Xinhua News Agency back issues from Thursday, June 5:
Morocco arrests two of the nine terrorist escapees
Jun 05, 2008 ... Morocco arrests two of the nine terrorist escapees RABAT, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Morocco police arrested two of the nineIslamist terrorists who had fled early April from a heavily- guardedjail in western Morocco, the official MAP news agency reported onThursday. Hammou Hassani ...
Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2100 GMT, June 5
Jun 05, 2008 ... Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2100 GMT, June 5 JERUSALEM -- Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Thursdaythat Israel is likely to launch act against Palestinian militantgroups in the Gaza Strip before ceasefire agreement can be reached. Barak made the remarks during ...
China, Egypt witness great potential on medical cooperation
Jun 05, 2008 ... China, Egypt witness great potential on medical cooperation CAIRO, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Participants of a Sino-Egyptianconference on hepatology expressed their confidence and voiced theirwillingness here on Thursday to further promote medical cooperationbetween China and Egypt ....
King: settlement policies threaten Palestinian rights to independent state
Jun 05, 2008 ... King: settlement policies threaten Palestinian rights toindependent state AMMAN, June 5 (Xinhua) --Jordan's King Abdullah II warned inBritain on Thursday that continued Israeli settlement policiesthreaten Palestinian rights to an independent state, according to astatement by the ...
Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes higher
Jun 05, 2008 ... Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes higher JERUSALEM, June 5 (Xinhua) -- The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange generalshare index closed at ...
Iranian forces kill 12 militants near Iraqi border: report
Jun 05, 2008 ... Iranian forces kill 12 militants near Iraqi border: report TEHRAN, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Iranian security forces have killed atleast 12 militants in the northwestern city of Piranshahr near theIraqi border, Iran's English-language Press TV satellite channelreported on Thursday ....
Abbas, Rice discuss Israeli settlement expansion on phone
Jun 05, 2008 ... Abbas, Rice discuss Israeli settlement expansion on phone RAMALLAH, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbasand U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday discussedon telephone Israeli settlement activities in the Palestinianterritories. Rice ...
Haneya calls on AL to host the Palestinian dialogue
Jun 05, 2008 ... Haneya calls on AL to host the Palestinian dialogue GAZA, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Deposed Hamas Prime Minister IsmailHaneya Thursday called on the Arab League (AL) to host acomprehensive dialogue between his movement and Fatah movement ofPresident Mahmoud Abbas. Haneya said in a ...
Egypt's Suez canal total revenues reach 56 billion USD
Jun 05, 2008 ... Egypt's Suez canal total revenues reach 56 billion USD CAIRO, June 5 (Xinhua) -- The total revenue of Egypt's Suez Canalreached 56 billion U.S. dollars since its reopening on June 5, 1975,Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Ahmed Ali Fadel said onThursday. Fadel made ...
Israel's operation in Gaza 'closer than ever': Barak
Jun 05, 2008 ... Israel's operation in Gaza 'closer than ever': Barak JERUSALEM, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Baraksaid Thursday that Israel is likely to launch act againstPalestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip before ceasefireagreement can be reached. Barak made ...
UN Security Council delegation visits Sudan's Darfur
Jun 05, 2008 ... UN Security Council delegation visits Sudan's Darfur KHARTOUM, June 5 (Xinhua) -- A UN Security Council delegationcomprising diplomats of its 15 member states Thursday visited ElFasher city in the western Sudanese region of Darfur, according to astatement of the UN Mission in ...
1st LD: UAE to name ambassador to Baghdad soon
Jun 05, 2008 ... 1st LD: UAE to name ambassador to Baghdad soon BAGHDAD, June 5 (Xinhua) -- The United Arab Emirates will appointits ambassador to Baghdad within few days, the Iraqi government saidon Thursday. During a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, thevisiting UAE ...
Turkey cooperate with Iran in fight against the PKK
Jun 05, 2008 ... Turkey cooperate with Iran in fight against the PKK ANKARA, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Turkey and Iran are sharingintelligence in fight against the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party(PKK) based in northern Iraq, the semi-official Anatolia news agencyreported on Thursday, quoting a senior ...
