Xinhua News Agency back issues from Wednesday, April 16:
Jihad says Israel wants to impose truce by force
Apr 16, 2008 ... Jihad says Israel wants to impose truce by force GAZA, April 16 (Xinhua) -- An Islamic Jihad (Holy War) movement's spokesman said Wednesday that Israel wants to impose a ceasefireagreement on militant groups by using force. Abu Ahmed told reporters in Gaza that "the Zionist ...
Iraqi gov't sacks Basra's army, police commanders after crackdown
Apr 16, 2008 ... Iraqi gov't sacks Basra's army, police commanders after crackdown BAGHDAD, April 16 (Xinhua) -- The Iraqi government removed thearmy and police commanders in the southern city of Basra days aftera crackdown on Shiite militia in the city, a spokesman said. "I can confirm that ...
Gaza says Israel keeps withholding fuel supply
Apr 16, 2008 ... Gaza says Israel keeps withholding fuel supply GAZA, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Israel did not allow any kind of fuelinto the Gaza Strip on Wednesday despite reports said that Israelidefense minister had agreed to let cooking gas and power planet'sdiesel into the strip, said a concerned ...
Turkey seizes tons of drugs during past 24 years
Apr 16, 2008 ... Turkey seizes tons of drugs during past 24 years ANKARA, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Turkey confiscated tons of illicitdrugs belonging to various insurgent groups during its operations inthe past 24 years, the security department said on Wednesday. Security forces have seized a ...
Fresh Israeli airstrike kills Gaza militant
Apr 16, 2008 ... Fresh Israeli airstrike kills Gaza militant GAZA, April 16 (Xinhua) -- A Palestinian militant was killed andfive others were wounded in two separate Israeli airstrikes onnorthern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, medics and witnesses said. Mo'aweya Hassanein, chief of the emergency ...
International Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Exhibition opens in Iran
Apr 16, 2008 ... International Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Exhibition opens in Iran TEHRAN, April 16 (Xinhua) -- The 13th International Oil, Gas andPetrochemical Exhibition opened here Wednesday. Iran's Oil Minister Gholam-Hossein Nozari was present at theopening ceremony of the exhibition ...
Abbas to visit Russia on Thursday: spokesman
Apr 16, 2008 ... Abbas to visit Russia on Thursday: spokesman RAMALLAH, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President MahmoudAbbas will visit Moscow on Thursday for talks with Russian PresidentVladimir Putin, his spokesman said on Wednesday. Abbas' visit comes upon an official invitation by ...
Urgent: Three Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza
Apr 16, 2008 ... Urgent: Three Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza JERUSALEM, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Three Israel Defense Forces ...
Turkey starts to be affected by global fluctuations: economist
Apr 16, 2008 ... Turkey starts to be affected by global fluctuations: economist ANKARA, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Turkey has begun to be affected bythe recent global fluctuations, local newspaper Today's Zamanreported on Wednesday. Turkey's International Investors Association (YASED) ...
2nd LD: Three Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza
Apr 16, 2008 ... 2nd LD: Three Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza JERUSALEM, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Three Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers were killed on Wednesday morning during clashes withPalestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, IDF confirmed to Xinhua. Another two soldiers were wounded ...
1st LD: Three Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza
Apr 16, 2008 ... 1st LD: Three Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza JERUSALEM, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Three Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers were killed on Wednesday morning during clashes withPalestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, IDF confirmed to Xinhua. Another two soldiers were wounded ...
Coalition air strikes kill four gunmen in Iraq's Basra
Apr 16, 2008 ... Coalition air strikes kill four gunmen in Iraq's Basra BASRA, Iraq, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Coalition air strikes hitinsurgents' positions in Iraq's southern city of Basra earlyWednesday, killing four gunmen and wounding another, a coalitionspokesman said. "A coalition ...
Israel arrests 23 Palestinians in West Bank raids
Apr 16, 2008 ... Israel arrests 23 Palestinians in West Bank raids RAMALLAH, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Israeli forces arrested 23Palestinians in the West Bank early Wednesday, said Palestiniansecurity sources and Israeli media. The detainees were taken for interrogation, said Israeli ...
