Xinhua News Agency back issues from Sunday, August 24:
Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- Aug. 24
Aug 24, 2008 ... Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- Aug. 24 CAIRO, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of major MiddleEast news stories due to be covered or pursued by Xinhua News Agencyon Sunday. -- French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner is due to arrive inLebanon for talks with ...
Oman launches public consultation on mobile TV
Aug 24, 2008 ... Oman launches public consultation on mobile TV ABU DHABI, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Omani TelecommunicationsRegulatory Authority (TRA) has launched a public consultation toseek opinion on various issues related to the introduction of mobileTV in the country, the English newspaper ...
Jordan vows to continue efforts against Israeli plan to build bridge in east Jerusalem
Aug 24, 2008 ... Jordan vows to continue efforts against Israeli plan to buildbridge in east Jerusalem AMMAN, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Jordan will continue its effortsagainst an Israeli plan to build a steel bridge at the MagharebaGate in East Jerusalem, which will "destroy the Islamic antiquities"in ...
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
Aug 24, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers JERUSALEM, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Israeli newspapers on Sunday. Ha'aretz: -- The battle over the 2009 state budget will be the focus ofSunday morning's cabinet meeting. Israeli ...
Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers
Aug 24, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers TEHRAN, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Iranian newspapers on Sunday. Tehran Times: -- Russian Ambassador to Tehran Alexander Sadovnikov said onSaturday that Moscow has never sought any ...
Jordan distribute food parcels to aid poor families for Ramadan holy month
Aug 24, 2008 ... Jordan distribute food parcels to aid poor families for Ramadanholy month AMMAN, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Jordan has begun to distributed foodparcels to aid poor families in the run-up to the Islamic fastingmonth of Ramadan, local daily The Jordan Times reported on Sunday. Royal ...
Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers
Aug 24, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers ANKARA, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Turkish newspapers on Sunday. TURKIYE (Turkey): -- A 22-year-old man, Zeki Bulut, the perpetrator of a bombattack which injured 16 people in the ...
JPRC seeks strategic partner for production expansion
Aug 24, 2008 ... JPRC seeks strategic partner for production expansion AMMAN, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company(JPRC) is seeking a strategic partner to shore up its refiningcapabilities, local daily The Jordan Times reported on Sunday. The Jordanian sole refinery is ...
Egypt detains 25 infiltrators in central Sinai
Aug 24, 2008 ... Egypt detains 25 infiltrators in central Sinai CAIRO, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian border guards on Sundayarrested 25 illegal immigrants who were trying to cross into Israelvia the Egyptian border in central Sinai, the official MENA newsagency reported. The group of ...
No solution looming for cooking gas crisis in Gaza
Aug 24, 2008 ... No solution looming for cooking gas crisis in Gaza GAZA, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Cooking gas crisis still in place inGaza Strip while a solution before the start of Muslim's fastingmonth of Ramadan doesn't loom. "The cooking gas which is obtained in Gaza only meets the needsof ...
Islamic Jihad delegation in Cairo for talks on Palestinian crisis
Aug 24, 2008 ... Islamic Jihad delegation in Cairo for talks on Palestinian crisis GAZA, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Sources from the Islamic Jihad saidSunday that its delegation arrived in Cairo earlier in the day,inaugurating a series of talks that Egypt will hold separately withthe Palestinian factions ...
Hamas calls on Arab donors to stop transferring funds to PNA
Aug 24, 2008 ... Hamas calls on Arab donors to stop transferring funds to PNA GAZA, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Islamic Hamas movement that rules theGaza Strip on Sunday called on Arab donors to stop transferringfunds to the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) in Ramallah. "Hamas calls on Arab ...
Jihad leader arrives in Cairo for talks with Egyptian mediators
Aug 24, 2008 ... Jihad leader arrives in Cairo for talks with Egyptian mediators CAIRO, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- A senior leader of the PalestinianIslamic Jihad movement arrived in Cairo on Sunday morning for theresumption of an inter-Palestinian dialogue hosted by Egypt, theEgyptian official MENA news ...
