Xinhua News Agency back issues from Sunday, February 24:
Macao SAR government's total revenue surges by 37 pct in January
Feb 24, 2008 ... Macao SAR government's total revenue surges by 37 pct in January MACAO, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- The government of Macao SpecialAdministrative Region (SAR) logged 3.962 billion patacas (around 495million U.S. dollars) in total revenue in January 2008, up 37percent year-on-year, the ...
Host China fails to defend title despite beating DPR Korea 3-1 (updated)
Feb 24, 2008 ... Host China fails to defend title despite beating DPR Korea 3-1(updated) By Sportswriter Yue Dongxing CHONGQING, Southwest China, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Host China failedto defend the title at the third four-nation East Asian FootballChampionship despite rallying to beat DPR Korea 3-1 ...
Opener, Advisory
Feb 24, 2008 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English serviceforSaturday, february 23, 2008, and begins ...
Cuba ready for election of national leaders
Feb 24, 2008 ... Cuba ready for election of national leaders HAVANA, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Cuba has completed allpreparationsfor the elections of a new president and other nationalleaders, the top electoral official said on Saturday. The elections will proceed on Sunday as scheduled, ...
8 rebel bodies found by Sri Lankan military
Feb 24, 2008 ... 8 rebel bodies found by Sri Lankan military COLOMBO, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Sri Lankan military saidSaturday eight dead bodies of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) rebels were found after government troops launched anattackon the rebels' strong point in the ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua
Feb 24, 2008 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua HONG KONG, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Saturday: NZ opposition National opens up 23 point lead in opinion poll Major news items in leading Philippine ...
Belgian soccer championship results
Feb 24, 2008 ... Belgian soccer championship results BRUSSELS, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Belgian soccerchampionship results on Saturday: Cercle Bruges tied Roeselare 0-0 Charleroi tied Germinal Beerschot 0-0 Dender bt Westerlo 2-0 Excelsior ...
French Ligue 1 top scorers
Feb 24, 2008 ... French Ligue 1 top scorers PARIS, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the French Ligue 1topscorers on Saturday: 16 Karim Benzema (Olympique Lyon) 12 Mamadou Niang (Olympique Marseille) 11 Tulio (Le Mans) David Bellion (Girondins Bordeaux) 10 Daniel ...
Israeli soccer championship standings
Feb 24, 2008 ... Israeli soccer championship standings JERUSALEM, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of theIsraeli soccer championship after Saturday's matches (tabulatedunder games played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): 1 Betar Jerusalem20 14 5 1 38 ...
Romanian soccer championship standings
Feb 24, 2008 ... Romanian soccer championship standings BUCHAREST, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Romanian soccerchampionship standings after Saturday's matches (tabulated undergames played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): 1 CFR Cluj 20 15 4 1 36 13 ...
Dutch soccer championship top scorers
Feb 24, 2008 ... Dutch soccer championship top scorers BRUSSELS, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Dutch soccerchampionship top scorers on Saturday: 23 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Ajax Amsterdam) 19 Blaise Nkufo (Twente Enschede) 14 Robin Nelisse (Utrecht) 13 Michael Bradley ...
Spanish Primera Liga results
Feb 24, 2008 ... Spanish Primera Liga results MADRID, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Spanish ...
Cameroon beats Tanzania in women's African Cup tie
Feb 24, 2008 ... Cameroon beats Tanzania in women's African Cup tie DAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Cameroon beat hosts TanzaniaonSaturday with three unanswered goals in their first leg of thesecond round of the 2008 Women's African Cup of Nations ...
South African Premier League soccer results
Feb 24, 2008 ... South African Premier League soccer results JOANNESBURG, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the South AfricanPremier League results on Saturday: Black Leopards lost to Free State Stars 1-2 Lamontville Golden Arrows bt Moroka Swallows ...
Castro's resignation "wise,", "self-giving": Cuban provincial leaders
Feb 24, 2008 ... Castro's resignation "wise,", "self-giving": Cuban provincialleaders HAVANA, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Leaders of Cuba's 14 provinces onSaturday praised Fidel Castro's resignation offer as "wise" and"self-giving". In a letter to Castro, the leaders said Castro's resignationletter ...
Romanian soccer championship results
Feb 24, 2008 ... Romanian soccer championship results BUCHAREST, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Romanian soccerchampionship results on Saturday: CFR Cluj bt Universitatea Craiova 4-1 Vaslui bt Dacia Mioveni 3-0 Rapid Bucharest lost to Universitatea Cluj-Napoca ...