Erekat slams Israeli incursion into Gaza
Apr 16, 2008 ... Erekat slams Israeli incursion into Gaza RAMALLAH, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekaton Wednesday condemned an Israeli incursion in the Gaza Strip whichleft five Palestinian militants and two Israeli soldiers killed. "This Israeli escalation will bring ...
Urgent: Turkish military says it strikes PKK in northern Iraq
Apr 16, 2008 ... Urgent: Turkish military says it strikes PKK in northern Iraq ANKARA, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Turkish warplanes struck a groupguerillas of the ...
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
Apr 16, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers JERUSALEM, April 16 (Xinhua) -- The following are major newsitems in leading Israeli newspapers on Wednesday. Ha'aretz -- Israeli military officials believe Hamas is likely to launch apublic relations campaign over ...
Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers
Apr 16, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers TEHRAN, April 16 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Iranian newspapers on Wednesday. Tehran Times: -- Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki told the specialworking group on the Caspian Sea ...
Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers
Apr 16, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers CAIRO, April 16 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Egyptian newspapers on Wednesday. Al Ahram: -- Egypt has invited U.S. President George W. Bush and otherinternational and regional heavyweights to ...
lst LD: Turkish military says it strikes PKK in northern Iraq
Apr 16, 2008 ... lst LD: Turkish military says it strikes PKK in northern Iraq ANKARA, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Turkish warplanes struck a groupguerillas of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) in northernIraq on Tuesday as they attempted to sneak to Turkish territory, theGeneral Staff said on ...
Two U.S. marines killed in western Iraq
Apr 16, 2008 ... Two U.S. marines killed in western Iraq BAGHDAD, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Two U.S. marines were killed by aninsurgents' complex attack in the western Iraqi province of Anbar,the U.S.military said on Wednesday. The two were killed in action on Monday when their vehicle cameunder ...
Iran accuses U.S. of invading Afghanistan, Iraq under pretext of Sept. 11 attacks
Apr 16, 2008 ... Iran accuses U.S. of invading Afghanistan, Iraq under pretext ofSept. 11 attacks TEHRAN, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President MahmoudAhmadinejad on Wednesday accused the United States of invadingAfghanistan and Iraq under the pretext of Sept. 11 terror attacks. President ...
Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers
Apr 16, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers ANKARA, April 16 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Turkish newspapers on Wednesday. TURKIYE (Turkey): -- European lawmaker and head of the EU-Turkey parliamentarycommittee Joost Lagendijk said on ...
Man arrested over ricin possession in Las Vegas
Apr 16, 2008 ... Man arrested over ricin possession in Las Vegas LOS ANGELES, April 16 (Xinhua) -- FBI agents arrested a mansuspected of possessing ricin, a deadly toxin, authorities said onWednesday. Roger Bergendorff, 57, was arrested in Las Vegas on federalcharges, the FBI said ....
Eurozone inflation revised to new high in March
Apr 16, 2008 ... Eurozone inflation revised to new high in March BRUSSELS, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Annual inflation in the euro zonewas revised up to a new high of 3.6 percent in March, up from 3.3percent in February, the European Union (EU)'s statistics bureauEurostat said on Wednesday. It ...
China calls for capacity building in pursuing UN-AU cooperation
Apr 16, 2008 ... China calls for capacity building in pursuing UN-AU cooperation UNITED NATIONS, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice ForeignMinister Wang Yi Wednesday called here for a high priority given tocapacity building in pursuing UN-AU cooperation. The African Union's efforts to make ...
Broken gas line forces evacuation in L.A.
Apr 16, 2008 ... Broken gas line forces evacuation in L.A. LOS ANGELES, April 16 (Xinhua) -- A natural gas line broke in aresidential area in Los Angeles on Wednesday, forcing the evacuationof nearby residents and the temporary shutdown of severalbusinesses, authorities said. A crew working ...
Small plane crashes in Los Angles area, 2 wounded
Apr 16, 2008 ... Small plane crashes in Los Angles area, 2 wounded LOS ANGELES, April 16 (Xinhua) -- A small plane went down at apublic park near Los Angeles overnight, injuring the pilot and hisonly passenger, authorities said on Wednesday. The twin-engine Piper Aztec crashed around about ...
