Xinhua News Agency back issues from Wednesday, September 10:
Lebanese president: national dialogue to start on Sept. 16
Sep 10, 2008 ... Lebanese president: national dialogue to start on Sept. 16 BEIRUT, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese President Michel Suleimanhas announced that the long waited national dialogue will start onSept. 16, local As-Safier daily reported Wednesday. "I invite those who signed the Doha ...
Landslide kills three people in southeastern Turkey
Sep 10, 2008 ... Landslide kills three people in southeastern Turkey ANKARA, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- A landslide killed three villageguards, injured two others and one was missing in southeasternTurkey late Tuesday night because of heavy rain, an officialstatement said on Wednesday. Acting ...
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
Sep 10, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers JERUSALEM, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- The following are major newsitems in leading Israeli newspapers on Wednesday. Ha'aretz: -- Israeli President Shimon Peres said Tuesday that thedifference between Israeli and Palestinian ...
Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers
Sep 10, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers ANKARA, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Turkish newspapers on Wednesday. Radial (Radical): -- Turkish opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) ChairmanDevlet Bahceli warned Prime ...
Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- Sept. 10
Sep 10, 2008 ... Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- Sept. 10 CAIRO, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of majorMiddle East news stories due to be covered or pursued by Xinhua NewsAgency on Wednesday. -- Israeli President Shimon Peres said Tuesday that thedifference between Israeli ...
Arab FMs praise Jordanian king's visit to Iraq and efforts on Jerusalem
Sep 10, 2008 ... Arab FMs praise Jordanian king's visit to Iraq and efforts onJerusalem AMMAN, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Arab Foreign Ministers' Councilwelcomed Jordanian king Abdullah II's visit to Iraq and efforts topreserve the holy sites in Jerusalem, local daily The Jordan Timesreported on ...
Sunni majority leader visits Lebanese tense region for reconciliation
Sep 10, 2008 ... Sunni majority leader visits Lebanese tense region forreconciliation BEIRUT, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese Sunni majority leader SaadHariri Wednesday is visiting eastern Lebanon Bekaa valley region,which was the scene of fighting between pro-government andopposition supporters ...
Jordan to hold international forum on hospitality sector
Sep 10, 2008 ... Jordan to hold international forum on hospitality sector AMMAN, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- The 8th International HospitalityForum (IHF) will take place here next month with large exhibitionson board and several topics affecting the industry slated fordiscussion. Co-organizer of ...
Germany agree to extend its naval troops' mandate in UN forces in Lebanon: report
Sep 10, 2008 ... Germany agree to extend its naval troops' mandate in UN forces inLebanon: report BEIRUT, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- The German government has agreed toextend its naval troops' mandate in the United Nation Interim forcein Lebanon (UNIFIL) for 15 months, Lebanon's Naharnet ...
Very small difference between Israeli, Palestinian positions on borders: Peres
Sep 10, 2008 ... Very small difference between Israeli, Palestinian positions onborders: Peres JERUSALEM, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- The difference between Israeliand Palestinian negotiating positions on the final borders of aPalestinian state was less than five percent, local daily Ha'aretzreported ...
Turkey plans to launch two satellites in six years
Sep 10, 2008 ... Turkey plans to launch two satellites in six years ANKARA, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Turkey's satellite operator Turksatsaid on Wednesday that it plans to launch two satellites, Turksat 4Aand Turksat 5A, in six years, the semi-official Anatolia news agencyreported. Turksat has ...
Jordan's inflation up 14.9 pct in first eight months
Sep 10, 2008 ... Jordan's inflation up 14.9 pct in first eight months AMMAN, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Jordan's consumer price index (CPI)in the first eight months of this year reached 138.41 points, up14.9 percent over the same period last year, local daily The JordanTimes reported Wednesday ....
Palestinian woman attacks Israeli soldiers with acid
Sep 10, 2008 ... Palestinian woman attacks Israeli soldiers with acid RAMALLAH, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- A Palestinian woman threw acid inthe face of two Israeli soldiers at a West Bank checkpoint and fled,witnesses and Israeli army sources said on Wednesday. The woman was among tens of ...
