Xinhua News Agency back issues from Thursday, October 11:
Sri Lanka to increase defense expenditure
Oct 11, 2007 ... Sri Lanka to increase defense expenditure COLOMBO, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Sri Lankan government is planningto increase its defense expenditure by about 20 percent in 2008against the background of escalating conflict between governmenttroops and Tamil Tigers rebels, parliamentary ...
News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)
Oct 11, 2007 ... News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2) HONG KONG, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong on Wednesday: Malaysia tin market closes flat Foreign exchange rates in Malaysia New car sales in ...
Opener, Advisory
Oct 11, 2007 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English serviceforWednesday, October 10, 2007, and begins ...
Two kidnapped expatriates freed in Nigeria's Delta region
Oct 11, 2007 ... Two kidnapped expatriates freed in Nigeria's Delta region LAGOS, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Two expatriate staff of an Italian oilservicing firm, Saipem, kidnapped two weeks ago, have been freedlater Tuesday, Nigeria's state media reported on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Oct 11, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers MANILA, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Philippine newspapers on Thursday: Manila Bulletin: -- The export earnings of the Philippines in the first eightmonths of the year posted a modest ...
Sports minister: Poland is well prepared for Euro 2012
Oct 11, 2007 ... Sports minister: Poland is well prepared for Euro 2012 WARSAW, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Poland's sports minister said onWednesday the eastern European country is well prepared for Euro 2012in view of the fact that the event organizers were selected sixmonths later than ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Oct. 10
Oct 11, 2007 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Oct. 10 BEIJING, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Following are domestic news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Wedensday: Taiwan's "Red shirts" leader challenges Chen Shui-bian at NationalDay party Shanghai official ousted from legislature for suspected ...
U.S. Army to focus on unconventional warfare: defense secretary
Oct 11, 2007 ... U.S. Army to focus on unconventional warfare: defense secretary WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of Defense RobertGates outlined plans Wednesday to reorganize the war-stretched U.S.Army to better meet the challenges of unconventional warfare. In his keynote ...
Earthquake hits Papua, Indonesia
Oct 11, 2007 ... Earthquake hits Papua, Indonesia JAKARTA, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.2 on theRichter scale jolted Mimika district of Indonesia's Papua provinceThursday morning, but there was no reports of casualties and materialdamage. According to local Meteorology and ...
Xinhua international news advisory -- Oct. 11
Oct 11, 2007 ... Xinhua international news advisory -- Oct. 11 BEIJING, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of the majorinternational news stories scheduled to be covered or pursued byXinhua Thursday. -- News analysis: Why France toughens stance on ...
Major news items in leading Fiji newspapers
Oct 11, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Fiji newspapers WELLINGTON, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Following are major news items inleading Fiji newspapers on Thursday. The Fiji Times: -- Fiji's President Ratu Josefa Iloilo attributed hiscountry'sdifficulty to Australia and New Zealand's ...
Major news items in leading Thai newspapers
Oct 11, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Thai newspapers BANGKOK, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsinleading Thai newspapers Thursday: The Nation: -- The Bank of Thailand's Monetary Policy Committee acted onWednesday to leave its benchmark policy rate unchanged ...
Xinhua home news advisory -- Oct. 11
Oct 11, 2007 ... Xinhua home news advisory -- Oct. 11 BEIJING, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Major home news items to be coveredor pursued by Xinhua on Thursday: -- China releases September consumer confidence index -- PressConference by State Administration of Taxation -- Updates about 14th ...
Spanish court to sentence Madrid bomb attackers by Oct. 31
Oct 11, 2007 ... Spanish court to sentence Madrid bomb attackers by Oct. 31 MADRID, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Spain's top court, the NationalHearing, will sentence 27 defendants being tried for the 2004 Madridtrain bombing by Oct. 31, a court spokesman said Wednesday. The nine Spanish citizens, 15 ...