Urgent: Bush proposes halt of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions growth by 2025
Apr 16, 2008 ... Urgent: Bush proposes halt of U.S. greenhouse gas emissionsgrowth by 2025 WASHINGTON, April 16 (Xinhua) -- U.S. PresidentGeorge W ....
1st LD Writethru: Over 60 "pro-Tibet independence" activists arrested for trying to storm Chinese embassy in New Delhi
Apr 16, 2008 ... 1st LD Writethru: Over 60 "pro-Tibet independence" activistsarrested for trying to storm Chinese embassy in New Delhi NEW DELHI, April 16 (Xinhua)-- Some 63 "pro-Tibet independence"activists were arrested on Wednesday for trying to storm the ChineseEmbassy in New Delhi ahead of ...
Major news items in leading U.S. newspapers
Apr 16, 2008 ... Major news items in leading U.S. newspapers WASHINGTON, April 16 (Xinhua) -- The following are major newsitems in leading U.S. newspapers on Wednesday. The Washington Post: -- Two bombings killed nearly 60 people Tuesday in parts of Iraqwhere U.S. and Iraqi forces ...
Preparatory talks for Cyprus reunification negotiations to begin on April 18: UN
Apr 16, 2008 ... Preparatory talks for Cyprus reunification negotiations to beginon April 18: UN NICOSIA, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Greek and Turkish Cypriots willbegin preparatory talks Friday to pave the way for full-fledgedreunification negotiations between their leaders, the UN office inCyprus ...
Definitive seats division for Italy's new parliament
Apr 16, 2008 ... Definitive seats division for Italy's new parliament ROME, April 16 (Xinhua) -- With all votes counted in Italy'sgeneral elections on Sunday and Monday, including those from abroad,allocation of seats in the new legislature has been finalized, theInterior Ministry announced ...
Most Swedes oppose boycott of Beijing Olympics: report
Apr 16, 2008 ... Most Swedes oppose boycott of Beijing Olympics: report STOCKHOLM, April 16 (Xinhua) -- More than 80 percent of Sweden'spopulation is opposed to a boycott of the Beijing Olympic Games tobe held in August, the Swedish daily Svenska Dagbladet reportedWednesday. Fifty-five ...
London stock market climbs up at midday
Apr 16, 2008 ... London stock market climbs up at midday LONDON, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Banking shares helped to push theLondon stock market higher on Wednesday after the Financial Timesreported that the Bank of England was close to intervening in themortgage market. By midday, the FTSE 100 ...
OPEC daily prices set new record
Apr 16, 2008 ... OPEC daily prices set new record VIENNA, April 16 (Xinhua) -- The daily average oil prices of theOrganization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) set a newrecord of 105.73 U.S.dollars per barrel (dpb) on Tuesday, the Vienna-based cartel said Wednesday. The prices ...
UN chief voices concern over delayed election results in Zimbabwe
Apr 16, 2008 ... UN chief voices concern over delayed election results in Zimbabwe UNITED NATIONS, April 16 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday expressed deep concern over the delayed release ofthe March 29 election results in Zimbabwe. "Absent a transparent solution to ...
Major news items in leading British newspapers
Apr 16, 2008 ... Major news items in leading British newspapers LONDON, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Following are major news items inleading British newspapers on Wednesday.The Daily Telegraph: -- Popular vitamin supplements taken by millions of people in thehope of improving their health ...
U.S. housing starts plunge to 16-year low in March
Apr 16, 2008 ... U.S. housing starts plunge to 16-year low in March WASHINGTON, April 16 (Xinhua) -- New home construction in theUnited States plunged 11.9 percent in March to an adjusted annualrate of 947,000 units, the weakest level since March 1991, theCommerce Department reported Wednesday ....
Some 100 "pro-Tibet independence" activists storm Chinese embassy in New Delhi
Apr 16, 2008 ... Some 100 "pro-Tibet independence" activists storm Chinese embassyin New Delhi NEW DELHI, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Some 100 "pro-Tibet independence"activists stormed the Chinese embassy in New Delhi on Wednesday,India's Asia News Agency reported. About 63 of them were arrested ...
