Xinhua News Agency back issues from Thursday, May 1:
Four U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq
May 01, 2008 ... Four U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq BAGHDAD, May 1 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. military said Thursday thatfour of its soldiers were killed on Wednesday in bomb attacks acrossIraq, bringing the number of U.S. soldiers killed in April to 50. Two soldiers assigned to Multi-national ...
Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers
May 01, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers TEHRAN, May 1 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Iranian newspapers on Thursday. Tehran Times: -- Addressing a large rally in the southwestern city of Shiraz onWednesday, Iran's Supreme Leader ...
Urgent: Car bomb hits U.S. patrol, nine killed
May 01, 2008 ... Urgent: Car bomb hits U.S. patrol, nine killed BAGHDAD, May 1 (Xinhua) -- A car bomb struck a U.S ....
Update:Death toll rises to 8 in bus accident in northeast Egypt
May 01, 2008 ... Update:Death toll rises to 8 in bus accident in northeast Egypt CAIRO, May 1 (Xinhua) -- The death toll rose to 8 tourists and 23injured in a road accident in South Sinai in northeast Egypt earlyThursday, security sources said. The victims were from Canada, Britain, Ukraine, ...
1st LD: Car bomb hits U.S. patrol, nine killed
May 01, 2008 ... 1st LD: Car bomb hits U.S. patrol, nine killed BAGHDAD, May 1 (Xinhua) -- A car bomb struck a U.S. militarypatrol in eastern Baghdad on Thursday, killing nine people andwounding 23 others, an Interior Ministry source said. A car bomb detonated near a U.S. patrol in the Garage ...
Some 170 kg of heroin seized in northwestern Turkey
May 01, 2008 ... Some 170 kg of heroin seized in northwestern Turkey ANKARA, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Turkish police seized 170 kg of heroinin a truck in northwestern Turkey on Thursday, the semi- officialAnatolia news agency reported. The anti-drug team stopped a truck near Korfez town ...
Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers
May 01, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers CAIRO, May 1 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Egyptian newspapers on Thursday. Al Ahram: -- In a speech celebrating the upcoming Labor Day, EgyptianPresident Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday announced ...
Israeli strike kills Hamas militant in southern Gaza Strip
May 01, 2008 ... Israeli strike kills Hamas militant in southern Gaza Strip GAZA, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Israeli air force on Thursday carried outa strike on a car in southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, killing awanted Palestinian fighter, witnesses and security sources said. The targeted man ...
PNA supports Egypt's efforts to broker Gaza ceasefire
May 01, 2008 ... PNA supports Egypt's efforts to broker Gaza ceasefire RAMALLAH, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian National Authority (PNA)on Thursday supported Egyptian initiative which succeeded to grab acommitment from the Palestinian factions over a planned ceasefirewith Israel. "We greet ...
U.S. troops kill nine gunmen in Baghdad Shiite bastion
May 01, 2008 ... U.S. troops kill nine gunmen in Baghdad Shiite bastion BAGHDAD, May 1 (Xinhua) -- U.S. soldiers killed nine gunmen intwo incidents in Baghdad eastern neighborhood of Sadr City, the U.S.military said on Thursday. U.S. soldiers killed five gunmen Wednesday while they ...
Update: Olmert to face police questioning Friday
May 01, 2008 ... Update: Olmert to face police questioning Friday JERUSALEM, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmertis to be questioned by police for an hour Friday morning, his officesaid in a statement Thursday night. The statement closely follows a Channel 2 report that police ...
UAE energy giant records 525 pct profits growth in Q1
May 01, 2008 ... UAE energy giant records 525 pct profits growth in Q1 ABU DHABI, May 1 (Xinhua) -- The Abu Dhabi National EnergyCompany (TAQA) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) recorded netprofits of 108.4 million U.S. dollars in 2008's first quarter, up525 percent over the same period in 2007, ...
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
May 01, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers JERUSALEM, May 1 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Israeli newspapers on Thursday. Ha'aretz: -- Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman is expected toarrive in Israel shortly to receive Israel's ...
Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- May 1
May 01, 2008 ... Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- May 1 CAIRO, May 1 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of major MiddleEast news stories due to be covered or pursued by Xinhua News Agencyon Thursday. -- Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa sets to head forLebanon to attend Arab ...
Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers
May 01, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers ANKARA, May 1 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Turkish newspapers on Thursday. ZAMAN (Time): -- Turkish security teams arrested 170 illegal migrants ineastern province of Van, northwestern ...
One PKK rebel surrendered to Turkish Security Forces
May 01, 2008 ... One PKK rebel surrendered to Turkish Security Forces ANKARA, May 1 (Xinhua) -- One rebel of the outlawed KurdishWorkers' Party (PKK) surrendered to Turkish Security Forces insoutheastern Turkey, Turkish General Staff said in a statementissued on Thursday. A statement posted ...
Moderate earthquake injures about 100 in western Iran
May 01, 2008 ... Moderate earthquake injures about 100 in western Iran TEHRAN, May 1 (Xinhua) -- About 100 people were injured in amoderate earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale in westernIran early Thursday morning, state television reported. The earthquake hit an area around the ...
Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes lower
May 01, 2008 ... Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes lower JERUSALEM, May 1 (Xinhua) -- The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange generalshare index closed at ...
Urgent -- Two blasts hit wedding party, dozens killed and wounded
May 01, 2008 ... Urgent -- Two blasts hit wedding party, dozens killed and wounded BAGHDAD, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Two blasts hit a ...
1st LD: Two suicide bombers kill 31 in northern Iraqi wedding
May 01, 2008 ... 1st LD: Two suicide bombers kill 31 in northern Iraqi wedding BAGHDAD, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Two suicide bombers struck a weddingconvoy in an attack northeast of Baghdad on Thursday evening,killing 31 people and wounding 63 others, police said. The two bombers, one of them a ...
Israeli shelling kills man in southern Gaza
May 01, 2008 ... Israeli shelling kills man in southern Gaza GAZA, May 1 (Xinhua) -- A 55-year-old Palestinian was killed onThursday afternoon by Israeli troops' gunfire in the southern GazaStrip city of Khan Younis, medics said. Mo'aweya Hassanein, chief of emergency and ambulance services ...
9 killed, 32 injured in bus accident in northeast Egypt
May 01, 2008 ... 9 killed, 32 injured in bus accident in northeast Egypt CAIRO, May 1 (Xinhua) -- The death toll rose to nine tourists and32 injured in a road accident in South Sinai in northeast Egyptearly Thursday, Egyptian Health Ministry said. Eight people of other nationalities along ...
Turkish police disperse May Day protestors in Istanbul
May 01, 2008 ... Turkish police disperse May Day protestors in Istanbul ANKARA, May 1 (Xinhua) -- 467 demonstrators were detained, 6police officers and 2 civilians were injured in a turmoil broke outThursday at a main square in Turkey's largest city of Istanbul, thesemi-official Anatolia news ...
2nd LD: Death toll rises to 35 in double suicide blast in northern Iraq wedding
May 01, 2008 ... 2nd LD: Death toll rises to 35 in double suicide blast innorthern Iraq wedding BAGHDAD, May 1 (Xinhua) -- The death toll rose to 35 in doublesuicide blast which struck a wedding convoy Thursday evening innortheast of Baghdad, and 76 others were wounded, police said. The two ...
Mubarak, Olmert discuss on phone proposed Palestinian-Israeli truce
May 01, 2008 ... Mubarak, Olmert discuss on phone proposed Palestinian-Israelitruce CAIRO, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak andIsraeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday discussed on phone aproposed Palestinian-Israeli truce, the Egyptian MENA news agencyreported ....
Eight more PKK rebels surrendered in southeastern Turkey
May 01, 2008 ... Eight more PKK rebels surrendered in southeastern Turkey ANKARA, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Eight more rebels of the outlawedKurdish Workers' Party (PKK) surrendered to Turkish Security Forcesin southeastern Turkey on Thursday, the semi-official Anatolia newsagency reported. Some ...
Hamas lifts ban on pro-Fatah newspaper
May 01, 2008 ... Hamas lifts ban on pro-Fatah newspaper GAZA, May 1 (Xinhua) -- A Hamas court on Thursday allowed aPalestinian newspaper to resume distribution in the Hamas-ruled GazaStrip after nearly three months of banning. Following the decision, the Ramallah-based al-Ayyam daily ...
