Xinhua News Agency back issues from Monday, July 7:
Balkan nations to enhance military cooperation: chiefs of defense
Jul 07, 2008 ... Balkan nations to enhance military cooperation: chiefs of defense ANKARA, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Balkan Chiefs of Defense (CHODs)highlighted the importance of regional military cooperation at thesecond session of the Balkan CHODs conference held in Antalyaprovince of southern Turkey on ...
Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes higher
Jul 07, 2008 ... Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes higher JERUSALEM, July 7 (Xinhua) -- The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange generalshare index closed at ...
Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers
Jul 07, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers CAIRO, July 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Egyptian newspapers on Monday. Al Ahram: -- Egyptian President Mubarak on Sunday received Kuwaiti InteriorMinister Sheikh Jaber Al-Khaled Al-Sabah ....
Israel shuts four Hamas institutions in West Bank
Jul 07, 2008 ... Israel shuts four Hamas institutions in West Bank RAMALLAH, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Israeli army shut down fourcharities affiliated with Islamic Hamas in West Bank city of Nablusafter storming the city early on Monday, Palestinian sources said. The Palestinian sources added that ...
Lebanese cabinet to be formed within 48 hours
Jul 07, 2008 ... Lebanese cabinet to be formed within 48 hours BEIRUT, July 7 (Xinhua) -- The formation of the Lebanese nationalunity government is in the final stage, and is expected to beannounced within 48 hours, local Daily Star reported Monday. "Significant progress was made between ...
Urgent: Female suicide bomber kills nine people in Diyala province
Jul 07, 2008 ... Urgent: Female suicide bomber kills nine people in Diyalaprovince BAGHDAD, July 7 (Xinhua) -- A woman suicide bomber blew herselfup at a ...
Erekat: Abbas to meet Olmert in Paris on July 13
Jul 07, 2008 ... Erekat: Abbas to meet Olmert in Paris on July 13 RAMALLAH, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekatsaid Sunday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and IsraeliPrime Minister Ehud Olmert are to meet in Paris on July 13. Erekat told reporters in Ramallah that ...
Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers
Jul 07, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers ANKARA, July 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Turkish newspapers on Monday. RADIKAL (Radical): -- Sener Eruygur and Hursit Tolon, two retired generals, areaccused of attempting to topple the ...
Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- July 7
Jul 07, 2008 ... Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- July 7 CAIRO, July 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of major MiddleEast news stories due to be covered or pursued by Xinhua News Agencyon Monday. -- Israeli soldiers extended a curfew for a fourth straight dayon Monday in the ...
1st LD: Female suicide bomber kills nine people in Diyala province
Jul 07, 2008 ... 1st LD: Female suicide bomber kills nine people in Diyalaprovince BAGHDAD, July 7 (Xinhua) -- A woman suicide bomber blew herselfup at a marketplace in the city of Baquba, the capital of Diyalaprovince, on Monday, killing nine people and wounding 14 others, aprovincial police ...
Black Sea saltwater threatens wildlife
Jul 07, 2008 ... Black Sea saltwater threatens wildlife ANKARA, July 7 (Xinhua) -- A recent intrusion by Black Seasaltwater into the wetlands of the Kizilirmak Delta in Turkey hasincreased salt levels in the area's lakes, with negative effects onwildlife in the region, local Today's Zaman reported ...
Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers
Jul 07, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers TEHRAN, July 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Iranian newspapers on Monday. Tehran Times: -- Iranian Parliament National Security and Foreign PolicyCommittee chairman Alaeddin Borujerdi said ...
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
Jul 07, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers JERUSALEM, July 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Israeli newspapers on Monday. Ha'aretz: -- The Israel Defense Forces will soon be stepping up itscampaign against Hamas' civilian infrastructure ...
Israeli arms company successfully tests anti-Qassam missile
Jul 07, 2008 ... Israeli arms company successfully tests anti-Qassam missile JERUSALEM, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Israeli authority for developmentof weapons and military technology Rafael has successfully completeda series of test in the short-range missile defense system it iscurrently developing as ...
Jordan is one of the five richest countries in oil shale:official
Jul 07, 2008 ... Jordan is one of the five richest countries in oil shale:official AMMAN, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Director General of Jordanian NaturalResources Authority (NRA) Maher Hijazin said on Monday that Jordanis considered one of the five richest countries in oil shale in theworld. "The ...
