Xinhua News Agency back issues from Tuesday, February 26:
Talks with U.S. on radar base will soon finalize: Czech PM
Feb 26, 2008 ... Talks with U.S. on radar base will soon finalize: Czech PM PRAGUE, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Talks with the United States onitsplans to install a radar base on Czech soil will soon becompleted,Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek said after agovernment meeting Monday. Topolanek ...
Recognition of Kosovo independence to have negative impact: RussianFM
Feb 26, 2008 ... Recognition of Kosovo independence to have negative impact:RussianFM MOSCOW, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- The recognition of Kosovo'sindependence will have a negative impact on other regionalconflicts, including the Middle East issue, Russian Foreign MinisterSergei Lavrov said ...
Siemens to cut 7,000 jobs at telecoms unit
Feb 26, 2008 ... Siemens to cut 7,000 jobs at telecoms unit BERLIN, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- German conglomerate Siemens plans tocut up to 7,000 jobs worldwide in its telecommunications unit, localmedia reported Monday. Around 4,000 jobs, including 2,000 in Germany, will be cut,andanother 3,000 ...
EU mission to cover whole of Kosovo: Solana
Feb 26, 2008 ... EU mission to cover whole of Kosovo: Solana BRUSSELS, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) civilianmission is to cover the whole territory of Kosovo, EU foreign policychief Javier Solana said here Monday. Solana made the remarks at a joint press conference with ...
Opener, Advisory
Feb 26, 2008 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service forMonday,february 25, 2008, and begins ...
McCain, Obama continue winning streaks in overseas territories
Feb 26, 2008 ... McCain, Obama continue winning streaks in overseas territories WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Both U.S. Republican andDemocratic presidential front-runners picked up more delegates fromprimary elections in overseas U.S. island territories over theweekend, the CNN reported ...
Urgent: 3 dead, 4 injured in school killing in south China
Feb 26, 2008 ... Urgent: 3 dead, 4 injured in school killing in south China GUANGZHOU, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Three died and four were injuredonMonday evening in a school killing in Leizhou city of south China's Guangdong Province, ...
Five jailed, four others wanted for murdering professor in south China
Feb 26, 2008 ... Five jailed, four others wanted for murdering professor in southChina GUANGZHOU, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Five people of a nine-member gangwere given jail terms ranging from 14 years imprisonment to deathsentence for robbing and murdering a professor in a Guangzhou-baseduniversity, ...
China says Peking opera class not compulsory but promotional
Feb 26, 2008 ... China says Peking opera class not compulsory but promotional BEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Educationsaidthe country's new Peking Opera curriculum for schools is notcompulsory, but a promotional course to help students betterappreciate Chinese culture. "The ...
China publicizes ordinance draft to regulate security guard's behavior
Feb 26, 2008 ... China publicizes ordinance draft to regulate security guard'sbehavior BEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- China's State Council, or thecabinet, on Monday publicized a special ordinance draft to reduceillegalities by security guards who are expected to provideprotection to the ...
UK to provide 65 mln pound in grant for rural development in Bangladesh
Feb 26, 2008 ... UK to provide 65 mln pound in grant for rural development inBangladesh DHAKA, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- The United Kingdom will provideBangladesh a grant of 65 million pounds (127.9 million U.S. dollars)for implementation of a project under the Rural Development andCooperative ...
Chinese envoy says China to provide more humanitarian aid to Darfur
Feb 26, 2008 ... Chinese envoy says China to provide more humanitarian aid toDarfur KHARTOUM, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government's specialrepresentative for Darfur, Liu Guijin, Monday pledged China willprovide more humanitarian assistance to people in Sudan's westernregion of ...
Japan to offer Bangladesh loan assistance for disaster rehabilitation
Feb 26, 2008 ... Japan to offer Bangladesh loan assistance for disasterrehabilitation DHAKA, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Japan and Bangladesh signed anagreement in Tokyo on Monday concerning Japan's loan assistance of65million U.S. dollars for the "Emergency Disaster DamageRehabilitation" project in ...
