Xinhua News Agency back issues from Tuesday, April 22:
One soldier killed in landmine explosion in southeastern Turkey
Apr 22, 2008 ... One soldier killed in landmine explosion in southeastern Turkey ANKARA, April 22 (Xinhua) -- One soldier was killed in a landmineexplosion in southeastern province of Hakkari, Turkish General Staffsaid in a statement issued on Tuesday. The statement said one Turkish soldier ...
2nd LD: Lebanese presidential election postponed till unidentified date
Apr 22, 2008 ... 2nd LD: Lebanese presidential election postponed tillunidentified date BEIRUT, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese Parliament Speaker NabihBerri on Tuesday postponed a parliamentary session to elect apresident, without setting the exact date of the next session, localLBC TV reported ....
Mobile subscribers in Egypt exceed 32 million
Apr 22, 2008 ... Mobile subscribers in Egypt exceed 32 million CAIRO, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The number of mobile subscribers inEgypt has exceeded 32 million, the official MENA news agencyreported on Tuesday. The mobile phone business in Egypt is on the rise along with thenumber of ...
Urgent: Lebanese presidential election postponed again
Apr 22, 2008 ... Urgent: Lebanese presidential election postponed again BEIRUT, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese Parliament Speaker NabihBerri on Tuesday postponed a ...
Jordan's stock market index ends lower
Apr 22, 2008 ... Jordan's stock market index ends lower AMMAN, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The shares price index of Jordan'sAmman stock market closed at 8,636 points on Tuesday, down 30 ...
1st LD: Lebanese presidential election postponed till unidentified date
Apr 22, 2008 ... 1st LD: Lebanese presidential election postponed tillunidentified date BEIRUT, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese Parliament Speaker NabihBerri on Tuesday postponed a parliamentary session to elect thecountry's president, without setting the exact date of the nextsession, local LBC ...
Gaza healthcare threatened by fuel shortage: official
Apr 22, 2008 ... Gaza healthcare threatened by fuel shortage: official RAMALLAH, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian health minister onTuesday warned that the reducing of fuel shipments to Gaza Stripwill affect health services for the residents. "The non-humanitarian and harsh siege has ...
Hamas to decide on ceasefire Thursday: spokesman
Apr 22, 2008 ... Hamas to decide on ceasefire Thursday: spokesman GAZA, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Hamas will settle the debate on aceasefire with Israel on Thursday when it gives its final decisionto Egyptian mediators, a Hamas spokesman said on Tuesday. "The end of the debate on calmness will be ...
No ceasefire agreement with Hamas yet: Israeli officials
Apr 22, 2008 ... No ceasefire agreement with Hamas yet: Israeli officials JERUSALEM, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Senior Israeli officials Tuesdaymorning denied some Arab press reports that a ceasefire agreementbetween Israel and Hamas was reached. "Hamas always was and remains a terrorist ...
Palestinian gov't: all parties support Egypt efforts to broker ceasefire
Apr 22, 2008 ... Palestinian gov't: all parties support Egypt efforts to brokerceasefire RAMALLAH, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Egypt's efforts to brokerceasefire between Israel and Hamas are supported by all partiesconcerned, Palestinian Information Minister Riyadh al-Maliki said onTuesday. The ...
Three Iraqi TV crew wounded in Baghdad
Apr 22, 2008 ... Three Iraqi TV crew wounded in Baghdad BAGHDAD, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Three Iraqi television crew werewounded in a drive-by shooting in eastern Baghdad, a local mediawatchdog reported on Tuesday. A crew working for the Iraqi Beladi TV came under fire by unknowngunmen in ...
2nd LD: Iraq neighbors' meeting opens in Kuwait with Maliki's call for help
Apr 22, 2008 ... 2nd LD: Iraq neighbors' meeting opens in Kuwait with Maliki'scall for help KUWAIT CITY, April 22 (Xinhua) -- A ministerial conference onIraq opened here Tuesday with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Malikiurged the neighbors to help stabilize his war-torn country. The ...
Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers
Apr 22, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers CAIRO, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Egyptian newspapers on Tuesday. Al Ahram: -- On his way to France to start a three-day visit on Monday,Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak affirmed ...
