Xinhua News Agency back issues from Tuesday, August 12:
Dubai Mercantile Exchange to offer 20 pct equity stake to strategic investors
Aug 12, 2008 ... Dubai Mercantile Exchange to offer 20 pct equity stake tostrategic investors ABU DHABI, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME),the first energy futures and commodities exchange in the MiddleEast, will offer 20 percent of its equity stake to a group ofstrategic ...
Oman to introduce new fixed telecom operator by end of 2008
Aug 12, 2008 ... Oman to introduce new fixed telecom operator by end of 2008 ABU DHABI, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Omani government has launchedan international competitive bidding process to introduce a newfixed telecom operator in the Gulf country by the end of 2008, theEnglish newspaper Oman Daily ...
Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers
Aug 12, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers ANKARA, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Turkish newspapers on Tuesday. ZAMAN (Time): -- A roadside bomb was detonated by militants of the outlawedKurdish Workers' Party (PKK) while a ...
Olmert offers Abbas detailed proposal for peace agreement: report
Aug 12, 2008 ... Olmert offers Abbas detailed proposal for peace agreement: report JERUSALEM, Aug. 12, (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister EhudOlmert has presented Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas with adetailed proposal for the peace agreement between the two sides,Israeli daily Ha'aretz ...
Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- Aug. 12
Aug 12, 2008 ... Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- Aug. 12 CAIRO, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of major MiddleEast news stories due to be covered or pursued by Xinhua News Agencyon Tuesday. -- Tracking situations in and around the Gaza Strip as theIsraeli defense ministry ...
Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers
Aug 12, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers TEHRAN, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Iranian newspapers on Tuesday. Tehran Times: -- Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili and EU foreignpolicy chief Javier Solana on Monday ...
Iraq to sell oil to Jordan at lower price: report
Aug 12, 2008 ... Iraq to sell oil to Jordan at lower price: report AMMAN, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Iraq has agreed to sell Kirkuk crudeoil to Jordan at a lower price in an amendment to a previous three-year deal, local daily Jordan Times reported on Tuesday. Under the amendment, the discount of ...
Hamas says Israeli closure of Gaza crossings meaningless
Aug 12, 2008 ... Hamas says Israeli closure of Gaza crossings meaningless GAZA, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- A spokesman for the Islamic Hamasmovement said Tuesday Israeli closure of Gaza commercial crossingsis meaningless since Israel has not completely eased all sanctionsimposed on these crossings ....
News Analysis: Lebanese president's upcoming visit to Syria carries tough mission
Aug 12, 2008 ... News Analysis: Lebanese president's upcoming visit to Syriacarries tough mission by Suzan Haidamous BEIRUT, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese President Michel Suleiman isfaced with a tough mission during his upcoming two-day officialvisit to Syria, local analysts said ....
Israeli, Palestinian security officers hold first meeting in years
Aug 12, 2008 ... Israeli, Palestinian security officers hold first meeting inyears RAMALLAH, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian and Israeli securitychiefs met in the West Bank city of Jenin for the first time inyears, Palestinian security sources said on Tuesday. Palestinian senior officers ...
Hamas insists not to lower demands for prisoners exchange with Israel
Aug 12, 2008 ... Hamas insists not to lower demands for prisoners exchange withIsrael GAZA, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- A Hamas leader on Tuesday said hismovement will not lower its demands regarding a prisoner exchangewith Israel. "Hamas will not step back a handbreadth from the demands that ...
Jordan's export up 24.8 pct in first half
Aug 12, 2008 ... Jordan's export up 24.8 pct in first half AMMAN, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Jordan's export for the first half of2008 climbed to 1.965 billion Jordanian dinars (about 2.775 billionU.S. dollars), up 24.8 percent from the same period of last year,local daily Jordan Times reported on ...
Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers
Aug 12, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers CAIRO, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Egyptian newspapers on Tuesday. Al Ahram: -- The Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Stripwill be finally and regularly opened when ...