Chinese vice premier urges efforts for credit reguarantee for small,medium firms
Feb 26, 2008 ... Chinese vice premier urges efforts for credit reguarantee forsmall,medium firms BEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice-Premier Zeng Peiyan onMonday attends the establishment and unveilingceremony of a re-guarantee insurance company for Northeast mediumand small-sized ...
1st Ld: 3 dead, including suspect, in south China school killing
Feb 26, 2008 ... 1st Ld: 3 dead, including suspect, in south China school killing GUANGZHOU, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Three people, including thesuspect, were dead and four others injured on Monday evening in aschool killing in Leizhou city of south China's GuangdongProvince,local authorities ...
ROUNDUP: Malaysian ruling coalition unveils campaigning manifesto By Xiong Ping
Feb 26, 2008 ... ROUNDUP: Malaysian ruling coalition unveils campaigning manifesto By Xiong Ping KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Malaysian Prime Ministerandruling coalition National Front Chairman Abdullah Ahmad Badawihere on Monday unveiled the coalition's campaigning manifesto forthe ...
2nd Ld-Writethru: New round of snow snarls traffic, kills livestockin China
Feb 26, 2008 ... 2nd Ld-Writethru: New round of snow snarls traffic, killslivestockin China JINAN, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Fresh snow in parts of China has againdisrupted transport and killed livestock, as the country strugglesto recover from the worst winter in half a century. Snow started to ...
2nd Ld-Writethru: China expands basic education to western rural population
Feb 26, 2008 ... 2nd Ld-Writethru: China expands basic education to western ruralpopulation BEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- More than six million people inwestern China have learned to read and write since the governmentlaunched a major literacy campaign in 2003, the Ministry ofEducation announced ...
BOC Aviation leases 8 A320s to Qantas
Feb 26, 2008 ... BOC Aviation leases 8 A320s to Qantas BEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- BOC Aviation, the aviationleasingunit of Bank of China, said Monday it has signed agreementsto lease eight new Airbus A320 aircraft to the Qantas Airways ofAustralia. The planes will be delivered from European ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2)
Feb 26, 2008 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2) HONG KONG, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- The following are news items fromthe Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Monday: Foreign exchange rates in Malaysia New Zealand sharemarket closes 0.03 pct higher 3rd Ld ...
2nd Ld-Writethru: 3 dead, including suspect, in south China school killing
Feb 26, 2008 ... 2nd Ld-Writethru: 3 dead, including suspect, in south Chinaschool killing GUANGZHOU, Feb. 25, (Xinhua) -- Three people,including the suspect, were dead and four others were injured onMonday evening in a school killing in Leizhou city of south China'sGuangdong Province, local authorities ...
Chinese insurers pay 1.6 bln yuan for snow-related damages
Feb 26, 2008 ... Chinese insurers pay 1.6 bln yuan for snow-related damages BEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Insurance firms in China havepaid1.6 billion yuan (224 million U.S. dollars) in damages incentral and eastern China as a result of the worst snowfall in halfa century. The insurance sector ...
Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Feb. 25
Feb 26, 2008 ... Domestic news items from Xinhua -- Feb. 25 BEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are Domestic newsitemsreleased by Xinhua on Monday: 2nd Ld-Writethru: 3 dead, including suspect, in south Chinaschool killing Chinese insurers pay 1.6 bln yuan for snow-related ...
Dubai Championships women's singles tennis results
Feb 26, 2008 ... Dubai Championships women's singles tennis results KUWAIT CITY, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the DubaiChampionships women's singles first round tennis results onMonday(prefix indicates ...
Stocks close higher in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico
Feb 26, 2008 ... Stocks close higher in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico MEXICO CITY, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Latin America's three majorstock markets closed higher Monday. Mexico City's IPC stock index rose by 1.47 percent to close at29,962.88 points. A total of 185 million shares were traded ...
Memphis Championships men's singles tennis results
Feb 26, 2008 ... Memphis Championships men's singles tennis results WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of theMemphis Championships men's singles first round tennis matchesonMonday (prefix denotes seeding): 7-Juergen Melzer, Austria, bt John ...