Jordan to launch geo-database on archaeological sites
Sep 10, 2008 ... Jordan to launch geo-database on archaeological sites AMMAN, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Jordan will launch a geo-database tocollect and manage information on archaeological sites throughoutthe kingdom to better preserve the country's historical treasures,local daily The Jordan Times ...
Hamas voices rejection to any reconciliation offer neglecting 2006 election results
Sep 10, 2008 ... Hamas voices rejection to any reconciliation offer neglecting2006 election results GAZA, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Hamas Wednesday said it will rejectany reconciliation offer neglecting the results of 2006parliamentary elections that the Islamic movement won. "We will not give ...
Israel cutting off Gaza from West Bank: Israeli rights group
Sep 10, 2008 ... Israel cutting off Gaza from West Bank: Israeli rights group JERUSALEM, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Israel is taking unilateral stepsin order to institutionalize a new reality of separation between thePalestinian population living in the Gaza Strip and the one livingin the West Bank, a ...
UN team urges for more security of "penetrable" Lebanese borders
Sep 10, 2008 ... UN team urges for more security of "penetrable" Lebanese borders BEIRUT, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- A UN monitoring team has said theLebanese-Syrian border remain "penetrable," urging for Lebanon'smore efforts to make its borders more security, Lebanon's mediaNaharnet reported ...
16 people killed by rainstorms, floods in southern Iran: report
Sep 10, 2008 ... 16 people killed by rainstorms, floods in southern Iran: report TEHRAN, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Some 16 people were killed in heavyrainstorms and floods in southern Iran on Tuesday night, theofficial IRNA news agency reported on Wednesday. Some 11 people were killed in Bazoft ...
Israeli FM says to struggle for final-status deal with PNA
Sep 10, 2008 ... Israeli FM says to struggle for final-status deal with PNA JERUSALEM, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Foreign Minister TzipiLivni will work to sign a final-status agreement with thePalestinian National Authority if she wins next Wednesday's rulingKadima primary, local daily Jerusalem ...
Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers
Sep 10, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers TEHRAN, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Iranian newspapers on Wednesday. Tehran Times: -- Iranian Majlis (Parliament) Speaker Ali Larijani said onTuesday that the proposed security pact ...
Palestinians to ask new Israeli PM to set timetables for peace talks
Sep 10, 2008 ... Palestinians to ask new Israeli PM to set timetables for peacetalks RAMALLAH, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Upcoming Israeli prime ministerwould be asked to set timetables in advance if the Israeligovernment wanted to continue peace talks with the Palestinians, asenior Palestinian ...
Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers
Sep 10, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers CAIRO, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Egyptian newspapers on Wednesday. Al Ahram: -- Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal and Arab LeagueSecretary General Amr Moussa said that ...
Hamas rejects any dialogue before closing Shalit's case
Sep 10, 2008 ... Hamas rejects any dialogue before closing Shalit's case RAMALLAH, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Islamic Resistance Movement,or Hamas, decided not to hold any inter-Palestinian dialogue beforeclosing the case of captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in Gaza,well-informed Palestinian ...
Death toll of Cairo rockslide climbs to 61
Sep 10, 2008 ... Death toll of Cairo rockslide climbs to 61 CAIRO, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- At least 61 people have beenconfirmed dead in a massive rockslide in the east of Cairo, theEgyptian MENA news agency reported on Wednesday, citing an officialsource. Thirteen people out of the 58 injured ...
Hamas denies reports about delaying dialogue until exchanging prisoners
Sep 10, 2008 ... Hamas denies reports about delaying dialogue until exchangingprisoners GAZA, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- A Hamas spokesman on Wednesday deniedreports that his movement wants to postpone national Palestiniandialogue until swapping prisoners with Israel. "These reports are untrue ...
Jordanian king pledges to carry out projects to improve Palestinian refugees' life
Sep 10, 2008 ... Jordanian king pledges to carry out projects to improvePalestinian refugees' life AMMAN, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Jordan's King Abdullah II has pledgedto carry out several projects to improve life of Palestinianrefugees in the kingdom, local daily The Jordan Times reported ...