Palestinian journalists urge Hamas, Fatah to stop libel campaigns on media
Apr 22, 2008 ... Palestinian journalists urge Hamas, Fatah to stop libel campaignson media GAZA, April 22 (Xinhua) -- A number of Palestinian journalistsurged rival factions of Hamas and Fatah to stop incitement and libelcampaigns on the media, a journalist said on Tuesday. "The sponsors of ...
Zawahiri warns of new attacks on Western countries involved in Iraq war
Apr 22, 2008 ... Zawahiri warns of new attacks on Western countries involved inIraq war CAIRO, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader Ayman al-Zawahiri warned Tuesday in his latest audiotape that the terrorgroup still plans to target Western countries involved in the IraqWar. The ...
Israeli army arrests 20 Palestinians in West Bank
Apr 22, 2008 ... Israeli army arrests 20 Palestinians in West Bank RAMALLAH, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Israeli forces arrested 20Palestinians in the West Bank early Tuesday, Palestinian securitysources and Israeli media said. An Israeli radio said the army arrested 20 Palestinians innorthern and ...
1st LD: Iraq neighbors' meeting opens in Kuwait with Maliki's call for help
Apr 22, 2008 ... 1st LD: Iraq neighbors' meeting opens in Kuwait with Maliki'scall for help KUWAIT CITY, April 22 (Xinhua) -- A ministerial conference onIraq opened here Tuesday with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Malikiurged the neighbors to help stabilize his war-torn country. The ...
Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers
Apr 22, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers TEHRAN, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Iranian newspapers on Tuesday. Tehran Times: -- A top military commander declared on Monday that Iran willdeliver a severe blow to any country ...
Hamas official says ceasefire deal not reached yet
Apr 22, 2008 ... Hamas official says ceasefire deal not reached yet GAZA, April 22 (Xinhua) -- A spokesman for Islamic Hamas movementin Gaza said Tuesday that a deal on a ceasefire between Palestinianmilitant groups and Israel, through Egypt, hasn't been reached yet. The Egyptian Al-Ahram ...
Two U.S. soldiers killed in bomb attack in Iraq
Apr 22, 2008 ... Two U.S. soldiers killed in bomb attack in Iraq BAGHDAD, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Two American soldiers were killedand two others injured in a roadside bomb attack in Salahudinprovince, north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Tuesday. According to a military statement, the ...
Lebanese press sees no breakthrough in Tuesday's presidential election
Apr 22, 2008 ... Lebanese press sees no breakthrough in Tuesday's presidentialelection BEIRUT, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese press on Tuesday forecastedno breakthrough in the election crisis as the parliament isscheduled to meet on noon for a 18th attempt to elect a newpresident. The ...
Gaza power plant to shut down Wednesday for fuel shortage
Apr 22, 2008 ... Gaza power plant to shut down Wednesday for fuel shortage GAZA, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The only power station in the GazaStrip will stop functioning by Wednesday evening due to the lack offuel, a Palestinian energy official said on Tuesday. "The stored industrial diesel will ...
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
Apr 22, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers JERUSALEM, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are major newsitems in leading Israeli newspapers on Tuesday. Ha'aretz: -- Senior Israeli government officials perceive a change in Hamaspositions in recent days, at least ...
Dubai in talks to buy aircraft for low-cost airline
Apr 22, 2008 ... Dubai in talks to buy aircraft for low-cost airline ABU DHABI, April 22 (Xinhua) -- A senior official of Dubai saidthe emirate is in talks with aircraft makers Airbus and Boeing tobuy aircraft for a new low-cost airline that it decided to launchlast month, local newspaper Gulf ...
Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers
Apr 22, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers ANKARA, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Turkish newspapers on Tuesday. TURKIYE (Turkey): -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday metchildren from 39 countries on the ...
French consul dies in road accident in Egyptian Red Sea resort
Apr 22, 2008 ... French consul dies in road accident in Egyptian Red Sea resort CAIRO, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The French consul in Egyptian Red Searesort of Sharm el-Sheikh died in a road accident in the city onTuesday, the Egyptian MENA News Agency reported. The French embassy in Cairo ...