Zagreb Indoors men's singles tennis results
Feb 26, 2008 ... Zagreb Indoors men's singles tennis results BELGRADE, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Zagreb Indoorsmen's singles first round tennis results on Monday (prefix numberdenotes seeding): Olivier Rochus, Belgium, bt 4-Fabrice ...
Memphis Championships women's singles tennis results
Feb 26, 2008 ... Memphis Championships women's singles tennis results WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of theMemphis Championships women's singles first round tennis matches onMonday (prefix number denotes seeding): Julia Goerges, Germany, bt Lilia Osterloh, United ...
Dollar trades at lower 108 yen in Tokyo
Feb 26, 2008 ... Dollar trades at lower 108 yen in Tokyo TOKYO, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar traded at the lower108 yen level early Tuesday in Tokyo. At 9 a.m., the dollar was quoted at 108.03-08 yen against 108.01-11 yen in New York and ...
Foreign direct investment in Brazil hits record 4.8 billion dollarsin January
Feb 26, 2008 ... Foreign direct investment in Brazil hits record 4.8 billiondollarsin January RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Total foreign directinvestment in Brazil reached 4.814 billion U.S. dollars inJanuary,up from 2.422 billion dollars in the same month last year,and a record high for ...
Nikkei index rises above 14,000 line
Feb 26, 2008 ... Nikkei index rises above 14,000 line TOKYO, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Japan's benchmark Nikkei stockindexclimbed Tuesday above the 14,000 line for the first time sinceJan.15. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the 225-issue ...
Mixed fortunes for Nigeria table tennis in China
Feb 26, 2008 ... Mixed fortunes for Nigeria table tennis in China LAGOS, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria has recorded mixed fortunes atthe World Team Table Tennis Championships in Guangzhou, China. While Nigeria has won two of the three matches played in themen's categories, the females stumbled in ...
Colombia has 53 places for Bejing Olympics
Feb 26, 2008 ... Colombia has 53 places for Bejing Olympics BOGOTA, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Colombia now has 53 places for the2008 Olympic Games, which begins on Aug. 8 in China's capital ofBeijing, Colombia's state Sports Insitute said on Monday. The updated figure comes after divers Juan ...
New Zealand to extend its deployment in Timor-Leste
Feb 26, 2008 ... New Zealand to extend its deployment in Timor-Leste WELLINGTON, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand Defense Minister PhilGoff on Tuesday welcomed the decision by the United NationsSecurity Council to extend the mandate of the UN mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) for a further ...
English Premier League top scorers
Feb 26, 2008 ... English Premier League top scorers LONDON, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the English PremierLeague top scorers on Monday: 21 Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) 19 Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal) 15 Fernando Torres (Liverpool) 13 Benjamin Mwaruwari ...
Number of businesses in New Zealand up 2 percent
Feb 26, 2008 ... Number of businesses in New Zealand up 2 percent WELLINGTON, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- The number of businessesincreased two percent in February 2007 compared with February2006,Statistics New Zealand said on Tuesday. In February 2007, there were about 463,000 businesses in ...
80 million privately-owned guns in Latin America: OAS
Feb 26, 2008 ... 80 million privately-owned guns in Latin America: OAS MEXICO CITY, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Individuals own 80 million gunsin Latin America, and the region sees 90,000 armed attacks a year,according to an Organization of American States (OAS) documentpublished in Mexico's media on ...
English Premier League soccer results
Feb 26, 2008 ... English Premier League soccer results LONDON, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the English PremierLeague soccer results on Monday: Manchester City 0 Everton 2 Played on Sunday Blackburn Rovers 4 Bolton Wanderers 1 Reading 1 Aston ...
English Premier League soccer summaries
Feb 26, 2008 ... English Premier League soccer summaries LONDON, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the English PremierLeague soccer summaries on Monday: Manchester City 0 Red Card: Martin Petrov 90+3 Everton 2 Yakubu Aiyegbeni 30, Joleon Lescott 38 Halftime: ...