Israeli airstrike on southern Gaza kills 4-year-old child
Jun 05, 2008 ... Israeli airstrike on southern Gaza kills 4-year-old child GAZA, June 5 (Xinhua) -- A 4-year-old girl was killed and her 37-year-old mother was injured on Thursday afternoon in an Israeliairstrike on the village of Khoza'a in southeast Gaza Strip, medicsand witnesses said ....
Turkish general: instability in Iraq severely affects Mideast, world peace
Jun 05, 2008 ... Turkish general: instability in Iraq severely affects Mideast,world peace ANKARA, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Turkey's top general said Thursday ifthe status quo in Iraq becomes permanent, the country would be acenter of instability, the semi-official Anatolia news agencyreported ....
Urgent: Turkish court cancelled constitutional amendment lifting ban on wearing headscarves in universities
Jun 05, 2008 ... Urgent: Turkish court cancelled constitutional amendment liftingban on wearing headscarves in universities ANKARA, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Turkey's top ...
Arab League to hold extraordinary meeting on Israel's settlement policy
Jun 05, 2008 ... Arab League to hold extraordinary meeting on Israel's settlementpolicy CAIRO, June 5 (Xinhua) -- The Arab League (AL) Council hasdecided to hold an extraordinary meeting on June 15 to discuss theIsraeli settlement activities in the disputed territory, an ALspokesman said on ...
1st LD: Turkey's court rules against law lifting ban on Islamic headscarfs
Jun 05, 2008 ... 1st LD: Turkey's court rules against law lifting ban on Islamicheadscarfs ANKARA, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Turkey's Constitutional Court onThursday ruled against a law allowing Islamic headscarfs inuniversities, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. "Amendments that ...
2nd LD: Qassams hit Israeli factory, one killed
Jun 05, 2008 ... 2nd LD: Qassams hit Israeli factory, one killed JERUSALEM, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Qassam rockets made direct hitThursday on a factory in Kibbutz Nir Oz near the border with theGaza Strip, killing one person. Three people were moderately wounded and one were lightlywounded, a ...
1st LD Writethru: Green Revolution teams up with UN to boost African food production
Jun 05, 2008 ... 1st LD Writethru: Green Revolution teams up with UN to boostAfrican food production NAIROBI, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Former UN chief Kofi Annan-ledAlliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has formed a newpartnership with key UN agencies to boost food production inAfrica's ...
Green Revolution teams up with UN to boost African food production
Jun 05, 2008 ... Green Revolution teams up with UN to boost African foodproduction NAIROBI, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Former UN chief Kofi Annan-ledAlliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has formed a newpartnership with key UN agencies to boost food production inAfrica's breadbasket regions ...
Jordan's king says both Arabs, Israelis lose as conflict continues
Jun 05, 2008 ... Jordan's king says both Arabs, Israelis lose as conflictcontinues AMMAN, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Jordan's King Abdullah II said as theconflict between Arabs and Israelis continues, people on both sideslose, local daily The Jordanian Times reported on Thursday. The king made the ...
Jordan to build airport for agricultural produce export
Jun 05, 2008 ... Jordan to build airport for agricultural produce export AMMAN, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Jordanian government has allocatedabout 750 acres (about 303.6 hectares) in Central Jordan Valley forbuilding an airport to export agricultural produce, local dailyJordan Times reported Thursday ....
Nigerian senate wants gas flaring stop in country
Jun 05, 2008 ... Nigerian senate wants gas flaring stop in country LAGOS, June 5 (Xinhua) -- The Nigerian Senate Committees on Gasin Abuja on Wednesday charged all oil companies to ensure that theymeet the Dec. 31, 2008 deadline on the stoppage of gas flaring inthe country, according to the Lagos ...
Writethru: Suicide bombing leaves one dead, six injured in Algiers
Jun 05, 2008 ... Writethru: Suicide bombing leaves one dead, six injured inAlgiers ALGIERS, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Two simultaneous attacks haveoccurred in the suburbs of Bordj El Kiffan, east of Algiers, leavingat least one suspected suicide bomber dead and wounding six otherpeople, according to ...