Brazil's Petrobras' oil and gas production up 1.4 percent in March
Apr 16, 2008 ... Brazil's Petrobras' oil and gas production up 1.4 percent inMarch RIO DE JANEIRO, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's state-run oil giantPetrobras said on Wednesday that its oil and gas production went up1.4 percent in March over the same month last year. The company's average ...
Turkey's unemployment rate rises to 11.3 percent: report
Apr 16, 2008 ... Turkey's unemployment rate rises to 11.3 percent: report ANKARA, April 16 (Xinhua) -- With a sharp slowdown in growth andless new investments due to global financial turmoil, theunemployment rate in Turkey reached 11.3 percent, local newspaperToday's Zaman reported on Wednesday ....
Two Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza with dead of five Palestinian militants: sources
Apr 16, 2008 ... Two Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza with dead of five Palestinianmilitants: sources GAZA, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Two Israeli soldiers were killed earlyon Wednesday in the Gaza Strip, while killing five Palestinianmilitants, including four from Hamas and one from Islamic ...
Moroccan government decides to keep food prices unchanged
Apr 16, 2008 ... Moroccan government decides to keep food prices unchanged RABAT, April 16 (Xinhua) -- The Moroccan government has decidedto maintain local food prices unchanged in order not to weaken thepurchasing power of people, MAP news agency reported on Wednesday. The government has ...
Four Hamas militants killed in eastern Gaza
Apr 16, 2008 ... Four Hamas militants killed in eastern Gaza GAZA, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Four Hamas militants were killed andfive others wounded at predawn on Wednesday in clashes with Israelisoldiers near the borders between eastern Gaza and Israel, themovement' military wing said ....
Urgent: Olympic torch relay in Islamabad concludes
Apr 16, 2008 ... Urgent: Olympic torch relay in Islamabad concludes ISLAMABAD, April 16 (Xinhua) -- The Beijing ...
China edges New Zealand 71-67 in women's basketball friendly
Apr 16, 2008 ... China edges New Zealand 71-67 in women's basketball friendly NINGBO, China, April 16 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese women'sbasketball team beat a visiting New Zealand 71-67 in a pre-Olympicfriendly game in Ningbo of Southeast China on Wednesday, avenging aloss in the Athens Olympics four ...
70 Olympic torchbearers to run in New delhi
Apr 16, 2008 ... 70 Olympic torchbearers to run in New delhi NEW DELHI, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Indian Olympic Association (IOA)said here Wednesday that 70 people, majority of them sportspersons,would run with the Beijing Olympic flame from the Rashtrapati Bhavanto the India Gate in tomorrow's torch ...
World champion Ouyang wins women's 63kg at National Weightlifting Championships
Apr 16, 2008 ... World champion Ouyang wins women's 63kg at National WeightliftingChampionships HEFEI, Central China, April 16 (Xinhua) -- The 25-year-old formerworld champion Ouyang Xiaofang clinched women's 63kg gold here onWednesday at the national weightlifting championship. Ouyang ...
Spanish synchro swimmers eye medal at Beijing Olympics
Apr 16, 2008 ... Spanish synchro swimmers eye medal at Beijing Olympics BEIJING, April 16 (Xinhua) -- The Spanish duet synchronizedswimmers Gemma Mengual and Andrea Fuentes, who topped the standingsof 32 duets in Wednesday's technical routine, said that they areeyeing a medal at the Olympics ....
Results of women's 63kg at China's National Weightlifting Championships
Apr 16, 2008 ... Results of women's 63kg at China's National WeightliftingChampionships HEFEI, Central China, April 16 (Xinhua) ? Following are the finalresults of women's 63 kilograms category at the 2008 China'sNational Weightlifting Championships here on Wednesday: 1. Ouyang Xiaofang, ...
Results from China club volleyball tournament
Apr 16, 2008 ... Results from China club volleyball tournament BEIJING, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from theGood Luck Beijing 2008 China club ...
Sao Paulo's Alberto suspended by club
Apr 16, 2008 ... Sao Paulo's Alberto suspended by club BRASILIA, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Sao Paulo announced on Wednesdayto suspend midfielder Carlos Alberto on a decision of club presidentJuvenal Juvencio. "It is nothing against the athlete, things just aren't workingout," said Juvencio ....
