Xinhua News Agency back issues from Thursday, February 7:
Dollar drops to lower 106 yen over U.S. economy concerns
Feb 07, 2008 ... Dollar drops to lower 106 yen over U.S. economy concerns TOKYO, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar dropped to the lower106 yen level on Thursday morning in Tokyo, as worries over thehealth of the U.S. economy continued At noon, the dollar was quoted at 106.30-35 yen, as ...
Thai CNS announces disbandment
Feb 07, 2008 ... Thai CNS announces disbandment BANGKOK, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Council for National Security(CNS) of Thailand officially announced its disbandment on Thursdaymorning, one day after Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej and hisnewcabinet swore in. At a press conference held at the ...
Indian stock market opens up 59.19 points
Feb 07, 2008 ... Indian stock market opens up 59.19 points MUMBAI, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Indian shares opened higher onThursday, with the key Sensex index up 0.32 percent shortly afteropening. Sensex rose 59.19 points, or 0.32 percent, to ...
Xinhua world economic news summary at 0430 GMT, Feb. 7
Feb 07, 2008 ... Xinhua world economic news summary at 0430 GMT, Feb. 7 LOS ANGELES -- Yahoo's board of directors has yet to decide onMicrosoft's buyout offer worth 44.6 billion dollars announcedlastweek, Jerry Yang, CEO of the Internet search engine, said onWednesday. Yang said in an e-mail ...
Major news items in leading Indian newspapers
Feb 07, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Indian newspapers NEW DELHI, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Following are major news headlinesin leading Indian newspapers on Thursday. The Indian Express: -- The India Law Commission has proposed reducing the minimum ageof marriage for men from 21 to ...
French parliamentarians congratulate overseas Chinese on Spring Festival
Feb 07, 2008 ... French parliamentarians congratulate overseas Chinese on SpringFestival PARIS, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- France's National Assembly Wednesdaystaged a party to mark the Chinese Lunar New Year, sending acelebratory message to Chinese people living in France. It is the first time the ...
U.S. resumes military aid to Thailand
Feb 07, 2008 ... U.S. resumes military aid to Thailand WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- The United States announcedWednesday the resumption of military aid to Thailand after thecountry returns to civilian rule. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte has determined andcertified to ...
NBA results
Feb 07, 2008 ... NBA results WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the NBA resultsonWednesday (home team in CAPS) San ...
China sees sedan exports more than doubled
Feb 07, 2008 ... China sees sedan exports more than doubled BEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- China's sedan exports more thandoubled year-on-year to 188,600 units in 2007, according to figuresfrom the General Administration of Customs. The country's auto imports and exports reached 66.9 billion ...
Collated results of World Cup qualifiers
Feb 07, 2008 ... Collated results of World Cup qualifiers BEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Following are the collated results ofWorld Cup qualifiers on Wednesday: Asia Group A Australia 3, Qatar 0 Iraq 1, China 1 Group B Japan 4, Thailand 1 Oman 0, ...
Nikkei drops below 13,000 points in morning
Feb 07, 2008 ... Nikkei drops below 13,000 points in morning TOKYO, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo shares went lower on Thursdaymorning following a major plunge on the previous day as concernsover the U.S. economy prevailed. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average lost 104.21 points, or 0.80percent, to ...
Transnationals continue to eye China as best choice for R&D
Feb 07, 2008 ... Transnationals continue to eye China as best choice for R&D BEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Multinationals have set up 1,160research institutions in China by the end of 2007, according tofigures with the Ministry of Commerce. Given its huge market, large number of qualified staff ...
Japan's foreign reserves hit new record high
Feb 07, 2008 ... Japan's foreign reserves hit new record high TOKYO, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Japan's foreign exchange reservesreached 996.04 billion U.S. dollars at the end of January, hittinganew record high, the Japanese Finance Ministry said Thursday. The nation's foreign reserves rose 22.68 ...
Germany, Italy, Netherlands, England win in soccer friendlies
Feb 07, 2008 ... Germany, Italy, Netherlands, England win in soccer friendlies LONDON, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Germany, Italy and the Netherlandskept their preparations for this year's European Championship inpace with victories in friendly internationals on Wednesday. Germany won 3-0 at Austria, ...