Roundup: Israel sounds sirens, lays wreaths to commemorate Holocaust victims
May 01, 2008 ... Roundup: Israel sounds sirens, lays wreaths to commemorateHolocaust victims JERUSALEM, May 1 (Xinhua) -- A two-minute siren wailed acrossIsrael Thursday morning, heralding a series of memorial activitieson the Jewish state's Holocaust Remembrance Day. The whole nation came ...
Jihad fires 4 rockets at Israel in revenge
May 01, 2008 ... Jihad fires 4 rockets at Israel in revenge GAZA, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Al-Quds Brigades, Islamic Jihad (HolyWar) movement's armed wing claimed responsibility on Thursday forlaunching four homemade rockets from northern Gaza Strip at southernIsrael. The group said in a leaflet ...
Up to 1,073 Iraqis killed in April
May 01, 2008 ... Up to 1,073 Iraqis killed in April BAGHDAD, May 1 (Xinhua) -- The death toll of Iraqis across thecountry climbed to 1,073 people mostly by fierce clashes betweenSadr's followers and U.S.-backed Iraqi security forces, a securitysource said on Thursday. Figures compiled by ...
Iraqi Shiite MPs in Iran for talks with Sadr
May 01, 2008 ... Iraqi Shiite MPs in Iran for talks with Sadr BAGHDAD, May 1 (Xinhua) -- A delegation from Shiite lawmakers inthe Iraqi parliament headed to Iran for talks with anti-U.S. clericMuqtada al-Sadr to end ongoing clashes between Sadr followers andU.S-backed Iraqi troops, a Sadr ...
Islamic Jihad says not to be first to break ceasefire
May 01, 2008 ... Islamic Jihad says not to be first to break ceasefire JERUSALEM, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian Islamic Jihad movementwill neither formally sign an Egypt-brokered ceasefire deal withIsrael nor be the first to break it, Israeli daily Ha'aretz quoted asenior Jihad member as saying ...
U.S. troops kill 18 gunmen in Baghdad Shiite militia strongholds
May 01, 2008 ... U.S. troops kill 18 gunmen in Baghdad Shiite militia strongholds BAGHDAD, May 1 (Xinhua) -- U.S. forces killed 18 suspectedmilitants, including an Iran-backed group leader in Baghdad Shiitemilitia strongholds, the U.S. military said on Thursday. In the afternoon, a U.S ....
AL chief arrives in Beirut for crisis talks
May 01, 2008 ... AL chief arrives in Beirut for crisis talks BEIRUT, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Arab League Secretary General AmrMoussa arrived in Lebanese capital of Beirut Thursday to hold talksabout current political crisis in Lebanon on the sideline of theArab Economic Conference to be held here on May ...
Olmert to face police questioning: Israeli TV
May 01, 2008 ... Olmert to face police questioning: Israeli TV JERUSALEM, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmertis to be questioned on Friday after police received a permit fromAttorney General Menachem Mazuz, Israeli TV Channel 2 reportedThursday evening. The special ...
3 Egyptian tourist agencies suspended over Sinai bus accident
May 01, 2008 ... 3 Egyptian tourist agencies suspended over Sinai bus accident CAIRO, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Egypt on Thursday suspended threetourist companies over a deadly bus accident in South Sinai innortheast Egypt, the Egyptian MENA news agency reported. Egyptian Minister of Tourism Zuheir ...
Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2100 GMT, May 1
May 01, 2008 ... Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2100 GMT, May 1 TEHRAN -- About 100 people were injured in a moderate earthquakemeasuring 4.7 on the Richter scale in western Iran early Thursdaymorning, Iranian state television reported. The earthquake hit an area around the city of ...
Roundup: Cambodia to join OPEC-style rice cartel to stabilize global food prices
May 01, 2008 ... Roundup: Cambodia to join OPEC-style rice cartel to stabilizeglobal food prices PHNOM PENH, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia has an internationalobligation to participate in stabilizing global food prices, asenior official has declared, as the kingdom moves to join an OPEC-style rice ...
