Xinhua News Agency back issues from Tuesday, August 19:
Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- Aug. 19
Aug 19, 2008 ... Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- Aug. 19 CAIRO, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of major MiddleEast news stories due to be covered or pursued by Xinhua News Agencyon Tuesday. -- Israel Defense Forces (IDF) will host a combined search andrescue exercise with ...
Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers
Aug 19, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers ANKARA, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Turkish newspapers on Tuesday. VATAN (Motherland): -- A land mine, planted by the militants of the outlawed KurdishWorkers' Party (PKK), exploded ...
Roundup: Egyptian parliament building catches fire, injuring 13
Aug 19, 2008 ... Roundup: Egyptian parliament building catches fire, injuring 13 CAIRO, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- A fire broke out Tuesday in thebuilding of the Egyptian Shura Council (upper house of theparliament) in downtown Cairo, injuring at least 13 people. The fire, which broke out in the ...
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
Aug 19, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers JERUSALEM, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Israeli newspapers on Tuesday. Ha'aretz: -- Clashes over the 2009 budget could bring down the governmentif Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ...
Urgent: U.S., Iraqi forces raid provincial offices in Diyala
Aug 19, 2008 ... Urgent: U.S., Iraqi forces raid provincial offices in Diyala BAGHDAD, Aug. 19 (Xinhua)-- U.S. and Iraqi security forceslaunched overnight raids on the ...
Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers
Aug 19, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Iranian newspapers on Tuesday. Tehran Times: -- Iranian Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar on Mondaysaid that Iran will launch its "national ...
Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers
Aug 19, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers CAIRO, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Egyptian newspapers on Tuesday. Al Ahram: -- At a ministerial meeting held Monday, Egyptian Prime MinisterAhmed Nazef reviewed the results of ...
1st LD Writethru: U.S., Iraqi forces raid provincial offices in Diyala
Aug 19, 2008 ... 1st LD Writethru: U.S., Iraqi forces raid provincial offices inDiyala BAGHDAD, Aug. 19 (Xinhua)-- U.S. and Iraqi security forceslaunched overnight raids on the government offices in the volatileprovince of Diyala, northeast of Baghdad, killing the governor'ssecretary and ...
Thirteen killed, 13 wounded in terrorist ambush in eastern Algeria
Aug 19, 2008 ... Thirteen killed, 13 wounded in terrorist ambush in easternAlgeria AlGIERS, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Twelve soldiers of the Algeriansecurity forces, including a high-ranking officer and a civilianwere shot dead and 13 others injured in a terrorist attack in theeast of the north ...
Hamas accuses Abbas, Fayyad of blocking prisoner swap
Aug 19, 2008 ... Hamas accuses Abbas, Fayyad of blocking prisoner swap GAZA, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on Tuesday accused Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas andhis Prime Minister Salam Fayyad of hindering efforts for exchangingprisoners with Israel. The ...
Israel arrests 8 Palestinians in West Bank
Aug 19, 2008 ... Israel arrests 8 Palestinians in West Bank RAMALLAH, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Israeli forces arrested eightPalestinians during raids in different areas in the occupied WestBank, Palestinian security sources said on Tuesday. Six of the detainees were arrested in Anabta neighborhood ...
Israel opens key crossing into Gaza after four-month closure
Aug 19, 2008 ... Israel opens key crossing into Gaza after four-month closure GAZA, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Israel opened a key crossing point intoGaza after four months of full closure due to an attack that badlydestroyed the facility, Palestinian security sources said onTuesday. Twenty ...
Hamas says Abbas is welcomed in Gaza
Aug 19, 2008 ... Hamas says Abbas is welcomed in Gaza GAZA, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- An Islamic Hamas movement's officialsaid Tuesday that the door is widely opened for President MahmoudAbbas to come to the Gaza Strip that Hamas has been ruling sincelast summer. Hamas legislature, Ahmed Abu ...
