday approved a plan to fight crime andviolence, said Minister of Justice Tarso Genro. The plan, the National Program of Public Security ...
Six killed, 8,000 evacuated due to heavy rains in Dominican Republic
Jun 01, 2007 ... Six killed, 8,000 evacuated due to heavy rains in DominicanRepublicSANTO DOMINGO, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Six people have died and atleast 8,000 have been evacuated in the Dominican Republic after daysof heavy rains in the Caribbean nation, the Emergency OperationsCenter (COE) ...
Revised African Nations Cup fixtures
Jun 01, 2007 ... Revised African Nations Cup fixturesCAIRO, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Following are the revised AfricanNations Cup qualifying fourth round group fixtures: GROUP ONE On Sunday: In Bouake: Cote d'Ivoire v Madagascar GROUP TWO On Sunday: In Kigali: ...
Tour of Italy cycling results
Jun 01, 2007 ... Tour of Italy cycling resultsROME, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from the Tourof Italy 18th stage over 203km from Udine to Riese Pie X on Thursday: 1. Alessandro Petacchi, Italy, Milram, 4 hours 32 minutes 51seconds 2. Maximiliano Richeze, Argentina ...
Petacchi wins Giro stage after long sprint
Jun 01, 2007 ... Petacchi wins Giro stage after long sprintROME, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Italy's Alessandro Petacchi took hisfourth stage win of this year's Giro d'Italia on Thursday. Danilo Di Luca retained the overall lead, finishing the 203-km18th stage in the same time. Di Luca was ...
French Open order of play for Friday
Jun 01, 2007 ... French Open order of play for FridayPARIS, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Following are the order of play on theshowcase courts for the sixth day of the French Open on Friday(prefix number denotes seeding): Centre Court Third round 4-Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) v ...
3rd Ld-Writethru-China Focus: China launches communications satellite "SinoSat-3"
Jun 01, 2007 ... 3rd Ld-Writethru-China Focus: China launches communicationssatellite "SinoSat-3"XICHANG, Sichuan Province, June 1 (Xinhua) -- China on earlyFriday morning launched "SinoSat-3", a communications satellite forradio and television broadcasting, aboard a Long March-3A ...
URGENT: China launches communications satellite "SinoSat-3"
Jun 01, 2007 ... URGENT: China launches communications satellite "SinoSat-3"XICHANG, Sichuan Province, June 1 (Xinhua) -- China's carrierrocket, Long March-3A, blasted off from Xichang in southwest China ...
China tightens control over assisted reproductive technology
Jun 01, 2007 ... China tightens control over assisted reproductive technologyBEIJING, May 31 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Health on Thursdayordered health departments and supervising bodies to tighten controlover assisted reproductive technology (ART) and sperm banks. The circular called ...
China to continue to attach great importance to exported food safety
Jun 01, 2007 ... China to continue to attach great importance to exported foodsafetyBEIJING, June 1 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government will continueto pay great attention to exported food safety, said an official withthe country's quality control watchdog on Thursday. "Over the past two ...
Local governments asked to help disabled find jobs
Jun 01, 2007 ... Local governments asked to help disabled find jobsBEIJING, May 31 (Xinhua) -- China's Vice Premier Hui Liangyu onThursday asked governments at various levels to issue more favorablepolicies and improve services to help the disabled find jobs. "Employment of the disabled ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- May 31 (2)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- May 31 (2)2nd LD-Writethru: Chinese shares rebound by 1.4 pct on May 31New sanctions not conducive to settlement of Darfur issue, says FMspokesperson Weather forecast for world cities -- May 31 Weather forecast for major ...
2nd Ld: China launches communications satellite "SinoSat-3"
Jun 01, 2007 ... 2nd Ld: China launches communications satellite "SinoSat-3"XICHANG, Sichuan Province, June 1 (Xinhua) -- China on earlyFriday morning launched "SinoSat-3", a communications satellite forradio and television broadcasting, aboard a Long March-3A carrierrocket, marking the 100th ...
1st LD-Writethru: China says Panamanian merchants responsible for fatal tainted medicine
Jun 01, 2007 ... 1st LD-Writethru: China says Panamanian merchants responsible forfatal tainted medicineBEIJING, May 31 (Xinhua) -- China on Thursday blamed Panamaniantraders for falsifying documents on a Chinese chemical product thatresulted in the deaths of dozens of Panamanian people who had ...
1st Ld: China launches communications satellite "SinoSat-3"
Jun 01, 2007 ... 1st Ld: China launches communications satellite "SinoSat-3"XICHANG, Sichuan Province, June 1 (Xinhua) -- China on earlyFriday morning launched "SinoSat-3", a communications satellite forradio and television broadcasting, aboard a Long March-3A carrierrocket, marking the 100th ...
China's astronaut outfitters design material for spacewalk suits
Jun 01, 2007 ... China's astronaut outfitters design material for spacewalk suitsBEIJING, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have developed amaterial that the country's astronauts can wear for the country'sfirst planned spacewalks on the Shenzhou VII mission next year,according to a Beijing ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- May 31 (1)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- May 31 (1)BEIJING, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Following are domestic news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Thursday:1st LD-Writethru: China's mine rescue teams save 90 lives everymonth Labor official blames ignorance for hepatitis ...
