Xinhua News Agency back issues from Saturday, February 9:
Opener, Advisory
Feb 09, 2008 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service forFriday,february 08, 2008, and begins ...
Russia expects OSCE to launch talks over election monitoring
Feb 09, 2008 ... Russia expects OSCE to launch talks over election monitoring MOSCOW, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Russia expects the Organization forSecurity and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to launch talks onelection monitoring to enhance cooperation between its membercountries and its poll observing arm, ...
WB approves 62.60 mln USD credit for Bangladesh agricultural development
Feb 09, 2008 ... WB approves 62.60 mln USD credit for Bangladesh agriculturaldevelopment DHAKA, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank has approved a credit of62.60 million U.S. dollars to assist Bangladesh to develop thecountry's agricultural productivity and farm income under a projectstyled "the ...
1st Ld-Writethru: Chinese President spends Spring Festival in disaster-hit southern region
Feb 09, 2008 ... 1st Ld-Writethru: Chinese President spends Spring Festival indisaster-hit southern region NANNING, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- President Hu Jintao spent the SpringFestival, a traditional family reunion holiday for the Chinese, insouthern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, which was heavily ...
China discovers five major gold mines in 2007
Feb 09, 2008 ... China discovers five major gold mines in 2007 BEIJING, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- The China Geological Survey Bureau(CGS) announced Friday that in 2007 the country's goldprospectingefforts made a series of significant findings ,with fivemajor gold mines discovered. The CGS said that ...
Pakistan airforce's unmanned aerial vehicle crashes
Feb 09, 2008 ... Pakistan airforce's unmanned aerial vehicle crashesISLAMABAD, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)belonging to the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) crashed near theparameters of the Peshawar Air Base in the country's northwest, thePAF said ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Feb. 8
Feb 09, 2008 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Feb. 8 BEIJING, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Following are domestic news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Friday: Chinese President spends Spring Festival in disaster-hit southernregion China's phone subscribers to hit 976 million in ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)
Feb 09, 2008 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2) HONG KONG, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items fromtheAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Friday: Philippine capital sees rising number of dengue cases Int'l climate change treaty hardly concluded in two ...
Leading positions of Swedish Rally
Feb 09, 2008 ... Leading positions of Swedish Rally STOCKHOLM, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading positionsin the Swedish Rally in Karlstad, Sweden after eight stages onFriday: 1. Jari-Matti Latvala, Finland, Ford, 1 hour 3 minutes 33.3seconds 2. Henning Solberg, Norway, ...
Hernanes and Richarlyson return to practice with Sao Paulo soccer team
Feb 09, 2008 ... Hernanes and Richarlyson return to practice with Sao Paulo soccerteam BRASILIA, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- On Friday morning, the two playersofSao Paulo's soccer team who left to play for the Brazilian nationalteam returned to the team's headquarters and reported forpractice. The ...
Argentina takes 2-0 lead against England
Feb 09, 2008 ... Argentina takes 2-0 lead against England BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Argentina took on Friday a 2-0lead against England at the end of the first round the DavisCup'sWorld Group played on clay courts in Buenos Aires, capital ofthisSouth American country. The two first ...
Palmeiras seals a contract with Denilson for one year
Feb 09, 2008 ... Palmeiras seals a contract with Denilson for one year BRASILIA, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Brazilian soccer club ofPalmeiras announced on Friday that they have sealed a flexiblecontract of one year with Denilson. The 30-year-old player appear on next Tuesday at the ...
Hard rains lead Palmeiras to cancel soccer practice and hide lineup
Feb 09, 2008 ... Hard rains lead Palmeiras to cancel soccer practice and hidelineup BRASILIA, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Friday's practice for Palmeirassoccer club was interrupted by a heavy amount of rain in the city ofSao Jose do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo. The team's head coach, Vanderlei Luxemburgo, ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Feb 09, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers TOKYO, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsinleading Japanese newspapers on Saturday: Asahi: -- The top bureaucrat at the industry ministry has apologized fordescribing day traders as the "most immoral ...