1st Ld Writethru: Philippine inflation flows to 9-year high
Jun 05, 2008 ... 1st Ld Writethru: Philippine inflation flows to 9-year high MANILA, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Philippine consumer prices in May grew9.6 percent over the same period last year, hitting a new high sinceJanuary 1999, the government announced Thursday. The spike of CPI (consumer price ...
1st Ld Writethru: Tokyo stocks drop
Jun 05, 2008 ... 1st Ld Writethru: Tokyo stocks drop TOKYO, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks dropped on Thursday. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average lost 94.45 points, or 0.65percent, from Wednesday to 14,341.12. The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the TokyoStock ...
S. Korea's new legislature paralyzed amid beef dispute
Jun 05, 2008 ... S. Korea's new legislature paralyzed amid beef dispute SEOUL, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Nearly half of the legislators' seatswere left empty in the first session of South Korea's new parliamentThursday, as opposition parties boycotted the session in protest atthe controversial trade pact ...
URGENT: 18th Global Summit of Women opens in Hanoi, Vietnam
Jun 05, 2008 ... URGENT: 18th Global Summit of Women opens in Hanoi, Vietnam HANOI, June 5 (Xinhua) -- The 18th Global Summit of Women (GSW),or informally called the ...
Indonesia mulls powerful agency o mandate tourism
Jun 05, 2008 ... Indonesia mulls powerful agency o mandate tourism JAKARTA, June 5 (Xinhua) -- In an attempt to speed up thedevelopment of the tourism, Indonesian lawmakers are finalizing adraft law which would require a powerful, above-ministerial levelcoordinating agency to manage the sector, ...
Philippine gov't agencies ordered to save energy
Jun 05, 2008 ... Philippine gov't agencies ordered to save energy MANILA, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has ordered government agencies to change light bulbs, slashfuel uses, shut down air-conditioners early, among a series ofmeasures to cut back on energy ...
Nepali CA sitting to adjourn to facilitate consultations
Jun 05, 2008 ... Nepali CA sitting to adjourn to facilitate consultations KATHMANDU, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Three major political parties ofNepal have agreed to adjourn the Constituent Assembly (CA) sessionafter its resumption on Thursday as they have failed to reachconsensus over power sharing and ...
Indian stock market opens up 35.14 points
Jun 05, 2008 ... Indian stock market opens up 35.14 points MUMBAI, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Indian shares opened higher onThursday, with the key Sensex index up 0.23 percent shortly afteropening. Sensex rose 35.14 points, or 0.23 percent, to 15,479.65 ....
S. Korea, Finland agree to widen industrial cooperation
Jun 05, 2008 ... S. Korea, Finland agree to widen industrial cooperation SEOUL, June 5 (Xinhua) -- South Korea and Finland on Thursdayagreed to expand practical cooperation in information technology,shipbuilding, machinery and other industrial fields during summittalks between President Lee ...
Urgent: Bus exploded near Sri Lankan capital
Jun 05, 2008 ... Urgent: Bus exploded near Sri Lankan capital COLOMBO, June 6 (Xinhua) -- A ...
Tokyo stocks rise sharply in morning trading
Jun 05, 2008 ... Tokyo stocks rise sharply in morning trading TOKYO, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks rebounded sharply Fridaymorning. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average climbed 222.02 ...
Malaysian PM calls for creating new green culture
Jun 05, 2008 ... Malaysian PM calls for creating new green culture KUALA LUMPUR, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Malaysian Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi has called for creating a new green cultureand lifestyle to shoulder the responsibility to the environment,local newspapers reported on Friday ....
Tokyo stocks open sharply higher
Jun 05, 2008 ... Tokyo stocks open sharply higher TOKYO, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks opened sharply higherFriday. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the 225-issue Nikkei StockAverage leaped 246.86 points, or ...