Brazil strives to improve security, health, education in 2008
Feb 07, 2008 ... Brazil strives to improve security, health, education in 2008 BRASILIA, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lulada Silva announced Wednesday that his government is to redoubleefforts to improve security, health and education. Brazil will allocate 6 billion reais ...
Army officer injured in pre-dawn ambush in Thai South
Feb 07, 2008 ... Army officer injured in pre-dawn ambush in Thai South BANGKOK, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- A military patrol officer was injuredin an ambush by insurgents in southern Thailand's provinceof PattaniThursday morning. The officer received serious injuries after his unit in Pattani'sYalang ...
Ecuador takes measures to protect water systems after volcanic eruptions
Feb 07, 2008 ... Ecuador takes measures to protect water systems after volcaniceruptions QUITO, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Officials in western Ecuador Wednesdaytook measures to protect the area's water systems after theeruptions of the Tungurahua volcano. The Geophysical Institute (IG) director Hugo ...
Dominica draws Barbados in World Cup qualifying
Feb 07, 2008 ... Dominica draws Barbados in World Cup qualifying MEXICO CITY, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Jeffrey Williams scored in the42nd minute to give Barbados a 1-1 draw against Dominica in aCONCACAF World Cup qualifier at Windsor Park Stadium, Roseau,Dominica Wednesday night. Richard Pacquette ...
China to install new system to ensure migrant workers paid more, ontime
Feb 07, 2008 ... China to install new system to ensure migrant workers paid more,ontime BEIJING, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- China will work out a mechanism toensure that migrant workers are paid more, and on time, according toa recent document released by the State Council. To strictly implement the ...
Soccer friendly match results
Feb 07, 2008 ... Soccer friendly match results BEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results ofWednesday's soccer friendly matches: At London England 2 (Jenas 40, Wright-Phillips 62) Switzerland 1 (Derdiyok58) At Malaga, Spain Spain 1 (Capdevila 79) France ...
Chile issues red alert over national park forest fire
Feb 07, 2008 ... Chile issues red alert over national park forest fire SANTIAGO, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- A red alert was issued Wednesdayafter a forest fire continued to spread, reaching the outskirtsofChile's Torres del Paine National Park. Chile's Forest Corporation (Conaf) reported Wednesday that ...
Ecuadorian gov't promotes territorial reorder
Feb 07, 2008 ... Ecuadorian gov't promotes territorial reorder QUITO, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Ecuador's central government and thecountry's 22 governors began Wednesday studying proposals ondecentralization and territorial reordering, the presidential officesaid. The group is analyzing initiatives ...
Beijing to check water safety daily ahead of Olympics
Feb 07, 2008 ... Beijing to check water safety daily ahead of Olympics BEIJING, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Beijing, host city of the upcomingsummer Olympics, will have special teams to conduct daily safetychecks of its huge water network. "The team will consist of more than 300 patrol staff and ...
Tokyo shares open higher
Feb 07, 2008 ... Tokyo shares open higher TOKYO, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks opened higher Thursday,with investors seeking bargain after a major plunge on the previousday. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the 225-issue Nikkei StockAverage rose 53.18 ...
Italy beat Portugal in soccer friendly
Feb 07, 2008 ... Italy beat Portugal in soccer friendly GENEVA, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- World champions Italy defeatedPortugal 3-1 in a soccer friendly game in Zurich on Wednesday. The Azzurri showed good form in the stadium where in June theywill meet Romania and France in the group phase of Euro ...
Jordan defeated by DPR Korea in Asian World Cup qualifier
Feb 07, 2008 ... Jordan defeated by DPR Korea in Asian World Cup qualifier AMMAN, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Jordan lost to the Democratic People'sRepublic of Korea 0-1 in an Asian World Cup qualifier on Wednesday. During the match, which was held at the King Hussein ...
