Xinhua News Agency back issues from Wednesday, July 11:
Mexico, Argentina face off in Copa America
Jul 11, 2007 ... Mexico, Argentina face off in Copa AmericaMEXICO CITY, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Mexico will play Argentina onWednesday in the semifinals of the Copa America, which ends onSunday, Mexican daily Reforma siad on Tuesday. Mexico has reached the Copa semis five times but only reached ...
Chile coach resigns after poor result
Jul 11, 2007 ... Chile coach resigns after poor resultSANTIAGO, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Chile's national soccer team coachNelson Acosta told a Tuesday press conference that he had quit,following poor results at the Copa America and a scandal caused by agroup of players in Venezuela. "I am not ...
Gary Hall Jr. confirmed for Pan Am Games
Jul 11, 2007 ... Gary Hall Jr. confirmed for Pan Am GamesRIO DE JANEIRO, July 10 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Olympic Committeeconfirmed on Tuesday that champion swimmer Gary Hall Jr., holder of10 Olympic medals, will participate in the Pan American Games in Riode Janeiro. According to the ...
Distant galaxies detected
Jul 11, 2007 ... Distant galaxies detectedLOS ANGELES, July 10 (Xinhua) -- U.S. astronomers detected themost distant galaxies whose light rays traversed space for 13 billionyears and are just now reaching Earth, it was announced Tuesday. These are traces of the most distant galaxies ever ...
Romania warns of heavy rain
Jul 11, 2007 ... Romania warns of heavy rainBUCHAREST, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Eight counties in Romania receivedorange code warnings of heavy rain on Tuesday from the NationalWeather Forecast Administration. From Wednesday evening through Thursday morning, rainfall in thecentral and eastern ...
Serial killer sentenced to death in LA
Jul 11, 2007 ... Serial killer sentenced to death in LALOS ANGELES, July 10 (Xinhua) -- The Los Angeles Superior Court onTuesday sentenced a serial killer to death for murdering 10 womenover an 11-year period. The man was described by prosecutors as Los Angeles' most prolificserial killer ...
Xinhua home news advisory -- July 11
Jul 11, 2007 ... Xinhua home news advisory -- July 11BEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Major home news items to be coveredor pursued by Xinhua on Wednesday: 1. China to close more small coal mines this year 2. Follow-ups about floods in southern China 3. Shanghai to construct ...
UNDP calls for support to least developed countries
Jul 11, 2007 ... UNDP calls for support to least developed countriesANKARA, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Kemal Dervis, administrator of theUNDP, Tuesday urged rich countries to support the least developedcountries (LDCs), the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. Dervis made the call at a ...
Peru bus crash kills 14, injures 25
Jul 11, 2007 ... Peru bus crash kills 14, injures 25LIMA, July 10 (Xinhua) -- At least 14 people were killed and 25more injured when a long-distance coach fell into a ravine in thedepartment of Cusco, the Peru National Police said Tuesday. The accident took place on Monday night, when the ...
Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2115 GMT, July 10
Jul 11, 2007 ... Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2115 GMT, July 10GAZA -- Spokesmen for rival Fatah and the Islamic ResistanceMovement (Hamas) Tuesday denied respectively reports that the twomovements' leaders were holding secret dialogue in the Swedishcapital of Stockholm. Earlier ...
Agreement reached to end Bulgarian nurses crisis in Libya
Jul 11, 2007 ... Agreement reached to end Bulgarian nurses crisis in LibyaTUNIS, July 10 (Xinhua) -- An agreement has been reached that mayfree the Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya for infecting426 Libyan children with AIDS, news reaching here from Tripoli saidon Tuesday. The ...
DPRK invites IAEA to verify shutdown of nuclear facilities
Jul 11, 2007 ... DPRK invites IAEA to verify shutdown of nuclear facilitiesVIENNA, July 10 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic ofKorea (DPRK) formally invited UN inspectors to the country to verifythe promised shutdown of its nuclear facilities, the InternationalAtomic Energy Agency ...