49-member committee to be formed to draft CA regulations in Nepal
Jun 05, 2008 ... 49-member committee to be formed to draft CA regulations in Nepal KATHMANDU, June 5 (Xinhua) -- The second meeting of NepaliConstituent Assembly (CA) held on Thursday decided to form a 49-member committee in order to draft the CA regulations. The meeting, held at International ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Jun 05, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers TOKYO, June 6 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Friday: The Daily Yomiuri: -- Shota Morita, 66, former president of Tokyo-based PacificConsultants International (PCI), and ...
New Zealanders urged to do more to cut carbon emissions
Jun 05, 2008 ... New Zealanders urged to do more to cut carbon emissions WELLINGTON, June 5 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations warned onThursday that New Zealanders will have to change their lifestyles toreduce their carbon emissions. The head of the U.N. Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate ...
Abbas forms committee to prepare for inter-Palestinian dialogue
Jun 05, 2008 ... Abbas forms committee to prepare for inter-Palestinian dialogue GAZA, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbasformed a committee following his initiative to resume an inter-Palestinian dialogue among all Palestinian factions, well-informedsources said Thursday ....
Lebanese president admits obstacles facing cabinet lineup
Jun 05, 2008 ... Lebanese president admits obstacles facing cabinet lineup BEIRUT, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Lebanon's newly-elected PresidentMichel Suleiman said there are some obstacles that could delay thecabinet make-up, but the barriers can be surmounted throughdialogue, local Naharnet news website ...
Jordan's stock market index ends higher
Jun 05, 2008 ... Jordan's stock market index ends higher AMMAN, June 5 (Xinhua) -- The shares price index of Jordan'sAmman stock market closed at 9,851 points on Thursday, up 166 ...
Urgent: UAE to name ambassador to Baghdad soon
Jun 05, 2008 ... Urgent: UAE to name ambassador to Baghdad soon BAGHDAD, June 5 (Xinhua) -- The United Arab ...
2nd Ld Writethru: Green Revolution teams up with UN to boost African food production
Jun 05, 2008 ... 2nd Ld Writethru: Green Revolution teams up with UN to boostAfrican food production NAIROBI, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Former UN chief Kofi Annan-ledAlliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has formed a newpartnership with key UN agencies to boost food production inAfrica's ...
Turkey says more resilient against external shocks
Jun 05, 2008 ... Turkey says more resilient against external shocks ANKARA, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Turkey said Thursday that it hadbecome a country which was more resilient against external shocks,the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. Turkey's Industry and Trade Minister Zafer Caglayan ...
Israeli armed forces storm southeast Gaza, raze farms
Jun 05, 2008 ... Israeli armed forces storm southeast Gaza, raze farms GAZA, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Israeli army troops backed by tanks andattack helicopters stormed on Thursday morning the village of Abbassoutheast of the Gaza Strip, Hamas security sources and witnessessaid. Farmers in the ...
Lebanese majority suspends cabinet consultations over security violations
Jun 05, 2008 ... Lebanese majority suspends cabinet consultations over securityviolations BEIRUT, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese majority Future Movement hasdecided to suspend negotiations that are taking place to form a newgovernment in protest to what they called "series of securityincidents in ...
Israeli army arrests 13 Palestinians in West Bank
Jun 05, 2008 ... Israeli army arrests 13 Palestinians in West Bank RAMALLAH, June 5 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli army arrested 13Palestinians all over the West Bank on Thursday, Israeli andPalestinian security sources said. Palestinian security sources said Israeli soldiers stormed housesin the ...
Urgent: Qassams hit Israeli factory, one killed
Jun 05, 2008 ... Urgent: Qassams hit Israeli factory, one killed JERUSALEM, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Qassam rockets made direct hitThursday on a factory in the ...
1st LD: Qassam rockets hit Israeli factory, one killed
Jun 05, 2008 ... 1st LD: Qassam rockets hit Israeli factory, one killed JERUSALEM, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Qassam rockets directly hit afactory in an Israeli kibbutz near the border with the Gaza Strip onThursday, killing one person. One man suffered critical injuries and two others were ...