Iran's non-oil exports reaches 5.819 bln USD in 3 months
Jul 07, 2008 ... Iran's non-oil exports reaches 5.819 bln USD in 3 months TEHRAN, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Iran's non-oil exports reached 5.819billion U.S. dollars in the first three months of the currentIranian calendar year (started March 20), local English-languagedaily Tehran Times reported Monday ....
Palestinian Presidency studies Hamas proposals for dialogue
Jul 07, 2008 ... Palestinian Presidency studies Hamas proposals for dialogue RAMALLAH, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian Presidency studiesproposals for reconciliation between Hamas and President MahmoudAbbas' Fatah, an aide to Abbas said on Monday. Abbas' political advisor Nemer Hamad added ...
Hamas asks Palestinians to provide data on jailed relatives
Jul 07, 2008 ... Hamas asks Palestinians to provide data on jailed relatives GAZA, July 7 (Xinhua) -- The Ezz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, theHamas armed wing, on Monday started to collect information aboutPalestinians serving long sentences in Israeli jails, but it wasunclear if the move is linked ...
MEC inks 40 million USD trade financing deal with ITFC
Jul 07, 2008 ... MEC inks 40 million USD trade financing deal with ITFC AMMAN, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Middle East Complex (MEC), Jordanianleading producer of electric home appliances, has inked a 40 millionU.S. dollars trade financing deal with the International IslamicTrade Finance Corporation ...
Hamas delegation heads for talks in Cairo on Tuesday: Haneya
Jul 07, 2008 ... Hamas delegation heads for talks in Cairo on Tuesday: Haneya GAZA, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Deposed Prime Minister of Hamas-ledgovernment Ismail Haneya said on Monday that a Hamas delegation fromGaza and abroad would head to Cairo for talks with Egyptianofficials on Tuesday ....
Hamas slams Israeli actions targeting Hamas-affiliated charities
Jul 07, 2008 ... Hamas slams Israeli actions targeting Hamas-affiliated charities GAZA, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Hamas on Monday criticized Israelidecisions and actions targeting Hamas-affiliated charities andfacilities in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. "It is really a crime against humanity ....
Gunmen kill local Sunni party leader in northern Iraq
Jul 07, 2008 ... Gunmen kill local Sunni party leader in northern Iraq MOSUL, Iraq, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Unknown gunmen on Monday shotdead the local office head of a Sunni Arab party in a town nearMosul, the capital city of Iraq's Nineveh province, a provincialpolice source said. "Abdul Bari ...
Israel seals off West Bank town to prevent anti-wall demonstration
Jul 07, 2008 ... Israel seals off West Bank town to prevent anti-walldemonstration RAMALLAH, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Israeli forces extended a curfew onthe central West Bank town of Ni'lin for the fourth day on Monday inresponse to Palestinian demonstrations against the construction of aWest Bank ...
Gaza militants fire mortar shell at border crossing: IDF
Jul 07, 2008 ... Gaza militants fire mortar shell at border crossing: IDF JERUSALEM, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian militants fired amortar shell from the northern Gaza Strip at a border crossing onMonday afternoon, a spokeswoman of Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) toldXinhua. The spokeswoman ...
Iraqi PM says talks on troop presence continue with U.S.
Jul 07, 2008 ... Iraqi PM says talks on troop presence continue with U.S. BAGHDAD, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Malikisaid on Monday that negotiations with Washington over a new securitydeal is going on to set either a framework for the U.S. troops'departure or setting a ...
Hamas refuses to handover Gaza security headquarters to Abbas
Jul 07, 2008 ... Hamas refuses to handover Gaza security headquarters to Abbas GAZA, July 7 (Xinhua) -- A senior Islamic Hamas movement leaderin Gaza refused on Monday to handover its security headquarters,that Hamas controlled in June last year in the Gaza Strip, toPresident Mahmoud Abbas ....
Israeli army arrests 8 Palestinians in West Bank
Jul 07, 2008 ... Israeli army arrests 8 Palestinians in West Bank RAMALLAH, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Israeli forces arrested eight wantedPalestinians in West Bank early on Monday, Israeli and Palestiniansecurity sources said. According to the Palestinian sources, two of the detainees wereseized ...
