Xinhua News Agency back issues from Wednesday, August 27:
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
Aug 27, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers JERUSALEM, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Israeli newspapers on Wednesday. Ha'aretz: -- Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak told Egyptian PresidentHosni Mubarak on Tuesday that Israel ...
Jordan to receive bids for first wind plant
Aug 27, 2008 ... Jordan to receive bids for first wind plant AMMAN, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Jordan will receive bids for its firstoperational wind energy plant by the end of August, local daily TheJordan Times reported on Wednesday. Companies from Germany, Spain, Greece, Italy, Denmark, Russia ...
Lebanese Speaker postpones vote on new election law until Sep. 25
Aug 27, 2008 ... Lebanese Speaker postpones vote on new election law until Sep. 25 BEIRUT, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Lebanon's parliament Speaker NabihBerri has postponed the parliamentary vote on a new draft electionlaw until Sep. 25, after majority legislators refused to adopt thenew law without ...
Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- Aug. 27
Aug 27, 2008 ... Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- Aug. 27 CAIRO, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of major MiddleEast news stories due to be covered or pursued by Xinhua News Agencyon Wednesday. -- UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North AfricaSigrid Kaag is to ...
Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers
Aug 27, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers ANKARA, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Turkish newspapers on Wednesday. TURKIYE (Turkey): -- A total of 14 PKK members were killed and five village guardsdied during the clashes between ...
Smuggling weapons still over Lebanese-Syrian borders: UN report
Aug 27, 2008 ... Smuggling weapons still over Lebanese-Syrian borders: UN report BEIRUT, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Lebanese eastern borders remainopen to weapons smuggling from Syria, according to a reportsubmitted to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon by an independentcommittee he appointed ....
Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers
Aug 27, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Iranian newspapers on Wednesday. Tehran Times: -- Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said onTuesday that scientific advancement is ...
Israeli air force purchases instant fixing material for runways: report
Aug 27, 2008 ... Israeli air force purchases instant fixing material for runways:report JERUSALEM, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Israel Air Force (IAF) haspurchased a unique material able to repair bombed-out runways withinminutes, local daily The Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday. According to ...
Jordan initiates environmental forum to tackle urban challenges
Aug 27, 2008 ... Jordan initiates environmental forum to tackle urban challenges AMMAN, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Jordan will host the Eco-Cities of theMediterranean Forum 2008 scheduled to open on Oct. 18 with aims totackle urban environmental issues and promote environment- friendlypractices across ...
Israeli air force purchases instant fixing material for runways: report
Aug 27, 2008 ... Israeli air force purchases instant fixing material for runways:report JERUSALEM, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Israel Air Force (IAF) haspurchased a unique material able to repair bombed-out runways withinminutes, local daily The Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday. A number of ...
Jordan's opposition, rights groups to press Egypt to open Rafah crossing
Aug 27, 2008 ... Jordan's opposition, rights groups to press Egypt to open Rafahcrossing AMMAN, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- An opposition-led delegation plans tovisit the Egyptian embassy here on Wednesday, urging the country toopen the Rafah border crossing with Gaza, local daily The JordanTimes ...
Israel extends Gaza crossings closure until further notice
Aug 27, 2008 ... Israel extends Gaza crossings closure until further notice GAZA, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Israel kept the closure of crossingpoints into Gaza on Wednesday until a further notice, Palestinianofficials said. Raed Fatouh, head of good-entry committee, said the Israeli sidetold the ...
1st LD: Sudan hijackers to free women, children
Aug 27, 2008 ... 1st LD: Sudan hijackers to free women, children CAIRO, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- The hijackers of a Sudanese planeforced to land in Libya have agreed to free women and children, thepan-Arab al-Jazeera TV channel reported on Wednesday. The Qatar-based TV channel said negotiations ...
Urgent: Sudan hijackers to free women, children : TV
Aug 27, 2008 ... Urgent: Sudan hijackers to free women, children : TV CAIRO, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- The hijackers of a Sudanese ...
