Xinhua News Agency back issues from Friday, June 22:
Trading on Hong Kong Stock Exchange -- June 22
Jun 22, 2007 ... Trading on Hong Kong Stock Exchange -- June 22HONG KONG, June 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are Friday's majorHang Seng Indices managed and compiled by HSI Service Limited, awholly owned subsidiary of the Hang Seng Bank:Index: Previous Close Close ...
Roundup: U.S. financial giant Blackstone to close IPO deal with China
Jun 22, 2007 ... Roundup: U.S. financial giant Blackstone to close IPO deal withChinaNew York, June 21 (Xinhua) -- The Blackstone Group will sell partof its shares to China's state foreign exchange investment company atits initial public offering (IPO) scheduled for Friday, the groupannounced ...
Urgent: Hill says he has good discussions with DPRK Foreign Ministry officials
Jun 22, 2007 ... Urgent: Hill says he has good discussions with DPRK ForeignMinistry officialsPYONGYANG, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Chief U.S nuclear envoy ...
Foreign exchange rates in Kenya
Jun 22, 2007 ... Foreign exchange rates in KenyaNAIROBI, June 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are the foreignexchange rates against the Kenyan shilling released by the CentralBank of Kenya on Friday. Friday Thursday U.S. dollar 66.524466.4100 ...
Interview: My belief in Hong Kong's future will never change: Li Ka- shing
Jun 22, 2007 ... Interview: My belief in Hong Kong's future will never change: LiKa-shingHONG KONG, June 21 (Xinhua) -- "I'm very confident in Hong Kong'spromising future under the principle of 'one country, two systems'created by Deng Xiaoping with his foresight and sagacity and mybelief in ...
Romanian surgeons perform world's first half-kidney transplant
Jun 22, 2007 ... Romanian surgeons perform world's first half-kidney transplantBUCHAREST, June 21 (Xinhua) -- A three-year-old boy suffering fromkidney failure received a part of his mother's kidney in the world'sfirst half-kidney transplant, a Romanian surgeon said on Thursday. The ...
Opener, Advisory
Jun 22, 2007 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service forThursday, June 21, 2007, and begins ...
Jobless rate in HK remains stable at 4.3 pct
Jun 22, 2007 ... Jobless rate in HK remains stable at 4.3 pctHONG KONG, June 21 (Xinhua) -- The March to May jobless rateremained stable at 4.3 percent, while the underemployment rate nudgedup from 2.1 percent to 2.2 percent, official figures indicatedThursday. Falls in the jobless rate ...
French warship's visit to Hong Kong successful: French officer
Jun 22, 2007 ... French warship's visit to Hong Kong successful: French officerHONG KONG, June 21 (Xinhua) -- The first visit to Hong Kong byFrench command and replenishment ship, the Var, was successful, RearAdmiral Jacques Launay, the Indian Ocean Maritime Area Commander ofthe French Navy, ...
HK takes new measures to strengthen control on pet birds sale
Jun 22, 2007 ... HK takes new measures to strengthen control on pet birds saleHONG KONG, June 21 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong conservation authorityannounced Thursday that a number of new licensing conditions would beintroduced to prohibit pet bird traders from selling birds of unknownsources ....
Backgrounder: Issues on the agenda of EU summit
Jun 22, 2007 ... Backgrounder: Issues on the agenda of EU summitBRUSSELS, June 21 (Xinhua) -- As leaders from the European Union(EU) member states kick off a key summit on Thursday, reform of theEU treaties and other issues are on the agenda.New reform treaty During the two-day ...
Spanish police seize 100 kg explosives in car likely linked to separatist ETA
Jun 22, 2007 ... Spanish police seize 100 kg explosives in car likely linked toseparatist ETAMADRID, June 21 (Xinhua) -- Spanish police seized 100 kg ofexplosives carried by a car in the southwestern part of the country,the Civil Guard said on Thursday. The authorities estimated the ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- June 21
Jun 22, 2007 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- June 21BEIJING, June 21 (Xinhua) -- Following are domestic news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Thursday: China international environmental protection exhibition held inBeijing China's first national park unveiled in Shangri-La ...
