Xinhua News Agency back issues from Saturday, August 23:
Israel not to lift Gaza sea blockade: officials
Aug 23, 2008 ... Israel not to lift Gaza sea blockade: officials JERUSALEM, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Israel's permission for pro-Palestinian activists to sail into Gazan waters does not mean it haslifted the sea blockade on the Hamas-ruled enclave, said Israeliofficials on Saturday. The 40-odd ...
Value of rights issues in Gulf up 242 pct
Aug 23, 2008 ... Value of rights issues in Gulf up 242 pct ABU DHABI, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- The total value of rights issuesin the Gulf region reached a record high of 15.76 billion U.S.dollars between July 2007 and June 2008, representing an increase of242 percent over the previous 12-month period, ...
Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers
Aug 23, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers TEHRAN, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Iranian newspapers on Saturday. Tehran Times: -- Iranian taekwondo star Hadi Saei made history on Friday bywinning Iran's first gold medal in men's ...
Overnight clashes leave five wounded in west Beirut
Aug 23, 2008 ... Overnight clashes leave five wounded in west Beirut BEIRUT, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Overnight clashes in west Beirut areaof Tarik Jdideh between Lebanese army troops and illegal motorbikerioters left five people wounded, local Naharnet website reportedSaturday. The area has ...
Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers
Aug 23, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers ANKARA, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Turkish newspapers on Saturday.VATAN (Motherland): --Turkish athlete Elvan Abeylegesse became the pride of Turkey atthe Olympic Games. Elvan, who ...
Brief Israeli penetration into South Lebanon
Aug 23, 2008 ... Brief Israeli penetration into South Lebanon BEIRUT, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Eight Israeli soldiers entered southLebanon area of Mais el-jabal, and pulled out after 15 minutes,Lebanon's local daily As-Safier reported Saturday. The Israeli force has made a brief penetration into ...
Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- Aug. 23
Aug 23, 2008 ... Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- Aug. 23 CAIRO, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of major MiddleEast news stories due to be covered or pursued by Xinhua News Agencyon Saturday. -- Overnight clashes in west Beirut area of Tarik Jdideh betweenLebanese army troops ...
Hamas denies receiving Israeli assassination threat via Egypt
Aug 23, 2008 ... Hamas denies receiving Israeli assassination threat via Egypt GAZA, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on Saturday denied reports that Egypt conveyed an Israelimessage to Hamas threatening to assassinate it leaders. "The matter doesn't need messages ...
Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers
Aug 23, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers CAIRO, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Egyptian newspapers on Saturday. Al Ahram: -- The Arab Foreign Minister will meet at the Arab Leaguepremises next month under Saudi Foreign ...
Kidnapping Israeli soldiers open option: Jihad
Aug 23, 2008 ... Kidnapping Israeli soldiers open option: Jihad GAZA, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Military wing of Islamic Jihad Movementon Saturday said all armed Palestinian groups should kidnap andcapture Israeli soldiers. "Capturing the Israeli soldiers is an open option for allmilitary wings ...
PFLP official slams Hamas way of ruling Gaza
Aug 23, 2008 ... PFLP official slams Hamas way of ruling Gaza GAZA, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- An official in the Popular Front toLiberate Palestine (PFLP) Rabah Muhana has strongly slammed onSaturday the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) over the way itrules the Gaza Strip since mid June last year ....
Iran strives to free hijacked sailors
Aug 23, 2008 ... Iran strives to free hijacked sailors TEHRAN, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Iran is making great diplomaticefforts to release crew of its bulk carrier which was hijacked inthe Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia, the English-languagePress TV said on Saturday. "We are trying to use ...
PLC might convene to prepare for inter-Palestinian dialogue: legislator
Aug 23, 2008 ... PLC might convene to prepare for inter-Palestinian dialogue:legislator RAMALLAH, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- A Palestinian legislator said onSaturday that there are efforts exerted to fully convene the not-working Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) before launching ...