Hamas questions Olmert offer for settlement with Palestinians
Aug 12, 2008 ... Hamas questions Olmert offer for settlement with Palestinians GAZA, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Islamic Hamas movement on Tuesday ruledout any Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank as reports saidIsraeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has presented a settlement planto the Palestinian National ...
Hamas leader voices opposition agaisnt rocket attacks on Israel
Aug 12, 2008 ... Hamas leader voices opposition agaisnt rocket attacks on Israel GAZA, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Mahmoud al-Zahar, a senior Hamas leaderin Gaza said Tuesday that the militants who fired a makeshift rocketat Israel on Monday are collaborators with Israel. "I believe that those who ...
Dozens of Finipinos evacuated from Georgia to Turkey: report
Aug 12, 2008 ... Dozens of Finipinos evacuated from Georgia to Turkey: report MANILA, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- More than 50 Filipinos caught in theconflict between Georgia and Russia have been evacuated to nearbyTurkey, media reports said on Tuesday. Philippine Ambassador to Turkey Bahnarim ...
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
Aug 12, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers JERUSALEM, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Israeli newspapers on Tuesday. Ha'aretz: -- Israel announced Monday it would shut its border crossingswith the Gaza Strip on Tuesday in response ...
Jordan's stock market index closes lower
Aug 12, 2008 ... Jordan's stock market index closes lower AMMAN, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- The shares price index of Jordan'sAmman stock market closed at 4,416 points on Tuesday, down 58 ...
Hamas denies receiving Egyptian invitation to start dialogue
Aug 12, 2008 ... Hamas denies receiving Egyptian invitation to start dialogue GAZA, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Islamic Hamas movement on Tuesdaydenied receiving an Egyptian invitation to start internalPalestinian dialogue. "We did not receive any invitation for dialogue recently," saidAyman ...
PNA official sees reports on Israeli plan to withdraw from West Bank as "testing balloon"
Aug 12, 2008 ... PNA official sees reports on Israeli plan to withdraw from WestBank as "testing balloon" RAMALLAH, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) - A senior Palestinian official saidon Tuesday that the Israeli proposal to withdraw from 93 percent ofthe West Bank is just a media report and a testing balloon ....
Iraqi governor survives suicide attack in restive Diyala province
Aug 12, 2008 ... Iraqi governor survives suicide attack in restive Diyala province BAGHDAD, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Ra'ad al-Mulla Jawad, governor ofIraq's Diyala province on Tuesday escaped unhurt a suicide vestbombing in the provincial capital Baquba, some 65 km northeast ofBaghdad, a local police ...
1st LD: Lebanese cabinet wins confidence vote
Aug 12, 2008 ... 1st LD: Lebanese cabinet wins confidence vote BEIRUT, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Lebanese cabinet on Tuesday won100 votes of confidence out of 107 lawmakers in parliament over itspolicy statement, LBC TV reported. "The cabinet got 100 votes out of 107 present, five voted ...
Urgent: Lebanon's cabinet gets parliament approval
Aug 12, 2008 ... Urgent: Lebanon's cabinet gets parliament approval BEIRUT, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Lebanon's parliament speaker NabihBerri ...
Israel keeps eye on strengthening of Hezbollah: defense chief
Aug 12, 2008 ... Israel keeps eye on strengthening of Hezbollah: defense chief JERUSALEM, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Defense Minister EhudBarak said on Tuesday that Israel is closely monitoring thestrengthening of Lebanese guerilla group Hezbollah, local daily TheJerusalem Post reported ....
Iran to continue talks with West: spokesman
Aug 12, 2008 ... Iran to continue talks with West: spokesman TEHRAN, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesmanHassan Qashqavi Tuesday said Iran intends to continue nuclear talkswith the West in a "constructive" atmosphere, the Press TV satellitechannel reported. Both Iran and ...
Iranian president to visit Turkey
Aug 12, 2008 ... Iranian president to visit Turkey TEHRAN, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejadwill leave Tehran for Turkey on Thursday to make his first visit tothe country since he took office in August 2005, the official IRNAnews agency reported Tuesday. Ahmadinejad ...