South Africa launches nuclear organization
Jun 22, 2007 ... South Africa launches nuclear organizationJOHANNESBURG, June 21 (Xinhua) -- An association to support thedevelopment of South Africa's nuclear industry was founded inPretoria on Thursday. Rob Adam, chairman of the Nuclear Industry Association of SouthAfrica (NIASA), said: ...
China international environmental protection exhibition held in Beijing
Jun 22, 2007 ... China international environmental protection exhibition held inBeijingBEIJING, June 21 (Xinhua) -- The 10th China InternationalEnvironmental Protection Exhibition was launched in Beijing onThursday. Chinese Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan sent a letter of congratulationto the ...
China's first national park unveiled in Shangri-La
Jun 22, 2007 ... China's first national park unveiled in Shangri-LaKUNMING, June 21 (Xinhua) -- China's first national park, thePotatso National Park, was inaugurated on Thursday in Shangri-La, anarea famous for its natural beauty in the southwest province ofYunnan. The 2,000 square-km ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)
Jun 22, 2007 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)HONG KONG, June 21 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Thursday: Cambodia clears up voter list for general election in 2008 Dollar rises to upper 123 yen in Tokyo ...
Malawi tobacco sales expected to close two months earlier
Jun 22, 2007 ... Malawi tobacco sales expected to close two months earlierLUSAKA, June 21 (Xinhua) -- This year's tobacco sales of Malawiare expected to close two months earlier because of low productionafter most growers abandoned the crop en masse due to poor prices inthe previous years ....
Private equity firm KKR plans for IPO
Jun 22, 2007 ... Private equity firm KKR plans for IPONEW YORK, June 21 (Xinhua) -- One of the largest U.S. privateequity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. is planning an initialpublic offering (IPO), reports said Thursday. KKR has hired Morgan Stanley and Citigroup as ...
Ecuador, Botswana forge diplomatic relations
Jun 22, 2007 ... Ecuador, Botswana forge diplomatic relationsQUITO, June 21 (Xinhua) -- Ecuador has established diplomaticrelations with Botswana on the "ambassor level," Ecuador's ForeignMJinistry said in a statement on Thursday. The statement said both sides signed a communique to that ...
Portuguese police seize 55 kg of cocaine
Jun 22, 2007 ... Portuguese police seize 55 kg of cocaineLISBON, June 21 (Xinhua) -- Portuguese police seized 55 kg ofcocaine in a container on a boat at Santa Apolonia port in thePortugese capital of Lisbon, police sources said on Thursday. The police stated in a communique that the drug ...
Brazilian company finds nickel reserves in old Canadian mine
Jun 22, 2007 ... Brazilian company finds nickel reserves in old Canadian mineRIO DE JANEIRO, June 21 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian mining companyCompanhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) said on Thursday it has foundmineral deposits in an ancient mine in Ontario, Canada, that willenable the mine's life to be ...
Tokyo shares close lower
Jun 22, 2007 ... Tokyo shares close lowerTOKYO, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks went lower on Friday,after the benchmark Nikkei hitting a seven-year high on the previoustrading day. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average dropped 51.67 points, or 0. 28percent, to 18,188.63. On Thursday, it ...
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
Jun 22, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapersJERUSALEM, June 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Israeli newspapers on Friday. Ha'aretz: -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Thursday a plannedsummit in Egypt involving Israeli, ...
Roundup: Chinese special envoy says Darfur issue needs more effortsin three spheres under three principles
Jun 22, 2007 ... Roundup: Chinese special envoy says Darfur issue needs moreefforts in three spheres under three principlesCAIRO, June 21 (Xinhua) -- Visiting China's special representativefor Darfur Liu Guijin said on Thursday that the Darfur issue calledfor more efforts in three main spheres ...