Former U.S. official becomes president of Chinese school
Oct 11, 2007 ... Former U.S. official becomes president of Chinese school BEIJING, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- A former U.S. education official hasstarted to work as the honorary president of an elementary school insouthwest China. Susan Sclafani, former Assistant Secretary for the office ...
Hong Kong stocks open higher -- Oct. 11
Oct 11, 2007 ... Hong Kong stocks open higher -- Oct. 11 HONG KONG, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- ...
Dozens of Brazilian legislators call for Senate president's suspension
Oct 11, 2007 ... Dozens of Brazilian legislators call for Senate president'ssuspension BRASILIA, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Dozens of Brazilian legislators onWednesday called for the suspension of Senate President RenanCalheiros, saying the move would guarantee objectivity in ...
China's home news items from Xinhua -- Oct. 10
Oct 11, 2007 ... China's home news items from Xinhua -- Oct. 10 BEIJING, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Following are China's home news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Wednesday: Taiwan's "Red shirts" leader challenges Chen Shui-bian at NationalDay party Shanghai official ousted from legislature for ...
Stockholm Open men's singles results
Oct 11, 2007 ... Stockholm Open men's singles results STOCKHOLM, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Following are the StockholmOpenmen's singles results on Wednesday (prefix denotes seeding): Second round 5-Juan Monaco, Argentina, bt Filip Prpic, Sweden, 6-4, 6-4 4-Tommy Haas, Germany, bt Albert ...
Vienna tennis results
Oct 11, 2007 ... Vienna tennis results VIENNA, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of theVienna tennis tournament on Wednesday (prefix number denotesseeding): Second round: 2-Fernando Gonzalez, Chile, bt Jiri Vanek, Czech Republic, ...
Ecuador hosts festival of award-winning Chinese films
Oct 11, 2007 ... Ecuador hosts festival of award-winning Chinese films QUITO, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Ecuadorian House of Culture and theChinese Embassy in Quito are presenting a festival of prize-winningChinese films, beginning with 'I Beg You To Praise Me' on Wednesday,the House said in a ...
Thieves caught struggling with 30 kg bag of coins in east China
Oct 11, 2007 ... Thieves caught struggling with 30 kg bag of coins in east China JINAN, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Two young men were caught by police asthey struggled to flee with a 30-kilogram bag of one-yuan coinstheyhad stolen from their boss at a restaurant in Qingdao, a coastal cityof Shandong ...
Ecaudor calls up Viteri after Elizaga injury
Oct 11, 2007 ... Ecaudor calls up Viteri after Elizaga injury QUITO, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Daniel Viteri, goalkeeper at Ecuadoriansoccer team Deportivo Quito, could replace Marcelo Elizaga, anArgentine who has naturalized as Ecuadorian, after Elizaga suffered afacial injury during Tuesday training, ...
Chinese lawmaker urges closer cooperation between UN, parliamentaryunion
Oct 11, 2007 ... Chinese lawmaker urges closer cooperation between UN,parliamentaryunion GENEVA, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Inter-Parliamentary Union(IPU)should strengthen its cooperation with the United Nations tomeet the needs in dealing with international affairs, a seniorChinese lawmaker said on ...
Filipino workers paying excessive fees to work overseas
Oct 11, 2007 ... Filipino workers paying excessive fees to work overseas MANILA, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Most Filipino workers are payingexcessive recruitment fees to leave to work abroad, reports said onThursday. Many local recruitment agencies are still collectingdisproportionate fees despite ...
Major news items in leading Nepali newspapers
Oct 11, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Nepali newspapers KATHMANDU, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin Nepali leading newspapers on Thursday. The Rising Nepal: -- Major political parties including the Nepali Congress, theCommunist Party of Nepal (Maoist) ...
Tokyo shares mixed in morning
Oct 11, 2007 ... Tokyo shares mixed in morning TOKYO, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks ended the morning sessionmixed on Thursday, with investors refraining from both aggressivelybuying and selling stocks. The 225-issue ...