Progress on Gaza crossings' functioning: Hamas sources
Jul 07, 2008 ... Progress on Gaza crossings' functioning: Hamas sources GAZA, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Some progress was made on thefunctioning of commercial crossings into Gaza for the first timesine they were reopened under the Hamas-Israel ceasefire which tookeffect on June 19, Hamas sources said on ...
Egyptian policeman killed in shootout by border infiltrators
Jul 07, 2008 ... Egyptian policeman killed in shootout by border infiltrators CAIRO, July 7 (Xinhua) -- An Egyptian policeman was killed onMonday during a shootout by a group of illegal immigrants on theborder with Israel, the official MENA news agency reported. In an attempt to cross into ...
Jordan's stock market index closes lower
Jul 07, 2008 ... Jordan's stock market index closes lower AMMAN, July 7 (Xinhua) -- The shares price index of Jordan'sAmman stock market closed at 4,693 points on Monday, down 52 ...
Iran security forces kill insurgent: report
Jul 07, 2008 ... Iran security forces kill insurgent: report TEHRAN, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Iranian security guards killed aninsurgent and captured another in Tabriz, the capital city of EastAzerbaijan province in northwest of the country, Iran's satellitePress TV reported on Monday. Quoting ...
Anti-Qaida leader killed in bomb attack south of Baghdad
Jul 07, 2008 ... Anti-Qaida leader killed in bomb attack south of Baghdad BAGHDAD, July 7 (Xinhua) -- An Awakening Council group leader inthe town of Iskandriyah, south of Baghdad, was killed in a bombexplosion, a local police source said on Monday. Ali al-Badrani, head of the council group ...
Palestinian PM: Israel not allows cash money into Gaza
Jul 07, 2008 ... Palestinian PM: Israel not allows cash money into Gaza RAMALLAH, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian Prime Minister SalamFayyad said on Monday that Israel did not allow the transfer of cashmoney to Gaza banks to pay the salaries of Gaza civil and securityservants. "We would face ...
Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2100 GMT, July 7
Jul 07, 2008 ... Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2100 GMT, July 7 JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office onMonday confirmed that Israel has signed a UN-mediated prisonerexchange deal with Lebanon's Shiite militant group Hezbollah. The prime minister's office said in a ...
1st LD: Israel signs prisoner swap deal with Hezbollah
Jul 07, 2008 ... 1st LD: Israel signs prisoner swap deal with Hezbollah JERUSALEM, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minster Ehud Olmert's office on Monday confirmed that Israel has signed a UN-mediatedprisoner exchange deal with Hezbollah, local daily Ha'aretz reportedon its website. The ...
Urgent: Israel signs prisoner swap deal with Hezbollah
Jul 07, 2008 ... Urgent: Israel signs prisoner swap deal with Hezbollah JERUSALEM, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister's ...
2nd LD: Israel signs prisoner swap deal with Hezbollah
Jul 07, 2008 ... 2nd LD: Israel signs prisoner swap deal with Hezbollah JERUSALEM, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minster Ehud Olmert's office on Monday confirmed that Israel has signed a UN-mediatedprisoner exchange deal with Lebanon's Shiite militant groupHezbollah, local daily Ha'aretz ...
Abbas meets Syria-based Palestinian leaders except Hamas chief
Jul 07, 2008 ... Abbas meets Syria-based Palestinian leaders except Hamas chief DAMASCUS, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Palestinian PresidentMahmoud Abbas held talks here on Monday with Syria-based leaders ofPalestinian groups, excluding Hamas politburo chief Khaled Meshaal. Abbas held separate ...
Wall Street higher ahead of corporate earnings reports
Jul 07, 2008 ... Wall Street higher ahead of corporate earnings reports NEW YORK, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Wall Street perked up in earlytrading Monday as investors awaited the arrival of second-quartercorporate earnings reports. Aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. will kick off earnings seasonTuesday ...
Roundup: Czech Republic, U.S. to sign missile defense deal
Jul 07, 2008 ... Roundup: Czech Republic, U.S. to sign missile defense deal By Sun Xiyou and Ding Yi PRAGUE, July 8 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State CondoleezzaRice flies to Prague on Tuesday to sign a key treaty with the CzechRepublic on construction of a missile defense radar in this ...
