Xinhua News Agency back issues from Thursday, March 13:
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
Mar 13, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers JERUSALEM, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The following are major newsitems in leading Israeli newspapers on Thursday. Ha'aretz: -- The fighting in southern Israel and the Gaza Strip could soonresume, Defense Minister Ehud Barak ...
UAE to introduce new companies law in 6 months
Mar 13, 2008 ... UAE to introduce new companies law in 6 months ABU DHABI, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The United Arab Emirates (UAE)will introduce in six months a new companies law that allows 100percent foreign ownership of companies in some sectors outside freetrade zones, local newspaper Gulf News ...
Southern Israel under Qassam barrage overnight
Mar 13, 2008 ... Southern Israel under Qassam barrage overnight JERUSALEM, March 13 (Xinhua) -- At least 13 Qassam rockets werefired into the western Negev from the northern Gaza Strip earlyThursday morning, ending a week-long lull in attacks on southernIsrael communities. According to a ...
Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers
Mar 13, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers CAIRO, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Egyptian newspapers on Thursday. Al Ahram: -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak affirmed that his visit toWarsaw, which ended on Wednesday, aimed ...
U.S. soldiers kill Iraqi girl northeast of Baghdad
Mar 13, 2008 ... U.S. soldiers kill Iraqi girl northeast of Baghdad BAGHDAD, March 13 (Xinhua) -- American soldiers killed an Iraqiyoung girl accidentally during an operation in the volatile provinceof Diyala on Wednesday, the U.S. military said on Thursday. The incident took place on ...
Iranian-made Grad rockets smuggled into Gaza by sea: Haneya aide
Mar 13, 2008 ... Iranian-made Grad rockets smuggled into Gaza by sea: Haneya aide GAZA, March 13 (Xinhua) -- An aide to deposed Hamas PrimeMinister Ismail Haneya on Thursday said Iranian-made Grad rocketsare smuggled into Gaza across the Mediterranean Sea, not throughunderground tunnels with ...
Explosion injures some workers in Istanbul
Mar 13, 2008 ... Explosion injures some workers in Istanbul ANKARA, March 12 (Xinhua) -- A blast took place in the Turkishlargest city of Istanbul on Thursday, the semi-official Anatolianews agency reported. The explosion occurred around 11:00 a.m. (0900 GMT) in the engineroom of a ...
Hamas: discussions on border reopening made headway
Mar 13, 2008 ... Hamas: discussions on border reopening made headway GAZA, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Islamic Hamas movement on Thursdaysaid discussions on reopening a crossing point between Egypt and theHamas-controlled Gaza Strip have made progress. "An essential progress was made in the talks ...
Syria to invite Lebanese PM to Arab Summit: report
Mar 13, 2008 ... Syria to invite Lebanese PM to Arab Summit: report BEIRUT, March 13 (Xinhua) -- A Syrian official delegation isexpected to be here on Thursday to deliver an invitation fromDamascus to Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Seniora to attend theupcoming Arab Summit, local daily As-Safir ...
Israel holds Hamas accountable for rocket attacks from Gaza
Mar 13, 2008 ... Israel holds Hamas accountable for rocket attacks from Gaza JERUSALEM, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Israel holds Hamas responsiblefor every rocket fired at its southern communities by militantgroups in the Gaza Strip, local Ha'aretz reported on Thursday. "When another group publicly ...
Israel arrests 12 Palestinians in West Bank
Mar 13, 2008 ... Israel arrests 12 Palestinians in West Bank RAMALLAH, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Israeli forces arrested 12Palestinians in the West Bank, Israeli radio reported on Thursday. The detentions occurred in West Bank towns of Hebron, Ramallahand Nablus and the detainees were taken to ...
Jordanian lawmakers call for expulsion of Israeli, Danish ambassadors
Mar 13, 2008 ... Jordanian lawmakers call for expulsion of Israeli, Danishambassadors AMMAN, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Some Jordanian lawmakers called forthe expulsion of Israeli and Danish ambassadors in Amman during theLower House session held on Wednesday, local daily the Jordan Timessaid on ...
Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- March 13
Mar 13, 2008 ... Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- March 13 CAIRO, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of majorMiddle East news stories due to be covered or pursued by Xinhua NewsAgency on Thursday. -- Head of Israeli Defense Ministry Political Department AmosGilad meets ...
Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers
Mar 13, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers ANKARA, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Turkish newspapers on Thursday. ZAMAN (Time): -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday madepublic his government's "solution ...
Islamic Jihad claims responsibility for firing rockets into Israel
Mar 13, 2008 ... Islamic Jihad claims responsibility for firing rockets intoIsrael GAZA, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian Islamic Jihad (Holy War)movement said on Thursday that its militants resumed the rocketattack on southern Israel in revenge for the killing of fourPalestinian militants by ...
Jordan's stock market index ends higher
Mar 13, 2008 ... Jordan's stock market index ends higher AMMAN, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The shares price index of Jordan'sAmman stock market closed at 8,623 points on Thursday, up 41 ...
1st LD: Sudan denies N'Djamena's accusation of sending rebels into Chad
Mar 13, 2008 ... 1st LD: Sudan denies N'Djamena's accusation of sending rebelsinto Chad KHARTOUM, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The Sudanese government Thursdaycategorically denied an accusation from the Chadian government thatit had armed Chadian rebels and sent them across the borders intoeast Chad ....
Abbas' aide: There are other choices if peace process collapses
Mar 13, 2008 ... Abbas' aide: There are other choices if peace process collapses RAMALLAH, March 13 (Xinhua) -- An aide to Palestinian PresidentMahmoud Abbas warned on Thursday that there are other choices in thePalestinians' hands if no peace agreement is reached with Israel bythe end of the ...
2nd LD: Sudan denies N'Djamena's accusation of sending rebels into Chad
Mar 13, 2008 ... 2nd LD: Sudan denies N'Djamena's accusation of sending rebelsinto Chad KHARTOUM, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The Sudanese government Thursdaycategorically denied an accusation from the Chadian government thatit had armed Chadian rebels and sent them across the borders intoeast Chad ....
10 PKK rebels killed in southeastern Turkey
Mar 13, 2008 ... 10 PKK rebels killed in southeastern Turkey ANKARA, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Ten rebels of the banned KurdishWorkers' Party (PKK) have been killed in clashes with the Turkishsecurity forces in southeastern Turkey, a military statement said onThursday. The Turkish General Staff ...
Gas leak in vessel poisons six people in Istanbul
Mar 13, 2008 ... Gas leak in vessel poisons six people in Istanbul ANKARA, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Carbon dioxide leaked during a testin a vessel at a dockyard in Turkish largest city of Istanbul onThursday, poisoning six people, the semi-official Anatolia newsagency reported. "Gas leaked out ...
Iraqi journalist killed in Baghdad
Mar 13, 2008 ... Iraqi journalist killed in Baghdad BAGHDAD, March 13 (Xinhua) -- An Iraqi journalist was shot deadin central Baghdad on Thursday, Iraqi journalists' Union toldXinhua. "Qasim Abdul Hussein al-Eqabi, a journalist working for the localal-Muwatin newspaper was killed when ...
Majority of Palestinians support ceasefire: poll
Mar 13, 2008 ... Majority of Palestinians support ceasefire: poll RAMALLAH, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The result of a poll shows that amajority of surveyed Palestinians, in Gaza Strip and West Bank,support a ceasefire deal with Israel. The poll, conducted by the Palestinian Center for Public ...
Five civilians wounded in roadside bomb explosion in Baghdad
Mar 13, 2008 ... Five civilians wounded in roadside bomb explosion in Baghdad BAGHDAD, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Five civilians were injured duringa roadside bomb explosion in southwestern part of the Iraqi capitalon Thursday, an Interior Ministry source said. "A roadside bomb detonated in the ...
Car bomb kills civilian in central Baghdad
Mar 13, 2008 ... Car bomb kills civilian in central Baghdad BAGHDAD, March 13 (Xinhua) -- A car bomb went off in centralBaghdad on Thursday, killing at least a civilian and wounding fourothers, an Interior Ministry source said. A booby-trapped car parking near the commercial building of ...
Jordan raises electricity prices
Mar 13, 2008 ... Jordan raises electricity prices AMMAN, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The Jordanian government announced onThursday that the electricity prices in the country will be raisedin a range of 2.5-36.5 percent as of Friday. According to the announcement, household subscribers who ...