Urgent: Hijackers free all Sudanese plane passengers: TV
Aug 27, 2008 ... Urgent: Hijackers free all Sudanese plane passengers: TV CAIRO, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- All the passengers of the hijackedSudanese plane have started to leave it, the pan-Arab al-Jazeera TVchannel reported on ...
Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers
Aug 27, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers CAIRO, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Egyptian newspapers on Wednesday. Al Ahram: -- U.S. Ambassador to Egypt Margaret Scoby said the U.S. does notat all interfere in Egypt's domestic ...
Azilect slows Parkinson's progression: research
Aug 27, 2008 ... Azilect slows Parkinson's progression: research JERUSALEM, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- An Israel-developed drug has beenproved to be able to slow the progression of the Parkinson'sdisease, local daily Ha'aretz reported Wednesday. A Phase III trial showed that patients treated with ...
Abbas to meet Olmert on Sunday: Official sources
Aug 27, 2008 ... Abbas to meet Olmert on Sunday: Official sources RAMALLAH, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbasand Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert may meet on Sunday,Palestinian sources said on Wednesday. The sources said that the Palestinian and the Israeli ...
2nd LD: Hijackers free all Sudanese plane passengers: TV
Aug 27, 2008 ... 2nd LD: Hijackers free all Sudanese plane passengers: TV CAIRO, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- All passengers of the hijackedSudanese plane have started to leave it, the pan-Arab al-Jazeera TVchannel reported on Wednesday. The crew members were still held by the hijackers on board, ...
1st LD: Hijackers free all Sudanese plane passengers: TV
Aug 27, 2008 ... 1st LD: Hijackers free all Sudanese plane passengers: TV CAIRO, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- All the passengers of the hijackedSudanese plane have started to leave it, the pan-Arab al-Jazeera TVchannel reported on Wednesday. The Sudanese passenger plane were hijacked on Tuesday en ...
"Free Gaza" vessels activists join protests against Gaza blockade
Aug 27, 2008 ... "Free Gaza" vessels activists join protests against Gaza blockade GAZA, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- 44 international pro-Palestinianactivists, who arrived in Gaza on Saturday on two boats sailed fromCyprus joined on Wednesday, protests in Gaza against the Israeliblockade. Israel has ...
Rice asks Israeli, Palestinian negotiators to intensify talks
Aug 27, 2008 ... Rice asks Israeli, Palestinian negotiators to intensify talks RAMALLAH, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State CondoleezzaRice asked Israeli and Palestinian top negotiators to intensifytheir discussions in the coming weeks, Palestinian negotiator SaebErekat said on Wednesday ....
U.S. proposes troops presence to 2015 in Iraq, Talabani
Aug 27, 2008 ... U.S. proposes troops presence to 2015 in Iraq, Talabani BAGHDAD, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi President Jalal Talabani saidthat the United States asked Iraq to keep its troops in the war-torn country until 2015, but negotiations set 2011 as a dead line,website of Talabani's party ...
Iranian party nominates former parliament speaker for presidency
Aug 27, 2008 ... Iranian party nominates former parliament speaker for presidency TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Iran's National Confidence Party hasofficially nominated party leader Mehdi Karroubi as its candidatefor Iran's next presidential race, the English-language Press TVsatellite channel ...
Iranian president heads to SCO summit in Tajikistan
Aug 27, 2008 ... Iranian president heads to SCO summit in Tajikistan TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejadheading a high-ranking delegation left Tehran on Wednesday forDushanbe, Tajikistan, to attend the Shanghai CooperationOrganization (SCO) Summit, the official IRNA ...
Haneya: dialogue efforts still in early phases
Aug 27, 2008 ... Haneya: dialogue efforts still in early phases GAZA, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Efforts to resume inter-Palestiniandialogue still in early phases of coordinating the stances of thePalestinian groups, deposed Hamas premier Ismail Haneya said onWednesday. "The dialogue's way is not ...
