Xinhua News Agency back issues from Tuesday, May 20:
Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers
May 20, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers CAIRO, May 20 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Egyptian newspapers on Tuesday. Al Ahram: -- On the sidelines of the World Economic Forum on the MiddleEast in the Egyptian Red Sea resort Sharm ...
Fatah official calls for dialogue with rival Hamas
May 20, 2008 ... Fatah official calls for dialogue with rival Hamas GAZA, May 20 (Xinhua) -- An official from Palestinian Fatahmovement on Tuesday called on his group and rival Islamic Hamasmovement to launch dialogue in order to overcome widening crisis. Zakaria al-Agha, Fatah's ...
Fayyad says making truce needs opening crossing points
May 20, 2008 ... Fayyad says making truce needs opening crossing points RAMALLAH, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Acting Prime Minister Sallam Fayyadsaid Tuesday that in order to make a truce with Israel successful,all the closed border crossing points in the Gaza Strip must reopen. Fayyd told the ...
Minority Palestinians believe Israel to stick to ceasefire: poll
May 20, 2008 ... Minority Palestinians believe Israel to stick to ceasefire: poll RAMALLAH, May 20 (Xinhua) -- The minority of Palestinians believethat Israel will agree and stick to a ceasefire with Hamas in theGaza Strip, a new public opinion poll showed. According to the poll, which ...
Iraqi security forces enter Baghdad Shiite bastion
May 20, 2008 ... Iraqi security forces enter Baghdad Shiite bastion BAGHDAD, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi Army peacefully entered themajor Shiite militia stronghold in Sadr City in eastern Baghdad onTuesday, after weeks of clashes with U.S. troops and Iraqi securityforces, a security source said ....
Fresh Israeli airstrike kills Jihad militant
May 20, 2008 ... Fresh Israeli airstrike kills Jihad militant GAZA, May 20 (Xinhua) -- An Islamic Jihad (Holy War) militant waskilled on Tuesday in an Israeli aerial attack on a car he drovesoutheast of Gaza City, medics and witnesses reported. Mo'aweya Hassanein, chief of emergency in the ...
Roundup: Disputes over power sharing obstruct Lebanon's Doha talks
May 20, 2008 ... Roundup: Disputes over power sharing obstruct Lebanon's Dohatalks BEIRUT, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Inter-Lebanese talks held in theQatari capital of Doha make little progress until dawn Tuesday dueto intransigence from both the opposition and the majority regardinggovernment formation ...
Gunmen kill 11 Iraqi police recruits in northern Iraq
May 20, 2008 ... Gunmen kill 11 Iraqi police recruits in northern Iraq MOSUL, Iraq, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Unknown gunmen attacked a minibuscarrying police recruits near the city of Mosul, killing 11 of them,a local police source said on Tuesday. The attackers ambushed the minibus on Monday ...
Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers
May 20, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers ANKARA, May 20 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Turkish newspapers on Tuesday. TURKIYE (Turkey): -- Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said Monday thatinternational cooperation was essential in ...
Israeli airstrike kills child in northern Gaza
May 20, 2008 ... Israeli airstrike kills child in northern Gaza GAZA, May 20 (Xinhua) -- A 13-year-old child was killed and twoother civilians wounded on Tuesday morning in an Israeli airstrikeon northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia, medics and witnessessaid. Witnesses said that an ...
Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- May 20
May 20, 2008 ... Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- May 20 CAIRO, May 20 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of major MiddleEast news stories due to be covered or pursued by Xinhua News Agencyon Tuesday. -- The World Economic Forum (WEF) winds up its activities whichlasted for three days in ...
Hamas says ceasefire separated from captive Israeli soldier's issue
May 20, 2008 ... Hamas says ceasefire separated from captive Israeli soldier'sissue GAZA, May 20 (Xinhua) -- The Islamic Hamas movement on Tuesdayasserted it will not correlate Egyptian-offered ceasefire with thefate of an Israeli soldier it holds hostage in Gaza. "These are two separated ...