Incidence of heart diseases drops after France enacts anti-smoking laws
Feb 24, 2008 ... Incidence of heart diseases drops after France enacts anti-smoking laws PARIS, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- The incidence of smoking-relateddiseases has sharply decreased after France enacted tough anti-smoking laws, the Health Ministry said in a report releasedSaturday. According ...
South African Premier League soccer standings
Feb 24, 2008 ... South African Premier League soccer standings JOANNESBURG, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the South AfricanPremier League standings after Saturday's matches (tabulated undergames played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): 1. Ajax Cape Town18 10 5 2 ...
Results of English Premier League soccer
Feb 24, 2008 ... Results of English Premier League soccer LONDON, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of theEnglish Premier League soccer matches played on Saturday: Birmingham City 2-2 ...
Itlian Serie A top scorers
Feb 24, 2008 ... Itlian Serie A top scorers ROME, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Itlian Serie A topscorers on Saturday: 15 David Trezeguet (Juventus) 14 Adrian Mutu (Fiorentina) Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Inter Milan) 12 Marco Borriello (Genoa) 11 Alessandro Del ...
English Premier League soccer standings
Feb 24, 2008 ... English Premier League soccer standings LONDON, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the English PremierLeague soccer standings on Saturday (tabulated under gamesplayed,won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): 1 Arsenal 27 19 7 1 56 20 64 2 Manchester ...
Spanish Primera Liga standings
Feb 24, 2008 ... Spanish Primera Liga standings MADRID, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Spanish PrimeraLiga standings after Saturday's matches (tabulated under gamesplayed, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): 1 Real Madrid 24 18 2 4 54 20 56 2 Barcelona ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Feb 24, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers TOKYO, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Sunday: Japan Times: -- The family and relatives of two fishermen who went missingwhen their boat was run over by a Maritime ...
Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, Feb. 23
Feb 24, 2008 ... Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, Feb. 23 TEHRAN -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturdaythat his country will not retreat "one iota" in maintaining itsnuclear rights, while world powers are mulling over a proposed thirdUN Security Council resolution to ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Feb. 24
Feb 24, 2008 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Feb. 24 PRISTINA -- The European Union (EU) has removed its staff fromthe northern part of Kosovo's flash point town of Mitrovica, saidPieter Feith, head of the mission, on Saturday. The staff were withdrawn indefinitely to southern part ...
Portuguese soccer championship results
Feb 24, 2008 ... Portuguese soccer championship results LISBON, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Portuguesesoccerchampionship results on Saturday: Belenenses ...
Dutch soccer championships standings
Feb 24, 2008 ... Dutch soccer championships standings BRUSSELS, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of theDutch soccer championships after matches on Saturday (tabulatedunder games played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): 1 PSV Eindhoven 25 17 5 3 52 18 ...
Xinhua international news advisory -- Feb. 24
Feb 24, 2008 ... Xinhua international news advisory -- Feb. 24 BEIJING, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of the majorinternational news stories scheduled to be covered or pursued byXinhua on Sunday. -- Miliban says he does ...
Croatian soccer championship standings
Feb 24, 2008 ... Croatian soccer championship standings BEGRADE, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Croatian soccerchampionship standings after Saturday's matches (tabulated undergames played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): 1 Dynamo Zagreb20 16 1 3 57 23 ...
Lithuanian pentathlete wins men's gold of World Cup series in Egypt
Feb 24, 2008 ... Lithuanian pentathlete wins men's gold of World Cup series inEgypt CAIRO, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Lithuanian pentathlete AndrejusZadneprovskis on Saturday got men's gold medal in the first stop ofthe 2008 Modern Pentathlon World Cup series held in the Egyptiancapital of ...
English Premier League soccer top scorers
Feb 24, 2008 ... English Premier League soccer top scorers LONDON, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the English PremierLeague top scorers on Saturday: 21 Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) 19 Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal) 15 Fernando Torres (Liverpool) 13 Benjamin ...
World indoor Rotterdam Open semifinal results
Feb 24, 2008 ... World indoor Rotterdam Open semifinal results BRUSSELS, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the world indoorRotterdam Open ATP semifinal results in Rotterdam on ...
Belgian championship standings
Feb 24, 2008 ... Belgian championship standings BRUSSELS, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of theBelgian soccer championship standings after Saturday'smatches(tabulated under games played, won, drawn, lost, goals for,against, points): 1 Standard Liege 23 13 10 0 42 14 ...
