Xinhua News Agency back issues from Saturday, October 27:
New York student dies from deadly staph infection
Oct 27, 2007 ... New York student dies from deadly staph infection NEW YORK, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- New York City's Health Departmentisinvestigating how a middle-school student contracted a deadly staphinfection, local media reported Friday. The department said Thursday that the death of the ...
Beijing's heavy fog to linger overnight, may clear Saturday morning
Oct 27, 2007 ... Beijing's heavy fog to linger overnight, may clear Saturdaymorning BEIJING, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The heavy fog blanketing the Chinesecapital Beijing is expected to linger overnight, but it may clear onSaturday morning with the help of rainfall, the BeijingMeteorological ...
Opener, Advisory
Oct 27, 2007 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service forFriday,October 26, 2007, and begins ...
Chinese premier congratulates new Myanmar PM
Oct 27, 2007 ... Chinese premier congratulates new Myanmar PM BEIJING, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao sent acongratulatory message on Thursday to Myanmar's new PrimeMinisterThein ...
"Yao Ming" leads Guangzhou past Haidian at Chinese City Games
Oct 27, 2007 ... "Yao Ming" leads Guangzhou past Haidian at Chinese City Games WUHAN, Central China, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Wei Wei, "Yao Ming" inthe women's basketball, led southern city Guangzhou past Haidiandistrict of Beijing 114-48 to reach the semifinals at the 6th ChineseCity Games on ...
China shuts down 10 mln kilowatts of small power generators ahead of schedule
Oct 27, 2007 ... China shuts down 10 mln kilowatts of small power generators aheadof schedule ZHENGZHOU, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- China has already shut down smallcoal-fired generating units with an aggregate capacity of 10millionkilowatts so far this year, a target set for the whole year, in a bidto ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Oct. 26
Oct 27, 2007 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Oct. 26 BEIJING, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are domestic news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Friday: Macao chief executive hails China's moon orbiter launch asmilestone China's PPI of manufactured goods up 2.7 pct in Sept. Vice ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)
Oct 27, 2007 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2) HONG KONG, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Friday: HKSAR Chief Secretary for Administration to visit Beijing Dollar trades at lower 114 yen in ...
Hong Kong financial chief urges caution in investing
Oct 27, 2007 ... Hong Kong financial chief urges caution in investing HONG KONG, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong Financial Secretary JohnTsang warned investors here Friday to be cautious in their investmentstrategy as global financial markets have been very volatile thisyear. Speaking in the ...
Chinese Vice President attends opening concert of music contest
Oct 27, 2007 ... Chinese Vice President attends opening concert of music contest NANJING, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghongwas among an audience of over 2,000 people watching the inauguralconcert of the Sixth National Golden-Bell Music Contest in Nanjing,the capital of east ...
New mortgage loans dip 7.2 pct in HK
Oct 27, 2007 ... New mortgage loans dip 7.2 pct in HK HONG KONG, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's new mortgage loansdrawn down in September fell 7.2 percent to 15 billion Hong Kongdollars (about 1.94 billion U.S. dollars), Hong Kong MonetaryAuthority said here Friday. According to the figure ...
Chilean footballer arrested for alleged drunk driving
Oct 27, 2007 ... Chilean footballer arrested for alleged drunk driving SANTIAGO, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Chilean national team soccer playerGary Medel was arrested early Friday for allegedly driving under theinfluence of alcohol, without a drivers' license. Medel, 20, was arrested by police after ...
41 countries and regions registered in Cuban marathons
Oct 27, 2007 ... 41 countries and regions registered in Cuban marathons HAVANA, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Athletes from 41 countries andregions will participate in the traditional Maracuba and Marabanamarathon races to be held on November 17 and 18 respectively inHavana, the organizing committee said on ...
Brazilian President to attend announcement of 2014 World Cup host
Oct 27, 2007 ... Brazilian President to attend announcement of 2014 World Cup host RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian President LuizInacio Lula da Silva will fly to Zurich, Switzerland, to attend theceremony to announce the host of the 2014 FIFA World Cup on Oct. 30,the president's ...