Four killed in double bombing in Baghdad
Aug 24, 2008 ... Four killed in double bombing in Baghdad BAGHDAD, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Four Iraqis were killed and 15others injured when two roadside bombs exploded coordinately indowntown Baghdad on Sunday, an Interior Ministry source said. The incident occurred in the morning when a ...
Hamas source: Mesh'al to visit Cairo to prepare for dialogue soon
Aug 24, 2008 ... Hamas source: Mesh'al to visit Cairo to prepare for dialogue soon GAZA, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- A well-informed source in Hamasmovement said Sunday that Hamas chief in Syria Khaled Mesh'al is dueto be in Cairo within the coming a few days to hold talks withsenior Egyptian officials ....
Olmert faces seventh police interrogation this week
Aug 24, 2008 ... Olmert faces seventh police interrogation this week JERUSALEM, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmertwill face the seventh round of police questioning this week in theongoing corruption probes that have brought about his politicaldownfall, local daily Jerusalem ...
Senior PFLP leader slams Rice's visit
Aug 24, 2008 ... Senior PFLP leader slams Rice's visit RAMALLAH, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) - A senior leader of the Popular Frontto Liberate Palestine (PFLP) slammed Sunday U.S. Secretary of StateCondoleezza Rice's coming visit to Israel and the Palestinianterritories. Abdel Rahim Mallouh, PFLP ...
Political feud affects school year in Palestinian territories
Aug 24, 2008 ... Political feud affects school year in Palestinian territories GAZA, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian school year that started onSunday with political split and differences between Gaza Strip andthe West Bank affected the first day and will likely block theprocess. In Gaza ...
Israel to free 199 Palestinian prisoners Monday: report
Aug 24, 2008 ... Israel to free 199 Palestinian prisoners Monday: report JERUSALEM, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Israel will release 199Palestinian prisoners in the West Bank at 9:30 a.m. (0630 GMT) onMonday, as a gesture of goodwill to Palestinian President MahmoudAbbas, local daily Ha'aretz reported ...
Jordan's stock market index closes higher
Aug 24, 2008 ... Jordan's stock market index closes higher AMMAN, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- The share price index of Jordan'sAmman stock market closed at 4,186 points on Sunday, up 146 ...
Iran to respond to IAEA questions
Aug 24, 2008 ... Iran to respond to IAEA questions TEHRAN, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Deputy head of Iran's Atomic EnergyOrganization Mohammad Saeedi said here on Sunday that Iran will tryto respond the questions of International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA) within the framework of its obligations, the ...
UAE takes strict precautionary measures against bird flu
Aug 24, 2008 ... UAE takes strict precautionary measures against bird flu ABU DHABI, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) isgearing up for a battle against bird flu as the season of birds 'migration approaches with strict precautionary measures to preventan outbreak of the disease in ...
Iran denies importing wheat from U.S.
Aug 24, 2008 ... Iran denies importing wheat from U.S. TEHRAN, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Commerce Minister MasoudMirkazemi denied recent reports that the country has imported wheatfrom the United States, Iran's English-language Press TV satellitechannel said on Sunday. "We purchase wheat ...
Free Gaza campaigners happy for challenging Israeli blockade
Aug 24, 2008 ... Free Gaza campaigners happy for challenging Israeli blockade GAZA, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- International campaigners on Sundaysaid they were happy reaching Gaza Strip on two boats in challengeto an Israeli blockade on the impoverished territory. The two boats carrying ...
Jordan seeks Iraqi gas in addition to Egyptian imports
Aug 24, 2008 ... Jordan seeks Iraqi gas in addition to Egyptian imports AMMAN, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Jordan seeks Iraqi natural gas tosupplement its imports from Egypt, official news agency Petrareported on Sunday. Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Khaldoun Qteishat saidJordan was ...