Spain leads Peru 1-0 in Davis Cup
Feb 09, 2008 ... Spain leads Peru 1-0 in Davis Cup LIMA, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Spain's tennis team on Friday won theirfirst point against Peru in the first round of the Davis Cupplayedat Jockey Club in Peruvian capital Lima, in a clay court. Spanish tennis ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Feb. 9
Feb 09, 2008 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Feb. 9 NAIROBI -- Mediators trying to broker peace following weeks ofimpasse between Kenya's feuding political parties said Friday thatapolitical solution to end deadly clashes which has rocked the eastAfrican nation may be reached next ...
Chinese township enterprises' added value up 14 percent in 2007
Feb 09, 2008 ... Chinese township enterprises' added value up 14 percent in 2007 BEIJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- China's township enterprisesgenerated 6.8 trillion yuan (944.4 billion U.S. dollars) in value-added output in 2007, a growth of 14.06 percent over the previousyear, according to latest data ...
Major news items in leading Australian newspapers
Feb 09, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Australian newspapers CANBERRA, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Australian newspapers on Saturday. The Weekend Australian: -- The Australian Securities Exchange is aggressively promotingacontroversial financial ...
German cyclist wins Tour of Cuba's 4th phase
Feb 09, 2008 ... German cyclist wins Tour of Cuba's 4th phase HAVANA, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- German cyclist Mathias Friedenmann, ofthe Saxonia team, won on Friday Tour of Cuba's 4th phase, whileCubancyclist Pedro Pablo Perez is leading in this competition. Friedenmann crossed the finish line first ...
French equestrian theater Zingaro debuts in Hong Kong to celebrate Chinese New Year
Feb 09, 2008 ... French equestrian theater Zingaro debuts in Hong Kong tocelebrate Chinese New Year HONG KONG, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- World-renowned French equestriantheater Zingaro set off at a gallop Friday in Hong Kong with aspecial opening ceremony and a preview show to celebrate the ChineseYear ...
Olympic theme appears in many aspects of Chinese Lunar New Year
Feb 09, 2008 ... Olympic theme appears in many aspects of Chinese Lunar New Year BEIJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Sending New Year greetings,settingoff colorful firecrackers, visiting relatives and friendswith carefully chosen presents, strolling through temple fairs withthefamily, or watching CCTV's ...
Smoking rate rises among Beijing women despite overall decline
Feb 09, 2008 ... Smoking rate rises among Beijing women despite overall decline BEIJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- More women in Beijing have takenupsmoking in the past 10 years, though the average smoking rate inthe Olympic city is declining, a government-backed research hasfound. The smoking rate ...
Results of WTA Paris event
Feb 09, 2008 ... Results of WTA Paris event PARIS, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Following are the quaterfinalresultsfrom the Open Gaz de France WTA tournament here on Friday(prefix number denotes seeding): 1-Anna Chakvetadze, Russia, bt 6-Amelie Mauresmo, France, ...
Xinhua international news advisory -- Feb. 9
Feb 09, 2008 ... Xinhua international news advisory -- Feb. 9 BEIJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of themajorinternational news stories scheduled to be covered or pursuedby Xinhua Saturday: -- Venezuela, Guinea Bissau ratify ...
China's Ding Junhui reaches Malta Cup last four
Feb 09, 2008 ... China's Ding Junhui reaches Malta Cup last four MADRID, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- China's Ding Junhui advanced to thesemifinals of the Malta Cup snooker tournament after crushing Wales'Mark Williams 6-0 in his final group ...
Ski Jumping World Cup results in Czech Republic
Feb 09, 2008 ... Ski Jumping World Cup results in Czech Republic PRAGUE, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from askijumping World Cup event in Liberec, Czech Republic, on Sunday(jump distances in parentheses): 1. Thomas Morgenstern, Austria, 272.4 points (132.0-128.5 ...
Malta Cup snooker results
Feb 09, 2008 ... Malta Cup snooker results MADRID, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theMalta Cup in Valletta on Friday: Group 1: John Higgins, Scotland, bt Joe Perry, England, 5-1 Ryan Day, Wales, bt Ali Carter, England, 4-2 Group 2: Ken Doherty, ...