Hamas allows newspaper into Gaza, keeps ban on two others
Aug 23, 2008 ... Hamas allows newspaper into Gaza, keeps ban on two others GAZA, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) allowed a Palestinian newspaper to be distributed in GazaStrip and kept the ban on two others. Hassan Abu Hashish, director of the Hamas' governmental ...
Erekat says Palestinians not to accept open-ended peace negotiations
Aug 23, 2008 ... Erekat says Palestinians not to accept open-ended peacenegotiations RAMALLAH, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekatsaid on Saturday that the Palestinian leadership can't accept havingopen-ended peace negotiations with Israel. Erekat told the Saudi Arabian ...
Fatah: peace talks not to lead to any result
Aug 23, 2008 ... Fatah: peace talks not to lead to any result RAMALLAH, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- A leader from Palestinian PresidentMahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement on Saturday said Israeli- Palestinianpeace talks will not lead to any result. "Changing the current situation or reaching any sort of ...
Bushehr nuclear power plant to be completed by end of 2008
Aug 23, 2008 ... Bushehr nuclear power plant to be completed by end of 2008 TEHRAN, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Russian ambassador to TehranAlexander Sadovnikov said here on Saturday that Bushehr nuclearpower plant will be completed by the end of 2008, the official IRNAnews agency reported ....
Iran to develop Caspian Sea energy: report
Aug 23, 2008 ... Iran to develop Caspian Sea energy: report TEHRAN, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Iran is in talks with two major Asianoil companies regarding the development of the South Caspian Searegion, the English-language Press TV satellite channel reported onSaturday. The report quoted the ...
Gunmen kidnap eight people in northeast Baghdad
Aug 23, 2008 ... Gunmen kidnap eight people in northeast Baghdad BAGHDAD, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Unknown gunmen abducted eightcivilians in a village in the volatile province of Diyala, anInterior Ministry source said on Saturday. Dozens of gunmen in their vehicles stormed overnight the ...
Free Gaza boats arrive near Gaza waters
Aug 23, 2008 ... Free Gaza boats arrive near Gaza waters GAZA, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- International campaigners, who aresailing into Gaza to break the Israeli blockade, are not far from"the Palestinian territorial waters," Palestinian sources said onSaturday. "The ships will be on Gaza shores ...
Israel to free 199 Palestinian prisoners Monday: minister
Aug 23, 2008 ... Israel to free 199 Palestinian prisoners Monday: minister RAMALLAH, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Ashraf el-Ajrami, Minister ofPrisoners' Affairs in the caretaker government led by Salam Fayyadsaid on Saturday Israel will release 199 Palestinian prisoners fromits jails on Monday morning ....
Former Iraqi minister sentenced to death for murder
Aug 23, 2008 ... Former Iraqi minister sentenced to death for murder BAGHDAD, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Iraq's former minister of culture, aSunni Arab, has been sentenced to death in absentia for involvementin murdering two sons of another Iraqi politician, a court sourcesaid on Saturday. "The ...
Gunmen shoot dead senior Iraqi official in Baghdad
Aug 23, 2008 ... Gunmen shoot dead senior Iraqi official in Baghdad BAGHDAD, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Unknown gunmen shot dead a seniorofficial working for the Iraqi ministry of culture in downtownBaghdad on Saturday, a well-informed police source said. Kamel Shiyaa Abdullah, an advisor to ...
Writethru: Zambia's ruling party asks members wishing to contest party presidency to lodge in application letters
Aug 23, 2008 ... Writethru: Zambia's ruling party asks members wishing to contestparty presidency to lodge in application letters LUSAKA, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Zambia's ruling Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) has asked members wishing to contest the partypresidency to lodge in their ...
Zambia's ruling party asks members wishing to contest party presidency to lodge in application letters
Aug 23, 2008 ... Zambia's ruling party asks members wishing to contest partypresidency to lodge in application letters LUSAKA, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Zambia's ruling Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) has asked members wishing to contest the partypresidency to lodge in their application letters ...