Dollars quoted at lower 106 yen in Tokyo
Feb 07, 2008 ... Dollars quoted at lower 106 yen in Tokyo TOKYO, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar was quoted at the lower-106 yen range Thursday morning in Tokyo, falling moderately fromlate Wednesday in New York. At 9:00 a.m., the dollar traded at 106.38-43 yen against ...
British, Chinese Olympic gold medalists launch 2008 'China in London
Feb 07, 2008 ... British, Chinese Olympic gold medalists launch 2008 'China inLondon' LONDON, Feb.6 (Xinhua) -- British and Chinese Olympic athleteslaunched the 2008 'China in London'season on Wednesday here incentral London when they switched on the Chinese lanterns aboveOxford Circus while a ...
Tokyo's famed fish market mulls curbing tourists
Feb 07, 2008 ... Tokyo's famed fish market mulls curbing tourists TOKYO, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Tsukiji Fish Market, one of Tokyo'smost popular tourist destinations, has adopted new rules to reducethe number of tourists to the compound for sanitation and businessconcerns, a local newspaper said ...
Slovenian cyclist wins Tour of Cuba's 2nd phase
Feb 07, 2008 ... Slovenian cyclist wins Tour of Cuba's 2nd phase HAVANA, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Slovenian cyclist Jure Kocjan wononWednesday the 33rd Tour of Cuba's 2nd phase against 114 othercyclists competing in 19 teams, five of them from overseas. Kocjan timed two hours 32 minutes and 32 ...
Brazil beats Ireland in soccer friendly
Feb 07, 2008 ... Brazil beats Ireland in soccer friendly BRASILIA, Feb.6 (Xinhua) -- The Brazilian national soccer teambeat the national team of Ireland by a score of 1-0 in Dublin,Ireland on Wednesday. With a goal by Robinho in the 22nd minute of the second half,Brazil scored the only goal ...
Xinhua international news advisory -- Feb. 7
Feb 07, 2008 ... Xinhua international news advisory -- Feb. 7 BEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of themajorinternational news stories scheduled to be covered or pursuedby Xinhua Thursday: -- ...
Feature: The man behind Mao's Tian'anmen portraits
Feb 07, 2008 ... Feature: The man behind Mao's Tian'anmen portraitsBy Zhan Yan BEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- The man responsible for our image ofMao Zedong never actually took a photo of the founder of thePeople's Republic of China. He worked in the dark room, where heretouched the State leader's ...
O'Neal traded from Heat to Suns
Feb 07, 2008 ... O'Neal traded from Heat to Suns WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Four-time NBA championShaquilleO'Neal was traded from the Miami Heat to the Phoenix Sunsin a three-player deal that sees Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks go toMiami, according to reports reaching here on ...
Chinese government promotes healthy lifestyles
Feb 07, 2008 ... Chinese government promotes healthy lifestyles BEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Health (MOH) hasdefined 33 healthy lifestyles and behaviors in a new circularcompiled by experts. The Chinese concept of health, which means more than just notbeing ill or weak, is ...
UN official praises China's swift response to snow disaster
Feb 07, 2008 ... UN official praises China's swift response to snow disaster GENEVA, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- The UN's disaster reduction chiefTuesday praised the swift and effective action by the Chinesegovernment in the face of the country's worst snow disaster fordecades. China swiftly put into ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Feb 07, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers TOKYO, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsinleading Japanese newspapers on Thursday: Asahi: -- Researchers have found a way to indefinitely producefunctional red blood cells using mouse embryonic stem ...
WTA Paris tennis collated results
Feb 07, 2008 ... WTA Paris tennis collated results PARIS, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from the600,000-dollar Gaz de France WTA tournament here on Wednesday(prefix number denotes seed): Second round 4-Elena Dementieva, Russia, bt Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic, 7-6 ...
World Cup CONCACAF first qualifying round result
Feb 07, 2008 ... World Cup CONCACAF first qualifying round result MEXICO CITY, Feb 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the World CupCONCACAF first qualifying round, first leg results on Wednesday: Belize 3 St Kitts & Nevis ...
Spain beats France in soccer friendly
Feb 07, 2008 ... Spain beats France in soccer friendly MADRID, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Spain defeated France 1-0 in a soccerfriendly match in the southern port city of Malaga on Wednesday. Deportivo Coruna defender Joan Capdevila scored the only goal forthe winners 11 minutes from ...