(China Sports) Liu captures third straight victory in 110 hurdles at Lausanne GP
Jul 11, 2007 ... (China Sports) Liu captures third straight victory in 110 hurdlesat Lausanne GPBy Sportswriter Zhang Rongfeng LAUSANNE, Switzerland, July 11 (Xinhua) -- World record holder LiuXiang won the 110 hurdles for the third time in a row at the LausanneGrand Prix, running the ...
Peruvian police arrest five drug traffickers
Jul 11, 2007 ... Peruvian police arrest five drug traffickersLIMA, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Peruvian police have captured fivepeople and charged them with producing illegal drugs, police saidTuesday. The arrested include a Mexican ...
Tokyo stocks open lower
Jul 11, 2007 ... Tokyo stocks open lowerTOKYO, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks opened lower Wednesday. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the 225-issue Nikkei StockAverage fell 161.64 points, ...
Fencer confirmed in Brazilian team following court battle
Jul 11, 2007 ... Fencer confirmed in Brazilian team following court battleRIO DE JANEIRO, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian fencer FernandoLinschoten was confirmed in the national team for the Pan AmericanGames on Tuesday, following a judicial battle with Roberto Lazzarinifor the position ....
Colombia extradites six more people on criminal charges
Jul 11, 2007 ... Colombia extradites six more people on criminal chargesBOGOTA, July 10 (Xinhua) -- The Colombian government on Tuesdayformalized the extradition of six people on criminal charges to bringthe number to more than 500 since late 2002. The extraditions involved four Colombians ...
UN agency urges Mexico to launch earlier sexual education
Jul 11, 2007 ... UN agency urges Mexico to launch earlier sexual educationMEXICO CITY, July 10 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations PopulationFund (UNFPA) on Tuesday called on the Mexican government to offersexual education at an earlier age and strengthen health services toreduce deaths linked to ...
Operation against Lal Masjid militants to continue: Pakistani gov't
Jul 11, 2007 ... Operation against Lal Masjid militants to continue: Pakistanigov'tISLAMABAD, July 10 (Xinhua) -- The operation against militantsinside the Lal Masjid mosque would continue on Tuesday night, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) of Pakistan said. ISPR denied the ...
Clinton's second book due for sale in September
Jul 11, 2007 ... Clinton's second book due for sale in SeptemberNEW YORK, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Former U.S. President Bill Clinton'ssecond book "Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World," talkingabout the power of charity, will go on sale on Sept. 4, the publisherannounced on Tuesday ....
Anti-government group claims responsibility for pipeline blasts in Mexico
Jul 11, 2007 ... Anti-government group claims responsibility for pipeline blasts inMexicoMEXICO CITY, July 10 (Xinhua) -- An anti-government group onTuesday claimed responsibility for the three recent gas pipelineexplosions in Mexico. In a statement posted on its website, the People's ...
Major news items in leading Australian newspapers
Jul 11, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Australian newspapersCANBERRA, July 11 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Australian newspapers on Wednesday.The Australian: -- A withdrawal of coalition forces from Iraq could be seen as avictory for terror, ...
China sets target for fresh, live farm produce quality
Jul 11, 2007 ... China sets target for fresh, live farm produce qualityBEIJING, July 10 (Xinhua) -- More than 96 percent of fresh andlive farm produce in China will be up to national quality standardsby 2010, an agricultural official said here Tuesday at a pressconference. Deputy director ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part II)
Jul 11, 2007 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part II)HONG KONG, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Tuesday:Foreign exchange rates in India Malaysia tin market closes higher ASEAN power generation ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- July 10
Jul 11, 2007 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- July 10BEIJING, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Following are domestic news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Tuesday: 4th Ld-Writethru-China Focus: China opens sluices to divert floodwater from swollen Huaihe River China sets target for fresh, live ...
(China Sports) Feature: China smash hosts' myth at Asian Cup
Jul 11, 2007 ... (China Sports) Feature: China smash hosts' myth at Asian CupBySportswriter Zheng Daojin KUALUA LUMPUR, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Hosts are like ferociouspredators in the first few days of the ongoing AFC Asian Cup 2007,and with concern to their apparent underdogs' status, a ...
