Xinhua News Agency back issues from Wednesday, June 20:
Chinese city closes problematic job agencies after slave labor scandal
Jun 20, 2007 ... Chinese city closes problematic job agencies after slave laborscandalXI'AN, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Xi'an, a major city in northwest China,has permanently closed job agencies around its railway station thatwere allegedly deceiving rural workers and sending them to work as"slaves" ...
Seoul stock market ends lower
Jun 20, 2007 ... Seoul stock market ends lowerSEOUL, June 20 (Xinhua) -- The benchmark Korea Composite StockPrice Index (KOSPI) ended down by 24.06 points, or 1.33 percent, to1,783.79 on Wednesday ....
Den Bosch Open men's singles results (updated)
Jun 20, 2007 ... Den Bosch Open men's singles results (updated)BRUSSELS, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Den Bosch Openmen's singles first round results on Tuesday (prefix number denotesseeding): 1-Tommy Robredo, Spain, bt Michel Koning, Netherlands, 6-4, 7-6(4) Sergio ...
Den Bosch Open women's singles results (updated)
Jun 20, 2007 ... Den Bosch Open women's singles results (updated)BRUSSELS, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Den Bosch Openwomen's singles results on Tuesday (prefix number denotes seeding): Second Round Flavia Pennetta, Italy, bt Tatjana Malek, Germany, 6-0, 6-4 2-Ana ...
Opener, Advisory
Jun 20, 2007 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service forTuesday, June 19, 2007, and begins ...
2nd Ld-Writethru: Death toll rises to 15 in flood-hit southwest China
Jun 20, 2007 ... 2nd Ld-Writethru: Death toll rises to 15 in flood-hit southwestChinaBEIJING, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Floods and landslides triggered byheavy rain have left 15 people dead and two missing in southwestChina's Sichuan Province, a spokesman with the Ministry of CivilAffairs (MCA) said ...
2nd Ld-Writethru: China holds anti-terrorist exercise for 2008 Olympics
Jun 20, 2007 ... 2nd Ld-Writethru: China holds anti-terrorist exercise for 2008OlympicsBEIJING, June 19 (Xinhua) -- China held here Tuesday afternoon astate-level anti-terrorist exercise for the 2008 Beijing OlympicGames. The exercise, dubbed "Great Wall No. 4", held in Beijing, ...
2nd LD Writethru: Atlantis undocks from International Space Station
Jun 20, 2007 ... 2nd LD Writethru: Atlantis undocks from International SpaceStationWASHINGTON, June 19 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. space shuttle Atlantisundocked from the International Space Station (ISS) at 10:42 a.m. EDT(1442 GMT) Tuesday, wrapping up a 10-day joint operation, accordingto NASA TV ....
Nottingham Open men's singles results (updated)
Jun 20, 2007 ... Nottingham Open men's singles results (updated)LONDON, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Nottingham Openmen's singles first round results on Tuesday (prefix number denotesseeding): 6-Paul-Henri Mathieu, France, bt Robby Ginepri, United States, 6-3, 6-4 Igor ...
CBOE announces new S&P 500 putwrite index
Jun 20, 2007 ... CBOE announces new S&P 500 putwrite indexNEW YORK, June 20 (Xinhua) -- The Chicago Board Options Exchange(CBOE) announced Wednesday the publishing the CBOE S&P 500 PutWriteIndex. PutWrite is a new benchmark index that measures the performance ofa hypothetical portfolio ...
U.S. postpones passport rule for land, sea travelers
Jun 20, 2007 ... U.S. postpones passport rule for land, sea travelersWASHINGTON, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Under fire from stressed travelersand angry lawmakers, the Bush administration on Wednesday postponedfor at least six months a requirement that Americans returning byland or sea from Canada, ...
Indian stock market opens higher
Jun 20, 2007 ... Indian stock market opens higherMUMBAI, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Indian shares opened higher onWednesday, with the key Sensex index up 0.45 percent shortly afteropening. In the first 5 minutes of trading, Bombay Stock Exchange Sensexrose 64.46 points to ...
Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapers
Jun 20, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapers ISLAMABAD, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Following are major news items inleading Pakistani newspapers on Wednesday: The Daily Times: -- A final decision on the mode of President General PervezMusharraf's re-election is ...