Six Iraqis killed in restive Diyala province
Aug 24, 2008 ... Six Iraqis killed in restive Diyala province BAGHDAD, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Six Iraqi security members werekilled and 14 others injured in bomb and gunfire attacks in thevolatile province of Diyala, northeast of Baghdad on Sunday, aprovincial police source said. "A roadside ...
Three killed in bomb attack in Baghdad
Aug 24, 2008 ... Three killed in bomb attack in Baghdad BAGHDAD, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Three Iraqi civilians were killedand five others wounded in a roadside bomb explosion in asoutheastern Baghdad suburb on Sunday, an Interior Ministry sourcesaid. The incident took place in the Jesr Diyala ...
Two people kidnapped by PKK in eastern Turkey: military
Aug 24, 2008 ... Two people kidnapped by PKK in eastern Turkey: military ANKARA, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Militants of the outlawed KurdishWorker's Party (PKK) kidnapped two people in eastern Turkey, TurkishGeneral Staff said in a written statement on Sunday. Two people were kidnapped in Genc town ...
Israeli defense chief to visit Egypt for talks
Aug 24, 2008 ... Israeli defense chief to visit Egypt for talks JERUSALEM, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Defense Minister EhudBarak will head to Egypt on Tuesday for talks with Egyptian leaders,local daily Jerusalem Post reported Sunday on its website. Renewing negotiations for the release of ...
Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes higher
Aug 24, 2008 ... Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes higher JERUSALEM, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Tel Aviv Stock Exchangegeneral share index closed at ...
Iran designs 2nd nuke power plant
Aug 24, 2008 ... Iran designs 2nd nuke power plant TEHRAN, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Deputy head of Iran's Atomic EnergyOrganization Mohammad Saeedi said here on Sunday that his country isdesigning a 360-megawatt nuclear power plant, the official IRNA newsagency reported. The new power plant, the ...
Syria's new ambassador to France sworn in
Aug 24, 2008 ... Syria's new ambassador to France sworn in DAMASCUS, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Syria's newly appointed ambassadorto France was sworn in on Sunday in front of President Bashar al-Assad, the official SANA news agency reported. Lamia Shakkour, whose father was a former ambassador to ...
AL chief, Egyptian official laud activists' efforts to break Gaza siege
Aug 24, 2008 ... AL chief, Egyptian official laud activists' efforts to break Gazasiege CAIRO, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Arab League (AL) Secretary General AmrMoussa and a senior Egyptian diplomat on Sunday welcomed the effortsof a group of international activists to break the siege on thePalestinian ...
Urgent: Suicide bombing kills 21 in Baghdad
Aug 24, 2008 ... Urgent: Suicide bombing kills 21 in Baghdad BAGHDAD, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- A suicide ...
Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2100 GMT, Aug. 24
Aug 24, 2008 ... Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2100 GMT, Aug. 24 CAIRO -- Egyptian border guards on Sunday arrested 25 illegalimmigrants who were trying to cross into Israel via the Egyptianborder in central Sinai, the official MENA news agency reported. The group of Eritreans, including ...
1st LD Writethru: Suicide bombing kills 21 in Baghdad
Aug 24, 2008 ... 1st LD Writethru: Suicide bombing kills 21 in Baghdad BAGHDAD, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- A suicide explosion on Sunday killedat least 21 people in Baghdad, an interior ministry source said. The assailant detonated an explosive vest at a gathering in theAbu Ghraib district, which is ...
Dollar at upper 109 yen level in Tokyo
Aug 24, 2008 ... Dollar at upper 109 yen level in Tokyo TOKYO, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar changed hands at theupper 109 yen level early Monday in Tokyo. The dollar was quoted at 109.91-96 yen at 9:00 a.m., comparedwith 110.03-13 yen in ...
Major news items in leading Australian newspapers
Aug 24, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Australian newspapers CANBERRA, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Australian newspapers on Monday. The Australian: -- Treasurer Wayne Swan has given approval for the Chinesegovernment-owned mining giant ...