Eighth Confucius Institute in Germany opens in Trier
Jul 07, 2008 ... Eighth Confucius Institute in Germany opens in Trier BERLIN, July 7 (Xinhua) -- The eighth Confucius Institute wasinaugurated Monday in the University of Trier in the hometown ofKarl Marx in western Germany. Jiang Feng, minister-counselor of the Education Office of ...
1st LD: G8 summit opens with meeting with African leaders
Jul 07, 2008 ... 1st LD: G8 summit opens with meeting with African leadersTOYAKO, Japan, July 7 (Xinhua) -- The three-day summit of theGroup of Eight (G8) kicked off on Monday with the first sessionbetween leaders of the industrialized nations and their counterpartsfrom seven African countries ....
Castro opposes U.S. high-handed policy against Colombia
Jul 07, 2008 ... Castro opposes U.S. high-handed policy against Colombia HAVANA, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro saidhis country has been supporting peace in Colombia and that he isagainst the high-handed policy that the United States "tries toimpose on all long-suffering and ...
1st LD: G8 leaders start working session
Jul 07, 2008 ... 1st LD: G8 leaders start working session TOYAKO, Japan, July 8 (Xinhua) -- The leaders of the Group ofEight (G8) industrialized nations began discussions of their own onTuesday in search of answers to climate change, global economicslowdown and promoting African development after ...
Ecuador opens door to former FARC hostage Betancourt
Jul 07, 2008 ... Ecuador opens door to former FARC hostage Betancourt QUITO, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Ecuador is willing to receive a visitfrom French-Colombian politician and recently rescued FARC hostageIngrid Betancourt, who was interested in meeting with Ecuadorianleaders, authorities said Monday ....
UN official urges Haiti to end political crisis
Jul 07, 2008 ... UN official urges Haiti to end political crisis HAVANA, July 6 (Xinhua) -- The Under-Secretary-General forPeacekeeping Operations of the United Nations Sunday urged Haiti toreach a consensus to end its political crisis that has lasted formonths, according to reports reaching here ....
Three-year-old boy shot by police in Rio dies
Jul 07, 2008 ... Three-year-old boy shot by police in Rio dies RIO DE JANEIRO, July 7 (Xinhua) -- A three-year-old boy shot inthe head by police in Rio Sunday night was pronounced dead Mondayafternoon. Joao Roberto Amaral was heading home with his mother, AlessandraSoares Amaral, and ...
Belarussian president demands top security official's resignation
Jul 07, 2008 ... Belarussian president demands top security official's resignation MOSCOW, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Belarussian President AlexanderLukashenko Monday called on the country's security chief to resignfor failing to prevent the July 4 explosion which injured 50 people,according to news ...
U.S., Russian leaders meet in Hokkaido
Jul 07, 2008 ... U.S., Russian leaders meet in HokkaidoTOYAKO, Japan, July 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W. Bushmet his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, on Monday forbilateral discussions ...
Four new heritage sites added to UNESCO list
Jul 07, 2008 ... Four new heritage sites added to UNESCO list QUEBEC CITY, Canada, July 6 (Xinhua) -- UNESCO's World HeritageCommittee Sunday added four new sites to its heritage list,including Tulou, the unique residential architecture of FujianProvince in southeastern China. The remaining ...
Uruguay, Chile sign strategic association agreement
Jul 07, 2008 ... Uruguay, Chile sign strategic association agreement MONTEVIDEO, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquezand his visiting Chilean counterpart Michelle Bachelet signed astrategic association agreement here on Monday. The agreement is seen as a step toward removing ...
"Pastors for Peace" arrive in Cuba with 100 tons of humanitarian aid
Jul 07, 2008 ... "Pastors for Peace" arrive in Cuba with 100 tons of humanitarianaid HAVANA, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Members of the U.S. inter-religiousgroup "Pastors for Peace" arrived in Cuba Sunday with 100 tons ofhumanitarian aid, after overcoming some impediments at the U.S.-Mexico border ....
Ecuador seeks trade opportunities with Iran
Jul 07, 2008 ... Ecuador seeks trade opportunities with Iran QUITO, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Ecuador hopes to further exploit tradepossibilities with Iran following the forming of trade relationsbetween the two countries a few months ago, the Ecuadorian ForeignMinistry said Monday. A conference ...