UN agencies warns of worsening food crisis in Somalia
Aug 23, 2008 ... UN agencies warns of worsening food crisis in Somalia NAIROBI, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- UN agencies are warning that morethan 3 million Somalis, about half the country's population, will betotally dependent of food aid and emergency assistance over the next12 months. The UN ...
American volunteers teach English in Madagascar
Aug 23, 2008 ... American volunteers teach English in Madagascar ANTANANARIVO, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Twenty five Americans havebegun their two-year career of English-teaching in different areasof Madagascar following their ten-week course of learning of thelocal language, Malagasy ....
Writethru: Kenyan president lauds African bank for opening local office
Aug 23, 2008 ... Writethru: Kenyan president lauds African bank for opening localoffice NAIROBI, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki hashailed the African Development Bank (ADB) or its decision to open alocal Office in the country, which would act as a catalyst to therelease of ...
Kenyan president lauds African bank for opening local office
Aug 23, 2008 ... Kenyan president lauds African bank for opening local office NAIROBI, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki hashailed the African Development Bank (ADB) or its decision to open alocal Office in the country, which would act as a catalyst to therelease of funds for ...
UN climate talks to seek speed amid discord
Aug 23, 2008 ... UN climate talks to seek speed amid discord LAGOS, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- The latest round of UN climate talksbegan Thursday in Accra, Ghana, in a bid to overcome disagreementsover the tools that countries can use to cut greenhouse gasemissions and accelerate progress towards a new ...
Zambia mourns death of President Mwanawasa
Aug 23, 2008 ... Zambia mourns death of President Mwanawasa LUSAKA, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Zambia has mourned the death ofPresident Levy Mwanawasa by holding various activities. Zambian first president Kenneth Kaunda signed the condolencesbook at the State House Friday morning, saying he knows ...
Mwanawasa's body arrives in Lusaka
Aug 23, 2008 ... Mwanawasa's body arrives in Lusaka LUSAKA, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- The body of Zambian late PresidentLevy Mwanawasa who died in Paris last week arrived in Lusaka onSaturday, one day earlier than scheduled. Gross-roots Zambians flooded the Mulungushi InternationalConference ...
Angola ready for parliamentary elections: official
Aug 23, 2008 ... Angola ready for parliamentary elections: official LUANDA, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Angola is ready to hold the September5 parliamentary elections, a senior electoral official said here onSaturday. Caetano de Sousa, chairman of the National Electoral Commission(CNE), told ...
Urgent: Two foreign journalist kidnapped in Somalia
Aug 23, 2008 ... Urgent: Two foreign journalist kidnapped in Somalia MOGADISHU, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Two foreign journalists, aCanadian and an Australian, were kidnapped Saturday ...
1st LD: Two foreign journalists kidnapped in Mogadishu
Aug 23, 2008 ... 1st LD: Two foreign journalists kidnapped in Mogadishu MOGADISHU, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Two foreign journalists, aCanadian woman and an Australian man, were kidnapped Saturday byunknown gunmen on the southern outskirts of the Somali capitalMogadishu, an official at a hotel where ...
2nd LD Writethru: Two foreign journalists kidnapped in Mogadishu
Aug 23, 2008 ... 2nd LD Writethru: Two foreign journalists kidnapped in Mogadishu MOGADISHU, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Two foreign journalists, aCanadian woman and an Australian man, and a local interpreter, wereSaturday kidnapped by unknown gunmen on the southern outskirts ofMogadishu, the capital of ...
African Feature: Kenyan Olympic champion girl's success brings family pride
Aug 23, 2008 ... African Feature: Kenyan Olympic champion girl's success bringsfamily pride By Lu Di KAPTUMO VILLAGE, Kenya, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- "I was very veryhappy!" said Rhoda Cheptoo, who could not find more accurate wordsto describe her feeling when she saw her daughter rushed to ...
Utah plane crash kills 10
Aug 23, 2008 ... Utah plane crash kills 10 LOS ANGELES, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- A small aircraft crashed near anairport near the Arches National Park in southeastern Utah, killingall 10 people on board, authorities said on Saturday. The twin-engine plane crashed and burned shortly after taking ...