Abbas may quit as Palestinian President if peace process fails: Erekat
May 20, 2008 ... Abbas may quit as Palestinian President if peace process fails:Erekat RAMALLAH, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbasmay resign if Israeli-Palestinian peace talks reached a deadlock,negotiator Saeb Erekat said on Tuesday. "If Israel continued these plays ...
Israeli Olmert to be interrogated again Friday
May 20, 2008 ... Israeli Olmert to be interrogated again Friday JERUSALEM, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmertis set to be put on the grill by police again later this week, overthe latest bribery suspicions against him, local daily Ha'aretzreported on Tuesday. Israeli ...
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
May 20, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers JERUSALEM, May 20 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Israeli newspapers on Tuesday. Ha'aretz: -- Israeli State Prosecutor Moshe Lador said Monday that Americanmillionaire Morris Talansky personally ...
Al Gore receives prize in Israel for environmental efforts
May 20, 2008 ... Al Gore receives prize in Israel for environmental efforts JERUSALEM, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Former U.S. Vice President Al Gorehas received in Israel a prize of one million U.S. dollars for hisefforts to fight climate change and prevent an environmentaldisaster. "We do face a ...
China, Arab countries hail relations amid China-Arab forum achievements
May 20, 2008 ... China, Arab countries hail relations amid China-Arab forumachievements MANAMA, May 20 (Xinhua) -- China and Arab countries hailed thedevelopment of their relations in the past two years, during thefifth meeting of senior officials of China-Arab Cooperation Forumheld Tuesday in ...
Ticks cause panic in Turkey's biggest city of Istanbul
May 20, 2008 ... Ticks cause panic in Turkey's biggest city of Istanbul ANKARA, May 20 (Xinhua) -- More than one hundred people were sentto hospitals in Turkey's biggest city of Istanbul over the lastweekend after ticks were found on their skin, local newspaperTurkish Daily News reported on ...
Suicide bombing and mortar attacks kill three people in northeast Baghdad
May 20, 2008 ... Suicide bombing and mortar attacks kill three people in northeastBaghdad BAGHDAD, May 20 (Xinhua) -- A suicide bomb attack and mortarbarrage in Diyala province on Tuesday killed three people andwounded ten others, police said. A suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest blew ...
Israeli strikes on Gaza raises death toll to three
May 20, 2008 ... Israeli strikes on Gaza raises death toll to three GAZA, May 20 (Xinhua) -- An Hamas militant was killed on Tuesdayafternoon in a fresh Israeli artillery strike on a group of Hamasmilitants southeast of Gaza City, raising the death toll of the dayto three, witnesses and media ...
Arab mediators set deadline for Doha talks
May 20, 2008 ... Arab mediators set deadline for Doha talks BEIRUT, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Qatar-led Arab mediators on Tuesdayset Wednesday as the deadline for Lebanese rival leaders to reach adeal on ending the country's political crisis, local New TVreported. Qatari Minister of State for ...
Hamas denies holding direct talks with Israel
May 20, 2008 ... Hamas denies holding direct talks with Israel GAZA, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Islamic Hamas movement on Tuesday deniedholding direct talks with Israel, saying talks between the two sidesare no more than indirect ones via Egypt to reach a ceasefire. The denial came after Haim Ramon, ...
Abbas says no progress with Israel: DFLP statement
May 20, 2008 ... Abbas says no progress with Israel: DFLP statement AMMAN, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbassaid no achievement has been made in talks with Israel and calledfor more American pressure on Israel, according to a statementXinhua obtained Tuesday. Abbas said ...
Jordan's stock market index ends higher
May 20, 2008 ... Jordan's stock market index ends higher AMMAN, May 20 (Xinhua) -- The shares price index of Jordan'sAmman stock market closed at 9,160 points on Tuesday, up 43 ...
WEF wraps up Mideast meeting in Egypt
May 20, 2008 ... WEF wraps up Mideast meeting in Egypt SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, May 20 (Xinhua) -- The World EconomicForum (WEF) wrapped up its annual meeting on the Middle East onTuesday in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazef made a speech at ...
Islamic Jihad promises to commit to ceasefire if Israel does
May 20, 2008 ... Islamic Jihad promises to commit to ceasefire if Israel does GAZA, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian movement Islamic Jihad onTuesday promised that it will commit itself to Gaza ceasefire in thesame degree Israel sticks to. "We, the Islamic Jihad, stress the lull must be mutual ...