U.S. soldier killed in bomb attack in Baghdad
Aug 27, 2008 ... U.S. soldier killed in bomb attack in Baghdad BAGHDAD, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- An American soldier died onWednesday from fatal wounds received in a bomb explosion in Baghdad,the U.S. military said. The attack took place on Tuesday in northeastern the capital whenan improvised ...
Jordan's stock market index closes higher
Aug 27, 2008 ... Jordan's stock market index closes higher AMMAN, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- The shares price index of Jordan'sAmman stock market closed at 4,310 points on Wednesday, up 55 ...
Three Iraqis killed, 19 injured in Baghdad bombings
Aug 27, 2008 ... Three Iraqis killed, 19 injured in Baghdad bombings BAGHDAD, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Three civilians were killed and 19others injured in a car bomb and roadside bomb explosions in Baghdadon Wednesday, an Interior Ministry source said. "Three civilians were killed and eight others ...
Israel agrees to grant amnesty to 64 Palestinian activists
Aug 27, 2008 ... Israel agrees to grant amnesty to 64 Palestinian activists RAMALLAH, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and Israel agreed to settle the issue of 64 wanted Palestinianfighters and activists, security sources said on Wednesday. In a meeting between Israeli ...
Egyptian FM meets Lebanese leaders in Beirut
Aug 27, 2008 ... Egyptian FM meets Lebanese leaders in Beirut BEIRUT, Aug. 27 ( Xinhua) -- Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed AbulGheit met in Beirut Wednesday with Lebanese President MichelSuleiman, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister FouadSeniora, expressing his worries about the ...
Iran to develop independent missile headquarters: commander
Aug 27, 2008 ... Iran to develop independent missile headquarters: commander TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Islamic Revolution GuardsCorps (IRGC) Commander Brigadier General Mohammad-Ali Jafari saidhere on Wednesday that it is possible for Iran to establish anindependent headquarters of ...
Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes up
Aug 27, 2008 ... Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes up JERUSALEM, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Tel Aviv Stock Exchangegeneral share index closed at ...
Moroccan king congratulates Hu on successful Olympics
Aug 27, 2008 ... Moroccan king congratulates Hu on successful Olympics RABAT, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Moroccan King Mohammed VI sent acongratulation message to Chinese President Hu Jintao on the successof the 29th Olympic Games held in Beijing on Aug. 8-24, local MAPnews agency reported on Wednesday ....
Turkish parliamentary speaker praises success of Beijing Olympic Games
Aug 27, 2008 ... Turkish parliamentary speaker praises success of Beijing OlympicGames ANKARA, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Turkish Parliamentary Speaker KoksalToptan on Wednesday praised the success of the just-ended BeijingOlympic Games. During his meeting with the outgoing Chinese Ambassador to ...
Israel to reopen Gaza border crossings
Aug 27, 2008 ... Israel to reopen Gaza border crossings JERUSALEM, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Israeli defense ministry saidWednesday evening that it will reopen the border crossings with theGaza Strip Thursday, allowing goods to enter the Hamas-ruledenclave. The Jewish state shut down the gateways ...
Turkey's next military chief pledges to combat terrorism
Aug 27, 2008 ... Turkey's next military chief pledges to combat terrorism ANKARA, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Turkey's next Chief of General StaffGeneral Ilker Basbug said on Wednesday that Turkey would continue tocombat the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK), which has beenstaging attacks against ...
Roundup: China becomes Israel's second largest exporter in 2007
Aug 27, 2008 ... Roundup: China becomes Israel's second largest exporter in 2007 By Zhang Yanyang, Huang Heng JERUSALEM, August 27, (Xinhua) -- Chinese exports to Israelsurpassed Germany's in 2007, making China Israel's second largestimporting country, Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics ...
Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2100 GMT, Aug. 27
Aug 27, 2008 ... Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2100 GMT, Aug. 27 BEIRUT -- Lebanon's parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has postponedthe parliamentary vote on a new draft election law until Sep. 25,after majority legislators refused to adopt the new law withoutfurther reforms, local Daily Star ...