Update: U.S. military denies involvement in Diyala raids
Aug 19, 2008 ... Update: U.S. military denies involvement in Diyala raids BAGHDAD, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. military denied Tuesdaythat its troops involved in the overnight raids on the governmentoffices in the volatile province of Diyala that killed the governor's secretary and detained ...
Israel to send truckfuls of money to replace worn-out currency in Gaza
Aug 19, 2008 ... Israel to send truckfuls of money to replace worn-out currency inGaza JERUSALEM, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Israel will send guarded trucksfrom the Brink's Company to the Gaza Strip on Tuesday in order toreplace worn-out currency accumulated by Palestinians, Israel ArmyRadio reported ....
Hamas, PFLP reject deploying Arab forces in Gaza
Aug 19, 2008 ... Hamas, PFLP reject deploying Arab forces in Gaza GAZA, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)rejected on Tuesday a proposal to deploy Arab security forces in theHamas-ruled Gaza Strip. Ayman ...
Erekat says they meet with Rice twice a month to review peace talks
Aug 19, 2008 ... Erekat says they meet with Rice twice a month to review peacetalks RAMALLAH, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekatsaid on Tuesday that the Palestinian negotiators hold meetings withU.S. Secretary of State once or twice every month to review thepeace negotiations ...
Aggressors on Iran to be seen off dead: commander
Aug 19, 2008 ... Aggressors on Iran to be seen off dead: commander TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Army Chief Commander MajorGeneral Ata-Allah Salehi said here on Tuesday that any aggressor onIran will be seen off dead, the official IRNA news agency reported. Salehi noted that Iranian ...
Official: Hamas may exchange Shalit for own prisoners
Aug 19, 2008 ... Official: Hamas may exchange Shalit for own prisoners GAZA, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- A senior Hamas leader on Tuesday hintedthat his movement will exchange an Israeli soldier for only theIslamic movement's prisoners. The remarks of Mahmoud Zahar, Hamas former foreign minister, ...
Hamas bans Fatah leaders from leaving Gaza
Aug 19, 2008 ... Hamas bans Fatah leaders from leaving Gaza GAZA, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Hamas authorities decided to preventany official from Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas' Fatahmovement from leaving Gaza Strip, sources said on Tuesday. The decision was made after Hamas government, which ...
Iran to build more nuclear power plants
Aug 19, 2008 ... Iran to build more nuclear power plants TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Iran is preparing to build morenuclear power plants, the official IRNA news agency reported onTuesday. Ahmad Fayyazbakhsh, deputy chief of Iran's Atomic EnergyOrganization and head of a state-owned nuclear ...
Turkish president discusses "Darfur" with Sudan's president
Aug 19, 2008 ... Turkish president discusses "Darfur" with Sudan's president ANKARA, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Turkish President Abdullah Gul andSudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir discussed "Darfur" at ameeting in the Turkish largest city of Istanbul on Tuesday, the semi-official Anatolia news ...
Olmert to undergo sixth interrogation Friday: report
Aug 19, 2008 ... Olmert to undergo sixth interrogation Friday: report JERUSALEM, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmertwill undergo a sixth interrogation by National Fraud Unitinvestigators this Friday, local daily Yedioth Ahronoth reportedTuesday on its website. The ...
Palestinian factions to hold bilateral meetings with Egyptians next week
Aug 19, 2008 ... Palestinian factions to hold bilateral meetings with Egyptiansnext week GAZA, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Representatives of Palestinian factionswill head for Cairo next week to hold bilateral meetings withEgyptian officials over resuming the inter-Palestinian dialogue,Palestinian and ...
Writethru: Sunni Iraqis condemn raids on Diyala government offices
Aug 19, 2008 ... Writethru: Sunni Iraqis condemn raids on Diyala governmentoffices BAGHDAD, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Sunni Arab parties in Iraq Tuesdaycondemned overnight raids on provincial government offices in thevolatile province of Diyala which killed the governor's secretaryand detained some ...
Urgent: Blast injures 6 police officers in southeastern Turkey
Aug 19, 2008 ... Urgent: Blast injures 6 police officers in southeastern Turkey ANKARA, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Six police ...