Urgent: Iraq neighbors' meeting opens in Kuwait with Maliki's call for help
Apr 22, 2008 ... Urgent: Iraq neighbors' meeting opens in Kuwait with Maliki'scall for help KUWAIT CITY, April 22 (Xinhua) -- A ministerial ...
Israeli army kills three militants in northern Gaza
Apr 22, 2008 ... Israeli army kills three militants in northern Gaza GAZA, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Three Palestinian Fatah movement'smilitants were killed overnight by Israeli soldiers in an exchangeof fire near an Israeli army post in northern Gaza Strip,Palestinian and Israeli sources said Tuesday ....
Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- April 22
Apr 22, 2008 ... Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- April 22 CAIRO, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of majorMiddle East news stories due to be covered or pursued by Xinhua NewsAgency on Tuesday. -- Meetings of the foreign ministers of Iraq's neighbors is beingheld in Kuwait ...
Ahmadinejad names Iran's Economy Ministry caretaker
Apr 22, 2008 ... Ahmadinejad names Iran's Economy Ministry caretaker TEHRAN, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President MahmoudAhmadinejad appointed Hossein Samsami as the caretaker of theMinistry of Economy and Finance on Tuesday, the official IRNA newsagency reported. Before being appointed ...
Two U.S. marines killed in western Iraq suicide bombing
Apr 22, 2008 ... Two U.S. marines killed in western Iraq suicide bombing BAGHDAD, April 22 (Xinhua)-- Two U.S. marines were killed andthree others wounded in a suicide car bomb attack near the city ofRamadi in Anbar province on Tuesday, the U.S. military said. A military statement said the ...
Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, April 22
Apr 22, 2008 ... Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, April 22 KUWAIT CITY -- A ministerial conference on Iraq opened hereTuesday with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki urging theneighbors to help stabilize his war-torn country. The conference, the third of its kind after similar ...
U.S. marine killed in southern Iraq
Apr 22, 2008 ... U.S. marine killed in southern Iraq BAGHDAD, April 22 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. marine was killed andanother wounded in a roadside bomb attack in Iraq's southern city ofBasra, the U.S. military said on Tuesday. The incident took place on Monday, a brief military statementsaid ....
1st LD: Female suicide bomber kills eight security members in northeast Baghdad
Apr 22, 2008 ... 1st LD: Female suicide bomber kills eight security members innortheast Baghdad BAGHDAD, April 22 (Xinhua) -- A female suicide bomber blewherself up at a police station in a town in Diyala province onTuesday, killing eight security members and wounding 18 others, anInterior ...
Urgent: Female suicide bomber kills eight security members in northeast Baghdad
Apr 22, 2008 ... Urgent: Female suicide bomber kills eight security members innortheast Baghdad BAGHDAD, April 22 (Xinhua) -- A female suicide bomber ...
Three soldiers killed in landmine blast in southeastern Turkey
Apr 22, 2008 ... Three soldiers killed in landmine blast in southeastern Turkey ANKARA, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Three Turkish soldiers were killedand five others wounded in a landmine blast in southeastern Turkeyon Tuesday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. The landmine which was ...
Two killed, 20 wounded in western Baghdad car bombing
Apr 22, 2008 ... Two killed, 20 wounded in western Baghdad car bombing BAGHDAD, April 22 (Xinhua) -- A car bomb went off in westernBaghdad near an Iraqi Army patrol on Tuesday, killing two people andwounding 20 others, an Interior Ministry source said. "A car bomb parked near the al-Sa'ah ...
Dollar in upper 102 yen level in Tokyo
Apr 22, 2008 ... Dollar in upper 102 yen level in Tokyo TOKYO, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar eased into the upper102 yen range Tuesday morning in Tokyo. At noon, the dollar traded at 102.97-103.00 yen against Monday' s5 p.m. quotes of ...
Arab League calls for end of violence in Somalia
Apr 22, 2008 ... Arab League calls for end of violence in Somalia CAIRO, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The Arab League on Tuesday expresseddeep concern about the recent outbreak of violence in Somalia andcalled for an end of military hostilities among warring sides in thewar-torn African country. In ...