English league championship result and standings
Feb 09, 2008 ... English league championship result and standings LONDON, Feb.9 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results and standingsof the English league championship on Friday: Charlton bt Crystal Palace 2-0 Standings (tabulated under games played, won, drawn, lost, goalsfor, against, ...
Collated Davis Cup results on Friday (4-last)
Feb 09, 2008 ... Collated Davis Cup results on Friday (4-last) Europe/Africa Zone Group I First round At Skopje Macedonia lead Latvia 2-0 Lazar Magdincev, Macedonia, bt Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, 2-6, 6-4,6-2, 1-6, 6-2 Predrag Rusevski, Macedonia, bt Andis Juska, ...
Stocks end mixed in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico
Feb 09, 2008 ... Stocks end mixed in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico MEXICO CITY, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Latin America's three major stockmarkets closed mixed Friday. The Buenos Aires stock market closed with the Merval indexdown0.91 percent to 1.992,62 points. The trade volume was 15.03million U.S ....
Collated Davis Cup results on Friday (3)
Feb 09, 2008 ... Collated Davis Cup results on Friday (3) At Sibiu, Romania Romania trail France 0-2 Richard Gasquet, France, bt Victor Hanescu, Romania, 7-6 (7/5),6-4, 7-5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France, bt Andrei Pavel, Romania, 6-7 (2/7),6-4, 6-4, 6-4 Saturday ...
1st Ld-Writethru: Smoking rate rises among Beijing women despite overall decline
Feb 09, 2008 ... 1st Ld-Writethru: Smoking rate rises among Beijing women despiteoverall decline BEIJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- More women in Beijing have takenupsmoking in the past 10 years, though the average smoking rate inthe Olympic city is declining, a government-backed research ...
Collated Davis Cup results on Friday (2)
Feb 09, 2008 ... Collated Davis Cup results on Friday (2) At Ramat Hasharon, Israel Israel tied Sweden 1-1 Dudi Sela, Israel, bt Jonas Bjorkman, Sweden, 7-6 (10/8), 6-3, 6-1 Thomas Johansson, Israel, bt Harel Levy, Sweden, 6-1, 6-1, 6-3 Saturday (1000GMT) Jonathan ...
German Bundesliga top scorers
Feb 09, 2008 ... German Bundesliga top scorers BERLIN, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Bundesliga topscorers on Friday: 10 Luca Toni (Bayern Munich) 9 Miroslav Klose (Bayern Munich) Diego (Werder Bremen) Rafael van der Vaart (Hamburg SV) 8 Ivica Olic (Hamburg ...
Collated Davis Cup results on Friday (1)
Feb 09, 2008 ... Collated Davis Cup results on Friday (1) LONDON, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Davis Cup WorldGroup first round results onFriday: At Moscow Russia lead Serbia 2-0 Nikolay Davydenko, Russia, bt Viktor Troicki, Serbia, 6-1, 1-6,6-3, 1-6, 6-2 Mikhail ...
Dutch soccer championship results and standings
Feb 09, 2008 ... Dutch soccer championship results and standings BRUSSELS, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Dutch soccerchampionship result and standings on Friday: Twente Enschede bt Heracles Almelo 2-1 Standings (tabulated under games played, won, drawn, lost, goalsfor, against, ...
Argentine soccer championship results
Feb 09, 2008 ... Argentine soccer championship results BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Following are the resultsfromthe ...
German Bundesliga result and standings
Feb 09, 2008 ... German Bundesliga result and standings BERLIN, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Following are the German Bundesligaresult and standings on Friday: Eintracht Frankfurt bt Arminia Bielefeld 2-1 Standings (tabulated under games played, won, drawn, lost, goalsfor, against, ...
Dutch soccer championship top scorers
Feb 09, 2008 ... Dutch soccer championship top scorers BRUSSELS, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Dutch championshiptop scorers on Friday: 21 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Ajax Amsterdam) 18 Blaise Nkufo (Twente Enschede) 14 Robin Nelisse (Utrecht) 12 Michael Bradley ...