Greer posts world best throw in javelin
Jun 22, 2007 ... Greer posts world best throw in javelinWASHINGTON, June 21 (Xinhua) -- Breaux Greer won the men's javelintitle with the best throw in the world this year on the opening dayof the U.S. athletics championships in Indianaplolis on Thursday. The two-time Olympian threw 91.29 ...
Japan testing new F2 fighter planes in Northern Marianas Islands
Jun 22, 2007 ... Japan testing new F2 fighter planes in Northern Marianas IslandsCANBERRA, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Japan is testing its new high- techfighter planes in a joint exercise with U.S. troops in the NorthernMarianas Islands for the first time since the prototypes were made. Japanese ...
Moggi, Lippi's son stand trial in Italy
Jun 22, 2007 ... Moggi, Lippi's son stand trial in ItalyROME, June 21 (Xinhua) -- The trial of six people for crimeslinked to the Calciopoli soccer scandal, including former Juventusgeneral manager Luciano Moggi and the son of World Cup-winning coachMarcello Lippi, opened on Thursday ....
Ferrari needs victory to keep championship hopes alive
Jun 22, 2007 ... Ferrari needs victory to keep championship hopes aliveROME, June 21 (Xinhua) -- Ferrari goes into this weekend's FrenchGrand Prix needing a victory over McLaren to keep its championshiphopes alive. After seeing Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso dominate in thelast three ...
Clinton commends Bloomberg for quitting Republican Party
Jun 22, 2007 ... Clinton commends Bloomberg for quitting Republican PartyNEW YORK, June 21 (Xinhua) -- Former U.S. President Bill Clintoncommended New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg for leaving the RepublicanParty on Thursday while stressing Bloomberg will not stand in the wayof Hillary's White ...
Results of semi-finals of 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Jun 22, 2007 ... Results of semi-finals of 2007 CONCACAF Gold CupWASHINGTON, June 21 (Xinhua) -- Following are the semi-finalresults of the 2007 CONCACAF ...
Foreign exchange rates in Philippines
Jun 22, 2007 ... Foreign exchange rates in PhilippinesMANILA, June 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the peso released by the Philippine central bank onFriday:Friday ThursdayU.S. dollar 46.1040 45.8500 Japanese yen ...
Major news items in leading New Zealand newspapers
Jun 22, 2007 ... Major news items in leading New Zealand newspapersWELLINGTON, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are major news items inleading New Zealand newspapers on Friday.The Dominion Post: -- Another polar blast is set to hit New Zealand Friday and thebad weather will last for ...
Gov't to amend act ban on Nepali firms investment abroad
Jun 22, 2007 ... Gov't to amend act ban on Nepali firms investment abroadKATHMANDU, June 22 (Xinhua) -- The Nepali government is in thefinal stages of amending the Ban on Nepali Investment in ForeignCountries 2021 (1965) Act, as per the long-standing demands of somepotential Nepali businessmen ...
Macao's casino taxes up 45.4 percent in first 5 months
Jun 22, 2007 ... Macao's casino taxes up 45.4 percent in first 5 monthsMACAO, June 22 (Xinhua) -- The government of the Macao SpecialAdministrative Region has collected 11.24 billion patacas (1.4billion U.S. dollars) in direct gaming taxes in the first five monthsof this year, seeing a ...
Doping case of Gheddafi to be shelved
Jun 22, 2007 ... Doping case of Gheddafi to be shelvedROME, June 21 (Xinhua) -- A doping case against Libyan leaderMuammar Gheddafi's soccer-playing son Saadi looks set to be shelved,local media reported Thursday. The chief prosecutor at Italy's supreme court Thursday recommendedclosing ...
Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- June 22
Jun 22, 2007 ... Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- June 22CAIRO, June 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of major MiddleEast news stories due to be covered or pursued by Xinhua News Agencyon Friday.-- Keep watching if there is any changes in Lebanon after LebaneseDefense Minister ...
Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers
Jun 22, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Turkish newspapersANKARA, June 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Turkish newspapers on Friday.ZAMAN (Time): -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and ForeignMinister Abdullah Gul had a two-hour closed ...