4th Ld-Writethru-China Focus: China opens sluices to divert flood water from swollen Huaihe River
Jul 11, 2007 ... 4th Ld-Writethru-China Focus: China opens sluices to divert floodwater from swollen Huaihe RiverWANGJIABA, Anhui, July 10 (Xinhua) -- China's waterway authorityordered the opening of 13 sluices at Wangjiaba, on the swollen HuaiheRiver, on Tuesday to divert flood waters to ...
Kenyan junior athletes set to hunt medals in Ostrava
Jul 11, 2007 ... Kenyan junior athletes set to hunt medals in OstravaNAIROBI, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Kenya has high hopes of grabbing moremedals as the 5th edition of the International Association ofAthletics Federations (IAAF) World Youth Championship which is toopen Wednesday in Ostrava, the ...
134 people in Lal Masjid secured by Pakistani security forces
Jul 11, 2007 ... 134 people in Lal Masjid secured by Pakistani security forcesISLAMABAD, July 10 (Xinhua) -- The security forces have released134 people from the Lal Masjid (red mosque) militants on Tuesday inan operation, a TV channel PTV reported. Those who were secured included 85 men, ...
Weather forecast for major Chinese cities -- July 10
Jul 11, 2007 ... Weather forecast for major Chinese cities -- July 10BEIJING, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Weather forecast for 17 major Chinesecities (20:00 July 10 - 20:00 July 11, Beijing Time, temperatures inCelsius):Min.Max.Condition Wind scale Beijing 21 ...
China coach cautious after big win over Malaysia
Jul 11, 2007 ... China coach cautious after big win over MalaysiaKUALA LUMPUR, July 10 (Xinhua) -- China coach Zhu Guanghuexpressed caution after his team smashed Malaysia 5-1, saying thenext match against Iran will be much tougher. "This is only a group match, which cannot prove a lot of ...
Opener, Advisory
Jul 11, 2007 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service forTuesday, July 10, 2007, and begins ...
French cement maker Lafarge sets up branch in southwest China
Jul 11, 2007 ... French cement maker Lafarge sets up branch in southwest ChinaCHENGDU, July 10 (Xinhua) -- French cement maker Lafarge Group, aFortune 500 company, opened a branch in Chengdu, capital of southwestChina's Sichuan province, on Tuesday, after acquiring a Chinesecement company there ....
Standings of Asian Cup Group C
Jul 11, 2007 ... Standings of Asian Cup Group CKUALA LUMPUR, July 10(Xinhua) -- Following are the standings ofGroup C of the AFC Asian Cup after Tuesday's match (tabulated undermatches played, won, drawn, lost, ...
Sophisticated equipment helps PLA to fight floods
Jul 11, 2007 ... Sophisticated equipment helps PLA to fight floodsNANJING, July 10 (Xinhua) -- The Pontoon Brigade of NanjingMilitary Area has stockpiled some highly sophisticated equipment tofight the floods that have battered south China since the end ofJune. Torrential rain began ...
Roundup: Nepali PM felicitates Test Tube babies in Nepal by Rajeeb Tamrakar, Zhang Jianhua
Jul 11, 2007 ... Roundup: Nepali PM felicitates Test Tube babies in Nepal by Rajeeb Tamrakar, Zhang JianhuaKATHMANDU, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Nepali Prime minister Girija PrasadKoirala felicitated the Test Tube babies born in Nepal amidst aprogram organized in Kathmandu on Tuesday. The ...
Weather forecast for world cities -- July 10
Jul 11, 2007 ... Weather forecast for world cities -- July 10BEIJING, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Weather forecast for 11 world cities(20:00 July 10 - 20:00 July 11, Beijing Time, temperatures inCelsius):Min. Max. Condition Wind scale Beijing 2134 ...
Around 286,000 arrested in Bangladesh since state of emergency declared
Jul 11, 2007 ... Around 286,000 arrested in Bangladesh since state of emergencydeclaredDHAKA, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Around 286,000 persons, includingformer ministers, lawmakers, political leaders and business tycoons,have been arrested across the country on charges of crime andcorruption since ...