Norway resumes direct aid to Palestine
Jun 01, 2007 ... Norway resumes direct aid to PalestineSTOCKHOLM, May 31 (Xinhua) -- The Norwegian government decidedThursday to provide 70 million Norwegian krone (about 11.7 millionU.S. dollars) in aid to the Palestinian unity government, saidreports from Oslo. The aid will be used to ...
Foreign exchange rates in Nepal
Jun 01, 2007 ... Foreign exchange rates in NepalKATHMANDU, June 1 (Xinhua) -- The following are inter-bank foreignexchange rates against the Nepali rupee on Friday: CurrencyUnit Buying Selling Australian dollar 1 53.4353.91 Canadian dollar 1 ...
O'Brien appointed head coach for Indiana Pacers
Jun 01, 2007 ... O'Brien appointed head coach for Indiana PacersWASHINGTON, May 31 (Xinhua) -- The Indiana Pacers appointed JimO'Brien as head coach on Thursday after the club missed the NBApostseason for the first time in a decade. O'Brien, previously in charge of the Boston Celtics ...
2nd LD Writethru: Spain, France pledge active role on EU constitution
Jun 01, 2007 ... 2nd LD Writethru: Spain, France pledge active role on EUconstitutionMADRID, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Spanish Prime Minister Jose LuisRodriguez Zapatero and French President Nicolas Sarkozy pledgedThursday to play "active roles" in reaching an agreement on the EU'sconstitution as ...
Bangkok Rice F.O.B. Prices
Jun 01, 2007 ... Bangkok Rice F.O.B. PricesBANGKOK, June 1 (Xinhua) -- The following are offered Bangkok ricef.o.b. prices, as set by the Rice Committee Board of Trade ofThailand, for the week starting Friday: U.S. Dollar/Metric Ton Last week This week Jasmine ...
Euro 2008 soccer qualifying fixtures
Jun 01, 2007 ... Euro 2008 soccer qualifying fixturesPARIS, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Euro 2008 soccerqualifying fixtures on Saturday (times in GMT): Group A: (1200) Kazakhstan v Armenia (1600) Azerbaijan v Poland (1615) Finland v Serbia (1845) ...
Market exchange rates -- June 1
Jun 01, 2007 ... Market exchange rates -- June 1BEIJING, June 1 (Xinhua) -- The central parity of the RMB againstfive major currencies announced on June 1 by the China ForeignExchange Trading System: Currency UnitMiddle Price (in RMB yuan) U.S. Dollar 100 ...
S.Korea economy rises 0.9 percent in first quarter
Jun 01, 2007 ... S.Korea economy rises 0.9 percent in first quarterSEOUL, June 1 (Xinhua) -- The South Korean economy rose 0.9percent in the first quarter from three months earlier on strongexports and brisk corporate capital spending, South Korea's centralbank said Friday. On an on-year ...
Brazil creates committee to fight fraud in public purchases
Jun 01, 2007 ... Brazil creates committee to fight fraud in public purchasesRIO DE JANEIRO, May 31 (Xinhua) -- The Brazilian governmentdecided on Thursday to create a committee to battle frauds in publicbidding processes following a major police operation in which 48people were arrested for ...
Foreign exchange rates in Thailand
Jun 01, 2007 ... Foreign exchange rates in ThailandBANGKOK, June 1 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the baht on Friday as offered by the Bangkok Bank:Friday Wednesday U.S. dollar34.25/34.90 34.29/34.94 ...
Indigenous Australians more likely to be jailed: report
Jun 01, 2007 ... Indigenous Australians more likely to be jailed: reportCANBERRA, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Indigenous Australians are 13 timesmore likely to go to jail than non-Indigenous people, a new reportshows. This gap is still widening, according to the report from TheProductivity ...
Chinese television channel to broadcast in Mexico
Jun 01, 2007 ... Chinese television channel to broadcast in MexicoMEXICO CITY, May 31 (Xinhua)-- Mexico's Televisa televisionstation and China Central Television (CCTV) announced on Thursdaythat the Mexican broadcaster would begin cable transmissions ofCCTV's programs dubbed in Spanish in Mexico ...
Victims' relatives demand indictment of U.S. pilots over air crash in Brazil
Jun 01, 2007 ... Victims' relatives demand indictment of U.S. pilots over air crashin BrazilRIO DE JANEIRO, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Relatives of victims killed inan air crash in September 2006 are demanding the indictment of twoU.S. pilots, charged with flying at the wrong altitude, local ...
Iavaroni takes NBA coaching duty for Memphis Grizzlies
Jun 01, 2007 ... Iavaroni takes NBA coaching duty for Memphis GrizzliesWASHINGTON, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Marc Iavaroni was named coach ofthe Memphis Grizzlies on Thursday. The Grizzlies were a league-worst 22-60 this season after beingswept out of the first playoff round the prior three years ....