Urgent: Strong eathquake hits southern Iran
Sep 10, 2008 ... Urgent: Strong eathquake hits southern Iran TEHRAN, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- A strong earthquake ...
Palestinian consensus needed on Arab forces deployment in Gaza: Egyptian FM
Sep 10, 2008 ... Palestinian consensus needed on Arab forces deployment in Gaza:Egyptian FM CAIRO, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed AbulGheit said in his latest comments that the Palestinian consensus isneeded on the issue of Arab forces deployment in the Hamas-ruledGaza ...
Jordan's external debt down 31 pct
Sep 10, 2008 ... Jordan's external debt down 31 pct AMMAN, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Jordan's external debts dropped to3.63 billion Jordanian dinars (about 5.13 billion U.S. dollars) bythe end of July, down 31 percent from that at the end of 2007, theofficial Era news agency reported on Wednesday ....
Jordan's stock market index closes lower
Sep 10, 2008 ... Jordan's stock market index closes lower AMMAN, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- The shares price index of Jordan'sAmman stock market closed at 4,063 points on Wednesday, down ...
Iraq form panel to resolve dispute over election bill
Sep 10, 2008 ... Iraq form panel to resolve dispute over election bill BAGHDAD, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Leaders of Iraqi political blocsWednesday formed a panel to resolve the dispute over the delay ofpassing the provincial election law, a source of the parliamentsaid. "There was a meeting ...
Palestinians prepare to receive Egyptian convey breaking closure
Sep 10, 2008 ... Palestinians prepare to receive Egyptian convey breaking closure GAZA, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Palestinians set to prepare anofficial and popular ceremony to receive Egyptian campaigners whoare traveling to Gaza Strip to break the closure of the territory, aPalestinian official said ...
Turkish FM hopeful about Cyprus talks
Sep 10, 2008 ... Turkish FM hopeful about Cyprus talks ANKARA, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacanon Wednesday expressed his optimism over the recent comprehensivetalks in Cyprus. In a televised interview with the private NTV News Channel,Babacan said that both Turkey ...
1st LD: Strong earthquake hits southern Iran
Sep 10, 2008 ... 1st LD: Strong earthquake hits southern Iran TEHRAN, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- A strong earthquake of up to 6.1magnitude stroke southern Iran on Wednesday, the semi-official Farsnews agency reported. The center of the earthquake was in the area ...
2nd LD: Strong earthquake hits southern Iran
Sep 10, 2008 ... 2nd LD: Strong earthquake hits southern Iran TEHRAN, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- A strong earthquake of up to 6.1magnitude on the Richter scale stroke southern Iran on Wednesday. One person was reported killed and 15 injured so far, statetelevision reported. The Geophysics ...
Main medicine factory in Gaza shuts down
Sep 10, 2008 ... Main medicine factory in Gaza shuts down GAZA, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- The main medicine factory in Gazaclosed down this week due to shortage of raw materials and spareparts, Marwan el-Astal, director of the Middle East Laboratories inGaza, said Wednesday. El-Astal told ...
3rd LD: Strong earthquake in southern Iran kills 3
Sep 10, 2008 ... 3rd LD: Strong earthquake in southern Iran kills 3 TEHRAN, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- A strong earthquake of 6.1 magnitudeon the Richter scale stroke southern Iran on Wednesday, killing 3people and wounding 22 so far, local media reported. The Geophysics Institute of Tehran ...
Iraq to purchase F-16 U.S. fighter jets
Sep 10, 2008 ... Iraq to purchase F-16 U.S. fighter jets BAGHDAD, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi Defense Minister Abdul QadirJasim Mohammad said Wednesday that Iraq is planning to purchase F-16 fighter jets from the United States. "This advanced plane would help improve the future ability of ...
Roundup: Israeli official says Hamas's outspread diminishes authority of PNA
Sep 10, 2008 ... Roundup: Israeli official says Hamas's outspread diminishesauthority of PNA by Deng Yushan Jerusalem, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Hamas has become so powerful thatIsrael is actually negotiating with "half a body" of thePalestinians in its peace talks with the Palestinian ...