Roundup: China smash Malaysia 5-1, Indonesia overcome Bahrain 2-1
Jul 11, 2007 ... Roundup: China smash Malaysia 5-1, Indonesia overcome Bahrain 2-1 KUALA LUMPUR, July 10 (Xinhua) -- China smashed co-host Malaysia 5-1 while Indonesia overcame Bahrain 2-1 in 2007 Asian Cup group stageon Tuesday. China quickly gained advantage in Bukit Jalil National ...
1st Lead-Writethru: Death toll rises in floods, Chinese on high alert
Jul 11, 2007 ... 1st Lead-Writethru: Death toll rises in floods, Chinese on highalertBEIJING, July 10 (Xinhua) -- More than 66.3 million Chinese havebeen affected by floods this summer, with 360 people killed anddirect economic losses of 24.3 billion yuan, according to latestfigures from the ...
It's not time for U.S. withdrawal from Iraq: Australia FM
Jul 11, 2007 ... It's not time for U.S. withdrawal from Iraq: Australia FMCANBERRA, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Australian Foreign MinisterAlexander Downer has said it is not the time for U.S. troops towithdraw from Iraq. Downer's statements came as U.S. President George W Bush is undergrowing ...
Mexico may lose star goalscorer to knee injury
Jul 11, 2007 ... Mexico may lose star goalscorer to knee injuryPUERTO ORDAZ, Venezuela, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Mexican soccerforward Nery Castillo looks likely to miss the Copa America semi-final against Argentina after doctors confirmed a first-degree sprainin his right knee. Castillo, who ...
Former Belgian tennis star Clijsters pregnant
Jul 11, 2007 ... Former Belgian tennis star Clijsters pregnantBRUSSELS, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Kim Clijsters, the retired Belgiantennis star and former world tennis No. 1, is expecting her firstchild, her father said Tuesday. The 24-year-old is getting married at the end of this week, buther ...
Major news items in Thailand's leading newspapers
Jul 11, 2007 ... Major news items in Thailand's leading newspapersBANGKOK, July 11 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inThailand's leading newspapers on Wednesday:Bangkok Post: -- The disbanded Thai Rak Thai Party on Tuesday kicked off acampaign to defeat the draft ...
Lula says Brazil to spend 500 million U.S. dollars on nuclear program
Jul 11, 2007 ... Lula says Brazil to spend 500 million U.S. dollars on nuclearprogramBRASILIA, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio daSilva announced on Tuesday that his government will relaunch itsmothballed nuclear program, including building a nuclear submarineand the ...
Mexican gov't condemns attacks on gas facilities
Jul 11, 2007 ... Mexican gov't condemns attacks on gas facilitiesMEXICO CITY, July 10 (Xinhua) -- The Mexican government on Tuesdaycondemned the attacks on the nation's energy facilities after anti-government the People's Revolutionary Army (EPR) claimedresponsibility for these explosions ....
Stocks close higher in Argentina, lower in Mexico, Brazil
Jul 11, 2007 ... Stocks close higher in Argentina, lower in Mexico, BrazilMEXICO CITY, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Latin America's three major stockmarkets closed mixed on Tuesday. The Buenos Aires stock market closed with the Merval index up 0.19percent at 2,253.3 points. The trade volume was ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, July 11
Jul 11, 2007 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, July 11MOSCOW -- Nine wagons of a passenger train ran off the tracks inRussia's Ural Tuesday and no one was killed, news agencies reported. Nine people were injured in the incident and three hospitalized,the Russian Emergency ...
Tokyo stocks fall
Jul 11, 2007 ... Tokyo stocks fallTOKYO, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks fell Wednesday morning. The 225-issue Nikkei Stocks Average dropped 191.72 points, or 1.05 ...
Foreign exchange rates in Nepal
Jul 11, 2007 ... Foreign exchange rates in NepalKATHMANDU, July 11 (Xinhua) -- The following are inter-bankforeign exchange rates against the Nepali rupee on Wednesday. CurrencyUnit Buying Selling Euro ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Jul 11, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, July 11 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Wednesday.Yomiuri: -- The government decided Tuesday to extend the Air Self- DefenseForce's airlift support mission for ...