Moderate earthquake hits New Zealand
May 01, 2008 ... Moderate earthquake hits New Zealand WELLINGTON, May 2 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 4.6 on theRichter scale struck the West Coast of New Zealand's South IslandFriday morning, causing no casualties or damage, the GNS ...
Tokyo stocks rise sharply in morning deals
May 01, 2008 ... Tokyo stocks rise sharply in morning deals TOKYO, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks rose sharply Fridaymorning. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average climbed 247.54 points, ...
Tectonic earthquake hits Bengkulu, Indonesia
May 01, 2008 ... Tectonic earthquake hits Bengkulu, Indonesia JAKARTA, May 2 (Xinhua) -- A tectonic earthquake measuring 5.4 onthe Richter scale hit Bengkulu province, Indonesia, early Fridaymorning, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (MBG) said. The epicenter of the quake, which struck 45 ...
Diarrhoea claims 6 lives in western Nepal
May 01, 2008 ... Diarrhoea claims 6 lives in western Nepal KATHMANDU, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Six persons have died of diarrhoeain western Nepal district Kalikot, local newspaper The HimalayanTimes reported Friday. In the Chhapre Village Development Committee (VDC) of Kalikotdistrict, some 400 km ...
Fiji Times publisher deported to Australia via South Korea
May 01, 2008 ... Fiji Times publisher deported to Australia via South Korea WELLINGTON, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Australian publisher of the FijiTimes newspaper, Evan Hannah, was deported to Australia via SouthKorea on Friday, the PACNEWS reported. Hannah was put on Korean Airlines flight KE138 ...
Dollar trades at lower 104 yen level in Tokyo
May 01, 2008 ... Dollar trades at lower 104 yen level in Tokyo TOKYO, May 2 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar traded in the lower 104yen zone early Friday in Tokyo. At 9 a.m., the dollar changed hands at 104.37-42 yen, comparedwith 104.39-49 yen in New York ...
Major news items in leading Australian newspapers
May 01, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Australian newspapers CANBERRA, May 2 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Australian newspapers on Friday. The Australian: -- Savanna Holloway was typical of the six young people who diedfollowing a crash on Sydney ...
Tokyo stocks open 2 pct higher
May 01, 2008 ... Tokyo stocks open 2 pct higher TOKYO, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks opened nearly 2 percenthigher Friday. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the 225-issue Nikkei StockAverage advanced 264.66 points, ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
May 01, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers TOKYO, May 2 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Friday: The Daily Yomiuri: -- The ruling parties will introduce legislation for Internetservice providers to block access to ...
Update: 2 killed in suicide blast in Pakistan's tribal region
May 01, 2008 ... Update: 2 killed in suicide blast in Pakistan's tribal region ISLAMABAD, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed and teninjured in a suicide blast in northwestern Pakistan's Khyber tribalagency, a local TV channel reported Thursday. The apparent suicide blast rocked the ...
Dollar trades at upper 103 yen level in Tokyo
May 01, 2008 ... Dollar trades at upper 103 yen level in Tokyo TOKYO, May 1 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar traded at the upper 103yen level Thursday morning in Tokyo. At noon, the dollar traded at 103.65-70 yen, compared withWednesday's 5 p.m. quotes of ...
18 injured in blast in Pakistan's tribal region
May 01, 2008 ... 18 injured in blast in Pakistan's tribal region ISLAMABAD, May 1 (Xinhua) -- 18 people were injured in a blast innorthwestern Pakistan's Khyber tribal agency, local TV channelreported Thursday. The apparent suicide blast rocked the ...
French Polynesian president reshuffles cabinet
May 01, 2008 ... French Polynesian president reshuffles cabinet WELLINGTON, May 1 (Xinhua) -- French Polynesia's President GastonTong Sang reshuffled his cabinet line-up on Thursday, appointingLouis Frebault as minister for public works and outer islandsinfrastructure, the PACNEWS regional news ...
New Zealand trade minister leaves for ASEAN ministers meeting in Bali
May 01, 2008 ... New Zealand trade minister leaves for ASEAN ministers meeting inBali WELLINGTON, May 1 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand Trade Minister PhilGoff left for the Indonesian resort of Bali on Thursday to take partin a series of meetings this weekend with ASEAN economic ministersworking toward ...