Spanish High Court suspends two Basque parties' activities due to ETA link
Feb 09, 2008 ... Spanish High Court suspends two Basque parties' activities due toETA link MADRID, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Spanish High Court on Fridaydecided to suspend the political activities of two Basque partiesfor three years due to their links with a separatist group. The ruling against ...
G7 financial leaders meet to ease global economy concerns
Feb 09, 2008 ... G7 financial leaders meet to ease global economy concerns TOKYO, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Financial leaders of Group of Seven metSaturday in Tokyo to discuss global economic conditions, with afocus on measures to ease the current financial market turmoilstemming from the U.S. subprime ...
Xinhua home news advisory -- Feb. 9
Feb 09, 2008 ... Xinhua home news advisory -- Feb. 9 BEIJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Major home news items to be coveredorpursued by Xinhua on Saturday: -- Chinese authority lists ten "suitable" on-line games for young -- Residents in snow-plagued China celebrate Year of the Rat -- ...
Girl killed in police raid on drug gangs in Brazil
Feb 09, 2008 ... Girl killed in police raid on drug gangs in Brazil RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- A 10-year-old girl was killedand four others were injured by stray bullets in a police raid ondrug gangs, local media reported Friday. Lorrane Adas Tavares Ferreria was hit in the chest while ...
Xinhua world economic news summary at 0430 GMT, Feb. 9
Feb 09, 2008 ... Xinhua world economic news summary at 0430 GMT, Feb. 9 ROME -- Sales of cigarettes in Italy fell by around 50 millionpackets in 2007 compared to the previous year, a report byindependent think tank Ref said on Friday. The 1.1 percent drop in consumption is equivalent to 1 ...
Lingering freezing weather dampens China's Spring Festival tourism
Feb 09, 2008 ... Lingering freezing weather dampens China's Spring Festivaltourism BEIJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese travel agencies havecancelled 10,000 domestic tour groups as many vacationers settledfor local parks and tourism sites amidst the lingering freezethathas snarled central, ...
Chinese authority lists ten "suitable" E-games for teenagers
Feb 09, 2008 ... Chinese authority lists ten "suitable" E-games for teenagers BEIJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Culture hasrecommended ten cyber games that are suitable for minors to play aspart of its drive to purify the on-line environment for the young. The ten cyber games ...
China's major steel maker signs carbon credit deal with internatinal buyers
Feb 09, 2008 ... China's major steel maker signs carbon credit deal withinternatinal buyers SHENYANG, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Anshan Iron and Steel GroupCorporation has agreed to sell greenhouse gas credits to twointernational carbon cutters. The company said on Friday that it would earn 150 ...
China loses one-tenth of forest resources to snow havoc
Feb 09, 2008 ... China loses one-tenth of forest resources to snow havoc BEIJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- A total of 17.3 million hectaresofforests, about one-tenth of China's forest resources, have beendamaged by the unprecedented snow wreckage in at least five decades,with forests, bamboo and ...
Japanese, U.S. financial leaders talk over global economy
Feb 09, 2008 ... Japanese, U.S. financial leaders talk over global economy TOKYO, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Finance Minister FukushiroNukaga and U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson talked over globaleconomy and agreed to work together closely on Saturday in Tokyobefore a meeting of Group of ...
U.S. warns some Kenyans with possible visa bans
Feb 09, 2008 ... U.S. warns some Kenyans with possible visa bans WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- The United States warned on Fridayfive more Kenyans with possible U.S. visa bans for their suspectedroles in this month's post-election violence in the country. The United States has sent letters to ...
Four policemen murdered in northwest Mexico
Feb 09, 2008 ... Four policemen murdered in northwest Mexico MEXICO CITY, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Four policemen, including acommander, were murdered in northwestern Mexico, the Public SecurityMinistry said Friday. The four policemen were ambushed by an unidentified armed grouponThursday night at ...
Japan says Russia air force intrudes its airspace
Feb 09, 2008 ... Japan says Russia air force intrudes its airspace TOKYO, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Japanese Foreign Ministry saidSaturday that a Russian air force bomber briefly intruded intoJapanese airspace in the morning and Japan filed a strong ...