Dollar at mid-109 yen in Tokyo
Aug 27, 2008 ... Dollar at mid-109 yen in Tokyo TOKYO, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar stood at the mid-109yen level early Thursday in Tokyo. The dollar was quoted at 109.40-45 yen at 9:00 a.m., comparedwith 109.45-55 yen in New York ...
Opinion poll shows narrower gap between New Zealand's National, Labor parties
Aug 27, 2008 ... Opinion poll shows narrower gap between New Zealand's National,Labor parties WELLINGTON, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand's opposition Nationalparty is shedding support to its chief rival Labor party as theelection nears, but it still has enough backing to govern thecountry alone ...
Ship explosion kills 1, injures 19 in Vietnam
Aug 27, 2008 ... Ship explosion kills 1, injures 19 in Vietnam HANOI, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- A ship exploded when exploiting metalscraps in Vietnam's sea waters, killing one local man and injuring19 others, local newspaper Young People reported Thursday. The ship owned by Le Van Cu from Ninh ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Aug 27, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers TOKYO, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Thursday: The Daily Yomiuri: -- The body of Japanese aid worker Kazuya Ito, kidnapped inAfghanistan Tuesday, was found ...
Major news items in leading Australian newspapers
Aug 27, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Australian newspapers CANBERRA, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Australian newspapers on Thursday. The Australian: -- Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will demand states take tough actionagainst failing schools, ...
Tokyo stocks open nearly 0.5 pct higher
Aug 27, 2008 ... Tokyo stocks open nearly 0.5 pct higher TOKYO, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks opened higher Thursday. The Nikkei Stock Average rose 62.58 points, or 0.49 percent, ...
Feature: Bangladesh's centuries-old horse-drawn carriages limping to survive
Aug 27, 2008 ... Feature: Bangladesh's centuries-old horse-drawn carriages limpingto survive By Ershadul Huq DHAKA, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Horse drawn carriages, which are saidto be introduced by a local king and once the major mode oftransport for then elite of the historic city of Dhaka, now ...
Tokyo stocks up slightly in morning trading
Aug 27, 2008 ... Tokyo stocks up slightly in morning trading TOKYO, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks went down slightlyThursday morning. The Nikkei Stock Average ...
Thai military cancels talks with Cambodia on border dispute
Aug 27, 2008 ... Thai military cancels talks with Cambodia on border dispute PHNOM PENH, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Amid mass protests in Bangkok,the Thai military has canceled bilateral talks with Cambodia overthe border dispute near the Preah Vihear temple scheduled for Fridayin Siem Reap town, local ...
Malaysian PM dismisses possibility of Anwar being PM
Aug 27, 2008 ... Malaysian PM dismisses possibility of Anwar being PM KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia's de facto oppositionleader Anwar Ibrahim will not be the prime minister by Sept. 16,Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said in Johor Bahru,capital of Malaysian southern ...
Vietnam to remove university entrance exams in 2010
Aug 27, 2008 ... Vietnam to remove university entrance exams in 2010 HANOI, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Vietnamese Ministry of Educationand Training said it will no longer organize university entranceexams from 2010, local newspaper Youth reported Thursday. Universities and colleges nationwide ...
Quake rocks eastern Indonesia
Aug 27, 2008 ... Quake rocks eastern IndonesiaJAKARTA, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Anearthquake measuring 5.4 magnitude on the Richter scale joltedeastern parts of Indonesia on Thursday, but there were no reports ofdamage or casualties, the Indonesian Meteorology Agency said. The quake struck at 09:59 ...
Vietnam axes petroleum retail prices twice this month
Aug 27, 2008 ... Vietnam axes petroleum retail prices twice this month HANOI, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam, slashing its retail price ofstandard petroleum by nearly 5.3 percent on Aug. 14 due to decliningworld oil prices, lowered the price again by roughly 5.6 percent onWednesday, the country's ...