Bundesliga soccer result
Oct 27, 2007 ... Bundesliga soccer result BERLIN, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following is the match ...
Zimbabwe set to hold president election in March next year
Oct 27, 2007 ... Zimbabwe set to hold president election in March next year HARARE, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwe is set to hold harmonizedpresidential, parliamentary and local government elections in Marchnext year, local media New Ziana reported on Friday. The ruling Zanu-PF extra ordinary ...
Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, Oct. 26
Oct 27, 2007 ... Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, Oct. 26 GAZA -- Israeli troops on early Friday killed threePalestinianmilitants during separate fire exchanges in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, Palestinian source said. Hamas, or the Islamic Resistance Movement, said that one ...
Cuba names baseball team for World Cup
Oct 27, 2007 ... Cuba names baseball team for World Cup HAVANA, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Cuban Baseball Federationannounced on Friday a team for the next month's World Cupbaseballtournament. The team, coached by Rey Vicente Anglada and, is comprised of 24players including famed pitchers Pedro ...
Thousands line up for Greatest Race on Earth
Oct 27, 2007 ... Thousands line up for Greatest Race on Earth NAIROBI, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Kenyan capital Nairobi's streets andhighways will be turned into Africa's biggest running track onSundaywhen thousands of runners take part in the Standard Chartered NairobiMarathon 2007. The race will ...
Nine killed, two injured as bus plunges into river in east China
Oct 27, 2007 ... Nine killed, two injured as bus plunges into river in east China HANGZHOU, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- At least nine people were killed and2 were severely injured when a passenger bus ran off the road andplunged into a river on Friday in east China's Zhejiang Province,confirmed the local ...
Roast duck chain kicks off IPO
Oct 27, 2007 ... Roast duck chain kicks off IPO BEIJING, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- China Quanjude (Group) Co., Ltd,afamous Peking roast duck restaurant chain, kicked off its initialpublic offering (IPO) on Friday. According to its public notice, the company plans to issue up to36 million shares on ...
Ferrari celebrates world champion team and driver
Oct 27, 2007 ... Ferrari celebrates world champion team and driver ROME, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Ferrari will celebrate its worldchampionship team and driver on Sunday with a parade at the end oftheFerrari Challenge finals, according to Italian News Agency ANSA. Leading the parade at the Mugello ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Oct 27, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers TOKYO, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Saturday: Asahi: -- English-language school operator Nova Corp. filed forbankruptcy protection Friday and suspended operations ...
Frankfurt tie Hannover in Bundesliga match
Oct 27, 2007 ... Frankfurt tie Hannover in Bundesliga match BERLIN, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Hannover 96 brought home one point atFrankfurt after both teams shot no goals on Friday in the firstmatchof the 11th round of German top soccer league Bundesliga. Hannover thus jumped to fifth place in the ...
China to carry out field survey on "extinct" wild South China tiger
Oct 27, 2007 ... China to carry out field survey on "extinct" wild South Chinatiger BEIJING, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- The State Forestry Administration(SFA) will organize a team of experts to carry out a specialinvestigation into the existence of the "extinct" wild SouthChinatigers in China's ...
Bundesliga soccer standings
Oct 27, 2007 ... Bundesliga soccer standings BERLIN, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of theGerman Bundesliga after the match on Friday (tabulated undergamesplayed, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against and points) : 1 Bayern Munich10 8 2 0 27 4 26 2 Werder ...
Tons of cocaine found buried in Ecuador
Oct 27, 2007 ... Tons of cocaine found buried in Ecuador QUITO, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Ecuadoran police have found four tonsof cocaine buried in the coastal province of Esmeraldas, borderingwith Colombia, Police commander general Bolivar Cisnerossaid Friday. The cocaine, valued 160 million U.S ....