Hong Kong stocks finish lower at midday -- June 22
Jun 22, 2007 ... Hong Kong stocks finish lower at midday -- June 22HONG KONG, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Hong ...
Bangladeshi expats remittance rises 19 pct
Jun 22, 2007 ... Bangladeshi expats remittance rises 19 pctDHAKA, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh's expatriates have remitted5.713 billion U.S. dollars to the country during the first eleven anda half months of the current fiscal year ending this month, 19percent more than the same period of last ...
Major news items in leading Australian newspapers
Jun 22, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Australian newspapersCANBERRA, June 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Australian newspapers on Friday.The Australian: -- Prime Minister John Howard will seize control of Aboriginallands in the Northern ...
Air quality of major Chinese cities -- June 22
Jun 22, 2007 ... Air quality of major Chinese cities -- June 22BEIJING, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Report on the quality of air in 47major Chinese cities (12:00 June 21 to 12:00 June 22 Beijing Time),released by the China Environmental Monitoring Center:City Major Pollutant ...
Indonesia, Malaysia to revise labor agreement
Jun 22, 2007 ... Indonesia, Malaysia to revise labor agreementJAKARTA, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia and Malaysia have agreed torevise the memorandum of understanding on alien workers after anIndonesian maid escaped from the 15th floor of her abusive employerlast week, local press said Friday ....
Singapore's STT not to sell stake in Indonesian cell phone business
Jun 22, 2007 ... Singapore's STT not to sell stake in Indonesian cell phonebusinessJAKARTA, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Singapore Technologies Telemedia (STT) has reaffirmed it will not give up its stake in Indonesia'ssecond largest cellular operator PT Indosat in the light of itspromising growth ...
J-League 1st division fixtures
Jun 22, 2007 ... J-League 1st division fixturesTOKYO, June 22 (Xinhua) --Following are fixtures of J-League first-division matches to beplayed on Saturday: Shimizu S-Pulse vs Urawa Reds. Nihondaira Stadium, Shizuoka. Kawasaki Frontale vs Jubilo Iwata. Todoroki Stadium, Kawasaki,Kanagawa ...
Spanish roller hockey team crushes Angola 8-0
Jun 22, 2007 ... Spanish roller hockey team crushes Angola 8-0GENEVA, June 21 (Xinhua) -- Spain crushed Angola 8-0 Thursdayafternoon at the quarter-finals of the Montreux roller hockey ...
Convicts to help build Euro 2012 stadium in Poland
Jun 22, 2007 ... Convicts to help build Euro 2012 stadium in PolandWARSAW, June 21 (Xinhua) -- Up to 20,000 convicts may be employedon the construction of infrastructure for the 2012 European soccerchampionship in Ukraine and Poland, Colonel Pawel Nasilowski fromPoland's penitentiary authorities ...
Hushen 300 index down -- June 22
Jun 22, 2007 ... Hushen 300 index down -- June 22BEIJING, June 22 (Xinhua) -- The Hushen 300 Index reflecting thewhole fluctuation of China's Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchangesclosed at 4,051.43 points on Friday, down ...
Singapore opposes Taiwan referendum on UN membership
Jun 22, 2007 ... Singapore opposes Taiwan referendum on UN membershipSINGAPORE, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Singapore on Friday voiced itsopposition to Taiwan's proposed referendum on UN membership, callingit provocative and irresponsible. "The proposal to put Taiwan's UN membership bid under the ...
NYC smoking rate down by some 20 percent since 2002: report
Jun 22, 2007 ... NYC smoking rate down by some 20 percent since 2002: reportNEW YORK, June 21 (Xinhua) -- New York City's smoking rate hasplummeted some 20 percent since a comprehensive program againstsmoking was launched in 2002, according to findings issued by thenational Center for Disease ...
Shuttle Atlantis may change landing site in California
Jun 22, 2007 ... Shuttle Atlantis may change landing site in CaliforniaLOS ANGELES, June 21 (Xinhua) -- The Space Shuttle Atlantis couldshift its landing site to the Edwards Air Force Base north of LosAngeles on Friday due to bad weather, National Aeronautics and SpaceAdministration(NASA) ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Jun 22, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, June 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Friday.Asahi: -- The government and the ruling parties approved plans Thursdayto extend the current Diet session by 12 ...