Urgent: Obama officially introduces his running mate
Aug 23, 2008 ... Urgent: Obama officially introduces his running mate WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Democratic presidentialcandidate ...
U.S. consortium signs contract with Albania for sale of oil refinery
Aug 23, 2008 ... U.S. consortium signs contract with Albania for sale of oilrefinery TIRANA, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Albania has signed a contract with aU.S.-based consortium for the sale of Albania's only oil refinery,the Albanian government announced on Saturday. The U.S.-Swiss consortium ...
Obama officially introduces his running mate
Aug 23, 2008 ... Obama officially introduces his running mate WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Democratic presidentialcandidate Barack Obama, for the first time, introduced his selectedrunning mate, Senator Joe Biden, at a rally in Illinois, on Saturdayafternoon. Before thousands of ...
Germany calls for Russia's complete withdrawal from Georgia
Aug 23, 2008 ... Germany calls for Russia's complete withdrawal from Georgia BERLIN, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Germany Saturday urged Russia towithdraw its troops completely from Georgia, German governmentspokesman Thomas Steg said on Saturday in Berlin. "According to our available information, ...
German chancellor proposes "neighborhood conference" for Georgia
Aug 23, 2008 ... German chancellor proposes "neighborhood conference" for Georgia BERLIN, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel hasproposed that European Union (EU) presidency France organize a "neighborhood conference" to resolve economic difficulties forGeorgia, German government ...
U.S. warns of Russia's establishing permanent facilities in Georgia
Aug 23, 2008 ... U.S. warns of Russia's establishing permanent facilities inGeorgia WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- The United States warned onSaturday that Russia would violate the ceasefire agreement bysetting up permanent facilities and checkpoints in and aroundGeorgia. "Putting up ...
Urgent: Free Gaza boats arrive at Gaza Strip
Aug 23, 2008 ... Urgent: Free Gaza boats arrive at Gaza Strip GAZA, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Two boats carrying internationalcampaigners, who are sailing to the Gaza Strip to ...
1st LD: Free Gaza boats arrive in Gaza Strip
Aug 23, 2008 ... 1st LD: Free Gaza boats arrive in Gaza Strip GAZA, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Two boats carrying internationalcampaigners sailing from Cyprus to break an Israeli siege arrived ata port of the coastal enclave on Saturday afternoon. Upon their arrival, the two boats were embraced by ...
Israelis gather to protest against Bedouin's death
Aug 23, 2008 ... Israelis gather to protest against Bedouin's death JERUSALEM, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- About 200 Israeli Arabs and Jewsgathered Saturday afternoon in the Negev desert of southern Israelin memory of a Bedouin who died after being violently attacked bypolice. Haia Noach, one of ...
Feature: "Free Gaza" boats arrives in Gaza in protest against Israeli siege
Aug 23, 2008 ... Feature: "Free Gaza" boats arrives in Gaza in protest againstIsraeli siege GAZA CITY, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Thousands of Palestinians startedwhistling and screaming on Saturday afternoon when two " Free Gaza"boats with peace activists arrived at Gaza City's fishermen harborin ...
Urgent: Blast in Iraq's Kirkuk kills 5 people
Aug 23, 2008 ... Urgent: Blast in Iraq's Kirkuk kills 5 people BAGHDAD, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- An explosion in the northern ...
Feature: "Free Gaza" boats arrive in Gaza in protest against Israeli siege
Aug 23, 2008 ... Feature: "Free Gaza" boats arrive in Gaza in protest againstIsraeli siege GAZA CITY, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Thousands of Palestinians startedwhistling and screaming on Saturday afternoon when two " Free Gaza"boats with peace activists arrived at Gaza City's fishermen harborin ...
1st LD: Five people killed in blast in northern Iraq's Kirkuk
Aug 23, 2008 ... 1st LD: Five people killed in blast in northern Iraq's Kirkuk BAGHDAD, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- An explosion in Iraq's northern cityof Kirkuk killed at least five people and injured eight others onSaturday, a local police said. The blast struck a car market in the evening, the ...