Tokyo stocks open sharply higher
Aug 24, 2008 ... Tokyo stocks open sharply higher TOKYO, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks opened sharply higherMonday. At 9:15 a.m., the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average jumped 212.21points, or 1.68 ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Aug 24, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers TOKYO, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Monday: The Daily Yomiuri: -- Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda is set to compile economicmeasures to buoy the nation's per capita ...
Myanmar stresses continued implementation of seven-step roadmap
Aug 24, 2008 ... Myanmar stresses continued implementation of seven-step roadmap YANGON, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar Minister of InformationBrigadier-General Kyaw Hsan has stressed that the government willcontinue the implementation of its seven-step roadmap as atransitional government in accord ...
About 30 people arrested following clashes in New Zealand
Aug 24, 2008 ... About 30 people arrested following clashes in New Zealand WELLINGTON, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Approximately 30 people werearrested early Sunday after riot police clashed with a crowd on theNew Zealand southern city's Dunedin. The arrests followed a trouble-free day as students ...
India warned to become hot-spot nation in the world: U.N. study
Aug 24, 2008 ... India warned to become hot-spot nation in the world: U.N. study NEW DELHI, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- A U.N. study identified India asone of the "hot-spots", particularly vulnerable to increase inextreme drought, floods and cyclones in the coming decades, theTimes of India reported ...
Sri Lankan ruling party wins local elections
Aug 24, 2008 ... Sri Lankan ruling party wins local elections COLOMBO, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's ruling party the UnitedPeople's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) has won the local governmentelections in North Central Province and Sabaragamuva Province,officials from the Department of Elections said ...
Civilian death toll of S. Philippine violence climbs to 49
Aug 24, 2008 ... Civilian death toll of S. Philippine violence climbs to 49 MANILA, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Forty nine people have been killedand more than 48,000 families have been displaced in southernPhilippine region of Mindanao since last week, the national disasterrelief agency said Sunday ....
Tokyo stocks up in morning trading
Aug 24, 2008 ... Tokyo stocks up in morning trading TOKYO, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks went up Monday morning. The Nikkei Stock Average jumped 232.98 points, or ...
Philippine troops clash anew with rebels in south
Aug 24, 2008 ... Philippine troops clash anew with rebels in south MANILA, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Heavy firefight broke out betweenPhilippine government soldiers and Muslim rebels over the weekend,dampening the prospect of reviving a halted peace progress in thePhilippine south, the military said ...
Rocket attack by Taliban kills 10 in NW Pakistan
Aug 24, 2008 ... Rocket attack by Taliban kills 10 in NW Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Up to ten people were killed in arocket attack by Taliban in northwest Pakistan on Monday, accordingto private DAWN NEWS TV channel. The rocket attack targeted the house of a local member ...
Urgent: NATO sodier killed, 3 others wounded during chopper emergency landing
Aug 24, 2008 ... Urgent: NATO sodier killed, 3 others wounded during chopperemergency landing KABUL, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- A helicopter loaded with the NATO- ledInternational Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) ...
Two more suspects arrested, security tightens in southern Thailand after deadly bombing
Aug 24, 2008 ... Two more suspects arrested, security tightens in southernThailand after deadly bombing BANGKOK, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Two more suspects were arrestedearly Sunday related to the deadly bombing in the Thailand's restivefar southern province Narathiwat last week, bringing the ...
Cambodia to build concrete wall at complicated border areas with Thailand: official
Aug 24, 2008 ... Cambodia to build concrete wall at complicated border areas withThailand: official PHNOM PENH, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian government planned tobuild concrete walls at complicated border areas with Thailand, aCambodian official said here on Sunday. Both sides should start ...
Dollar up to lower 110 yen level in Tokyo
Aug 24, 2008 ... Dollar up to lower 110 yen level in Tokyo TOKYO, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar rose to the lower 110yen level Monday morning in Tokyo. The dollar was quoted at 110.12-17 yen at midday, compared with110.03-13 yen in ...