Update: Olmert to undergo sixth interrogation Friday
Aug 19, 2008 ... Update: Olmert to undergo sixth interrogation Friday JERUSALEM, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmertwill undergo a sixth interrogation by National Fraud Unitinvestigators Friday, Israel Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld saidTuesday. According to Rosenfeld, ...
Sunni Arabs condemn raids on Diyala government offices
Aug 19, 2008 ... Sunni Arabs condemn raids on Diyala government offices BAGHDAD, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Iraqi Sunni Arab partiescondemned overnight raids on provincial government offices in thevolatile province of Diyala which killed the governor's secretaryand detained some Sunni leaders ....
1st LD: One person killed, 9 wounded in car blast in Turkey: report
Aug 19, 2008 ... 1st LD: One person killed, 9 wounded in car blast in Turkey:report ANKARA, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- A car exploded in the southernTurkish province of Mersin on Tuesday, killing a suicide bomber andinjuring nine police officers, local NTV reported. Meanwhile, Anatolia news agency ...
U.S. soldier killed in Iraq
Aug 19, 2008 ... U.S. soldier killed in Iraq BAGHDAD, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. soldier was killed in arocked attack on a military base in southern Iraq on Tuesday, theU.S. military said. A military statement said the soldier was killed in the attack onhis forward operation base near the ...
Turkish president urges int'l community to show more interest in Africa
Aug 19, 2008 ... Turkish president urges int'l community to show more interest inAfrica ANKARA, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Turkish President Abdullah Gul onTuesday urged international community to show more interest inproblems of the African continent, the semi-official Anatolia newsagency reported ....
Jordan's stock market index closes lower
Aug 19, 2008 ... Jordan's stock market index closes lower AMMAN, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The shares price index of Jordan'sAmman stock market closed at 4,235 points on Tuesday, down 37 ...
Update: One killed, 12 wounded in car blast in Turkey: report
Aug 19, 2008 ... Update: One killed, 12 wounded in car blast in Turkey: report ANKARA, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- A car exploded in southern Turkishprovince of Mersin on Tuesday, killing the suicide bomber andinjuring 12 police officers, the semi-official Anatolia news agencyreported. The number ...
Urgent: Egyptian parliament building caught fire
Aug 19, 2008 ... Urgent: Egyptian parliament building caught fire CAIRO, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- A fire broke out Tuesday afternoon inthe building of the Egyptian Shura Council (upper house of theparliament), witnesses said. Flames ...
Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes lower
Aug 19, 2008 ... Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes lower JERUSALEM, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Tel Aviv Stock Exchangegeneral share index closed at ...
Israel to fully reopen key Gaza border crossing after four-month closure: official
Aug 19, 2008 ... Israel to fully reopen key Gaza border crossing after four-monthclosure: official JERUSALEM, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Israel has allowed food and othersupplies to enter the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip through a keycommercial border crossing that has been closed for four months, andthe ...
1st LD: Egyptian parliament building catches fire
Aug 19, 2008 ... 1st LD: Egyptian parliament building catches fire CAIRO, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- A fire broke out Tuesday afternoon inthe building of the Egyptian Shura Council (upper house of theparliament), witnesses said. Flames and smoke could be seen rising from the building indowntown ...
2nd LD: Egyptian parliament building catches fire, injuring five
Aug 19, 2008 ... 2nd LD: Egyptian parliament building catches fire, injuring five CAIRO, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- At least five people were injured whena fire broke out in the building of the Egyptian Shura Council(upper house of the parliament) on Tuesday afternoon, witnesses andTV reported ....
Update: Some 43 people killed, 45 injured in blast near military school in east Algeria
Aug 19, 2008 ... Update: Some 43 people killed, 45 injured in blast near militaryschool in east Algeria ALGIERS, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Some 43 people were killed and 45others injured in a suicide bombing attack near a military school ineastern Algeria on Tuesday, the Interior Ministry said ....