Itlian Serie A standings
Feb 24, 2008 ... Itlian Serie A standings ROME, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Itlian Serie Astandings after Saturday's matches (tabulated under games played,won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): Inter Milan 23 18 5 0 48 13 59 AS Roma 23 14 6 3 40 ...
Greek soccer championship results
Feb 24, 2008 ... Greek soccer championship results ATHENS, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Greek soccerchampionship results on Saturday: Asteras Tripolis tied Apollon Kalamarias 1-1 PAOK Salonika tied Olympiakos Piraeus ...
Italian Serie A results
Feb 24, 2008 ... Italian Serie A results ROME, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Itlian Serie Aresults on Saturday: Reggina bt Juventus 2-1 Torino tied Parma 4-4 Playing on Sunday (GMT) AS Roma vs Fiorentina ...
Portuguese soccer championship standings
Feb 24, 2008 ... Portuguese soccer championship standings JOANNESBURG, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Portuguesechampionship standings after Saturday's matches (tabulated undergames played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): 1 Porto20 16 2 2 38 7 ...
Croatian soccer championship results
Feb 24, 2008 ... Croatian soccer championship results BELGRADE, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Croatian socerchampionship results on Saturday: Cibalia bt Medjimurje 2-0 Dynamo Zagreb lost ...
Israeli soccer championship results
Feb 24, 2008 ... Israeli soccer championship results JERUSALEM, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Israelisoccerchampionship results on Saturday: Ashdod lost to Hapoel Kfar Saba 2-4 Bnei Yehuda tied Hapoel Ironi Kiryat ...
Greek soccer championship standings
Feb 24, 2008 ... Greek soccer championship standings ATHENS, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Greek soccerchampionship standings after Saturday's matches (tabulated undergames played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): 1 Olympiakos Piraeus 21 14 6 1 39 14 48 2 ...
Dutch soccer championship results
Feb 24, 2008 ... Dutch soccer championship results BRUSSELS, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Dutch soccerchampionship results on Saturday: AZ Alkmaar tied Twente Enschede ...
Llodra, Soderling into Rotterdam final
Feb 24, 2008 ... Llodra, Soderling into Rotterdam final BRUSSELS, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- World No. 58 Michael Llodra ofFrance and 59th-ranked Swede Robin Soderling will fight for thetitle of the 824,000-euro ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament inRotterdam, the Netherlands, after they both scored ...
Results and standings of Hungary's soccer championship
Feb 24, 2008 ... Results and standings of Hungary's soccer championship BUDAPEST, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Followings are results andstandings of Hungary's first division soccer championship onSaturday: Results: Gyor bt Nyiregyhaza 5-0 (halftime 1-0) Tatabanya lost to Vasas 0-2 ...
Turkish soccer championship results
Feb 24, 2008 ... Turkish soccer championship results ANKARA, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Turkish soccerchampionship results on Saturday: Fenerbahce lost to Bursaspor 0-2 Gaziantepspor tied Genclerbirligi Oftasspor 1-1 Genclerbirligi bt Konyaspor 6-1 Played on ...
Austrian soccer championship standings
Feb 24, 2008 ... Austrian soccer championship standings VIENNA, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings afterAustrian championship standings after Saturday's games (tabulatedunder games played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): LASK Linz25 11 8 6 40 30 ...
FARC vows to hold three U.S. hostages for 60 years
Feb 24, 2008 ... FARC vows to hold three U.S. hostages for 60 years BOGOTA, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Revolutionary Armed Forces ofColombia (FARC) on Saturday said it would hold the three U.S.hostages for 60 years as one of its member was sentenced to a six-decade imprisonment by a U.S. court ...
72 percent of British public say no to Beijing Olympic Games boycott: poll
Feb 24, 2008 ... 72 percent of British public say no to Beijing Olympic Gamesboycott: poll LONDON, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- A large majority of the Britishpublic believe it would be wrong for British sportsmen and women toboycott the Beijing Olympics, a Guardian/ICM poll said. According to the ...
Austrian soccer championship results
Feb 24, 2008 ... Austrian soccer championship results VIENNA, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Austrian soccerchampionship results on Saturday: Austria Vienna bt Salzburg 3-1 Mattersburg bt Wacker ...
Turkish soccer championship standings
Feb 24, 2008 ... Turkish soccer championship standings ANKARA, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Turkish soccerchampionship standings after Saturday's games (tabulated under gamesplayed, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): 1 Galatasaray 22 15 6 1 46 17 ...
Buenos Aires Open ATP singles results
Feb 24, 2008 ... Buenos Aires Open ATP singles results BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Buenos AiresOpen men's singles semifinal results on Saturday (prefix ...