Morocco vaccinates livestock after plague outbreak
Sep 10, 2008 ... Morocco vaccinates livestock after plague outbreak RABAT, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Morocco said Wednesday that it haslaunched a large-scale campaign to vaccinate all its livestock afterthe outbreak in July of the deadly viral disease known as the Pestedes Petits Ruminants (PPR), local ...
Israeli defense chief warns against kidnapping threat abroad
Sep 10, 2008 ... Israeli defense chief warns against kidnapping threat abroad JERUSALEM, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Israelis abroad should take thethreat of being kidnapped by militant groups seriously, IsraeliDefense Minister Ehud Barak told journalists Wednesday afternoon. "I think that Israeli ...
Writethru: Strong earthquake in southern Iran kills 4
Sep 10, 2008 ... Writethru: Strong earthquake in southern Iran kills 4 TEHRAN, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- A strong earthquake of 6.1 magnitudeon the Richter scale struck southern Iran on Wednesday, killing 4people and wounding 34 so far, local media reported. Iran's state television quoted Bageri, ...
S. Korea looks into FTAs with Turkey, Peru
Sep 10, 2008 ... S. Korea looks into FTAs with Turkey, Peru SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's Ministry of ForeignAffairs and Trade said the country has started assessing the impactof free-trade agreement (FTA) with Turkey, and is also seriouslyconsidering to start formal talks for FTA with ...
Dollar rises to lower 107 yen in Tokyo
Sep 10, 2008 ... Dollar rises to lower 107 yen in Tokyo TOKYO, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar rose to the lower 107yen level Wednesday morning in Tokyo. At noon, the dollar traded at 107.15-20 yen against 106.76-86 yenin New York and ...
Vietnam to invest 659 mln USD in agricultural development next year
Sep 10, 2008 ... Vietnam to invest 659 mln USD in agricultural development nextyear HANOI, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam is estimated to pour over 11trillion Vietnamese dong (VND) (some 658.7 million U.S. dollars)into developing its agriculture in 2009, partly by fosteringaquaculture and salt ...
Insurgent facilitator seized in S. Afghanistan
Sep 10, 2008 ... Insurgent facilitator seized in S. Afghanistan KABUL, Sept. 10 (Xinhu) -- The Afghan National Security Forces(ANSF) backed by the U.S.-led Coalition forces detained a suspectedinsurgent and heavy weapons facilitator on Tuesday in the Tarin Kotdistrict, capital of southern ...
Myanmar PM on post-storm relief, rehabilitation work
Sep 10, 2008 ... Myanmar PM on post-storm relief, rehabilitation work YANGON, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Over 1 million people in Myanmar'sstorm-hit regions have been rescued in time, the official newspaperNew Light of Myanmar quoted Prime Minister General Thein Sein assaying Thursday. At a ...
Thai RSS3 rubber price
Sep 10, 2008 ... Thai RSS3 rubber price BANGKOK, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- The following are the official noonFOB prices of Ribbed Smoked Sheets Grade 3 (RSS3) rubber atThailand's southern central market in Songkhla ...
BKK III 0911099 Bangkok Rice F.O.B. Prices
Sep 10, 2008 ... BKK III 0911099 Bangkok Rice F.O.B. Prices BANGKOK, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- The following are Bangkok Rice F.O.B. prices, as offered by the Rice Exporters Association ofThailand,for the week starting Wednesday: Unit: U.S. dollar/Metric Ton this week last week ...
Suspected spy held under ISA released in Malaysia
Sep 10, 2008 ... Suspected spy held under ISA released in Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- A 25-year-old man, detainedsince July 28 last year under the Internal Security Act on suspicionof being a foreign spy in Malaysia, was released on Tuesday, localmedia reported on Thursday ....
S. Korea jobless rate stays at 3.1 pct in August
Sep 10, 2008 ... S. Korea jobless rate stays at 3.1 pct in August SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's jobless rate stayed at3.1 percent in August, unchanged from the previous month, the reportby the country's National Statistical Office (NSO) showed Wednesday. According to the report, ...
S. Korea's money supply growth up 13.2 pct in July
Sep 10, 2008 ... S. Korea's money supply growth up 13.2 pct in July SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's money supply gained13.2 percent in July, growing at a faster pace than June's 12.7percent as lending by households and companies increased, the Bankof Korea (BOK) said Wednesday ....