Update: Death toll from Baghdad's car bombing rises to 7
Mar 13, 2008 ... Update: Death toll from Baghdad's car bombing rises to 7 BAGHDAD, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from the car bombattack in central Baghdad on Thursday rose to seven, while 20 otherswere wounded, an Interior Ministry source said. "Our latest reports said that seven ...
Urgent: Kidnapped Iraqi Chaldean Catholic Archbishop found dead
Mar 13, 2008 ... Urgent: Kidnapped Iraqi Chaldean Catholic Archbishop found dead MOSUL, Iraq, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The body of a ...
Syria invites Lebanon to Arab Summit
Mar 13, 2008 ... Syria invites Lebanon to Arab Summit BEIRUT, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister AhmadKaouk Arnous handed over Syria's invitation at noon Thursday toresigned Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Saloukh to attend the ArabSummit to be held in Damascus on March 29-30, al ...
Urgent: Sudan denies N'djamena's accusation of sending rebels into Chad's territories
Mar 13, 2008 ... Urgent: Sudan denies N'djamena's accusation of sending rebelsinto Chad's territories KHARTOUM, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The Sudanese government ...
Feature: Indian boy shines at Cairo film festival for children
Mar 13, 2008 ... Feature: Indian boy shines at Cairo film festival for children CAIRO, March 13 (Xinhua) -- "Kishan, Kishan!" a number of kidschanted the name of Kishan Shrikanth when the Indian boy actor anddirector appeared Thursday evening at the awarding ceremony for the18th Cairo ...
1st LD: Kidnapped Iraqi Chaldean Catholic Archbishop found dead
Mar 13, 2008 ... 1st LD: Kidnapped Iraqi Chaldean Catholic Archbishop found dead MOSUL, Iraq, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The body of a Chaldean CatholicArchbishop who was kidnapped in late February has been found nearthe city of Mosul, a church official said on Thursday. "Archbishop Paulos Faraj ...
Arab lawyers condemn Israeli practices against Palestinians
Mar 13, 2008 ... Arab lawyers condemn Israeli practices against Palestinians CAIRO, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The Cairo-based Arab Lawyers Union onThursday condemned the latest Israeli practices against thePalestinians and expressed pessimism over the political solution tothe Arab-Israeli conflict, the ...
Roundup: Egypt's mediating efforts challenged by latest Mideast developments
Mar 13, 2008 ... Roundup: Egypt's mediating efforts challenged by latest Mideastdevelopments CAIRO, March 13 (Xinhua) -- As Egypt is stepping up its mediatingefforts to calm down Palestinian-Israeli tensions, a renewal of fireexchange between Palestinian armed groups and the Israeli army ...
1st Ld: Dollar plummets to 100 yen level in Tokyo
Mar 13, 2008 ... 1st Ld: Dollar plummets to 100 yen level in Tokyo TOKYO, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar plummeted to a levelunseen in about 12-and-a-half years against the yen in Tokyo onThursday. At 5 p.m. Thursday in Tokyo, the dollar traded at 100.17-20 yencompared with 101.76-86 ...
Cambodia to host meeting on ASEAN integration in 2015
Mar 13, 2008 ... Cambodia to host meeting on ASEAN integration in 2015 PHNOM PENH, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Sixty officials from Cambodia,Indonesia, Laos, the Philippines and Vietnam will meet on March 17-20 in Siem Reap province to boost their progress on commercial lawand trade reform, said a press ...
2nd Ld Writethru: Afghan, NATO troops eliminate 41 Taliban militants
Mar 13, 2008 ... 2nd Ld Writethru: Afghan, NATO troops eliminate 41 Talibanmilitants KABUL, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Afghan and the NATO-led InternationalSecurity Assistance Force (ISAF) ambushed and killed 41 Talibaninsurgents in southwest Afghan province of Nimroz on Tuesday, saidan official on ...
URGENT: U.S. dollar plunges below 100 yen
Mar 13, 2008 ... URGENT: U.S. dollar plunges below 100 yen TOKYO, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar plunged below the ...
1st Ld: 41 Taliban insurgents killed in SW. Afghanistan
Mar 13, 2008 ... 1st Ld: 41 Taliban insurgents killed in SW. Afghanistan KABUL, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Afghan and NATO troops have killed 41Taliban insurgents while the outfit tried to move from southwesternAfghan province of Nimroz to southern province of Helmand, said ...
