Xinhua News Agency back issues from Monday, October 6:
Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- Oct. 6
Oct 06, 2008 ... Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- Oct. 6 CAIRO, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of major MiddleEast news stories due to be covered or pursued by Xinhua News Agencyon Monday. -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is scheduled to leave atnoon Monday on a 24-hour ...
Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers
Oct 06, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers ANKARA, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Turkish newspapers on Monday.TURKIYE (Turkey): -- Thousands of people paid their last tribute to 15 soldiers whowere killed by the banned Kurdish ...
Lebanese president inquires about recent Syrian deployment
Oct 06, 2008 ... Lebanese president inquires about recent Syrian deployment BEIRUT, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese President Michel Suleiman onSunday contacted his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad to inquireabout its deployment of almost 10,000 soldiers along its northernborders with Lebanon, local ...
Israel likely to withdraw from Lebanese occupied village
Oct 06, 2008 ... Israel likely to withdraw from Lebanese occupied village BEIRUT, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- United Nations Interim Forces inLebanon (UNIFIL) has informed Lebanese authorities that Israel islikely to withdraw from the Lebanese side of Ghajar village at theLebanese southern borders by Nov ....
Hamas holds provisos on inter-Palestinian dialogue: official
Oct 06, 2008 ... Hamas holds provisos on inter-Palestinian dialogue: official GAZA, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Islamic Hamas movement on Monday said ithas several reservations and will not start inter-Palestiniandialogue unless those conditions are taken into consideration. The Hamas movement is ...
Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers
Oct 06, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers TEHRAN, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Iranian newspapers on Monday. Tehran Times: -- Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki Sunday vowed thatIran would continue its uranium ...
Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers
Oct 06, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers CAIRO, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Egyptian newspapers on Monday.Al Ahram: -- At least 11 Egyptians were killed when an intercity buscollided head-on with a truck on a highway south ...
Jordan's stock market index closes lower
Oct 06, 2008 ... Jordan's stock market index closes lower AMMAN, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- The shares price index of Jordan'sAmman stock market closed at 3,781 points on Monday, down 170 ...
Urgent:Turkish army attacks Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq: military
Oct 06, 2008 ... Urgent:Turkish army attacks Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq:military ANKARA, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Turkish army ...
Israel arrests 9 Palestinians in West Bank
Oct 06, 2008 ... Israel arrests 9 Palestinians in West Bank RAMALLAH, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Israeli forces arrested ninePalestinians in the West Bank Sunday night and on Monday morning,Palestinian security sources said. Among the detainees was a senior Islamic Jihad commander who wasarrested ...
Hamas advisor calls to study dissolving PNA if factions fail to agree
Oct 06, 2008 ... Hamas advisor calls to study dissolving PNA if factions fail toagree GAZA, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- A Hamas advisor on Monday called forstudying the dissolving of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA)if Palestinian factions failed to reach a national agreement inupcoming ...
Abbas starts four-day visit to India
Oct 06, 2008 ... Abbas starts four-day visit to India RAMALLAH, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbaswill on Monday embark on a four-day visit to India, Palestiniansources from Abbas office said. The visit is part of an Asian tour that will also take Abbas toSyria and Sri ...
1st LD: Turkish army attacks Kurdish rebels in N. Iraq: military
Oct 06, 2008 ... 1st LD: Turkish army attacks Kurdish rebels in N. Iraq: military ANKARA, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Turkish army on Monday morning hit the Kurdish rebel hideouts in neighboring northern Iraq, accordingto the Turkish military sources. The sources said ...
Official: Egypt to invite all factions for dialogue in early November
Oct 06, 2008 ... Official: Egypt to invite all factions for dialogue in earlyNovember GAZA, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- A Palestinian official said on Mondaythat Egypt is scheduled to invite leaders of 12 Palestinianfactions, including rival Fatah and Hamas for a comprehensivePalestinian dialogue on ...
Update:Turkish army hit PKK targets in N. Iraq
Oct 06, 2008 ... Update:Turkish army hit PKK targets in N. Iraq ANKARA, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Turkish army on Monday morning hit the Kurdish rebel hideouts in neighboring northern Iraq, a militarystatement said. The air operation staged by Turkish army in northern Iraq againstthe targets of ...
Hamas denies differences between its Gaza, West Bank leaders
Oct 06, 2008 ... Hamas denies differences between its Gaza, West Bank leaders GAZA, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- A Hamas spokesman on Monday deniedreports that differences between the Gaza-based leaders of theIslamic movement and their counterparts in West Bank have widened. The reports said Hamas has ...
Iraq reports more than 400 cholera cases
Oct 06, 2008 ... Iraq reports more than 400 cholera cases BAGHDAD, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Iraq's Health Ministry said that 417cholera cases have been reported in Iraq after detecting some 80 newcases across the country, an official newspaper al-Sabah reported onMonday. "A total of 417 cholera ...
Fatah official: Egyptian-sponsored dialogue to start in November
Oct 06, 2008 ... Fatah official: Egyptian-sponsored dialogue to start in November RAMALLAH, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- The first session of Egyptian-sponsored inter-Palestinian dialogue will start on Nov. 14, anofficial of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement saidon Monday. "The ...