Xinhua home news advisory -- Feb. 24
Feb 24, 2008 ... Xinhua home news advisory -- Feb. 24 BEIJING, Feb. 24(Xinhua) -- Major home news items to be coveredorpursued by Xinhua Sunday: 1. Chinese police gear up for legislature annual session 2 ....
Speedskating World Cup results
Feb 24, 2008 ... Speedskating World Cup results HEERENVEEN, Netherlands, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are theresults on Saturday from a speedskating World Cup event: Men 500 meters 1. Jeremy Wotherspoon, Canada, 34.92 seconds 2. Joji Kato, Japan, 35.07 3. Dmitry ...
Argentine soccer championship results
Feb 24, 2008 ... Argentine soccer championship results BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Argentinechampionship results on Saturday: Rosario Central bt Independiente 2-0 Tigre lost to Huracan 1-2 Argentinos Juniors bt Gimnasia-La Plata 2-0 Racing Club tied ...
Chinese police gears up for fire control ahead annual "two sessions"
Feb 24, 2008 ... Chinese police gears up for fire control ahead annual "twosessions" BEIJING, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese police, especially those incapital Beijing, are gearing up for fire control ahead of the annualfull sessions of top legislature and political advisory body. Beijing police ...
German Bundesliga standings
Feb 24, 2008 ... German Bundesliga standings BERLIN, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of theGerman Bundesliga after Saturday's games (tabulated under gamesplayed, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): Bayern Munich 20 12 7 1 37 10 43 Werder Bremen 21 ...
Semifinal results of Qatar Open WTA event
Feb 24, 2008 ... Semifinal results of Qatar Open WTA event DOHA, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from thesixth day of the 2.5 million U.S. dollar Qatar Open WTA tournamentonSaturday ...
German Bundesliga results
Feb 24, 2008 ... German Bundesliga results BERLIN, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the GermanBundesligaresults on Saturday: Arminia Bielefeld 0 MSV Duisburg 2 Bayer Leverkusen1 Schalke 040 Borussia Dortmund 1 Hansa Rostock 0 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 ...
Man United trash Newcastle to close gap
Feb 24, 2008 ... Man United trash Newcastle to close gap LONDON, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Manchester United closed the gaponEnglish Premier League leaders Arsenal to three points afterthrashing Newcastle 5-1 thanks to two goals each from CristianoRonaldo and Wayne Rooney on Saturday. Arsenal still ...
Chinese ice breaker back to Zhongshan Station on Antarctica with supplies
Feb 24, 2008 ... Chinese ice breaker back to Zhongshan Station on Antarctica withsupplies ZHONGSHAN STATION, Antarctica, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- China'santarctic ice breaker Snow Dragon returned to Zhongshan StationonAntarctica Saturday after a 15-day transportation mission andstarted unloading ...
Panama says Colombia's FARC exchanges fire with patrol officers near border
Feb 24, 2008 ... Panama says Colombia's FARC exchanges fire with patrol officersnear border PANAMA CITY, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Four people were injured inanexchange of fire between the Panamanian police and suspectedColombian anti-government group in the waters off Panama's borderwith Colombia, ...
WTA Bogota Open results
Feb 24, 2008 ... WTA Bogota Open results BOGOTA, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from WTABogota Open here on Saturday (prefix number denotes ...
Spanish Primera Liga top scorers
Feb 24, 2008 ... Spanish Primera Liga top scorers MADRID, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Spanish PrimeraLiga top scorers after Saturday's matches: 19 Luis Fabiano (Sevilla) 14 Diego Milito (Real Zaragoza) 12 Ruud van Nistelrooy (Real Madrid) Joseba Llorente (Real ...
Argentine soccer championship standings
Feb 24, 2008 ... Argentine soccer championship standings BEUENOS AIRES, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings ofthe Argentine soccer championship after Saturday's matches(tabulated under games played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against,points): Estudiantes 3 3 0 0 9 3 ...
U.S. president criticizes Democrats over surveillance legislation
Feb 24, 2008 ... U.S. president criticizes Democrats over surveillance legislation WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W. Bush onSaturday criticized House Democratic leaders over newterrorismsurveillance legislation, urging the House to renew the lawthat expired last ...
Bomb explodes in northern Spain, no injuries
Feb 24, 2008 ... Bomb explodes in northern Spain, no injuries MADRID, Feb. 23 (Xinhua)-- A bomb exploded at a radio andtelevision transmission station outside Spain's northern city ofBilbao Saturday, causing property damage but no injuries, policesaid. Police received a warning call in the ...