U.S. Bush apologizes over Quran shooting in Iraq
May 20, 2008 ... U.S. Bush apologizes over Quran shooting in Iraq BAGHDAD, May 20 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W. Bush hasapologized to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki over the shootingof the holy Quran by an American soldier, Iraqi official televisionreported on Tuesday. "The ...
NATO soldier, civilian killed in Afghan explosion
May 20, 2008 ... NATO soldier, civilian killed in Afghan explosion KABUL, May 21 (Xinhua) -- A soldier serving the NATO-led ISAFmilitary and a civilian interpreter were killed Tuesday in anexplosion during a patrol in central Afghan province of Ghazni, themilitary alliance said. The ...
Tokyo stocks open 1.18 pct lower
May 20, 2008 ... Tokyo stocks open 1.18 pct lower TOKYO, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks opened sharply lowerWednesday. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the 225-issue Nikkei StockAverage plunged 166.94 points, or ...
Vietnam to double gold tariff
May 20, 2008 ... Vietnam to double gold tariff HANOI, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam will, from May 26, raise importtax to 1 percent from current 0.5 percent, in a move to reduce thecountry's trade deficit and increase the national state budget,local newspaper Vietnam News reported Tuesday ....
Dollar down to lower 103 yen level in Tokyo
May 20, 2008 ... Dollar down to lower 103 yen level in Tokyo TOKYO, May 21 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar went down to the lower103 yen level Wednesday morning in Tokyo. At noon, the dollar traded at 103.21-26 yen, against 103.63-73yen in New York ...
Dollar at lower 104 yen level in Tokyo
May 20, 2008 ... Dollar at lower 104 yen level in Tokyo TOKYO, May 20 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar traded at the lower 104yen level in Tokyo Tuesday morning. At noon, the dollar changed hands at 104.04-09 yen, againstMonday's 5 p.m. quotes of ...
Myanmar reiterates need to go through procedures for foreign relief donation
May 20, 2008 ... Myanmar reiterates need to go through procedures for foreignrelief donation YANGON, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar has reiterated the need to gothrough designated procedures for relief donations by residentUnited Nations agencies and international non-governmentalorganizations ...
Hamas confirms meetings with French diplomats
May 20, 2008 ... Hamas confirms meetings with French diplomats GAZA, May 20 (Xinhua) -- A spokesman for the Islamic Hamasmovement in Gaza confirmed on Tuesday that meetings were held inGaza between Hamas leaders and French diplomats. "We can not reveal the place and the date of the meetings ...
Bangladesh ex-minister gets 10 years jail for ill-gotten wealth
May 20, 2008 ... Bangladesh ex-minister gets 10 years jail for ill-gotten wealth DHAKA, May 21 (Xinhua) -- A Dhaka court Tuesday sentenced formerpost and telecommunications minister barrister Aminul Haque to 10years' imprisonment for amassing illegal wealth and concealinginformation in wealth ...
Egyptian intelligence chief meets Hamas delegation on Palesitinian- Israeli ceasefire
May 20, 2008 ... Egyptian intelligence chief meets Hamas delegation onPalesitinian- Israeli ceasefire CAIRO, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian Intelligence chief OmarSuleiman on Tuesday met a visiting Hamas delegation and posted themon Israel's response to the proposal of a ...
Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2100 GMT, May 20
May 20, 2008 ... Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2100 GMT, May 20 BAGHDAD -- Iraqi Army peacefully entered the major Shiite militiastronghold in Sadr City in eastern Baghdad on Tuesday, after weeksof clashes with U.S. troops and Iraqi security forces, a securitysource said. Hundreds of ...
UN top envoy in Sudan expresses concern over situation in Abyei
May 20, 2008 ... UN top envoy in Sudan expresses concern over situation in Abyei KHARTOUM, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Special Representative of UNSecretary General for Sudan Ashraf Jenhagir Qazi on Tuesdayexpressed his grave concern over the renewed hostilities in Abyeibetween the Sudan Armed Forces and ...
Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes down
May 20, 2008 ... Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes down JERUSALEM, May 20 (Xinhua) -- The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange generalshare index closed at ...
UAE company to raise 1.185 bln USD for satellite financing
May 20, 2008 ... UAE company to raise 1.185 bln USD for satellite financing ABU DHABI, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Al Yah Satellite CommunicationsCompany (Yahsat), the first nationally-owned satellite operator ofthe United Arab Emirates (UAE), will raise 1.185 billion U.S.dollars to finance its satellite ...
Israeli supreme court upholds pre-trial deposition in Olmert's case
May 20, 2008 ... Israeli supreme court upholds pre-trial deposition in Olmert'scase JERUSALEM, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Supreme Court on Tuesdayrejected an appeal from Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, giving greenlight for a pre-trial deposition of a U.S. businessman in theongoing bribery probe ...
Turkey would augment European cake: president
May 20, 2008 ... Turkey would augment European cake: president ANKARA, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Turkish President Abdullah Gul saidhere on Tuesday that Turkey, to complete the European Union (EU)negotiation process in the near future, would augment the Europeancake, the semi-official Anatolia news ...
Dubai exchange to launch cash-settled WTI, Brent crude futures
May 20, 2008 ... Dubai exchange to launch cash-settled WTI, Brent crude futures ABU DHABI, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange(DGCX) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced on Tuesday thatit will launch cash-settled futures of West Texas Intermediate (WTI)crude oil and Brent ...
Cambodian government hatches fish-farming plan
May 20, 2008 ... Cambodian government hatches fish-farming plan PHNOM PENH, May 21 (Xinhua) -- As fish farming grows ever morepopular with an annual growth rate of 20-25 percent, the Cambodiangovernment is hatching plans to boost fish-farming production to50,000 tons in the next two years and ...
Major news items in leading Australian newspapers
May 20, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Australian newspapers CANBERRA, May 21 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Australian newspapers on Wednesday. The Australian: -- Business and mortgage holders face further interest raterises, with the Reserve Bank ...
Death toll reaches 43 in bus accident in western Nepal
May 20, 2008 ... Death toll reaches 43 in bus accident in western Nepal KATHMANDU, May 21 (Xinhua) -- The death toll in Dang busaccident in western Nepal has reached 43, The Himalayan Timesreported on Wednesday. According to the report, 24 bodies were recovered Monday nightwhile 19 bodies ...
Dollar at upper 103 yen level in Tokyo
May 20, 2008 ... Dollar at upper 103 yen level in Tokyo TOKYO, May 21 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar traded at the upper 103yen level in Tokyo early Wednesday. At 9:00 a.m., the dollar was quoted at 103.65-70 yen, comparedwith 103.63-73 yen in New ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
May 20, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers TOKYO, May 21 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Wednesday: The Daily Yomiuri: -- Japan's six major banks posted a total of more than 900billion yen in losses related to the ...
Tokyo stocks plunge in morning trading
May 20, 2008 ... Tokyo stocks plunge in morning trading TOKYO, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks fell sharply Wednesdaymorning. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average plummeted 279.21 ...
1st Ld: Japan's medical team to head for China's quake-hit areas
May 20, 2008 ... 1st Ld: Japan's medical team to head for China's quake-hit areas TOKYO, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Foreign Minister MasahikoKomura said Tuesday that Japan's medical team is to set off forChina later in the day. He said that the 23-member medical team will take a ...
Cambodia bans publication of pictures of scantily clad women with foreign men
May 20, 2008 ... Cambodia bans publication of pictures of scantily clad women withforeign men PHNOM PENH, May 21 (Xinhua) -- The Cambodian Ministry ofInformation has advised all publishers to stop publishing picturesof scantily clad Cambodian women, especially with foreign men and inconnection ...
Bangladesh to build new food godowns to ensure food security
May 20, 2008 ... Bangladesh to build new food godowns to ensure food security DHAKA, May 20 (Xinhua) -- The Bangladesh government has decidedto build a number of new food godowns up to sub-district levelsacross the country to ensure food security. "The warehouses will be built under a ...