Shanghai stock indices down -- April 16
Apr 16, 2008 ... Shanghai stock indices down -- April 16 BEIJING, April 16 (Xinhua) -- China's benchmark ShanghaiComposite Index on the Shanghai Stock Exchange closed at 3,291.60points on Wednesday, down 56.75 ...
Family Circle Cup women's singles tennis results
Apr 16, 2008 ... Family Circle Cup women's singles tennis results WASHINGTON, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of theFamily Circle Cup women's singles second round tennis on Wednesday(prefix number denotes seeding): 2-Maria Sharapova, Russia, bt Bethanie Mattek, United States, ...
China, Japan vow to further strategic, reciprocal relations
Apr 16, 2008 ... China, Japan vow to further strategic, reciprocal relations BEIJING, April 16 (Xinhua) -- President Hu Jintao said onWednesday that China would work with Japan to expand strategicrelations. Hu made the remarks in a meeting with a delegation from the twoJapanese ruling ...
Hu Jintao, Vincent C. Siew's latest meeting significant: spokesman
Apr 16, 2008 ... Hu Jintao, Vincent C. Siew's latest meeting significant:spokesman BEIJING, April 16 (Xinhua) -- The latest meeting between ChinesePresident Hu Jintao, general secretary of the Communist Party ofChina Central Committee and Vincent C. Siew, chairman of the Taiwan-based ...
Urgent: China's patent applications up 21.1 percent in 2007
Apr 16, 2008 ... Urgent: China's patent applications up 21.1 percent in 2007 BEIJING, April 17 (Xinhua) -- The State Intellectual PropertyOffice of China accepted 694,000 patent applications in 2007, up21.1 percent, ...
1st Ld: China to raise duties on exported fertilizers to ensure domestic supply
Apr 16, 2008 ... 1st Ld: China to raise duties on exported fertilizers to ensuredomestic supply BEIJING, April 17 (Xinhua) -- China will impose an additional 100percent duties on exported chemical fertilizers and some rawmaterials from April 20 to September 30, the Ministry of Financesaid on ...
Urgent: Over 3 mln trademarks registered in China
Apr 16, 2008 ... Urgent: Over 3 mln trademarks registered in China BEIJING, April 17 (Xinhua) -- By the end of 2007, China's totalapplications for trademark registration have exceeded ...
Hamas says its leaders to meet Jimmy Carter in Cairo
Apr 16, 2008 ... Hamas says its leaders to meet Jimmy Carter in Cairo GAZA, April 16 (Xinhua) -- A Hamas spokesman said on Wednesdaythat its delegation is set to travel from the Gaza Strip to Cairolater in the day to meet former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. Pro-Hamas daily newspaper Palestine ...
Israel raises alert level ahead of Jewish holiday
Apr 16, 2008 ... Israel raises alert level ahead of Jewish holiday JERUSALEM, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Israeli defense establishments onWednesday raised the alert level through out the country ahead ofthe upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover. Thousands of Israeli policemen and voluntary civil ...
Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, April 16
Apr 16, 2008 ... Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, April 16 GAZA -- Eighteen Palestinians, including a local cameraman worksfor Reuters Television, and three Israeli soldiers were killed onWednesday in a daylong fire exchanges in several Gaza Strip areas,Israeli and Palestinian sources ...
Southern Sudanese government raises requirements for census
Apr 16, 2008 ... Southern Sudanese government raises requirements for census KHARTOUM, April 16 (Xinhua) -- The southern Sudanese governmentannounced on Wednesday that a national census could be conducted insouthern Sudan next Tuesday as long as a number of requirements weremet, according to a ...
Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes up
Apr 16, 2008 ... Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes up JERUSALEM, April 16 (Xinhua) -- The Tel Aviv Stock Exchangegeneral share index closed at ...
Egypt releases 100 rioters of street protests
Apr 16, 2008 ... Egypt releases 100 rioters of street protests CAIRO, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian local courts on Wednesdayordered the release of 100 rioters arrested by police in the recentviolent street protests in northern Egypt, the Egyptian MENA newsagency reported. The rules were ...