Survivor of Mongolian helicopter crash dies
Jun 20, 2007 ... Survivor of Mongolian helicopter crash diesULAN BATOR, June 20 (Xinhua) -- One of the survivors of lastweek's helicopter crash in Mongolia has died due to his seriousinjuries, emergency authorities said Wednesday. The other seven survivors are in serious conditions, and ...
Chinese central government increases investment in Tibet: official
Jun 20, 2007 ... Chinese central government increases investment in Tibet: official BEIJING, June 20 (Xinhua) -- The central government of China hasincreased investment in Tibet Autonomous Region along withimplementation of a range of preferential policies in recent years, atop local government ...
Two Vietnamese men sentenced for smuggling nearly 6,300 diamonds
Jun 20, 2007 ... Two Vietnamese men sentenced for smuggling nearly 6,300 diamondsHANOI, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Two men from Vietnam's southern Ho ChiMinh City got imprisonment sentences of three and four years forhaving smuggled 6,267 diamonds totaling nearly 454,000 U.S. dollars,local newspaper ...
Barroso warns Poland against blocking EU treaty
Jun 20, 2007 ... Barroso warns Poland against blocking EU treatyPARIS, June 19 (Xinhua) -- European Commission President JoseBarroso warned Poland on Tuesday not to block the draft EUconstitution in the upcoming EU summit. Barroso said in Strasbourg, France, that Poland risked ...
Thai army chief insists need of national security bill
Jun 20, 2007 ... Thai army chief insists need of national security billBANGKOK, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's Army Chief and Chairman ofthe Council for National Security Gen. Sonthi Boonyaratkalin insistedWednesday the need that the Cabinet approved a draft nationalsecurity bill that would give ...
AirAsia offers extra low fares for sale carnival
Jun 20, 2007 ... AirAsia offers extra low fares for sale carnivalKUALA LUMPUR, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia's Low-cost carrierAirAsia has unveiled extra low fares for the Mega Sale Carnival,local media reported Wednesday. A newly-launched route, from Kuala Lumpur to Shenzhen in China,only ...
Vietnam's labor export surge in first half
Jun 20, 2007 ... Vietnam's labor export surge in first halfHANOI, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam is expected to send over 40,600 local people to work abroad in the first half of this year, up 20percent against the same period of 2006, newspaper Saigon Liberationreported on Wednesday. The ...
1st LD: New York mayor leaves Republican party to register as an independent
Jun 20, 2007 ... 1st LD: New York mayor leaves Republican party to register as anindependentNEW YORK, June 19 (Xinhua) -- New York Mayor Michael Bloombergannounced Tuesday he has left the Republican Party to become anindependent, a move that could clear the way for his possible bid forthe ...
1st LD-Writethru: Highway on world's tallest mountain to be completed before Beijing Games: Tibet official
Jun 20, 2007 ... 1st LD-Writethru: Highway on world's tallest mountain to becompleted before Beijing Games: Tibet officialBEIJING, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Construction of a highway on MountQomolangma, the world's tallest peak, will be completed before August2008, in time for the Beijing Olympic ...
Private airlines to build hangars at Nepal's int'l airport
Jun 20, 2007 ... Private airlines to build hangars at Nepal's int'l airportKATHMANDU, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal(CAAN) is to allow two domestic airlines to build hangars at theTribhuvan International Airport (TIA), the only international airportin the country, to carry ...
Urgent: Tibet official regrets Australian leading official's meeting with Dalai Lama
Jun 20, 2007 ... Urgent: Tibet official regrets Australian leading official'smeeting with Dalai LamaBEIJING, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Qiangba Puncog, chairman of ...
Xinhua world economic news summary at 0430 GMT, June 20
Jun 20, 2007 ... Xinhua world economic news summary at 0430 GMT, June 20LIMA -- China was the largest supplier of information technology(IT) products to Peru in 2006, contributing 41.4 percent of thenation's imports, the Lima Chamber of Commerce said on Tuesday. Peru's IT product imports ...
Israeli army vehicles roll into southern Gaza, two killed
Jun 20, 2007 ... Israeli army vehicles roll into southern Gaza, two killedGAZA, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Two Palestinian militants were killedand four others wounded during armed clashes with Israeli soldiers insouthern Gaza Strip on Wednesday morning, witnesses and medics said. The witnesses ...