Cambodia eyes lucrative European, Chinese tourist markets
Apr 22, 2008 ... Cambodia eyes lucrative European, Chinese tourist markets PHNOM PENH, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia will seek to increasedirect flights from China and European Union (EU) nations to boostits booming tourism industry, the Mekong Times newspaper reportedTuesday. "Cambodia ...
Vietnam arrests Finnish murderer
Apr 22, 2008 ... Vietnam arrests Finnish murderer HANOI, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Vietnamese police arrested and thenhanded over to Finnish police a 44-year-old Finnish man, who killedhis wife last month and fled away, local newspaper Young Peoplereported Tuesday. The murderer, Paul Nicklos ...
Some 2 mln Vietnamese have diabetes
Apr 22, 2008 ... Some 2 mln Vietnamese have diabetes HANOI, April 22 (Xinhua) -- About 2 million Vietnamese peoplecurrently suffer from diabetes, according to local newspaper Youthon Tuesday. The infection rate, standing at 4.4 percent in urban areas, istending to increase in the coming ...
Major news items in leading Kenyan newspapers
Apr 22, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Kenyan newspapers NAIROBI, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Kenyan newspapers on Tuesday. Daily Nation -- Plans to move more than 1,900 Kenyan refuges who have beencamping at a transit camp in Uganda have ...
Bank of France urges vigilance against high inflation
Apr 22, 2008 ... Bank of France urges vigilance against high inflation PARIS, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The European Central Bank (ECB) willdefinitely move to correct its interest rates in order to pushinflation below 2 percent next year if necessary, Bank of FranceGovernor Christian Noyer said on ...
Major news items in leading Nigerian newspapers
Apr 22, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Nigerian newspapers LAGOS, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inNigeria's leading newspapers on Tuesday. This Day: -- Barely 72 hours after they crippled Adamakri crude flow linebelonging to Shell Petroleum Development ...
Europe bans Kenya's beef exports
Apr 22, 2008 ... Europe bans Kenya's beef exports NAIROBI, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Europe has banned Kenya's beefexport quota over the east African nation's failure to controlanimal diseases, local media reported on Tuesday. Livestock Development Minister Mohammed Kuti said the ban hasbeen ...
French labor union urges regularization of illegal workers
Apr 22, 2008 ... French labor union urges regularization of illegal workers PARIS, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The main union of French LabourInspectors (CGT) has called on the government to take steps tocommence immediate negotiations in order to allow for theregularization of undocumented workers, at ...
Writethru: Kenya to resume talks on post election violence
Apr 22, 2008 ... Writethru: Kenya to resume talks on post election violence NAIROBI, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's talks seeking long-termsolution to the horrendous post election violence will resume onTuesday in Nairobi, a statement from the National Dialogue andReconciliation said. The ...
Kenya to resume talks on post election violence
Apr 22, 2008 ... Kenya to resume talks on post election violence NAIROBI, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's talks seeking long-termsolution to the horrendous post election violence will resume onTuesday in Nairobi, a statement from the National Dialogue andReconciliation said. The ...
Mauritania to try people involved with escape of suspected attacker on French tourists
Apr 22, 2008 ... Mauritania to try people involved with escape of suspectedattacker on French tourists NOUAKCHOTT, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Mauritanian has moved to tryfour people with complicity in the escape of one of the allegedperpetrators of a deadly attack on a group of French tourists inlate ...
Kenya Airways set to increase air fare
Apr 22, 2008 ... Kenya Airways set to increase air fare NAIROBI, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Kenya Airways said on Tuesday itwill soon adjust its ticket prices to enable the airline to meet therising cost of fuel and airport services. The airline's CEO Titus Naikuni told a news conference in ...
UN body launches second phase of biotrade facilitation program
Apr 22, 2008 ... UN body launches second phase of biotrade facilitation program ACCRA, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The UN Conference on Trade andDevelopment (UNCTAD) has launched the second phase of the BiotradeFacilitation Program (BTFP II) to help developing countries benefitfrom the sustainable use of ...