Iran to launch first telecom satellite soon: president
Aug 23, 2008 ... Iran to launch first telecom satellite soon: president TEHRAN, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejadannounced Saturday that his country is to send its first remotesensing telecommunication satellite into space in the near future,local Press TV satellite channel ...
Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2100 GMT, Aug. 23
Aug 23, 2008 ... Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2100 GMT, Aug. 23 TEHRAN -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announcedSaturday that his country is to send its first remote sensingtelecommunication satellite into space in the near future, localPress TV satellite channel reported ....
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Aug 23, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers TOKYO, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Sunday: Yomiuri: -- Container transport firms with businesses in Kobe and Osakaports suspended operations for 24 hours and ...
Sri Lankan ruling party takes early lead in local elections
Aug 23, 2008 ... Sri Lankan ruling party takes early lead in local elections COLOMBO, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's ruling party the UnitedPeople's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) has taken an early lead in thelocal government election results declared as at 07:00 a.m. localtime (0130 GMT), the state ...
Major news items in leading Indian newspapers
Aug 23, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Indian newspapers NEW DELHI, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are major news headlinesin leading Indian newspapers on Sunday.The Indian Express: -- The current euphoria over "our best ever Olympics" is quitejustified. One gold and two ...
Moderate quake hits eastern Indonesia
Aug 23, 2008 ... Moderate quake hits eastern IndonesiaJAKARTA, Aug. 23(Xinhua) -- An earthquake with magnitude of 5.0 rocked eastern partsof Indonesia on Saturday, with no report of damage or casualty,meteorology agency said here. The quake struck at 11:47 Jakarta time (9447 GMT) with ...
Nepali new PM delivers 1st live TV speech
Aug 23, 2008 ... Nepali new PM delivers 1st live TV speech KATHMANDU, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, thefirst elected prime minister of Federal Democratic Republic of Nepaland chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M) ,delivered his first live TV speech as prime ...
Nepali PM Prachanda leaves for Beijing
Aug 23, 2008 ... Nepali PM Prachanda leaves for Beijing KATHMANDU, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda",the first elected prime minister of Federal Democratic Republic ofNepal and chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M)on Saturday left capital Kathmandu for Beijing, ...
Urgent: 2 injured in explosion in Pakistan's Karachi
Aug 23, 2008 ... Urgent: 2 injured in explosion in Pakistan's Karachi ISLAMABAD, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Two people ...
1st Ld: 2 injured in explosion in Pakistan's Karachi
Aug 23, 2008 ... 1st Ld: 2 injured in explosion in Pakistan's Karachi ISLAMABAD, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Two people were injured in anexplosion in southern Pakistan's port city Karachi on ...
2nd Ld Writethru: 2 injured in explosion in Pakistan's Karachi
Aug 23, 2008 ... 2nd Ld Writethru: 2 injured in explosion in Pakistan's Karachi ISLAMABAD, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Two people were injured in anexplosion in southern Pakistan's port city Karachi on Saturday,local TV channel reported. The explosion occurred on Shara-e-Faisal road of Karachi as ...
Thai gov't insists charter amendments to benefit political institution
Aug 23, 2008 ... Thai gov't insists charter amendments to benefit politicalinstitution BANGKOK, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Chairman of the Thai Government WhipWithaya Buranasiri said on Saturday that Constitution amendmentswhich were pushed by the coalition government will protect thecountry's ...
Roadside bombing kills 3 Afghan, wounds 7
Aug 23, 2008 ... Roadside bombing kills 3 Afghan, wounds 7 KABUL, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Three civilians were killed and sevenothers got wounded as a bomb planted by insurgents struck a car inAfghanistan's eastern Khost on Saturday, police said. "A mine planted by anti-government militants on a ...
Security forces kill 30 militants in NW Pakistan
Aug 23, 2008 ... Security forces kill 30 militants in NW Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Pakistani army said Saturdaythat they killed over 30 militants in the restive Swat valley in thenorthwest. The News Network International (NNI) news agency quoted MajorNasir Ali, who is in ...