Egypt to invite Palestinian groups for talks on national dialogue: report
Aug 12, 2008 ... Egypt to invite Palestinian groups for talks on nationaldialogue: report CAIRO, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Egypt will start as of next weekinviting all Palestinian factions for talks on the resumption ofinter-Palestinian dialogue, the Egyptian official MENA news agencyreported on ...
Iran warns against surprise attack: report
Aug 12, 2008 ... Iran warns against surprise attack: report TEHRAN, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) - Iranian Defense Minister MostafaMohammad Najjar said on Tuesday that the Iranian armed forces areready to counter any surprise attack by the enemies with a crushingresponse, the official IRNA news agency ...
Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes down
Aug 12, 2008 ... Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes down JERUSALEM, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Tel Aviv Stock Exchangegeneral share index closed at ...
Feature: Palestinian mother of quadruplets born to bitter joy
Aug 12, 2008 ... Feature: Palestinian mother of quadruplets born to bitter joy By Ma Xiaoyan, Huang Heng JERUSALEM, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Having given birth to quadrupletsafter being transferred from the segregated Gaza Strip, KhawlahFadlalla became a happy mother in an Israeli hospital ....
Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2100 GMT, Aug. 12
Aug 12, 2008 ... Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2100 GMT, Aug. 12 TEHRAN -- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan QashqaviTuesday said Iran intends to continue nuclear talks with the West ina "constructive" atmosphere, the Press TV satellite channelreported. Both Iran and the West ...
Jordan to bring Palestinian refugee students into national nutrition program
Aug 12, 2008 ... Jordan to bring Palestinian refugee students into nationalnutrition program AMMAN, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Jordan's King Abdullah II ordered tobring students from Palestinian refugee camps into the nationalnutrition program, official news agency Petra reported Tuesday. About ...
Dollar trades at lower 109 yen level in Tokyo
Aug 12, 2008 ... Dollar trades at lower 109 yen level in Tokyo TOKYO, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar traded at the lower109 yen level early Wednesday in Tokyo. At 9 a.m., the dollar was traded at 109.25-30 yen against 109. 22-32 yen in New York ...
Feature: Tigers' friendship deepens Bangladesh-China friendship
Aug 12, 2008 ... Feature: Tigers' friendship deepens Bangladesh-China friendship By Wang Xuemei DHAKA, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- The first ever traditional Chinesepainting exhibition, with 50 pieces paintings of tigers on show,began in Bengal Gallery in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on ...
Major news items in leading Australian newspapers
Aug 12, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Australian newspapers CANBERRA, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Australian newspapers on Wednesday. The Australian: -- On a day when Michael Phelps continued to bound into OlympicGames history, Australian ...
Tokyo stocks open sharply lower
Aug 12, 2008 ... Tokyo stocks open sharply lower TOKYO, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks opened sharply lowerWednesday. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the 225-issue Nikkei StockAverage lost 138.03 points, or ...
Indonesia to take firm action against separatist OPM: official
Aug 12, 2008 ... Indonesia to take firm action against separatist OPM: official JAKARTA, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian government willalways stick to its stand to take firm measures against twosympathizers of the outlawed separatist Free Papua Organization (OPM) despite the U.S. Congress ...
Alert at New Zealand parliament over white powder
Aug 12, 2008 ... Alert at New Zealand parliament over white powder WELLINGTON, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Fire engines and ambulances racedto New Zealand's parliament building on Wednesday after a whitepowder scare in the building. A spokesman for Prime Minister Helen Clark said several peoplewere ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Aug 12, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers TOKYO, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Wednesday: Yomiuri: -- Signs of a possible agreement between Japan and the DemocraticPeople's Republic of Korea on ways to ...
Myanmar official media calls for exploitation of marine resources systematically
Aug 12, 2008 ... Myanmar official media calls for exploitation of marine resourcessystematically YANGON, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar official media Wednesdaycalled for conservation and exploitation of marine resourcessystematically, saying that the country has prospects for fishsufficiency and ...