Stocks end lower in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico
Feb 07, 2008 ... Stocks end lower in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico MEXICO CITY, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Latin America's three major stockmarkets closed lower Wednesday. The Buenos Aires stock market closed with the Merval indexdown0.74 percent to 2.039,51 points. The trade volume was 45.246million ...
New Zealand Post issues stamps to celebrate Chinese Year of Rat
Feb 07, 2008 ... New Zealand Post issues stamps to celebrate Chinese Year of Rat WELLINGTON, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Rat will feature on the latestrange of New Zealand stamps as the New Zealand Post celebratesthe"Year of the Rat" for the Chinese New Year, which falls onThursday. According to the ...
Vietnam strives to be wealthier, active UNSC member: president
Feb 07, 2008 ... Vietnam strives to be wealthier, active UNSC member: president HANOI, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Vietnamese State President Nguyen MinhTriet said Vietnam strives to be removed from the list of developingcountries with low income in 2008, and actively acts asa non-permanent member of the ...
Major news items in leading Australian newspapers
Feb 07, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Australian newspapers CANBERRA, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsinleading Australian newspapers on Thursday. The Australian: -- Federal parliament will unite to apologize to the StolenGenerations and acknowledge past ...
Polish government to co-finance EURO 2012 stadiums
Feb 07, 2008 ... Polish government to co-finance EURO 2012 stadiums WARSAW, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Polish government will co-financethe construction of EURO 2012 stadiums in Gdansk, Wroclaw andPoznan, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Wednesday at a meetingwith heads of cities hosting EURO ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Feb. 7
Feb 07, 2008 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Feb. 7 UNITED NATIONS -- UN humanitarian chief John Holmes is scheduledto arrive in Nairobi this Friday for a three- day mission to assessthe humanitarian situation in Kenya, a statementsaid Wednesday. While in Kenya, the ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Feb. 6
Feb 07, 2008 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Feb. 6 BEIJING, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are domestic news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Wednesday: Chinese leaders visit disaster-hit regions on holiday eve 4th Ld-Writethru: China's Hu visits disaster area, helps soldiersload relief ...
Chinese leaders visit disaster-hit regions on holiday eve
Feb 07, 2008 ... Chinese leaders visit disaster-hit regions on holiday eve BEIJING, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- In the past five consecutive years,ithas been a common sight for China's top leaders to visit ordinaryChinese on Lunar New Year's eve. This year was no exception. Amid China's worst weather ...
4th Ld-Writethru: China's Hu visits disaster area, helps soldiers load relief supplies
Feb 07, 2008 ... 4th Ld-Writethru: China's Hu visits disaster area, helps soldiersload relief supplies GUILIN, Guangxi, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- President Hu Jintao madeanother visit to a disaster area ahead of the Spring Festival,China's most important holiday, and this time, he offered a ...
3rd Ld-Writethru: Nepali police clash with YCL in capital
Feb 07, 2008 ... 3rd Ld-Writethru: Nepali police clash with YCL in capital KATHMANDU, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- The situation in Nepali capitalKathmandu seemed to calm down Wednesday night as supporters oftheCommunist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M) began to rush away froman office of its youth league ...
News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)
Feb 07, 2008 ... News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2) HONG KONG, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- The following are news itemsfromthe Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Wednesday: Dollar drops to lower 106 yen in Tokyo Feature: Lanterns light up Chinese New Year festivities ...
Pre-festival cross-Strait charter flights wind up amid severe weather
Feb 07, 2008 ... Pre-festival cross-Strait charter flights wind up amid severeweather BEIJING, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- As flight CI7958 operated by Taiwan-based China Airlines left for Taipei from Shanghai PudongInternational Airport Wednesday night, cross-Strait charter flightsprior to the Spring ...
Kazakhstan willing to strengthen cooperation with China, Russia: president
Feb 07, 2008 ... Kazakhstan willing to strengthen cooperation with China, Russia:president ALMATY, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Kazakhstan President NursultanNazarbayev said Wednesday that his country will continue tostrengthen political and economic cooperation with China, Russia andother Central Asian ...