More highly qualified teachers attracted to work in China's rural areas
Oct 27, 2007 ... More highly qualified teachers attracted to work in China's ruralareas BEIJING, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- China has recruited nearly 17,000newteachers to serve in rural areas teaching children for their nineyears' compulsory education, according to Wang Xumin, ChineseMinistry of ...
Stocks close higher in Mexico, Argentina, Brazil
Oct 27, 2007 ... Stocks close higher in Mexico, Argentina, Brazil MEXICO CITY, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Latin America's three major stockmarkets closed higher Friday. Mexico City's IPC stock index rose by 0.79 percent to close at32,136.76 points. A total of 178 million shares were traded ...
Kenyan veteran dropped from volleyball team
Oct 27, 2007 ... Kenyan veteran dropped from volleyball team NAIROBI, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's national women volleyballteam captain Dorcas Ndasaba has been controversially dropped from thesquad that will take part in next month's Volleyball World CupinJapan. Kenya Volleyball Federation ...
Xinhua international news advisory -- Oct. 27
Oct 27, 2007 ... Xinhua international news advisory -- Oct. 27 BEIJING, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of the majorinternational news stories scheduled to be covered or pursued byXinhua Saturday. -- Mexico ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Oct. 27
Oct 27, 2007 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Oct. 27 ANKARA -- Turkey voiced reservation on the proposals submitted bya high-level Iraqi delegation after a whole day's crisis talks hereon Friday on tackling the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) innorthern Iraq and called more urgent ...
China circus festival attracts world performers
Oct 27, 2007 ... China circus festival attracts world performers SHIJIAZHUANG, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- A well-known acrobatic festivalopens Saturday in Shijiazhuang, capital of north China's HebeiProvince, attracting 25 circuses from 16 countries and regions. Performers from China, Russia, France, ...
Major news items in leading Australian newspapers
Oct 27, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Australian newspapers CANBERRA, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Australian newspapers on Saturday. The Weekend Australian: -- Australia's multi-billion dollar car industry is facing a majorsetback with export ...
Xinhua home news advisory -- Oct. 27
Oct 27, 2007 ... Xinhua home news advisory -- Oct. 27 BEIJING, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Major home news items to be coveredor pursued by Xinhua on Saturday: The 10th NPC Standing Committee continue to review several draftlaws China's drug watchdog approves WHO recommended anti-smoking ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Oct 27, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers MANILA, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Philippine newspapers on Saturday: Manila Bulletin: -- Vice President Noli de Castro Friday added his voice to thesupport expressed by several ...
Mongolian ruling party elects new chairman
Oct 27, 2007 ... Mongolian ruling party elects new chairman ULAN BATOR, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- The ruling Mongolian People'sRevolutionary Party elected Friday evening Sanj Bayar as its newchairman at its 25th party congress. Sanj Bayar, the party's former secretary general, won the electionby ...
New climate change agreement to be stricter than Kyoto: IPCC
Oct 27, 2007 ... New climate change agreement to be stricter than Kyoto: IPCC RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The terms of the internationalagreement on greenhouse gas emissions that will follow the KyotoProtocol will be even stricter, economist Mohan Munasinghe, vicepresident of the ...
Major news items in leading Thai newspapers
Oct 27, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Thai newspapers BANGKOK, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsinleading Thai newspapers Saturday: The Nation: -- The Election Commission of Thailand will review new campaigningrules that media professionals and political ...
Rainfall death toll rises to six in Rio
Oct 27, 2007 ... Rainfall death toll rises to six in Rio RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Three children were killed andone teenager was injured in a landslide in Nova Brasilia, a slum areain Rio de Janeiro's north, bringing the death toll by heavy rainfallsto six. According to Rio de ...
Major news items in leading Thai newspapers
Oct 27, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Thai newspapers BANGKOK, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsinleading Thai newspapers Saturday: The Nation: -- The Election Commission of Thailand will review new campaigningrules that media professionals and political ...