Vietnam to reduce intervention in price setting
Jun 22, 2007 ... Vietnam to reduce intervention in price settingHANOI, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam will reduce intervention insetting prices of goods and services, due to a draft decree submittedrecently by Vietnam's Ministry of Finance for the government'sapproval, newspaper Vietnam News ...
Indian stock market opens flat
Jun 22, 2007 ... Indian stock market opens flatMUMBAI, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Indian shares opened flat on Friday,with the key Sensex index almost unchanged shortly after opening. In the first five minutes of trading, Bombay Stock Exchange Sensexrose 9.39 points, or 0.06 percent to ...
Foreign exchange rates in Vietnam
Jun 22, 2007 ... Foreign exchange rates in VietnamHANOI, June 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are Inter-bank foreignexchange rates against the Vietnamese dong (VND) on Friday: ...
Vietnam's economic zones to lure 14 bln USD by year-end
Jun 22, 2007 ... Vietnam's economic zones to lure 14 bln USD by year-endHANOI, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's economic zones are expectedto attract 13.3-14.3 billion U.S. dollars worth of foreign anddomestic investment by the end of this year, local newspaperInvestment reported Friday ....
Power cut leaves 330 households roasting for days in northwest China
Jun 22, 2007 ... Power cut leaves 330 households roasting for days in northwestChinaURUMQI, June 22 (Xinhua) -- A power cut has left 330 households,two shopping malls and more than 40 shops sweltering in the 35-degree heat for the last 11 days in northwest China's Xinjiang UygurAutonomous ...
Foreign exchange rates in India
Jun 22, 2007 ... Foreign exchange rates in IndiaNEW DELHI, June 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the Rupee released by the Reserve Bank of India onFriday: Currency ...
Malaysia tin market closes higher
Jun 22, 2007 ... Malaysia tin market closes higherKUALA LUMPUR, June 22 (Xinhua) -- The local tin market endedhigher here on Friday. The Kuala ...
1st LD: Chief U.S. nuclear negotiator leaves Pyongyang with good results
Jun 22, 2007 ... 1st LD: Chief U.S. nuclear negotiator leaves Pyongyang with good resultsPYONGYANG, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Chief U.S. nuclear negotiatorChristopher Hill left here on Friday after his visit to theDemocratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). At the airport, Hill, head of the ...
British stock exchange opens lower
Jun 22, 2007 ... British stock exchange opens lowerLONDON, June 22 (Xinhua) -- British stocks opened lower on Fridayon the London Stock ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0830 GMT, June 22
Jun 22, 2007 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0830 GMT, June 22BELGRADE -- At least 97,207 Bosnians were either killed or wentmissing in the 1992-1995 civil war in the Balkan republic, half thenumber previously calculated, according to a new study released inthe Bosnian capital Sarajevo on ...
Uganda eyes for new rail link to Tanzania
Jun 22, 2007 ... Uganda eyes for new rail link to TanzaniaKAMPALA, June 22 (Xinhua) -- The Ugandan government is to open upa railway route to Tanzania to improve the transport sector in thecountry, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has disclosed. "We are also looking at the option of ...
Indonesia arrests 15 terror suspects in 3 months
Jun 22, 2007 ... Indonesia arrests 15 terror suspects in 3 monthsJAKARTA, June 22 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian police have arrested15 terror suspects in major crackdowns on militant network in Centraland East Java that began in March, an officer said Friday. "We arrested nine suspects in ...
Ugandan Defense Ministry urges soldiers to go for HIV tests, circumcision
Jun 22, 2007 ... Ugandan Defense Ministry urges soldiers to go for HIV tests,circumcisionKAMPALA, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Uganda's Defense Ministry hasproposed testing all members of the Uganda People's Defense Force(UPDF)for HIV/AIDS annually. "It is an interesting debate which is still ...