Tokyo stocks decline
Aug 12, 2008 ... Tokyo stocks decline TOKYO, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks dived over 2 percentWednesday morning. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average tumbled 297.02 points, or 2.23 ...
Tokyo governor lauds Chinese Olympic volunteers
Aug 12, 2008 ... Tokyo governor lauds Chinese Olympic volunteers TOKYO, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishiharahighly praised the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics andlauded young Chinese volunteers of the games during a recentinterview with Japanese media. "I felt the ...
Bird flu outbreak reported in southern Vietnamese province
Aug 12, 2008 ... Bird flu outbreak reported in southern Vietnamese province HANOI, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Specimens from 570 ducks raised by twohouseholds in Vietnam's southern Ben Tre province have been recentlytested positive to bird flu virus strain H5N1, according to localnewspaper Youth on ...
Vietnamese former transport deputy minister dismissed from party posts
Aug 12, 2008 ... Vietnamese former transport deputy minister dismissed from partyposts HANOI, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Secretariat of the Communist Partyof Vietnam Central Committee decided to remove Nguyen Viet Tien,former deputy minister of transport, from all party-related posts,because his ...
Dollar steady at lower 110 yen level in Tokyo
Aug 12, 2008 ... Dollar steady at lower 110 yen level in Tokyo TOKYO, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar changed hands at thelower 110 yen level Tuesday morning in Tokyo. The dollar was quoted at 110.10-15 yen at midday, compared with110.00-10 yen in New York and 109.83-85 ...
Indian stock market opens up 73 points
Aug 12, 2008 ... Indian stock market opens up 73 points MUMBAI, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Indian shares opened higher onTuesday, with the key index Sensex up 0.47 percent shortly afteropening. Sensex rose 73.28 points, or 0.47 percent, to 15,577.20 ....
Vietnamese annually spend nearly 360 mln USD on alcoholic drinks: report
Aug 12, 2008 ... Vietnamese annually spend nearly 360 mln USD on alcoholic drinks:report HANOI, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Vietnamese people are estimated toannually spend 6 trillion Vietnamese dong (359.3 million U.S.dollars) on alcohol, wine and beer, local newspaper Youth on Tuesdayquoted the Hanoi ...
54 Cambodian winners of Chinese government scholarship get admission notices
Aug 12, 2008 ... 54 Cambodian winners of Chinese government scholarship getadmission notices PHNOM PENH, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese embassy here onTuesday handed over admission notices to 54 Cambodian winners of theChinese Government Scholarship for the academic year 2008-2009. The ...
Philippine foreign investment outflow at 95 mln USD in May
Aug 12, 2008 ... Philippine foreign investment outflow at 95 mln USD in May MANILA, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Foreign investment outflows in thePhilippines reached 95 million U.S. dollars as investors grew morecautious about the fragility of local economy in a global economicslowdown, the central bank ...
3 gunned down in S. Pakistan
Aug 12, 2008 ... 3 gunned down in S. Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Three people including twopolicemen were killed when some unidentified gunmen opened fire at apolice check post in southern Pakistan's Karachi city, localnewspaper The News reported Tuesday. Some constables and ...
S.Korea's service account deficit with Japan rises 53 pct in 2007
Aug 12, 2008 ... S.Korea's service account deficit with Japan rises 53 pct in 2007 SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- The South Korean central bank said thenation's service account deficit with Japan jumped 53 percent in2007 from a year ago, posting 2.8 billion dollars in the red, KoreaHerald reported ...
Afghan violence kills 2 NATO soldiers, wounds 16
Aug 12, 2008 ... Afghan violence kills 2 NATO soldiers, wounds 16 KABUL, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Roadside bombing and conflicts in thewar-torn Afghanistan has left two soldiers with the NATO-ledInternational Security Assistance Force (ISAF) dead and 16 peopleincluding three ISAF soldiers injured, said ...