C. America-EU negotiations on association accord end with few advances
Oct 27, 2007 ... C. America-EU negotiations on association accord end with fewadvances SAN JOSE, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The first round of negotiations foran Association Accord (ADA) between Central America and the EuropeanUnion (EU) concluded Friday with few concrete advances. However, Central ...
Coal mine flooding traps nine in northwest China
Oct 27, 2007 ... Coal mine flooding traps nine in northwest China XI'AN, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Nine miners were trapped in a coal minein northwest China's Shaanxi Province, after it was flooded onFriday. No deaths were reported. The No. 3 shaft of the Yaotou Coal Mine near Chengcheng ...
Green-powder mailer arrested in Brazil
Oct 27, 2007 ... Green-powder mailer arrested in Brazil BRASILIA, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Divino Aluizio de Souza, the mailerwho allegedly sent a suspicious green powder substance to nearly 20embassies here, has been arrested at Itapevie, west of Gran SaoPaulo, police said Friday. After De ...
Chilean appeals court drops corruption charges against Pinochet family
Oct 27, 2007 ... Chilean appeals court drops corruption charges against Pinochetfamily SANTIAGO, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Santiago's Appeals CourtannulledFriday the charges of embezzling public funds against thefamily and acquaintances of deceased former Chilean military leaderAugusto ...
EU keeps firm hand on trade preferences with Central America
Oct 27, 2007 ... EU keeps firm hand on trade preferences with Central America SAN JOSE, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) was keepinga "firm hand" on the negotiations with Central American countries,the spokesman for these nations and Costa Rica's chief negotiatorRoberto Echandi said ...
Ibero-American organization chief calls for fight against inequality
Oct 27, 2007 ... Ibero-American organization chief calls for fight againstinequality MONTEVIDEO, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Enrique Iglesias, generalsecretary of the Ibero-American General Secretariat, called ontheregion Friday to fight inequality, saying it was a more urgenttask than tackling ...
World champion wins women's doubles gold medal at Chinese City Games
Oct 27, 2007 ... World champion wins women's doubles gold medal at Chinese CityGames WUHAN, Central China, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- World champion Guo Yuepaired with Hou Xiaoxu Saturday to win the women's doubles gold medalin the table tennis competition of the 6th Chinese CityGames. Guo/Hou never ...
Paraguay a warehouse for illegal weapons in Latin America: Brazilian minister
Oct 27, 2007 ... Paraguay a warehouse for illegal weapons in Latin America:Brazilian minister RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian Justice MinisterTarso Genro said Friday that the country's neighbor Paraguay was themain distributor of illegal weaponry to the other countries ...
Tang Yi takes victory in women's 100m freestyle at City Games
Oct 27, 2007 ... Tang Yi takes victory in women's 100m freestyle at City Games WUHAN, Central China, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Tang Yi of ShanghaiPudong district took the victory in the women's 100 meters freestyleat Chinese City Games here on Saturday. The freestyle talent, 14, led throughout the ...
Experts discuss feasibility of building third Eurasian land-bridge
Oct 27, 2007 ... Experts discuss feasibility of building third Eurasian land-bridge BEIJING, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese experts will gather insouthwest China's Kunming city on Nov. 1 to discuss the feasibilityof building the third Eurasian Land-Bridge which will extend 15,000kilometers to link ...
Top-ranked U20 paddler crowned at Chinese City Games with no surprise (updated)
Oct 27, 2007 ... Top-ranked U20 paddler crowned at Chinese City Games with nosurprise (updated) WUHAN, Central China, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Top-seeded teenagesensation Ma Long lived up to his repute here on Saturday at the 6thChinese City Games, clinching the men's singles gold medal of theunder-20 ...
Versatile swimmer Liu snatches 3rd gold at Chinese City Games (updated)
Oct 27, 2007 ... Versatile swimmer Liu snatches 3rd gold at Chinese City Games(updated) WUHAN, Central China, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- All-rounder Liu Weijiadashed a sesational win in the men's 200 meters individual medleyhere on Saturday, winning his third gold at the Chinese City Games. Liu, 18, ...