Chile leads World Bank list for good governance in L. America
Jul 11, 2007 ... Chile leads World Bank list for good governance in L. AmericaSANTIAGO, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Chile has been best governed amongLatin American countries since 1996, said a World Bank report quotedby local media on Tuesday. The 2007 report "The Governance Matters," which ...
Foreign exchange rates in Thailand
Jul 11, 2007 ... Foreign exchange rates in ThailandBANGKOK, July 11 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreign exchangerates against the baht on Wednesday as offered by the Bangkok Bank:WednesdayTuesdayU.S. dollar 33.03/33.68 33.35/34.00 ...
Romania to change criteria for financial support grants
Jul 11, 2007 ... Romania to change criteria for financial support grantsBUCHAREST, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Romania will change its criteriafor offering financial support to small-medium sized enterprises(SME), Romanian Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu said onTuesday. The prime minister ...
Hall of Fame tennis results
Jul 11, 2007 ... Hall of Fame tennis resultsWASHINGTON, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Hall of FameChampionship men's singles first round results in Newport, RhodeIsland on Tuesday (prefix number denotes seeding): Antony Dupuis, France, beat Konstantinos Economidis, Greece, 6-4,6-3 ...
Xinhua international news advisory -- July 11
Jul 11, 2007 ... Xinhua international news advisory -- July 11BEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of the majorinternational news stories scheduled to be covered or pursued byXinhua on Wednesday. -- Mexico gov't condemns ...
Arrests made for fraud in bidding for projects for Brazil's Petrobras
Jul 11, 2007 ... Arrests made for fraud in bidding for projects for Brazil'sPetrobrasRIO DE JANEIRO, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's Federal Police onTuesday arrested at least 15 people allegedly involved in fraud inthe public bidding process for projects in the state-owned oil andgas company ...
Striking miners threaten demonstration in Bolivia
Jul 11, 2007 ... Striking miners threaten demonstration in BoliviaLIMA, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Miners in the Bolivian town of Huanunihalted talks with the government on Tuesday and threatened to hold aseries of demonstrations in the administrative capital La Paz. According to news reaching ...
Liu captures third straight victory in 110 hurdles at Lausanne GP
Jul 11, 2007 ... Liu captures third straight victory in 110 hurdles at Lausanne GP LAUSANNE, Switzerland, July 11 (Xinhua) -- World record holder LiuXiang won the 110 hurdles for the third time in a row at the LausanneGrand Prix, running the season's third-best time despite the cold onTuesday ....
Major news items in leading Nepali newspapers
Jul 11, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Nepali newspapersKATHMANDU, July 11 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Nepali newspapers on Wednesday.The Kathmandu Post: -- Nepali Finance Minister Ram Sharan Mahat has removed the stateallowance for the ...
4 soldiers beheaded by rebels in southern Philippines: military
Jul 11, 2007 ... 4 soldiers beheaded by rebels in southern Philippines: militaryMANILA, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Four Filipino soldiers searching foran abducted Italian priest in southern Mindanao were captured andbeheaded by suspected Abu Sayyaf men and other local rebels, said themilitary ...
Market exchange rates -- July 11
Jul 11, 2007 ... Market exchange rates -- July 11BEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- The central parity rate of the RMBagainst five major currencies announced on July 11 by the ChinaForeign Exchange Trading System: Currency UnitMiddle Price (in RMB yuan) U.S. Dollar 100 ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Jul 11, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, July 11 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Philippine newspapers on Wednesday:Manila Bulletin: -- The Supreme Court (SC) has declared final its decision thatordered the dismissal of ...
Al Qaida's NO. 2 threatens more attacks on Britain
Jul 11, 2007 ... Al Qaida's NO. 2 threatens more attacks on BritainCAIRO, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Al Qaida deputy chief Ayman al-Zawahrion Tuesday issued a new audiotape on the Internet threatening moreterrorist attacks on Britain, if the country did not change itsdiplomatic policies adopted by ...
Major news items in leading Vietnamese newspapers
Jul 11, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Vietnamese newspapersHANOI, July 11 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Vietnamese newspapers on Wednesday:People's Army: -- Vietnam will invest 5,985 billion Vietnamese dong ...