Tribal clashes leave 9 dead in Pakistan's tribal area
Aug 12, 2008 ... Tribal clashes leave 9 dead in Pakistan's tribal area ISLAMABAD, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- At least nine people have beenkilled and 12 others injured as tribal clashes in Kurram Agencycontinued for the sixth day on Tuesday, local TV ...
URGENT: 6 killed, 10 injured in blast in NW Pakistan
Aug 12, 2008 ... URGENT: 6 killed, 10 injured in blast in NW Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- At least six people were ...
S. Korea plans prompt sales of bailed-out firms
Aug 12, 2008 ... S. Korea plans prompt sales of bailed-out firms SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- The South Korean government plansexpedite selling 14 companies that were bailed out after the Asian financial crisis in 1997, the country's Financial ServicesCommission (FSC) said Tuesday. "The ...
NZ PM to attend 39th Pacific Islands Forum in Niue
Aug 12, 2008 ... NZ PM to attend 39th Pacific Islands Forum in Niue WELLINGTON, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand Prime Minister HelenClark will attend the 39th Pacific Islands Forum and post- Forumdialogue in the tiny South Pacific island nation of Niue from Aug.19-21. "The annual meeting of ...
2nd Ld: 6 killed, 10 injured in blast in NW Pakistan
Aug 12, 2008 ... 2nd Ld: 6 killed, 10 injured in blast in NW Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- At least six people were killedand 10 others injured in a bomb blast in northwest Pakistan onTuesday, local TV channel DAWN NEWS reported. The blast occurred on Kohat road in ...
1st Ld: 6 killed, 10 injured in blast in NW Pakistan
Aug 12, 2008 ... 1st Ld: 6 killed, 10 injured in blast in NW Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- At least six people were killedand 10 others injured in a bomb blast in ...
3rd Ld-Writethru: six killed, 10 injured in blast in NW Pakistan
Aug 12, 2008 ... 3rd Ld-Writethru: six killed, 10 injured in blast in NW Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- At least six people were killedand 10 others injured in a bomb blast in northwest Pakistan onTuesday, local TV channel DAWN NEWS reported. The blast occurred on Kohat road in ...
Tokyo stocks close lower
Aug 12, 2008 ... Tokyo stocks close lower TOKYO, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks close lower Tuesday. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average fell 127.31 points, or ...
4th Ld-Writethru: 12 killed, 10 injured in blast in NW Pakistan
Aug 12, 2008 ... 4th Ld-Writethru: 12 killed, 10 injured in blast in NW Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- At least 12 people were killed and10 others injured in a bomb blast in northwestern Pakistan'sPeshawar city on Tuesday, state-run PTV reported. A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) vehicle ...
Japan's industrial production down 2.2 pct in June
Aug 12, 2008 ... Japan's industrial production down 2.2 pct in June TOKYO, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Industrial output in Japan went down2.2 percent in June from May on a seasonally adjusted basis,compared with a preliminary 2.0 percent decline, said the Ministryof Economy, Trade and Industry Tuesday ....
Pakistan's provincial assembly asks Musharraf to take confidence vote
Aug 12, 2008 ... Pakistan's provincial assembly asks Musharraf to take confidencevote ISLAMABAD, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan's provincial assembly inNorth West Frontier Province Tuesday passed a resolution askingPresident Pervez Musharraf to take a confidence vote. The resolution asked ...
Indonesian industries hope to strengthen position in next WTO talks
Aug 12, 2008 ... Indonesian industries hope to strengthen position in next WTOtalksJAKARTA, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian chamber ofcommerce and industry (Kadin) wants the next round of WTO talks toreally strengthen the position for a multilateral trading system. "Indonesian's position is ...
Japan's consumer confidence hits new low in July
Aug 12, 2008 ... Japan's consumer confidence hits new low in July TOKYO, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Japan's consumer confidence plummetedto a record low in July, down to 31.4 from June's 32.6, the cabinetoffice said Tuesday. The decrease in consumer sentiment ...