No Israeli restraint if Lebanon turns into Hezbollah state: Olmert
Aug 19, 2008 ... No Israeli restraint if Lebanon turns into Hezbollah state:Olmert JERUSALEM, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmertwarned Tuesday that his country will not exercise restraint ifLebanon turns into a Hezbollah state. Touring the Home Front Command headquarters ...
Syrian president to visit Russia on Wednesday
Aug 19, 2008 ... Syrian president to visit Russia on Wednesday DAMASCUS, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assadwould pay a working visit to Russia on Wednesday at an invitationfrom his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev, the official SANA newsagency reported on Tuesday. It ...
Iraqi PM orders probe in raid on Diyala provincial governor's office
Aug 19, 2008 ... Iraqi PM orders probe in raid on Diyala provincial governor'soffice BAGHDAD, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al- Malikihas order an investigation of a pre-dawn raid on the governor'soffice in Diyala province, which led to the death of the governor'ssecretary, local ...
Tokyo stocks open lower
Aug 19, 2008 ... Tokyo stocks open lower TOKYO, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks opened lower Wednesday. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average dropped 73.53 points, or 0. 57percent, to ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Aug 19, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers TOKYO, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Wednesday: The Daily Yomiuri: -- A cessna light airplane crashed near a municipal highwaycrossing in Yao, Osaka Prefecture, ...
Major news items in leading Indian newspapers
Aug 19, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Indian newspapers NEW DELHI, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Following are major news headlinesin leading Indian newspapers on Wednesday.The Hindu: -- Habib Mian alias Rahim Khan -- perhaps the oldest man in theworld -- died in Jaipur on early ...
HIV/AIDS rate expected to keep declining in Cambodia
Aug 19, 2008 ... HIV/AIDS rate expected to keep declining in Cambodia PHNOM PENH, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- The number of Cambodians with HIVor AIDS has plummeted from the country's all-time high in the late1990s and experts expect its prevalence to continue dropping in theforeseeable future, national ...
New Zealand's assistance in Pacific focuses on economic growth: PM
Aug 19, 2008 ... New Zealand's assistance in Pacific focuses on economic growth:PM ALOFI, Niue, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand Prime Minister HelenClark said Tuesday that building an environment conducive toeconomic growth in the Pacific Island countries is a focus for NewZealand's development ...
URGENT: Pacific Islands Forum summit opens in Niue
Aug 19, 2008 ... URGENT: Pacific Islands Forum summit opens in Niue ALOFI, Niue, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The 39th Pacific Islands Forum(PIF) Leaders Summit opened here Tuesday, with the chairmanshiphanded over from Tonga ...
Tokyo stocks fall in morning trading
Aug 19, 2008 ... Tokyo stocks fall in morning trading TOKYO, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks went down Wednesdaymorning. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average dropped 36.51 points, ...
Smaller Island leaders discuss climate change, fuel and food costs
Aug 19, 2008 ... Smaller Island leaders discuss climate change, fuel and foodcosts ALOFI, Niue, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Leaders of the Pacific SmallerIsland States (SIS) met Tuesday for their 17th Summit in Alofi,Niue, taking particular note of climate change and the reduction offuel and food costs ....
Cultivation resumes in some Myanmar flood-hit areas
Aug 19, 2008 ... Cultivation resumes in some Myanmar flood-hit areas YANGON, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Farmers in some flood-hit areas inMyanmar have resumed cultivation as the water has receded there, theofficial newspaper New Light of Myanmar reported Wednesday. Over the past week, torrential ...
Vietnam reaffirms 30 pct foreign cap for local banks
Aug 19, 2008 ... Vietnam reaffirms 30 pct foreign cap for local banks HANOI, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), orthe central bank, has reaffirmed the 30 percent ceiling for foreignownership in a single domestic bank, Vietnam News reported hereWednesday. The message was ...
1st Ld: Pacific Islands Forum summit opens in Niue
Aug 19, 2008 ... 1st Ld: Pacific Islands Forum summit opens in Niue ALOFI, Niue, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The 39th Pacific Islands Forum(PIF) Leaders Summit opened here Tuesday, with the chairmanshiphanded over from Tonga to Niue at the opening ceremony. Heads of government from 15 of the ...