Fiji's deposed PM charged, appeared in court
Feb 26, 2008 ... Fiji's deposed PM charged, appeared in court WELLINGTON, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Fiji's deposed Prime MinisterLaisenia Qarase appeared in court on Monday night charged with threecounts of abuse of office and one count of failing to declare hisinterest when his family company bought ...
Severe earthquake hits southern Sumatra, Indonesia
Feb 26, 2008 ... Severe earthquake hits southern Sumatra, Indonesia HONG KONG, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- An severe earthquake measuring 6.9on the Richter scale hit seas south of Sumatra, Indonesia at 2:12a.m. (1812 GMT) Tuesday, according to a bulletin released by theHong Kong Observatory. The ...
Portuguese soccer championship results
Feb 26, 2008 ... Portuguese soccer championship results LISBON, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Portuguesesoccerchampionship results on Monday: Academica 1 Boavista 1 Played on Sunday Benfica 1 Braga1 Nacional Madeira 1 ...
Major news items in leading Australian newspapers
Feb 26, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Australian newspapers CANBERRA, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Australian newspapers on Tuesday. The Australian: -- The Rudd Government has knocked back a plea by the states formore no-strings-attached health ...
Interview: Poettering extends solidarity with blizzard-hit China
Feb 26, 2008 ... Interview: Poettering extends solidarity with blizzard-hit China BRUSSELS, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- European Parliament (EP) PresidentHans-Gert Poettering on Monday voiced sympathy and solidarity toChina, which has been hit by heavy blizzards in the passing winter. "I would like to ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Feb. 26
Feb 26, 2008 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Feb. 26 JAKARTA -- Indonesia lifted tsunami warning after strong quake of7.0 rocked Sumatra province on Tuesday morning, no report of damagesor casualty, the meteorology and disaster management agency saidhere. "We have lifted tsunami ...
Beckham to play exhibition game in Hong Kong
Feb 26, 2008 ... Beckham to play exhibition game in Hong Kong WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- David Beckham and the Los AngelesGalaxy will play an exhibition soccer match on March 9 against HongKong Union at Hong Kong Stadium, the Major League Soccer club saidon Monday. The match will be the ...
China, Zambia sign 200 mln USD contracts
Feb 26, 2008 ... China, Zambia sign 200 mln USD contracts LUSAKA, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Chinese trade delegation onMonday signed with local enterprises a basket of contracts, buyinggoods worth 200 million U.S. dollars. Entrepreneurs from both China and Zambia also hammered ...
Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, Feb. 25
Feb 26, 2008 ... Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, Feb. 25 GAZA -- Four Palestinian militants were killed overnight Sundayinseveral Israeli army missile attacks and ground operations in theGaza Strip, medical and factional sources said Monday. The latest death was Medhat Awad, 20, a ...
English Premier League soccer standings
Feb 26, 2008 ... English Premier League soccer standings LONDON, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the English PremierLeague soccer standings on Monday (tabulated under matchesplayed,won, drawn, lost, goals for, against and points): 1 Arsenal27 19 7 1 56 20 64 2 Manchester ...
Brazil launches program to battle rural poverty
Feb 26, 2008 ... Brazil launches program to battle rural poverty RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian President LuizInacio Lula da Silva launched on Monday a program of "Territorios daCidadania" ("Citizenship Territories"), under which 11.3 billionreais (6.65 billion U.S. dollars) will be ...
Xinhua international news advisory -- Feb. 26
Feb 26, 2008 ... Xinhua international news advisory -- Feb. 26 BEIJING, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of the majorinternational news stories scheduled to be covered or pursued byXinhua on Tuesday. -- Egypt ...
World golf rankings
Feb 26, 2008 ... World golf rankings BEIJING, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the latest world golfrankings through Feb. 24: 1. Tiger Woods, United States, 21.24 2. Phil Mickelson, United States, 10.12 3. Steve Stricker, United States, 6.59 4. Ernie Els, South Africa, ...