Afghan Health Ministry inks agreements with NGOs to improve service
Aug 24, 2008 ... Afghan Health Ministry inks agreements with NGOs to improveservice KABUL, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Afghanistan Public Health Ministry, ina new move to improve health service for the war-torn nation, inkeda series of agreements with a dozen non-governmental organizations(NGOs) on ...
Sri Lankan gov't officials hail local election result
Aug 24, 2008 ... Sri Lankan gov't officials hail local election result COLOMBO, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan government officials saidSunday that the ruling party's comprehensive win in Saturday' sprovincial council elections was an endorsement of President MahindaRajapakse's anti-terrorism ...
1st Ld-Writethru: NATO soldier killed, 3 others wounded in Afghan chopper emergency landing
Aug 24, 2008 ... 1st Ld-Writethru: NATO soldier killed, 3 others wounded in Afghanchopper emergency landing KABUL, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- An Mi-8 supply helicopter loaded withthe NATO-led International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) wasforced to make an emergency landing shortly after taking off ...
Singapore's half-year inflation up 7.1 percent
Aug 24, 2008 ... Singapore's half-year inflation up 7.1 percent SINGAPORE, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Singapore's inflation rate in thefirst half of 2008 increased 7.1 percent compared with the sameperiod a year ago, the government figures showed on Monday. The consumer price index (CPI) for ...
Major news items in leading Indian newspapers
Aug 24, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Indian newspapers NEW DELHI, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are major news headlinesin leading Indian newspapers on Monday. The Hindu: -- India's Kashmir district authorities have initiated acrackdown against protesters across the area, ...
Afghan clashes leave several militants dead
Aug 24, 2008 ... Afghan clashes leave several militants dead KABUL, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Several militants have been killedduring recent operations separately led by the U.S.-led Coalitionforces and Afghan National Army (ANA) in the war-torn Afghanistan,said the alliance statements released here on ...
Urgent: Pakistan's 2nd largest party wants presidential polls postponed
Aug 24, 2008 ... Urgent: Pakistan's 2nd largest party wants presidential pollspostponed ISLAMABAD, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Pakistan Muslim ...
Olympic, China most successful: Vietnamese media
Aug 24, 2008 ... Olympic, China most successful: Vietnamese media HANOI, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Beijing 2008 Olympic Games has beenthe most successful games in the history, local newspaper Youthreported Monday. Regarding organization work, the host country has left strongimpressions on the ...
1st Ld-Writethru: Pakistan's 2nd largest party wants presidential polls postponed
Aug 24, 2008 ... 1st Ld-Writethru: Pakistan's 2nd largest party wants presidentialpolls postponed ISLAMABAD, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz(PML-N), the second largest party in the country's NationalAssembly, Sunday demanded that the presidential polls scheduled tobe held on ...
Indonesian olympic committee praises Beijing Olympics
Aug 24, 2008 ... Indonesian olympic committee praises Beijing Olympics JAKARTA, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian athletes feel satisfiedwith everything arranged at the Beijing Olympics, particularly theaccommodation, competition halls, venues and food for athletes,Indonesian Olympic Committee said ...
U.S. provides cash to Philippine region devastated by rebellion
Aug 24, 2008 ... U.S. provides cash to Philippine region devastated by rebellion MANILA, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- The United States has allocated 130,000 U.S. dollars for the thousands of civilians displaced by thearmed hostilities between government troops and Moro IslamicLiberation Front (MILF) ...
2nd Ld-Writethru: Pakistan's 2nd largest party wants presidential polls postponed
Aug 24, 2008 ... 2nd Ld-Writethru: Pakistan's 2nd largest party wants presidentialpolls postponed ISLAMABAD, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz(PML-N), the second largest party in the country's NationalAssembly, Sunday demanded that the presidential polls scheduled tobe held on ...
3 shot dead in Thailand's restive south
Aug 24, 2008 ... 3 shot dead in Thailand's restive south BANGKOK, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Insurgent violence continued inThailand's restive deep south as three persons, two women and a man,were killed in two separate incidents early Sunday in Yala province. Teacher Suwannee Salae, 32, and her ...