ADB approves 15-mln-dlr loan to aid poverty reduction in Vietnam
Oct 11, 2007 ... ADB approves 15-mln-dlr loan to aid poverty reduction in Vietnam MANILA, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB)approved a new loan of 15 million U.S. dollars to assist povertyreduction efforts in Vietnam in coordination with a number of otherdevelopment partners, said ...
European importers cautiously welcome textile agreement with China
Oct 11, 2007 ... European importers cautiously welcome textile agreement with China BRUSSELS, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- European importers on Wednesdayexpressed cautious welcome to the new textile agreement between theEuropean Union (EU) and China, which replaces import quotas withjoint monitoring of ...
Lin Dan breezes into badminton quarters
Oct 11, 2007 ... Lin Dan breezes into badminton quarters BEIJING, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Lin Dan knocked out Chinesecompatriot Liu Yuchen 21-7, 21-7 to advance into the men'ssinglesquarterfinals at the 2007 International Badminton Tournamenthere on Thursday. In the 18-minute two sets, Lin Dan ...
Argentina coach defends choosing Riquelme
Oct 11, 2007 ... Argentina coach defends choosing Riquelme BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Argentine national soccer teammanager, Alfio Basile, justified the call up of midfielder Juan RomanRiquelme for the World Cup qualifier matches against Chile andVenezuela by telling press on Wednesday that ...
Nigeria moves second batch of troops to Darfur
Oct 11, 2007 ... Nigeria moves second batch of troops to Darfur LAGOS, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- The second batch of 170 Nigerian troopson Wednesday departed the Air Force wing of the Murtala MuhammedAirport in Nigeria's biggest city Lagos to Darfur, Sudan on peace-keeping operations. The first ...
Feature: China working to prevent child abuse
Oct 11, 2007 ... Feature: China working to prevent child abuseBy Zhou Yan & DingJing XI'AN, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- At 17, Chen Cai is skinny and timidlike a child. But six months of forced labor and torture at aprivately-owned brick kiln in north China's Shanxi Province has agedhim before his ...
Major news items in leading New Zealand newspapers
Oct 11, 2007 ... Major news items in leading New Zealand newspapers WELLINGTON, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Following are major news items inleading New Zealand newspapers on Thursday. The Dominion Post: -- The Government is sitting on a multibillion-dollar election-year war chest, and is ...
Market exchange rates -- Oct. 11
Oct 11, 2007 ... Market exchange rates -- Oct. 11 BEIJING, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- The central parity rate of theRMBagainst five major currencies announced on Oct. 11 by the ChinaForeign Exchange Trading System: Currency Unit Middle Price (in RMB yuan) U.S. Dollar ...
Brazilian Development Bank approves huge loan to fixed-telephony company
Oct 11, 2007 ... Brazilian Development Bank approves huge loan to fixed-telephonycompany RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Brazilian Development Bank(BNDES) on Wednesday announced it approved a loan of 2 billion reais(1.1 billion U.S. dollars) to finance the modernization and expansionof ...
Kenya's cricket body names squad to face Canada
Oct 11, 2007 ... Kenya's cricket body names squad to face Canada NAIROBI, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's cricket officials unveileda14-man squad on Thursday for the forthcoming Intercontinental Cupmatch against Canada in Nairobi. According to a statement from the Cricket Kenya (CK), eightplayers ...
Kyrgyz economy minister sacked over bread prices
Oct 11, 2007 ... Kyrgyz economy minister sacked over bread prices ALMATY, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyevsacked his Economy and Trade Minister Sabyrbek Molodokulov onWednesday for failing to curb soaring bread price, according to newsreports reaching here from Kyrgyzstan's ...