Indonesian president calls for public energy saving
May 01, 2008 ... Indonesian president calls for public energy saving JAKARTA, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Amid fears that soaring world oilprice will affect the state budget and the country's economy,Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called on his peopleto save energy, the Jakarta Post dialy ...
Nepal sticks to one-China policy: PM
May 01, 2008 ... Nepal sticks to one-China policy: PM KATHMANDU, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Nepali Prime Minister Girija PrasadKoirala has reiterated that Nepal cannot deviate from its one-Chinapolicy and cannot allow anti-China activities to take place in theNepali territory. According to Friday's ...
Roundup: Myanmar PM Thailand visit paves way for furthering bilateral cooperation
May 01, 2008 ... Roundup: Myanmar PM Thailand visit paves way for furthering bilateral cooperation YANGON, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar Prime Minister General TheinSein's three-day official visit to Thailand, which ended onThursday, has paved the way for furthering bilateral economic andtrade ...
Vietnam to ensure food security, rice export this year
May 01, 2008 ... Vietnam to ensure food security, rice export this year HANOI, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam is well on track to produce 36.55 million tons of paddy rice in 2008 so as to ensure national foodsecurity and rice export, local newspaper Vietnam News reported onFriday. The rush to ...
New Zealand announces massive new funding for cancer immunization
May 01, 2008 ... New Zealand announces massive new funding for cancer immunization WELLINGTON, May 2 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand Prime Minister HelenClark announced on Friday that the Labor-led government hascommitted 164.2 million NZ dollars (128 million U.S. dollars) newfunding over the next five ...
Major news items in leading Indian newspapers
May 01, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Indian newspapersNEW DELHI, May 2(Xinhua) -- The following are major news items in leading Indiannewspapers on Friday. The Hindu: -- Major Indian airlines have decided to raise the fares by atleast 10 percent. The ...
Vietnam to have 30 border economic zones by 2020
May 01, 2008 ... Vietnam to have 30 border economic zones by 2020 HANOI, May 2 (Xinhua) -- The Vietnamese government has approved anational plan on developing border economic zones, under which thecountry will have a total of 30 such zones by 2020, local newspaperVietnam Economic Times reported ...
Russian grants 7 million U.S. dollars to Zambia
May 01, 2008 ... Russian grants 7 million U.S. dollars to Zambia LUSAKA, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Zambia and Russia signed an agreementhere Wednesday under which Russia grants Zambia 7 million U.S.dollars to help it fight malaria, Times of Zambia reported Thursday. Health Minister of Zambia Brian ...
Major news items in Nigeria's leading newspapers
May 01, 2008 ... Major news items in Nigeria's leading newspapers LAGOS, May 1 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inNigeria's leading newspapers on Thursday. This Day: -- President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua on Wednesday took a major steptowards attracting investment for the ...
2nd LD Writethru : U.S. jets bomb central Somalia, killing insurgent commander
May 01, 2008 ... 2nd LD Writethru : U.S. jets bomb central Somalia, killing insurgent commander MOGADISHU, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Ten people including Aden HashiAyro, a prominent insurgent commander, were killed and eight othersseverely injured after U.S. military jets bombed a house in DusaMareb ...
Writethru: Zimbabwe most likely needs presidential election runoff: media
May 01, 2008 ... Writethru: Zimbabwe most likely needs presidential electionrunoff: media HARARE, May 1 (Xinhua) -- The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission wasexpected on Thursday to meet representatives of all the fourcandidates for verification of initial results, as this exercisewill pave way for ...
French aid worker killed in Chad
May 01, 2008 ... French aid worker killed in Chad PARIS, May 1 (Xinhua) -- A French aid worker has been killed inChad by a group of armed men, the French Foreign Ministry said onThursday. It said aid worker Pascal Marlinge was shot to death in the southof Chad when he was travelling in a ...
Zimbabwe most likely needs presidential election runoff: media
May 01, 2008 ... Zimbabwe most likely needs presidential election runoff: media HARARE, May 1 (Xinhua) -- The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission wasexpected on Thursday to meet representatives of all the fourcandidates for verification of initial results, as this exercisewill pave way for the ...