Mediators urge Kenya's Kibaki, Odinga to rescue talks
Feb 26, 2008 ... Mediators urge Kenya's Kibaki, Odinga to rescue talks NAIROBI, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Mediators trying to resolve thepolitical crisis in Kenya on Monday urged President Mwai Kibaki andopposition leader Raila Odinga to rescue talks after negotiatorsreached a deadlock on ...
Portuguese soccer championship standings
Feb 26, 2008 ... Portuguese soccer championship standings LISBON, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Portuguesesoccerchampionship standings on Monday (tabulated under matchesplayed, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against and points): 1 Porto 20 16 2 2 38 7 50 2 ...
With cash prize, Cambodian athletes to win more medals at world events
Feb 26, 2008 ... With cash prize, Cambodian athletes to win more medals at worldevents PHNOM PENH, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Cambodian athletes have won93medals in all from various international sports events since 1993and new achievements can be expected as the government is to awardcash prize to ...
Roundup: Cuba's new leader determined to move country forward
Feb 26, 2008 ... Roundup: Cuba's new leader determined to move country forward By Rogelio Jose del Rio Milian HAVANA, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Raul Castro, who has been chosenasCuba's new leader, is now preparing new plans to move the islandcountry forward. Raul won the post at a Sunday ...
Chinese shares open sharply higher
Feb 26, 2008 ... Chinese shares open sharply higher BEIJING, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese shares opened up 2.62percent on Tuesday after securities regulator relieved investors'panic late Monday by urging listed companies to gauge marketconditions in making decisions on refinancing. The ...
Sao Paulo divulges players for Libertadores Cup with surprise
Feb 26, 2008 ... Sao Paulo divulges players for Libertadores Cup with surprise BRASILIA, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- The soccer club of Sao Pauloannounced on Monday their list of 25 players who will be signed uptoplay in the 2008 Libertadores Cup. The big surprise in the announcement was the ...
Uruguay, EU sign agreement on technology, social programs
Feb 26, 2008 ... Uruguay, EU sign agreement on technology, social programs MONTEVIDEO, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Uruguay and the European Union(EU) signed Monday two agreements aimed at boosting the SouthAmerican country's technological and social development with a totalof 33.5 million euros, officials ...
Egypt confirms 44th human bird flu case
Feb 26, 2008 ... Egypt confirms 44th human bird flu case CAIRO, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Egyptian Ministry of Healthconfirmed Monday that a four-year-old girl was infected with birdflu virus in Egypt, bringing the number of human infection case to44in the populous Arab country. The latest case ...
Market exchange rates -- Feb. 26
Feb 26, 2008 ... Market exchange rates -- Feb. 26 BEIJING, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- The central parity rate of the RMBagainst five major currencies announced on Feb. 26 by the ChinaForeign Exchange Trading System: Currency Unit Middle Price (in RMB yuan) U.S. Dollar ...
Colombia courts seeking four legislators for links to armed groups
Feb 26, 2008 ... Colombia courts seeking four legislators for links to armedgroups BOGOTA, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Colombia's Supreme Court Mondayordered the arrest of a senator and three lower house deputiesinvolved in the so-called para-political scandal linking Colombia'slegislators to illegal ...
1st Ld-Writethru: Vietnamese woman dies from bird flu
Feb 26, 2008 ... 1st Ld-Writethru: Vietnamese woman dies from bird flu HANOI, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Vietnamese s Health Ministryhasconfirmed the country's latest human case of bird flu infectionwas a 23-year-old woman teacher from northern Phu Tho provincewhodied on Feb. 25 after five days of ...
Six major powers meet to discuss Iran nuclear issue
Feb 26, 2008 ... Six major powers meet to discuss Iran nuclear issue WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- The United States and otherpermanent members of the United Nations Security Council plusGermany are expected to adopt new sanctions against Iran over itsdisputed nuclear program soon, the U.S. State ...
Xinhua home news advisory -- Feb. 26
Feb 26, 2008 ... Xinhua home news advisory -- Feb. 26 BEIJING, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Major home news items to be coveredor pursued by Xinhua on Tuesday: 1. Home-made movies reaps more than 800 million yuan in China inNew Year period 2. China's 10th NPC standing committee holds final ...