World Bank approves 225 million dollars in credit to Ethiopia
Jun 01, 2007 ... World Bank approves 225 million dollars in credit to EthiopiaWASHINGTON, May 31 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank approved 225 millionU.S. dollars of credit to Ethiopia Thursday to help the African Horncountry restore its road network and reduce poverty. Ethiopia will use the fund ...
Dominican Republic and Haiti launch development plan
Jun 01, 2007 ... Dominican Republic and Haiti launch development planSANTO DOMINGO, May 31 (Xinhua) -- The Dominican Republic andHaiti on Thursday launched a development program financed by theEuropean Union (EU) to fight poverty and protect biodiversity on theborder between both countries ....
Writethru: U.S. defense chief envisions long-term military presencein Iraq
Jun 01, 2007 ... Writethru: U.S. defense chief envisions long-term militarypresence in IraqWASHINGTON, May 31 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gatessaid Thursday that he envisions some level of American troops in Iraqfor a "protracted period of time," possibly under a South ...
U.S. ready to resume conditional nuclear talks with Iran: Rice
Jun 01, 2007 ... U.S. ready to resume conditional nuclear talks with Iran: RiceVIENNA, May 31 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State CondoleezzaRice said here Thursday that Washington was willing to have nucleartalks with Iran if it observed related UN resolutions and suspendedenrichment ...
Euro 2008 soccer qualifying standings
Jun 01, 2007 ... Euro 2008 soccer qualifying standingsPARIS, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of the Euro2008 soccer qualifying tournament ahead of matches on Saturday(tabulated under matches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, againstand points): Group A Poland...
Eurozone inflation stable at 1.9 percent in May
Jun 01, 2007 ... Eurozone inflation stable at 1.9 percent in MayBRUSSELS, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Inflation in the eurozone remained at1.9 percent in May, the same as in the previous two months, theEuropean Union's statistics bureau Eurostat projected on Thursday. May was the ninth consecutive ...
Planned U.S. missile shield not aimed at Russia: Czech PM
Jun 01, 2007 ... Planned U.S. missile shield not aimed at Russia: Czech PMPRAGUE, May 51 (Xinhua) -- Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolaneksaid here Thursday that the planned U.S. missile defense system inthe Czech Republic and Poland would not be aimed at Russia. The anti-missile shield, ...
France provides food aid to Nepal
Jun 01, 2007 ... France provides food aid to NepalKATHMANDU, June 1 (Xinhua) -- France has provided 400,000 U.S.dollars in food aid for over 375,,000 people who have been sufferingfrom droughts in Nepal. The United ...
IMF official says global imbalances medium-term challenge
Jun 01, 2007 ... IMF official says global imbalances medium-term challengeBRUSSELS, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Global imbalances are a medium-termchallenge, International Monetary Fund (IMF) First Deputy ManagingDirector John Lipsky said on Thursday, warning any sharp move wouldbe disruptive ....
Nepali oil corporation pays partial payment to India oil firm
Jun 01, 2007 ... Nepali oil corporation pays partial payment to India oil firmKATHMANDU, June 1 (Xinhua) -- The Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) hasmade a partial payment of one billion Nepali rupees (some 15. 38million U.S. dollars) to the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) to bringdown its outstanding ...
Less than 1 percent of Brazilian courses get maximum grade
Jun 01, 2007 ... Less than 1 percent of Brazilian courses get maximum gradeRIO DE JANEIRO, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Only 0.79 percent of thecourses assessed in the National Examination on Students' Performance(ENADE) got the maximum grade, Brazil's Ministry of Education said onThursday. That ...
U.S. military seeking to forge ceasefire with Iraqi militants
Jun 01, 2007 ... U.S. military seeking to forge ceasefire with Iraqi militantsWASHINGTON, May 31 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. military is seeking toforge a ceasefire with Iraqi militants, a top U.S. commander in Iraqsaid on Thursday. "We are talking about ceasefires, and maybe signing some ...
Major news items in leading Indian newspapers
Jun 01, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Indian newspapersNEW DELHI, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Following are major news headlinesin leading Indian newspapers on Friday: The Hindus: -- With 26 out of the 30 districts hit by violence, Indian westRajasthan continued to be on the boil on ...
Major news items in leading Nepali newspapers
Jun 01, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Nepali newspapersKATHMANDU, June 1 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin Nepali leading newspapers on Friday.The Rising Nepal: -- Nepali eight political parties Thursday finally agreed to holdthe constitutional assembly (CA) ...
Writethru: Eurozone inflation stable at 1.9 percent in May
Jun 01, 2007 ... Writethru: Eurozone inflation stable at 1.9 percent in MayBRUSSELS, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Inflation in the eurozone remained at1.9 percent in May, the same as in the previous two months, theEuropean Union's statistics bureau Eurostat projected on Thursday. May was the ninth ...
French unemployment rate hits 24-year low
Jun 01, 2007 ... French unemployment rate hits 24-year lowPARIS, May 31 (Xinhua) -- France's unemployment rate dropped to8.2 percent last month, hitting a 24-year low, the employmentministry said in its latest report. The unemployment rate stood at 8.2 percent in April, down by ...