Chinese man arrested for allegedly profiting from cyber-sex games
Jun 20, 2007 ... Chinese man arrested for allegedly profiting from cyber-sex games BEIJING, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese police have arrested a manfor allegedly profiting from a self-produced Internet game involvingcyber sex, a spokesman with the Ministry of Public Security said onWednesday ....
Zimbabwe football head coach fired
Jun 20, 2007 ... Zimbabwe football head coach firedHARARE, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Charles Mhlauri's tenure as Warriorshead coach came to an end on Tuesday when the Zimbabwe FootballAssociation (ZFA) board wielded the axe on the dreadlocked mentor andresolved to dissolve all the national teams' ...
More Thaksin's assets may be frozen
Jun 20, 2007 ... More Thaksin's assets may be frozenBANGKOK, June 20 (Xinhua) -- The Assets Examination Committee (AEC) of Thailand met on Wednesday to discuss further freezing of bankaccounts belonging to ousted Premier Thaksin Shinawatra and hisfamily. Jaruwan Metakha, a senior member ...
Unidentified river pollutant sickens 61 in east China
Jun 20, 2007 ... Unidentified river pollutant sickens 61 in east ChinaHEFEI, June 20 (Xinhua) -- At least 61 people in east China'sAnhui Province were hospitalized with severe skin inflammation afterwashing in a river that was contaminated by an unknown pollutant,local officials said on ...
U.S.-led troops kill 30 insurgents in major offensive on al-Qaida
Jun 20, 2007 ... U.S.-led troops kill 30 insurgents in major offensive on al-Qaida BAGHDAD, June 20 (Xinhua) -- U.S. and Iraqi forces killed at least30 suspected al-Qaida militants during the ongoing major offensive ontheir stronghold in Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad, the U.S.military said ...
Candidates switching party affiliations in PNG election may face prosecution
Jun 20, 2007 ... Candidates switching party affiliations in PNG election may faceprosecutionCANBERRA, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Candidates for Papua New Guinea'snational election, which will start at the end of this month, havebeen told they might face prosecution for switching partyaffiliations ....
Fatah, Islamic Jihad militants killed near Jenin
Jun 20, 2007 ... Fatah, Islamic Jihad militants killed near JeninRAMALLAH, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Two Palestinian militants were shotdead when Israeli troops stormed a village near the northern WestBank town of Jenin on Wednesday morning, witnesses and medicsreported. Witnesses said Israeli ...
Chinese railways carry record passengers, freight
Jun 20, 2007 ... Chinese railways carry record passengers, freightBEIJING, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese railways carried 218 millionpassengers between April 18 to June 18, an increase of 4.7 percentfrom the same period last year, said the Ministry of Railways. China boosted its railway speed ...
UAE launches new business aviation company
Jun 20, 2007 ... UAE launches new business aviation companyABU DHABI, June 20 (Xinhua) -- A new business aviation companywhich provides business charter flights has been launched in theUnited Arab Emirates (UAE), local newspaper Khaleej Times reported onWednesday. Empire Aviation Group, ...
1st Ld-Writethru: Tibet official regrets Australian political leader's meeting with Dalai Lama
Jun 20, 2007 ... 1st Ld-Writethru: Tibet official regrets Australian politicalleader's meeting with Dalai LamaBEIJING, June 20 (Xinhua) -- A top Tibet Autonomous RegionalGovernment official said on Wednesday that he deeply regretted aboutAustralian Prime Minister John Howard's meeting with the ...
S.Korea opposes hasty resumption of six-party talks
Jun 20, 2007 ... S.Korea opposes hasty resumption of six-party talksSEOUL, June 20 (Xinhua) -- South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-soon said Wednesday concrete progress in nuclear issues is moreimportant than a hasty reopening of the six-party talks on thenuclear issue on the Korean ...
Students to get cash rewards under New York's anti-poverty program
Jun 20, 2007 ... Students to get cash rewards under New York's anti-poverty program NEW YORK, June 19 (Xinhua) -- New York City students could earn asmuch as 500 U.S. dollars a year for doing well on standardized testsand showing up for class in an experimental anti-poverty program tobegin this ...