Malaysia's manufacturing sales up 9.6 pct in March
May 20, 2008 ... Malaysia's manufacturing sales up 9.6 pct in March KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia's manufacturing salesin March rose 9.6 percent year-on-year to 48.1 billion ringgit (14.85 billion U.S. dollars), the Statistics Department said on Tuesday,local media reported on ...
URGENT: Blast heard in NW Pakistan, casualties feared
May 20, 2008 ... URGENT: Blast heard in NW Pakistan, casualties feared ISLAMABAD, May 20 (Xinhua) -- A blast was heard ...
Iraq's Aziz trial resumes in Baghdad
May 20, 2008 ... Iraq's Aziz trial resumes in Baghdad BAGHDAD, May 20 (Xinhua) -- The trial of Saddam's former DeputyPrime Minister Tariq Aziz and his seven codefendants resumed Tuesdayhere over their alleged roles in the execution of 42 merchants in1992. Aziz, 72, who also served as ...
1st Ld-Writethru: Blast heard in NW Pakistan, 5 injured
May 20, 2008 ... 1st Ld-Writethru: Blast heard in NW Pakistan, 5 injured ISLAMABAD, May 20 (Xinhua) -- A blast took place in northwesternPakistan on Tuesday morning and five ...
Japan's Diet approves law on space use
May 20, 2008 ... Japan's Diet approves law on space use TOKYO, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Diet approved a law on generalprinciples for the use of space Wednesday, allowing non- aggressivemilitary use of space Wednesday and overturning a decades-old policyof limiting space development to peaceful ...
Death toll from tropical storm "Halong" rises to 37 in Philippines
May 20, 2008 ... Death toll from tropical storm "Halong" rises to 37 inPhilippines MANILA, May 21 (Xinhua) -- The death toll of the tropical storm"Halong" in the Philippines has risen to 37 as situation reportsfrom the affected provinces started to arrive, said the NationalDisaster Coordination ...
Thai police informer killed in Malaysia
May 20, 2008 ... Thai police informer killed in Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 (Xinhua) -- An informer for the Thai policewas gunned down by two men at a petrol service station in RantauPanjang, Malaysian northern Kelantan state, local media reported onWednesday. His assassins were believed ...
Vietnam builds biggest expressway
May 20, 2008 ... Vietnam builds biggest expressway HANOI, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam is constructing its biggestexpressway linking Hanoi and northern port city Hai Phong with aninvestment of nearly 1.5 billion U.S. dollars, according to localnewspaper Labor on Tuesday. The 105.5-km ...
2nd Ld-Writethru: Blast heard in NW Pakistan, 5 injured
May 20, 2008 ... 2nd Ld-Writethru: Blast heard in NW Pakistan, 5 injured ISLAMABAD, May 20 (Xinhua) -- A blast took place in northwesternPakistan on Tuesday morning and five people were injured, local TVchannel DAWN NEWS reported. The explosion occurred when an ...
Niger hosts seminar on provision of quality education
May 20, 2008 ... Niger hosts seminar on provision of quality education NIAMEY, May 20 (Xinhua) -- A government-sponsored seminar on thequality of education in the French-speaking zone has begun hereunder the chairmanship of Prime Minister of Niger Seini Oumarou,according to the local media ....
Italian group to boost oil production in Republic of Congo
May 20, 2008 ... Italian group to boost oil production in Republic of Congo BRAZZAVILLE, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Eni, an Italian oil companyoperating in the Republic of Congo, has announced an ambitious planthat will increase its daily petroleum production by up to 30percent within the next four years, ...
French media set to hold retreat amid growing criticism
May 20, 2008 ... French media set to hold retreat amid growing criticism PARIS,May 20 (Xinhua) -- Amid a series of attacks led by the French rulingUnion for a Popular Movement (UMP) and President Nicolas Sarkozy,the mainstream French media is set to hold a retreat in the northerncity of Lille to ...
Writethru: French media set to hold retreat amid growing criticism
May 20, 2008 ... Writethru: French media set to hold retreat amid growingcriticism PARIS, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Amid a series of attacks led by theFrench ruling Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) and PresidentNicolas Sarkozy, the mainstream French media is set to hold aretreat in the northern city ...