Polish official: no Euro 2012 funding before elections
Oct 11, 2007 ... Polish official: no Euro 2012 funding before elections WARSAW, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- There will be no pre-election fundingfor the construction of Euro 2012 stadiums, Polish financeministerZyta Gilowska said Wednesday in Poznan, western Poland. On Tuesday the Polish daily Gazeta ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Oct. 11
Oct 11, 2007 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Oct. 11 WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration does torture prisonersinviolation of international law, former President Jimmy CartersaidWednesday. President George W. Bush recently defended hisadministration'stechniques used to ...
Tokyo shares open higher
Oct 11, 2007 ... Tokyo shares open higher TOKYO, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks opened marginally higherThursday, despite an overnight drop in the U.S. market. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the 225-issue Nikkei ...
U.S. military leaders admit army "out of balance"
Oct 11, 2007 ... U.S. military leaders admit army "out of balance" WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of Defense RobertGates admitted Wednesday that the U.S. Army is under severestress and"out of balance," although he denied that it's broken by the Iraqwar. Addressing the annual ...
Asian Games triathlon champ banned for doping
Oct 11, 2007 ... Asian Games triathlon champ banned for doping BEIJING, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese triathlete Wang Hongnihasbeen banned for two years for doping, the Chinese TriathlonAssociation confirmed on Thursday. Wang, the 2006 Asian Games women's triathlon champion, had testedpositive ...
Stocks close higher in Mexico, lower in Argentina, Brazil
Oct 11, 2007 ... Stocks close higher in Mexico, lower in Argentina, Brazil MEXICO CITY, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Latin America's three majorstock markets closed mixed Wednesday. Mexico City's IPC stock index rose by 1.03 percent to close at32,129.40 points. A total of 233 million shares were traded ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Oct 11, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers TOKYO, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Thursday: Asahi: -- Police here Wednesday arrested a man who operates a cellphoneWeb site offering suicide tips on suspicion of ...
U.S. oil company Chevron under pressure after profit warning
Oct 11, 2007 ... U.S. oil company Chevron under pressure after profit warning NEW YORK, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Chevron Corp. shares came underpressure Wednesday after the oil giant warned investors to expectthird-quarter net earnings "significantly below" the record 5.4billion U.S. dollars it posted ...
Joint operation nets 14 drug smugglers in Colombia
Oct 11, 2007 ... Joint operation nets 14 drug smugglers in Colombia BOGOTA, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- At least 14 members of a drug ringoperating in Colombia, Spain and the United States have been capturedin Bogota, in a joint operation by the three countries, Colombianpolice said Wednesday. "We ...
Foreign exchange rates in Thailand
Oct 11, 2007 ... Foreign exchange rates in Thailand BANGKOK, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- The following are foreignexchangerates against the baht on Thursday as offered by the BangkokBank: Thursday Wednesday U.S. dollar 33.83/34.46 33.83/34.46 British ...
Japanese man held by armed group in Iran: report
Oct 11, 2007 ... Japanese man held by armed group in Iran: report TOKYO, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- A Japanese university student wasretained by an armed group in Iran while traveling there, Kyodo Newsreported late Wednesday in Tehran, citing Japanese Embassy there. The 23-year-old Japanese man ...
Major news items in leading Australian newspapers
Oct 11, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Australian newspapers CANBERRA, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Australian newspapers on Thursday. The Australian: -- The Australian-run security firm at the center of thelatestcivilian shooting in Baghdad has ...
Brazil's inflation down in September
Oct 11, 2007 ... Brazil's inflation down in September RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Extended National ConsumerPrice Index (IPCA), used by the Brazilian government to measureinflation in the country, dropped to 0.18 percent in September, downfrom 0.47 percent in August, authorities said ...
Philippines bans bird imports from Canadian province
Oct 11, 2007 ... Philippines bans bird imports from Canadian province MANILA, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines has issued a temporaryban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their productsfrom a province of Canada for fear of bird flu, reports said onThursday. The ban was ...