UN chief expresses concern over Zimbabwe
Apr 22, 2008 ... UN chief expresses concern over Zimbabwe MONROVIA, April 22 (Xinhua) -- United Nations Secretary GeneralBan Ki-moon Tuesday reaffirmed his "deep concern" over the situationunfolding in Zimbabwe during his visit to Liberia. "It is unacceptable that results have not been ...
Wealth gap between developed, developing countries narrower, yet large: UN report
Apr 22, 2008 ... Wealth gap between developed, developing countries narrower, yetlarge: UN report ACCRA, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Rapid economic growth in developingand transition countries since 2002 has slightly closed the chasm inwealth between the developed and developing worlds, but the ...
Wall Street down amid mixed earnings reports
Apr 22, 2008 ... Wall Street down amid mixed earnings reports NEW YORK, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Wall Street headed lower Tuesdayas investors digested a chunk of corporate earnings reports and oilprice hit another record high. AT&T Inc. posted its first-quarter earnings rose 22 percentfollowing ...
U.S. existing home sales drop 2 pc in March
Apr 22, 2008 ... U.S. existing home sales drop 2 pc in March WASHINGTON, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Sales of existing homes in theUnited States fell in March, remaining within a narrow range ofsales activity that has persisted since last September, the NationalAssociation of Realtors (NAR) reported ...
Thai Cabinet approves interior ministry reshuffle
Apr 22, 2008 ... Thai Cabinet approves interior ministry reshuffle BANGKOK, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The cabinet of Thailand on Tuesdayapproved the Interior Ministry reshuffle which affects more than adozen provincial officials. A total of 17 high ranking officials, including 16 ...
Northeastern India hit by bird flu again
Apr 22, 2008 ... Northeastern India hit by bird flu again NEW DELHI, April 22 (Xinhua) -- A fresh outbreak of bird flu wasreported in India's northeast state of Tripura Tuesday a week afterculling operations were completed in Dhalai district in the state,according to Indo-Asian News Service ...
Afghan troops kill 16 suspected Taliban insurgents
Apr 22, 2008 ... Afghan troops kill 16 suspected Taliban insurgents KABUL, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Afghan troops have eliminated 16suspected Taliban militants over the past two days in the southernand eastern parts of the country, officials said Tuesday. In the first firefight which occurred in ...
Dialogues between Asia and Europe need to be proliferated: Malaysian PM
Apr 22, 2008 ... Dialogues between Asia and Europe need to be proliferated:Malaysian PM KUALA LUMPUR, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Dialogues and cooperationbetween Asia and Europe at many levels in various fields, especiallyin the development of arts and culture, should be proliferated,Malaysian Prime ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part II)
Apr 22, 2008 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part II) HONG KONG, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Tuesday: Vietnam wants closer economic cooperation with South Korea Malaysia tin market closes higher ...
Sri Lanka exports grow, trade balance widens
Apr 22, 2008 ... Sri Lanka exports grow, trade balance widens COLOMBO, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka, while recording an over9 percent growth in exports year on year in February, continued torecord a widened trade balance, the Central Bank said Tuesday in astatement. The statement said the ...
Thai PM to visit Malaysia
Apr 22, 2008 ... Thai PM to visit Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Thai Prime Minister SamakSundaravej will make his first official visit to Malaysia on April23-24, the Malaysian Foreign Ministry said here on Tuesday. The visit is part of Samak's introductory tour of Southeast ...
Six-week campaign launched in Nepal to celebrate Earth Day
Apr 22, 2008 ... Six-week campaign launched in Nepal to celebrate Earth Day KATHMANDU, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Nepal has launched a six-weekcampaign from Tuesday to celebrate the Earth Day, which falls onApril 22 and the World Environment Day, which falls on June 5. Altogether 26 organizations ...
Nepali Congress divided over joining CPN-M-led gov't
Apr 22, 2008 ... Nepali Congress divided over joining CPN-M-led gov't KATHMANDU, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Leaders of the Nepali Congress(NC) are divided over the issue of joining the new government to beformed under the leadership of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), The Himalayan Times reported ...