Major news items in leading Nepali newspapers
Oct 27, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Nepali newspapers KATHMANDU, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin Nepali leading newspapers on Saturday. The Rising Nepal: -- The leaders of different political parties have given emphasisto forge consensus to end the ...
Top-ranked U20 paddler crowned at Chinese City Games
Oct 27, 2007 ... Top-ranked U20 paddler crowned at Chinese City Games WUHAN, Central China, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Top-seeded teenagesensation Ma Long lived up to his repute here on Saturday at the 6thChinese City Games, clinching the men's singles gold medal of theunder-20 table tennis tournament ...
National champion Sun wins women's 200m breaststroke at City Games
Oct 27, 2007 ... National champion Sun wins women's 200m breaststroke at City Games WUHAN, Central China, 0ct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Newly-crowned nationalchampion Sun Ye reigned in the women's 200 meters breaststroke hereon Saturday at the Sixth Chinese City Games. The 18-year-old Sun who grabbed two ...
Top-ranked U20 paddler crowned at Chinese City Games with no surprise
Oct 27, 2007 ... Top-ranked U20 paddler crowned at Chinese City Games with nosurprise WUHAN, Central China, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Top-seeded teenagesensation Ma Long lived up to his repute here on Saturday at the 6thChinese City Games, clinching the men's singles gold medal of theunder-20 table ...
Final standings of men's singles at Chinese City Games table tennis
Oct 27, 2007 ... Final standings of men's singles at Chinese City Games tabletennis WUHAN, Central China, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Following are the finalstandings of the table tennis men's singles event at the 6thChineseCity Games after the final ...
Medal table of table tennis competitions at Chinese City Games
Oct 27, 2007 ... Medal table of table tennis competitions at Chinese City Games WUHAN, Central China, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Following is the medaltable of the table tennis competitions at the 6th Chinese City Gamesjust concluded here on Saturday: Men's team Gold: Wuhan Silver: ...
Retired Olympic champion Li Ting likely to play again
Oct 27, 2007 ... Retired Olympic champion Li Ting likely to play again By Sportswriter Wang Jimin WUHAN, Central China, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Retired Olympic tennischampion Li Ting is likely to pick up the racket again forherhometown in the next Chinese National Games, said Li's ...
Major news items in leading Singapore's newspapers
Oct 27, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Singapore's newspapers SINGAPORE, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Following are the major news itemsin leading Singapore's newspapers on Saturday. The Straits Times: -- The Singapore government scrapped on Friday the deferredpayment scheme that allowed ...
Major news items in leading Indian newspapers
Oct 27, 2007 ... Major news items in leading Indian newspapers NEW DELHI, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Following are the major news itemsin leading Indian newspapers Saturday. The Hindu -- Indian Congress Party leader Sonia Ghandi said her ...
Foreign exchange rates in Nepal
Oct 27, 2007 ... Foreign exchange rates in Nepal KATHMANDU, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- The following are inter-bankforeign exchange rates against the Nepali rupee on Saturday. CurrencyUnit Buying Selling Australian dollar 1 56.0756.60 Canadian dollar 1 ...
(China Sports) World record breaker Zhu ready to defend Olympic shooting title
Oct 27, 2007 ... (China Sports) World record breaker Zhu ready to defend Olympicshooting title WUHAN, Central China, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Athens Olympic championZhu Qinan, who smashed the world record of men's 10m air rifle with703.7 points at the Chinese City Games, was gearing up to defend ...
Brazil to have first nuclear submarine in 2020
Oct 27, 2007 ... Brazil to have first nuclear submarine in 2020 BRASILIA, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Brazil will have its its firstnuclear submarine by 2020 if the 560 million-U.S. dollar investmentpledged by the government is in place in time, local press reportedon Friday. By 2015, the country ...