Kidnapping, abduction suspension interlaced in Nigeria
Jun 20, 2007 ... Kidnapping, abduction suspension interlaced in NigeriaLAGOS,June 20 (Xinhua) -- Kidnappings and declarations of abductionsuspension have been interlaced in the past few weeks in the westAfrican country of Nigeria, leading news media, domestic or foreign,dazed. Few of the ...
U.S. government sued over immigrant drugging
Jun 20, 2007 ... U.S. government sued over immigrant druggingLOS ANGELES, June 19 (Xinhua) -- The American Civil LibertiesUnion (ACLU) on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the federalgovernment for sedating deportees against their will. "Our constitution does not allow the government to ...
Tibet not to be "assimilated" by Han amid huge investment: Tibet official
Jun 20, 2007 ... Tibet not to be "assimilated" by Han amid huge investment: TibetofficialBEIJING, June 20 (Xinhua) -- A top official from southwest China'sTibet Autonomous Region said on Wednesday the Tibetan people will notbe assimilated by the Han culture. Of the 2.8 million residents ...
Displacement of herdsmen covers small population: Tibet official
Jun 20, 2007 ... Displacement of herdsmen covers small population: Tibet officialBEIJING, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Tibet has made it a priority toimprove the living conditions of farmers and herdsmen by building newhouses for the majority of them and displacing a small number fromareas with difficult ...
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
Jun 20, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapersJERUSALEM, June 20 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Israeli newspapers on Wednesday. Ha'aretz: -- Israeli High Court of Justice instructed the state on Tuesdayto immediately do everything it can ...
Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers
Jun 20, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Turkish newspapersANKARA, June 20 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Turkish newspapers on Wednesday.ZAMAN (Time): -- Turkey's Oyak Bank, a subsidiary of the Armed Forces PensionFund (OYAK), released a statement ...
Indonesia expects to see 70 million air passengers by 2010
Jun 20, 2007 ... Indonesia expects to see 70 million air passengers by 2010JAKARTA, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian air passengers will doubleto 70 million by 2010 when the Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN) implements the open sky policy, an official has said. "The number of air ...
University student in east China arrested for poisoning classmates
Jun 20, 2007 ... University student in east China arrested for poisoning classmates BEIJING, June 20 (Xinhua) -- A university student from eastChina's Jiangsu Province has been arrested for attempting to poisonthree of his classmates. A student, who declined to be named, was admitted to ...
Ex-East Timor governor given hero's burial
Jun 20, 2007 ... Ex-East Timor governor given hero's burialJAKARTA, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Abilio Jose Osorio Soares, the lastgovernor of then Indonesia's East Timor province, has been given ahero's burial in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, local press reportedWednesday. Thousands of people ...
Direct healthcare costs in GCC to reach 60 bln USD by 2025
Jun 20, 2007 ... Direct healthcare costs in GCC to reach 60 bln USD by 2025ABU DHABI, June 20 (Xinhua) -- The direct healthcare costs in theGulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries will reach 60 billion U.S.dollars by 2025, 400 percent up compared to the present 12 billiondollars, local ...
(China Sports) Chinese boxing aims for gold medals at Beijing Olympics
Jun 20, 2007 ... (China Sports) Chinese boxing aims for gold medals at BeijingOlympicsCHANGCHUN, Northeast China, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese boxingnational team aims for gold medals at Beijing 2008 Olympics, saidchairman of Chinese Boxing Association Tuesday on the sideline ofthe 1st Chinese ...
Vietnam to produce less crude oil this year
Jun 20, 2007 ... Vietnam to produce less crude oil this yearHANOI, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam is expected to produce 16.8million tons of crude oil this year, which will not meet its initialtarget of 17.5 million tons, Youth newspaper reported on Wednesday. During the first six months, the ...
Number of road deaths increases in Tanzania: minister
Jun 20, 2007 ... Number of road deaths increases in Tanzania: ministerDAR ES SALAAM, June 20 (Xinhua) -- The annual number of deathscaused by road traffic accidents in Tanzania increased to 2,884people in 2006 while 15,766 others got injured in 17,677 accidents. The figures were revealed by ...