4th Ld-Writethru: China kicks off weeklong Spring Festival holiday,with power supply restored for thousands
Feb 07, 2008 ... 4th Ld-Writethru: China kicks off weeklong Spring Festivalholiday,with power supply restored for thousands BEIJING, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- The world's most populous nationbegan its weeklong Lunar New Year holiday on Wednesday, but hundredsof thousands -- perhaps millions -- of people ...
Gold price lower in Hong Kong -- Feb. 6
Feb 07, 2008 ... Gold price lower in Hong Kong -- Feb. 6 HONG KONG, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- The gold price in Hong Kong wentdown 66 HK dollars to 8,240 HK dollars per tael on Wednesday,according to the ...
Weather information for Asia Pacific cities -- Feb. 6
Feb 07, 2008 ... Weather information for Asia Pacific cities -- Feb. 6 HONG KONG, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- The following is temperature andweather forecast of Feb. 7 for 22 Asia-Pacific cities dispatched bythe Hong Kong Observatory on Wednesday: CITY MINIMUMMAXIMUM ...
China Enterprises Index down 6.93 pct -- Feb. 6
Feb 07, 2008 ... China Enterprises Index down 6.93 pct -- Feb. 6 HONG KONG, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Hang Seng China Enterprises IndexonHong Kong Stock Exchange went down Wednesday with 973.57 points,or6.93 percent lower, to close the day's trading at 13,067.11. The H-shares index, initiated in ...
4th Ld-Writethru-China Focus: Millions in China cannot go native home for festive gatherings
Feb 07, 2008 ... 4th Ld-Writethru-China Focus: Millions in China cannot go nativehome for festive gatherings BEIJING, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Millions of Chinese had to say"sorry" to their loved ones on Wednesday as the nation geared up togreet the Lunar New Year's Eve. Some had to abandon their ...
Snow-plagued residents in central China city bid farewell to darkness
Feb 07, 2008 ... Snow-plagued residents in central China city bid farewell todarkness CHENZHOU, Hunan, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- People in Chenzhou of centralChina's Hunan Province greeted each other on the Spring Festival evein a new way. Rather than "Happy Lunar New Year", they shouted in the ...
2nd Ld: Nepali police clash with YCL in capital
Feb 07, 2008 ... 2nd Ld: Nepali police clash with YCL in capital KATHMANDU, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Nepali police Wednesday nightclashed with the youth league of the Communist Party of Nepal(Maoist), the Young Communist League (YCL) in Nepali capitalKathmandu. Witness said the YCL cadres pelted ...
2nd Ld-Writethru: Power mostly restored in snow-stricken China
Feb 07, 2008 ... 2nd Ld-Writethru: Power mostly restored in snow-stricken China BEIJING, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Electricity was partly or fullyrestored to 164 snow-stricken counties in China, including Chenzhoucity in Hunan Province, after workers reconnected local power linesto the national grid, ...
China says deliberate contamination of dumplings on its side impossible
Feb 07, 2008 ... China says deliberate contamination of dumplings on its sideimpossible BEIJING, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- A senior Chinese quality controlofficial said Wednesday there was no possibility of deliberatecontamination of dumplings on the China side as the plant werestrictly ...
Opener, Advisory
Feb 07, 2008 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English serviceforWednesday, february 06, 2008, and begins ...
DP World records 19 percent hike in UAE container throughput
Feb 07, 2008 ... DP World records 19 percent hike in UAE container throughput ABU DHABI, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Dubai Ports (DP) World of theUnited Arab Emirates (UAE) recorded a growth of 19 percent in theUAE's container throughput in 2007, local newspaper Gulf Newsreported on Thursday. The ...
Standings of 2007-2008 NBA conference after Feb. 6 games
Feb 07, 2008 ... Standings of 2007-2008 NBA conference after Feb. 6 games WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings ofNational Basketball Association after Wednesday's games: Eastern Conference Name Win Loss PCT Home Road Streak Boston ...