Colombian plane carrying 15 soldiers still missing
Oct 11, 2007 ... Colombian plane carrying 15 soldiers still missing BOGOTA, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Despite a three-day intensive search,there has still been no sign of the Colombian plane carrying 15soldiers and three civilians which has been missing since Monday. "Lamentably, an accident ...
New York City kicks off global campaign to promote tourism
Oct 11, 2007 ... New York City kicks off global campaign to promote tourism NEW YORK, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- New York City Mayor MichaelBloomberg on Wednesday announced the start of a global communicationscampaign to promote the Big Apple throughout the world. As the city's first global ...
Foreign exchange rates in Nepal
Oct 11, 2007 ... Foreign exchange rates in Nepal KATHMANDU, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- The following are inter-bankforeign exchange rates against the Nepali rupee on Thursday. CurrencyUnit Buying Selling Australian dollar 1 56.8057.33 Canadian dollar 1 ...
ADB provides fund to help flood management project in Tajikistan
Oct 11, 2007 ... ADB provides fund to help flood management project in Tajikistan MANILA, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB)isfunding a flood risk management system for one of the most flood-affected regions of Tajikistan, the Khatlon province, said ADBThursday in a news ...
Vietnam needs more auditors
Oct 11, 2007 ... Vietnam needs more auditors HANOI, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam needs about 3,000 auditors tomeet the demand by 2010, local newspaper Vietnam News quoted thecountry's Ministry of Finance as reporting Thursday. Vietnam currently has only 888 auditors serving total ...
Myanmar to hold mid-year gems emporium in November
Oct 11, 2007 ... Myanmar to hold mid-year gems emporium in November YANGON, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar will hold a mid-year gemsemporium here in the second week of November this year to encouragenational gem traders to sell more quality gems, jade, pearl andjewelry, the official newspaper New ...
Major news items in leading Indian newspapers
Oct 11, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Indian newspapers NEW DELHI, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Indian newspapers on Thursday. The Hindu: -- Over 20,000 traders, farmers, and shopkeepers staged a protestin Mumbai, the Indian financial center, ...
Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapers
Oct 11, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapers ISLAMABAD, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Following are the major news itemsin leading Pakistani newspapers on Thursday: Daily Times: -- Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Wednesdaythatelections for the national and ...
On the 14th Dalai Lama's betrayal of Buddhism (1)
Oct 11, 2007 ... On the 14th Dalai Lama's betrayal of Buddhism (1) BEIJING, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Thursday's People's Daily (overseasedition) carried a signed article on the 14th Dalai Lama's betrayalof Buddhism. The full text is as follows:Why does the "Buddhistleader" frequently violate dharma and ...
Roundup: Malaysia filled with excitement for its first astronaut by Li Wen
Oct 11, 2007 ... Roundup: Malaysia filled with excitement for its first astronaut by Li Wen KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- As Malaysia's firstastronautheaded for outer space on Wednesday, the whole nation wasabuzz with excitement over the historic flight. Malaysia's orthopedic ...
Major news items in leading Vietnamese newspapers
Oct 11, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Vietnamese newspapers HANOI, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Vietnamese newspapers on Thursday: Pioneer: -- Bird flu has returned in Vietnam's southern Tra Vinh province.Samples from a flock 300 ducks raised ...
On the 14th Dalai Lama's betrayal of Buddhism (2)
Oct 11, 2007 ... On the 14th Dalai Lama's betrayal of Buddhism (2) In 1954, I accompanied the 14th Dalai Lama and the 10thPanchenLama to Beijing. Till now, the zealous and respectful mannerthat the Dalai Lama demonstrated during that visit is still vivid inmymind. In the eulogy he presented to ...
Casino loan-sharks nabbed in Macao
Oct 11, 2007 ... Casino loan-sharks nabbed in Macao MACAO, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Macao police have nabbed twosuspects for casino loan-sharking charges, local media reportedThursday. The Macao Post Daily quoted police sources as saying that thepolice Monday seized the two suspects in a ...