Over a dozen militants killed in S. Afghanistan
Aug 27, 2008 ... Over a dozen militants killed in S. Afghanistan KABUL, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Afghan National Security Forces(ANSF)backed by the U.S.-led Coalition forces have killed over a dozenmilitants in southern Afghan province of Helmand, said a Coalitionstatement released here on Wednesday ....
CPN-M to give 2nd position to CPN-UML in government
Aug 27, 2008 ... CPN-M to give 2nd position to CPN-UML in government KATHMANDU, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M) has in principle agreed to provide the CommunistParty of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) (CPN-UML) second positionin the cabinet, local newspaper The ...
Tropical depression Lawin threatens N. Philippines
Aug 27, 2008 ... Tropical depression Lawin threatens N. Philippines Manila, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Tropical Depression Lawin, which ishovering above the Philippine sea, is expected to land on thenorthern Philippine island of Luzon late Wednesday, the country'sweather forecast bureau reported ....
Indian stock market opens higher
Aug 27, 2008 ... Indian stock market opens higher MUMBAI, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Indian shares opened higher onWednesday, with the key Sensex index up 0.56 percent after opening. Sensex rose 80.88 points to 14563.10 in the morning. Sensex is the ...
1st Ld-Writethru: Economic growth slows down to 4.6 percent in Philippines
Aug 27, 2008 ... 1st Ld-Writethru: Economic growth slows down to 4.6 percent inPhilippines MANILA, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Economic growth slowed down to 4.6percent amid high prices of goods and services in the Philippinesfrom January to June this year, said the country's planning body onThursday ....
ASEAN, India conclude free trade deal in goods
Aug 27, 2008 ... ASEAN, India conclude free trade deal in goods SINGAPORE, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Association of Southeast AsianNations (ASEAN) has concluded a free trade deal in goods with India,the bloc's seventh largest trading partner, after five years ofnegotiations, ministers said here on ...
Eight deposed judges restored in Pakistan's Sindh province
Aug 27, 2008 ... Eight deposed judges restored in Pakistan's Sindh province ISLAMABAD, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Eight deposed judges Wednesdaytook oath of office in Pakistan's Sindh province, according to TVchannel DAWN NEWS. The law ministry has issued a notification to raise the number ...
Tokyo stocks close lower
Aug 27, 2008 ... Tokyo stocks close lower TOKYO, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks closed lower Wednesday. The Nikkei Stock Average fell 25.75 points, or 0.20 ...
One dead after two planes clip mid-air in Melbourne, Australia
Aug 27, 2008 ... One dead after two planes clip mid-air in Melbourne, Australia CANBERRA, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Two light aircraft clipped in mid-air on Wednesday afternoon, causing one plane crash and killing thepilot, while the second landed safely in Melbourne's south- east ofAustralia ....
Road accidents kill 4.5 people per day in Cambodia
Aug 27, 2008 ... Road accidents kill 4.5 people per day in Cambodia PHNOM PENH, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- In the first seven months of2008, road accidents seriously wounded 32 people and killed 4.5 onan average day, Sun Chanthol, Minister of Public Works andTransportation and chairman of the Road Safety ...
Australian scientists find Australia largely untouched by humans
Aug 27, 2008 ... Australian scientists find Australia largely untouched by humans CANBERRA, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Australian scientists have foundthat the continent is one of the world's top five wilderness havens,ranking alongside the Amazon forest and the Sahara desert. A report issued on ...
Roundup: Japan's central gov't departments to pursue larger budgets for FY 2009
Aug 27, 2008 ... Roundup: Japan's central gov't departments to pursue largerbudgets for FY 2009 TOKYO, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Some of the Japanese centralgovernment departments unveiled their decision Wednesday to securelarger budgets for the fiscal 2009 for their respective purposes. The ...
Urgent: Body of Japanese abductee found in E. Afghanistan
Aug 27, 2008 ... Urgent: Body of Japanese abductee found in E. Afghanistan KABUL, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- The body of a Japanese aid worker ...