Foreign exchange rates in Indonesia
Jun 20, 2007 ... Foreign exchange rates in IndonesiaJAKARTA, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Following are the foreign exchange rates against the Indonesianrupiah here on Wednesday. Wednesday Tuesday US Dollar 8,900/8,930 8,900/8,930 Euro ...
Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- June 20
Jun 20, 2007 ... Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- June 20CAIRO, June 20 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of major MiddleEast news stories due to be covered or pursued by Xinhua News Agencyon Wednesday. -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to deliver aspeech before the ...
Hong Kong stocks finish higher at midday -- June 20
Jun 20, 2007 ... Hong Kong stocks finish higher at midday -- June 20HONG KONG, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Hong ...
Indonesia, Malaysia to set up cooperation body
Jun 20, 2007 ... Indonesia, Malaysia to set up cooperation bodyJAKARTA, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia and Malaysia are to set upa joint body to explore opportunities for bilateral economiccooperation in such lucrative sectors as crude palm oil (CPO),Islamic finance and the halal industry ....
Philippine stocks close higher
Jun 20, 2007 ... Philippine stocks close higherMANILA, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Philippine stock prices hit a newrecord high Wednesday with its 29-company composite index rising by51.74 points or 1.41 percent to close at 3,718.88. Meanwhile, the broader ...
Ex-Tanzanian PM has no presidential intention: press
Jun 20, 2007 ... Ex-Tanzanian PM has no presidential intention: pressDAR ES SALAAM, June 20 (Xinhua) -- The immediate former primeminister of Tanzania has made it clear that he did not study abroadin order to become the country's president. Former prime minister Frederick Sumaye made the ...
Indonesian parliament enacts new tax law after two years
Jun 20, 2007 ... Indonesian parliament enacts new tax law after two yearsJAKARTA, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's House of Representativeshas agreed to enact the new Taxation Arrangements and Procedures Billinto law two years after the government proposed it to the House,local press reported ...
Million-year-old forest discovered in east China
Jun 20, 2007 ... Million-year-old forest discovered in east ChinaHEFEI, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have discovered apetrified forest believed to date back one to two million years ineast China's Anhui Province. The 200-square-meter forest, in which the trees has turned ...
UAE's low-cost carrier to increase flights to Mumbai
Jun 20, 2007 ... UAE's low-cost carrier to increase flights to MumbaiABU DHABI, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Air Arabia, a low-cost carrier ofthe United Arab Emirates (UAE), will increase two flights a week toIndia's Mumbai, Emirates News Agency reported on Wednesday. The Sharjah-based Air Arabia, ...
Hong Kong stocks close higher -- June 20
Jun 20, 2007 ... Hong Kong stocks close higher -- June 20HONG KONG, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Hong ...
Indonesian man jailed for making terror website
Jun 20, 2007 ... Indonesian man jailed for making terror websiteJAKARTA, June 20 (Xinhua) -- An Indonesian man was convictedWednesday of establishing a website to urge others to carry outterror attacks, and sentenced to three years in jails. Agung Prabowo, a 24-year-old university student, ...
About 250 million U.S dollars raised for Chingola-Lumwana railway line
Jun 20, 2007 ... About 250 million U.S dollars raised for Chingola-Lumwana railwaylineLUSAKA, June 20 (Xinhua) -- A Zambian railway carrier said it hasraised 250 million U.S. dollars for the Chingola-Lumwana railway lineconstruction, the Post reported on Wednesday. North-Western Railways ...
2nd Ld-Writethru: Tibet official regrets Australian leader's meeting with Dalai Lama
Jun 20, 2007 ... 2nd Ld-Writethru: Tibet official regrets Australian leader'smeeting with Dalai LamaBEIJING, June 20 (Xinhua) -- The chairman of China's TibetAutonomous Region said on Wednesday that he deeply regrettedAustralian Prime Minister John Howard's meeting with the Dalai Lamalast ...
Air quality of major Chinese cities -- June 20
Jun 20, 2007 ... Air quality of major Chinese cities -- June 20BEIJING, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Report on the quality of air in 47major Chinese cities (12:00 June 19 to 12:00 June 20 Beijing Time),released by the China Environmental Monitoring Center:City Major Pollutant ...