Typhoon Nuri hits N. Philippines with heavy rains
Aug 19, 2008 ... Typhoon Nuri hits N. Philippines with heavy rains MANILA, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Nuri (locally known as "Karen") slammed into the Philippines' northeastern province ofCagayan early Wednesday morning, bringing heavy rains to most partsof the country's northern island of Luzon ....
Major news items in leading Singapore's newspapers
Aug 19, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Singapore's newspapers SINGAPORE, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- The following are the major newsitems in leading Singapore's newspapers on Wednesday. The Straits Times: -- To ease the shortage of places in schools for expatriatechildren in ...
Japan's central bank retains interest rate at 0.5 pct
Aug 19, 2008 ... Japan's central bank retains interest rate at 0.5 pct TOKYO, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Japan's central bank decided Tuesdayto keep its key interest rate unchanged at 0.5 percent. The widely expected move came at the end of its two-day policymeeting amid concerns over soaring ...
New ore plants to be built in Indonesia
Aug 19, 2008 ... New ore plants to be built in IndonesiaJAKARTA, Aug. 19(Xinhua) -- Three new iron ore plants will be built in Indonesia'sSouth Kalimantan province in a bid to meet rising global demand forthe product, the Jakarta Post reported here Tuesday. The plants will be built by Meratus ...
25,000 displaced as river breaches embankment in Nepal
Aug 19, 2008 ... 25,000 displaced as river breaches embankment in Nepal KATHMANDU, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Over 25,000 locals left theirhomes for neighboring districts and Indian villages after theswollen Saptakoshi River damaged an embankment in south Nepal, localnewspaper The Kathmandu Post reported ...
Vietnam to import more paper in 2008
Aug 19, 2008 ... Vietnam to import more paper in 2008 HANOI, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam is estimated to import someone million tons of paper and a considerable amount of paper pulpthis year, local newspaper Vietnam Economic Times reported onTuesday. Vietnam imported 585,000 tons of paper ...
Indian stock market opens lower
Aug 19, 2008 ... Indian stock market opens lower MUMBAI, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Indian shares opened lower onTuesday, with the key index Sensex down 0.87 percent shortly afteropening. Sensex lost 127.90 points, or 0.87 percent, to 14,517.76. Sensex ...
Anti-gov't protest stages before British embassy in Bangkok
Aug 19, 2008 ... Anti-gov't protest stages before British embassy in Bangkok BANGKOK, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Around 2,000 protesters from theanti-government civil group the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) on Tuesday marched to the British Embassy in Bangkok, demandingthe British government to ...
Another quake rocks easternmost Indonesia
Aug 19, 2008 ... Another quake rocks easternmost IndonesiaJAKARTA, Aug. 19(Xinhua) -- A moderate quake with magnitude of 5.4 struckeasternmost of Indonesia on Tuesday, but there were no reports ofdamage or casualties, the Indonesian Meteorology Agency said here. The quake jolted at 11:34 a.m ....
S.Korea's fixed investment growth rate drops to 7-year low
Aug 19, 2008 ... S.Korea's fixed investment growth rate drops to 7-year low SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's fixed investment growthrate in the first half of this year stood at a seven-year low of 0.5percent from a year earlier, the Korea herald reported Tuesday. According to the Bank ...
3rd LD: No agreement yet for Thai-Cambodian foreign ministers' border dispute meeting
Aug 19, 2008 ... 3rd LD: No agreement yet for Thai-Cambodian foreign ministers'border dispute meeting CHA-AM, Thailand, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- No new agreement has beenreached yet after hours of negotiations between Thai and Cambodiandelegations led by respective foreign ministers over the ...
Malaysia tin market closes higher
Aug 19, 2008 ... Malaysia tin market closes higher KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The local tin market endedhigher here on Tuesday, but the trading volume declined comparedwith Monday ....