New Zealand to scrap transit visas for Pacific travelers
Mar 13, 2008 ... New Zealand to scrap transit visas for Pacific travelers WELLINGTON, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The New Zealand Government is toscrap transit visas which have long been regarded by Pacific peopleas onerous and unfair, Radio New Zealand International reported onThursday. Auckland ...
8 hospitalized in Indonesia for suspected bird flu
Mar 13, 2008 ... 8 hospitalized in Indonesia for suspected bird flu JAKARTA, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Eight people from the same villagein Indonesia's Lampung province were admitted to hospital allegedlyfor developing bird flu symptoms, local press said Thursday. The patients, including two ...
Vietnam has 3.5 million drops-outs in 5 years
Mar 13, 2008 ... Vietnam has 3.5 million drops-outs in 5 years HANOI, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Over 3.5 million Vietnamese gradestudents have given up their studies over the past five years, localnewspaper Labor reported Thursday. In the 2006-2007 school year, nearly 214,200 students of ...
Bangkok governor suspends duty in face of charges
Mar 13, 2008 ... Bangkok governor suspends duty in face of charges BANGKOK, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Bangkok Governor Apirak Kosayodhinannounced on Thursday that he will suspend his duty, effectiveimmediately, after the Assets Examination Committee (AEC) decided topress charges against him ....
4th Ld Writethru: 6 killed, 10 injured in Afghan capital's suicide attack
Mar 13, 2008 ... 4th Ld Writethru: 6 killed, 10 injured in Afghan capital'ssuicide attack KABUL, March 13 (Xinhua) -- A suicide bomber on Thursday morningblew himself up near a convoy belonging to the U.S.-ledCoalition,killing at least six civilians and injuring 10 others inAfghan capital Kabul, ...
Bangladesh's rice import jumps by 600 percent in 8 months
Mar 13, 2008 ... Bangladesh's rice import jumps by 600 percent in 8 months DHAKA, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh's rice import hasincreased by 600 percent in the first eight months of the fiscal (July 2007-June 2008), due to huge production shortfall and soaringglobal prices, local English ...
UN to open offices in northern Pacific
Mar 13, 2008 ... UN to open offices in northern Pacific WELLINGTON, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations said it willestablish its first offices in the North Pacific to improve servicesin three former United States territories, Radio New ZealandInternational reported on Thursday. The ...
Malaysian company shows interest in developing Indonesian gas block
Mar 13, 2008 ... Malaysian company shows interest in developing Indonesian gasblock JAKARTA, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia-based oil and gas companyPetroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) has expressed interest indeveloping Indonesia's Natuna D-Alpha block, whose operator statusremains in limbo, ...
1.5 billion in Asia need assistance to escape poverty: ADB
Mar 13, 2008 ... 1.5 billion in Asia need assistance to escape poverty: ADB MANILA, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Despite the impressive progress madeby Asia-Pacific nations over the past decade in economic growth, 1.5billion people in the region still live on less than two U.S.dollars a day, the Asian ...
Bangladesh gov't may raise fuel prices after irrigation season
Mar 13, 2008 ... Bangladesh gov't may raise fuel prices after irrigation season DHAKA, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh government is expected toraise local fuel prices after the current irrigation seasonconcludes, leading English newspaper The Financial Express quotedspecial aide to chief adviser ...
Vietnam's exports to EU to surge 17.6 pct in 2008
Mar 13, 2008 ... Vietnam's exports to EU to surge 17.6 pct in 2008 HANOI, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam is estimated to earn over 10billion U.S. dollars from exporting goods to the European Union (EU)in 2008, a year-on-year rise of 17.6 percent, according to localnewspaper Vietnam Economic Times on ...
Japan's 6th Aegis destroyer delivered to MSDF
Mar 13, 2008 ... Japan's 6th Aegis destroyer delivered to MSDF TOKYO, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Japan's sixth Aegis destroyer hasbeen delivered to the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF), saidreports from the Southwestern port city of Nagasaki on Thursday. The delivery ceremony of the 7,750-ton ...