1st LD Writethru: Japan to withdraw ASDF troops from Iraq within 2008
Sep 10, 2008 ... 1st LD Writethru: Japan to withdraw ASDF troops from Iraq within2008 TOKYO, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Japan is to pull its Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) out of Iraq by the end of the year, saidDefense Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi Thursday. The decision was made as Iraq's political ...
Truck collides with train in New Zealand
Sep 10, 2008 ... Truck collides with train in New Zealand WELLINGTON, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- A man was seriously injured whenthe truck he was driving collided with a freight train in NewZealand's South Island on Wednesday. The accident occurred at Lake Poerua, between Rotomanu andInchbonnie, ...
Tokyo stocks end mixed
Sep 10, 2008 ... Tokyo stocks end mixed TOKYO, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks end mixed Wednesday. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average finished with a loss of 54. 02points, ...
NATO bomb kills, wounds 12 civilians in E. Afghanistan
Sep 10, 2008 ... NATO bomb kills, wounds 12 civilians in E. Afghanistan KABUL, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- A bombing on Tuesday carried out bythe NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) ineastern Afghan province of Khost missed the target, killing twocivilians and wounding 10 others, ...
Landslide kills 4 in Ambon of Indonesia
Sep 10, 2008 ... Landslide kills 4 in Ambon of Indonesia JAKARTA, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- A landslide triggered by incessantrains since late Tuesday killed at least four people in Nusaniwe subdistrict, Ambon, Maluku Province of Indonesia, according to localmedia Wednesday. "We are still ...
Nepali gov't accords top priority in concluding peace process
Sep 10, 2008 ... Nepali gov't accords top priority in concluding peace process KATHMANDU, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Nepali President Rambaran Yadavunveiled the government's policies and programs for the fiscal year2008-2009 on Wednesday. "Taking the peace process to its logical conclusion, ...
1st LD Writethru: Tokyo stocks close mixed
Sep 10, 2008 ... 1st LD Writethru: Tokyo stocks close mixed TOKYO, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks closed mixed Wednesday. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average finished with a loss of 54. 02points, or 0.44 percent, from Tuesday to 12,346.63. The broader Topix index of all First Section ...
Thai PPP seeks supports from parties
Sep 10, 2008 ... Thai PPP seeks supports from parties BANGKOK, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's People Power Party (PPP) on Wednesday started seeking supports from various parties inthe former ruling alliance, after its leader and former primeminister was forced out of office by a court ruling on ...
Afghan clash leaves 12 militants killed in East
Sep 10, 2008 ... Afghan clash leaves 12 militants killed in East KABUl, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Afghan National Army (ANA) by thesupport of the U.S.-led Coalition forces have eliminated 12militants in Waza Jardan district of eastern Afghanistan's Paktyaprovince, said a statement of Defense Ministry ...
Indonesian parliament supports government's decision on withdrawal from OPEC
Sep 10, 2008 ... Indonesian parliament supports government's decision onwithdrawal from OPEC JAKARTA, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian House of Representatives(DPR)'s commission VII supported the government's decision on thewithdrawal from the Organization of the Petroleum ExportingCountries ...
Security forces kill 11 militants in NW Pakistan
Sep 10, 2008 ... Security forces kill 11 militants in NW Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- At least 11 militants were killedand seven others injured after security forces launched air strikesat militants' hideouts in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, accordingto private Geo TV channel ....
Roundup: World Bank hails regulatory reforms in Africa
Sep 10, 2008 ... Roundup: World Bank hails regulatory reforms in Africa By Daniel Ooko NAIROBI, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Africa had a record year forregulatory reforms that make it easier to do business, with 28countries completing 58 reforms, according to Doing Business 2009,the sixth in an ...
Angola closes provincial ballots count with ruling party gaining 81.76 pct
Sep 10, 2008 ... Angola closes provincial ballots count with ruling party gaining81.76 pct LUANDA, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Angolan National ElectoralCommission (CNE) here on Wednesday released the last provisionalresults of the September 5 parliamentary elections, which continueto place the ...