Hamas rocket kills one Israeli citizen near Gaza border
Jun 05, 2008 ... Hamas rocket kills one Israeli citizen near Gaza border GAZA, June 5 (Xinhua) -- One Israeli was killed and three woundedThursday as a homemade rocket attack hit southern Israel near theborder with the Gaza Strip, Hamas and Israeli Radio reported. Israeli Radio quoted Israeli ...
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
Jun 05, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers JERUSALEM, June 5 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Israeli newspapers on Thursday. Ha'aretz -- In his first foreign policy speech since clinching theDemocratic nomination in the U.S. presidential ...
Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- June 5
Jun 05, 2008 ... Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- June 5 CAIRO, June 5 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of major MiddleEast news stories due to be covered or pursued by Xinhua News Agencyon Thursday. -- Syrian-Israeli negotiations possibly resume Thursday. -- A delegation of UN ...
Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers
Jun 05, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers CAIRO, June 5 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Egyptian newspapers on Thursday. Al Ahram: -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Italian Prime MinisterSilvio Berlusconi on Wednesday attended the ...
Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers
Jun 05, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers ANKARA, June 5 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Turkish newspapers on Thursday. SABAH (Morning): -- Turkish Security Forces intercepted 121 migrants innorthwestern Turkish province of Edirne on ...
Gunmen kidnap two kids in southeast Nigeria
Jun 05, 2008 ... Gunmen kidnap two kids in southeast Nigeria LAGOS, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Unidentified armed men on Tuesday inNigeria's southeast Imo State kidnapped two kids of the speaker ofthe Imo state House of Assembly Goodluck Opiah, local media reportedon Thursday. The two kidnapped ...
Turkey's inflation quickens to double digits in May
Jun 05, 2008 ... Turkey's inflation quickens to double digits in May ANKARA, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Turkey's inflation rate returned todouble digits in May for the first time in 13 months, adding topressure on the central bank to lift interest rates and reviseinflation targets, local newspaper Turkish ...
UAE foreign minister visits Iraq
Jun 05, 2008 ... UAE foreign minister visits Iraq BAGHDAD, June 5 (Xinhua) -- United Arab Emirates (UAE) ForeignMinister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan arrived in Baghdad inan unannounced landmark visit on Thursday, an Iraqi foreign ministrysource said. "Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al ...
Australian PM calls Obama a friend to Australia
Jun 05, 2008 ... Australian PM calls Obama a friend to Australia CANBERRA, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Australian Prime Minister Kevin Ruddsaid on Thursday that the U.S. Democratic presidential hopefulBarack Obama had fond memories of Sydney and would be a good friendto Australia. Obama has claimed ...
Writethru: Kenya's oil firm acquires outlets to stabilize prices
Jun 05, 2008 ... Writethru: Kenya's oil firm acquires outlets to stabilize prices NAIROBI, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's National Oil Corporation ( NOCK)has increased its outlets in the country from 6 to 67 in one year, amove seen as part of the government's plan to bring down the cost offuel. The ...
Roundup: Global woman leaders strive for bigger role in Asia- Pacific By Huang Haimin, Bui Minh Long
Jun 05, 2008 ... Roundup: Global woman leaders strive for bigger role in Asia-Pacific By Huang Haimin, Bui Minh Long HANOI, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Over 940 woman business, professionaland governmental leaders from 72 countries and regions are seekingpractical solutions and strategies to enhance ...
Writethru: Senegalese president sees "revolution" in nomination of Obama
Jun 05, 2008 ... Writethru: Senegalese president sees "revolution" in nominationof ObamaDAKAR, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Senegalese President AbdoulayeWade has described the choice of Illinois Senator Barack Obama tolead the Democratic Party into the United States presidential pollslater in November as "a ...
Famous chimpanzee scholar urges everyone to help preserve Mother Nature
Jun 05, 2008 ... Famous chimpanzee scholar urges everyone to help preserve MotherNature ARUSHA, Tanzania, June 5 (Xinhua) -- The world's renownedchimpanzee researcher Dame Jane Goodall on Thursday called uponpeople to do their due bits to help preserve Mother Nature. The England-born ...