11 killed in fire at home for elderly in Austria
Feb 09, 2008 ... 11 killed in fire at home for elderly in Austria VIENNA, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Eleven people were killed Friday in afire that broke out in a home for the elderly in a western Austriantown, officials said. Twenty-five people, including 23 residents and two carers, wereinthe ...
Venezuela denies PDVSA asset freeze
Feb 09, 2008 ... Venezuela denies PDVSA asset freeze CARACAS, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Venezuelan government onFridaydenied that the state-owned oil company PDVSA has had 12billion U.S. dollars in assets frozen by court orders obtained byExxon Mobil Corp. "We do not have any asset frozen," said ...
Speeding car dashes into water, killing five in central China
Feb 09, 2008 ... Speeding car dashes into water, killing five in central China WUHAN, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Five people were confirmed dead andthree injured when a speeding Citroen dashed into an irrigationditch in the central Hubei Province on Thursday, the first day ofthe Chinese Year of the Rat, ...
Brazil's industrial production in 2007 sees biggest surge since 2004
Feb 09, 2008 ... Brazil's industrial production in 2007 sees biggest surge since2004 RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's industrial productionin 2007 posted a six percent increase over the previousyear, thesteepst rise since 2004, the Brazilian Geography and StatisticsInstitute (IBGE) ...
China promotes water saving efforts (1)
Feb 09, 2008 ... China promotes water saving efforts (1) BEIJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- A letter from citizen Yao Wenwei liesat the desk of Gao Erkun, director of water resources managementdepartment under the Ministry of Water Resources. He recommended amethod of saving water. "I advise the ...
Increased activity in Ecuador volcano forces more evacuations
Feb 09, 2008 ... Increased activity in Ecuador volcano forces more evacuations QUITO, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- An unusual increase in Tungurahuavolcano's seismic activity forced the evacuation of at least1,000people from seven villages on Friday. Intense seismic activity occurred again on Friday ...
Northwestern province expected to be China's largest wind power generation base in 10 years
Feb 09, 2008 ... Northwestern province expected to be China's largest wind powergeneration base in 10 years LANZHOU, Feb. 9 (Xinhua)-- Northwestern China's Gansu Province isexpected to be the country's largest wind power generation baseinten years' time, analysts said on Friday. Gansu's wind ...
China promotes water saving efforts (2)
Feb 09, 2008 ... China promotes water saving efforts (2) Under-pricing water is also taken as another culprit forwaterusage inefficiency. Prices have risen very slowly and remainamongthe world's lowest over the past 20 years, since water became acommodity across China. City officials in ...
Detained Taliban insurgents identified in Afghanistan
Feb 09, 2008 ... Detained Taliban insurgents identified in Afghanistan KABUL, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Two Taliban insurgents detained duringseparate operations of the U.S.- led Coalition forces have beenpositively identified, said a Coalition statement received hereearly Saturday. Mohammad Daud ...
Major news items in leading Indian newspapers
Feb 09, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Indian newspapers NEW DELHI, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Indian newspapers on Saturday. The Indian Express: -- Over 40 percent of married Indian women allege they arekicked, slapped or sexually abused by ...
Sri Lanka ranked 3rd deadliest place for journalists
Feb 09, 2008 ... Sri Lanka ranked 3rd deadliest place for journalists COLOMBO, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka has been ranked as thethird deadliest place for journalists in 2007 by the WorldAssociation of Newspapers (WAN), a leading English newspaperreported Saturday. According to the Daily ...
News Analysis: Venezuela-Exxon dispute incandesced, triggering oil market concerns
Feb 09, 2008 ... News Analysis: Venezuela-Exxon dispute incandesced, triggeringoil market concerns CARACAS/NEW YORK, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- The battle between Venezuelaand U.S. company Exxon Mobil on contract disputes was incandesced onFriday and triggered oil market concerns. Courts in Britain, ...
Five American soldiers killed in Iraq
Feb 09, 2008 ... Five American soldiers killed in Iraq BAGHDAD, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Five U.S. soldiers were killed Fridayin two separate bombings in Iraq, the U.S. military said onSaturday. Four soldiers were killed when their vehicle struck an improvisedexplosive device while they were on a ...