Angola, Romania sign cooperation protocol
Mar 13, 2008 ... Angola, Romania sign cooperation protocol LUANDA, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Angola and Romania have singed acooperation protocol, Angola's official news agency ANGOP reportedon Thursday. The report said the protocol was signed during a work visit tothe European country by an ...
Attack in restive DRC's restive leaves 7 civilians dead: UN
Mar 13, 2008 ... Attack in restive DRC's restive leaves 7 civilians dead: UN KINSHASA, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Seven civilians were killed andsix others wounded during an overnight attack in the restive North-Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), theUnited Nations announced ...
France pays last tribute to First World War hero
Mar 13, 2008 ... France pays last tribute to First World War hero PARIS, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The last remaining French veteran ofthe First World War, Lazare Ponticelli, has died at the age of 110years, the French president's office has said. In a statement issued Wednesday, President Nicolas ...
Cote d'Ivoire adopts procedure for reconstructing civil registers
Mar 13, 2008 ... Cote d'Ivoire adopts procedure for reconstructing civil registers ABIDJAN, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Cote d'Ivoire's government hasadopted the procedure to be used in the reconstruction of thecountry's civil status register, which is one of the prerequisitemeasures for the start of the ...
Togolese parliamentarians attend workshop on EPAs challenges
Mar 13, 2008 ... Togolese parliamentarians attend workshop on EPAs challenges LOME, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Four Togolese national assemblystanding committees have began a two-day workshop to discuss theimpact of the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) that are to besigned between African ...
China hails Cote d'Ivoire's adherence to one-China policy
Mar 13, 2008 ... China hails Cote d'Ivoire's adherence to one-China policy ABIDJAN, March 13 (Xinhua) -- China highly appreciates Coted'Ivoire for its enforcement of the one-China policy, Chineseambassador to Cote d'Ivoire Wei Wenhua has said. The Chinese ambassador was speaking Wednesday on ...
2nd LD: Sudan, Chad sign new peace deal
Mar 13, 2008 ... 2nd LD: Sudan, Chad sign new peace deal DAKAR, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and Chadian President Idriss Deby signed here Thursdayevening a peace deal aimed to end years of hostility between the twoneighboring countries. The latest in a ...
3rd LD: Sudan, Chad sign new peace deal
Mar 13, 2008 ... 3rd LD: Sudan, Chad sign new peace deal DAKAR, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and Chadian President Idriss Deby signed here Thursdayevening a peace deal aimed to end years of hostility between the twoneighboring countries. The latest in a ...
1st LD: Sudan, Chad sign new peace deal
Mar 13, 2008 ... 1st LD: Sudan, Chad sign new peace deal DAKAR, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and Chadian President Idriss Deby signed here Thursdayevening a peace deal aimed to end years of hostility between the twoneighboring countries. The two countries ...
Urgent: Sudan, Chad sign new peace deal
Mar 13, 2008 ... Urgent: Sudan, Chad sign new peace deal DAKAR, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and Chadian President Idriss Deby signed here Thursdayevening a peace deal aimed to end years of hostility between the twoneighboring countries. The two ...
Togo seeks to revamp air transport sector
Mar 13, 2008 ... Togo seeks to revamp air transport sector LOME, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Togolese Public Works MinisterCelestin Ekpawo Talaki has said here there was urgent need to tacklethe serious problems afflicting the country's air transport sector,according to reports. The minister cited ...
Paris hopes EU will support proposed Union for the Mediterranean
Mar 13, 2008 ... Paris hopes EU will support proposed Union for the Mediterranean PARIS, March 13 (Xinhua) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy hasexpressed hope that the rest of European countries will accept hiscontroversial project to establish the Union for the Mediterraneanafter reaching a ...
Credit crisis hits Netherlands
Mar 13, 2008 ... Credit crisis hits Netherlands BRUSSELS, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The international credit crisishas struck the Dutch mortgage market with one of the country'sbiggest foreign mortgage lenders stopping providing loans, Dutchpaper the Financieele Dagblad reported Thursday. U.S ....
Wall Street tumbles on downbeat news
Mar 13, 2008 ... Wall Street tumbles on downbeat news NEW YORK, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Wall Street pulled back Thursday,amid weaker-than-expected retail sales data as well as a warningthat a Carlyle Group fund is near collapse. The U.S. Commerce Department reported Thursday that ...