100 kg of cocaine hidden in farming machines seized in Spain
Jul 07, 2008 ... 100 kg of cocaine hidden in farming machines seized in Spain BUENOS AIRES, July 7 (Xinhua) -- In a joint operation ofArgentine and Spanish police in Spain's northeastern city ofBarcelona Monday, 100 kg of cocaine were seized and four suspectedsmugglers arrested. The ...
1st LD: U.S. condemns car bomb attack near Indian embassy in Kabul
Jul 07, 2008 ... 1st LD: U.S. condemns car bomb attack near Indian embassy inKabul TOYAKO, Japan, July 7 (Xinhua) -- The United States on Mondaycondemned the suicide bomb attack near India's embassy in the Afghancapital Kabul, which killed at least 28 people. "We condemn this needless act ...
2nd LD Writethru: G8 summit opens with focus on Africa on Day 1
Jul 07, 2008 ... 2nd LD Writethru: G8 summit opens with focus on Africa on Day 1 TOYAKO, Japan, July 7 (Xinhua) -- The three-day summit of theGroup of Eight (G8) kicked off on Monday with the first sessionbringing together leaders of the industrialized nations and theircounterparts from seven ...
El Salvador recovers 28 corpses from river after bus accident
Jul 07, 2008 ... El Salvador recovers 28 corpses from river after bus accident MEXICO CITY, July 7 (Xinhua) ?- The number of bodies recoveredafter a bus accident last week has reached 28, El Salvador's civilprotection authorities said Monday, according to news reaching here. Last Thursday a ...
Brazil to fulfill millennium development goals before 2015, Lula says
Jul 07, 2008 ... Brazil to fulfill millennium development goals before 2015, Lulasays RIO DE JANEIRO, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian President LuizInacio Lula da Silva said on Monday his country will achieve theUnited Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of reducingmalnutrition and infant ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0800 GMT, July 7
Jul 07, 2008 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0800 GMT, July 7 NAIROBI -- Kenya has joined African countries that have refusedto recognize Robert Mugabe as the president of Zimbabwe, Wetangulasaid in remarks published in the local media on Monday. Foreign Affairs Minister Moses Wetangula said ...
Conflicts between Bolivian, Peruvian presidents to be solved with diplomacy
Jul 07, 2008 ... Conflicts between Bolivian, Peruvian presidents to be solved withdiplomacy LIMA, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Bolivia has pledged to solve theproblems between its president and Peru's president via diplomaticmeans, the Bolivian foreign minister said Monday. According to reports ...
Olympic Torch Relay Starts in Inner Mongolia
Jul 07, 2008 ... Olympic Torch Relay Starts in Inner Mongolia HOHHOT, July 8 (Xinhua) -- The Beijing Olympic torch relay inHohhot started at Tuesday Morning ...
Canadian Olympic athletics team announced
Jul 07, 2008 ... Canadian Olympic athletics team announced OTTAWA, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Canada will send 29 athletes toBeijing Olympics, Athletics Canada announced Monday at the end ofOlympic trials over the past weekend. The names will be forwarded to the Canadian Olympic Committee ...
Rio's Flamengo has best performance of Brazilian League
Jul 07, 2008 ... Rio's Flamengo has best performance of Brazilian League RIO DE JANEIRO, July 7 (Xinhua) -- After a home victory onSaturday and the defeat of its direct rivals on Sunday, Rio'sFlamengo came out the sole leader of the Brazilian League. With five points ahead of the second ...
(Beijing Olympics) Beijing prepares to deliver a smooth Games
Jul 07, 2008 ... (Beijing Olympics) Beijing prepares to deliver a smooth Games By Sportswriter Wang Jimin BEIJING, July 8 (Xinhua) -- In the eventful year of 2008 whichsaw China hit by snow storms and a deadly earthquake, Beijing hopesto deliver a smooth Olympic Games to reverse the ...
U.S. announces team for 2008 IAAF World Junior Championships
Jul 07, 2008 ... U.S. announces team for 2008 IAAF World Junior Championships WASHINGTON, July 7 (Xinhua) -- A total of 79 American athleteswould attend the 12th International Association of AthleticsFederations set on July 8 to 13 in Bydgoszcz, Poland, USA Track andField announced on Monday ....