Egyptian puts 14-article initiative to end Palestinian crisis: report
Oct 06, 2008 ... Egyptian puts 14-article initiative to end Palestinian crisis:report GAZA, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- An Egyptian initiative, consists of 14articles, will be presented to the Palestinian factions' leaders whoare scheduled to convene in Cairo on early November, an Arab dailysaid Monday ....
Olmert says optimistic about agreement with Palestinians by year- end
Oct 06, 2008 ... Olmert says optimistic about agreement with Palestinians by year-end JERUSALEM, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud OlmertMonday said he is optimistic that a peace agreement with thePalestinian National Authority (PNA) would be reached by the end of2008, local daily ...
Turkey asks U.S. for more cooperation on fighting against terror
Oct 06, 2008 ... Turkey asks U.S. for more cooperation on fighting against terror ANKARA, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Turkey has asked the United States formore cooperation on the fight against terrorism, the semi- officialAnatolia news agency reported on Monday. Turkish Foreign Ministry ...
Independent Palestinian academic ready to run for presidency
Oct 06, 2008 ... Independent Palestinian academic ready to run for presidency RAMALLAH, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- An independent Palestinian academicsaid Monday that he will stand for presidential elections if theywere held in January. Abdel Satar Qassem, politics professor in Nablus' ...
Hamas lawmakers urges Abbas to legally end presidential term on Jan. 8
Oct 06, 2008 ... Hamas lawmakers urges Abbas to legally end presidential term onJan. 8 GAZA, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian lawmakers from the IslamicHamas movement in Gaza decided Monday that the presidential term ofPresident Mahmoud Abbas would legally end on Jan. 8, 2009. The ...
Iran has no reason to stop enrichment: spokesman
Oct 06, 2008 ... Iran has no reason to stop enrichment: spokesman TEHRAN, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Foreign Ministry SpokesmanHassan Qashqavi said on Monday that Iran has no reason to stopuranium enrichment as there is no guarantee that the West would meetthe country's demand on nuclear fuel ....
Two Iraqis killed in gunfire attacks in northern city of Mosul
Oct 06, 2008 ... Two Iraqis killed in gunfire attacks in northern city of Mosul MOSUL, Iraq, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Two Iraqis, including apoliceman, were killed and another people was injured in two gunfireattacks on Monday in the northern city of Mosul, capital of Ninevehprovince, a provincial ...
Iran writes letter to EU's Solana on nuclear issue
Oct 06, 2008 ... Iran writes letter to EU's Solana on nuclear issue TEHRAN, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Iran's top nuclear negotiator SaeedJalili has written a letter to European Union (EU) foreign policychief Javier Solana, the official IRNA news agency reported hereMonday. Iran's Ambassador to ...
Update: Iran writes letter to EU's Solana on nuclear issue
Oct 06, 2008 ... Update: Iran writes letter to EU's Solana on nuclear issue TEHRAN, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Iran's top nuclear negotiator SaeedJalili has written a letter to European Union (EU) foreign policychief Javier Solana, the official IRNA news agency reported hereMonday. Iran's ...
Urgent: Turkish warplanes strike PKK rebel group in southeastern province
Oct 06, 2008 ... Urgent: Turkish warplanes strike PKK rebel group in southeasternprovince ANKARA, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Turkish military announced Mondaythat its ...
1st LD: Turkish warplanes strike PKK rebel group in southeastern province
Oct 06, 2008 ... 1st LD: Turkish warplanes strike PKK rebel group in southeasternprovince ANKARA, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Turkish military announced Mondaythat its warplanes launched an airstrike on a group of the militantsof the banned Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) on Mount Buzul in ...
Bodies of two Turkish soldiers found: military
Oct 06, 2008 ... Bodies of two Turkish soldiers found: military ANKARA, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Turkish military said Monday thatbodies of two missing soldiers in the Friday attack by the outlawedKurdish Workers' Party (PKK) have been found. The Turkish General Staff said in a statement posted ...
Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes lower
Oct 06, 2008 ... Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes lower JERUSALEM, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange generalshare index closed at ...
Poll: 63 percent Palestinians support extending Abbas' presidential term
Oct 06, 2008 ... Poll: 63 percent Palestinians support extending Abbas'presidential term RAMALLAH, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- A local poll published here Mondayshowed the majority of the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gazasupport extending the presidential term of Mahmoud Abbas untilJanuary 2010 ....
Lebanese FM to visit Syria on exchange of ambassadors
Oct 06, 2008 ... Lebanese FM to visit Syria on exchange of ambassadors BEIRUT, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese Foreign Minister FawziSalloukh said here on Monday that he will visit Syria this week fordiscussions on the exchange of ambassadors between the twoneighbors, Lebanon's official National News ...
Plane carrying top Iraqi lawmaker rejected by Iran
Oct 06, 2008 ... Plane carrying top Iraqi lawmaker rejected by Iran BAGHDAD, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Iran rejected Monday the landing of aplane carrying Iraqi parliament speaker on its territories, citing atechnical problem at the airport. Iran's embassy in Baghdad said in a statement that Mahmoud ...
Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, Oct. 6
Oct 06, 2008 ... Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, Oct. 6 ANKARA -- The Turkish army on Monday morning hit the Kurdishrebel hideouts in neighboring northern Iraq, according to Turkishmilitary sources. The Turkish military also announced Monday that its warplaneslaunched an ...
URGENT: Thai police use tear gas to disperse anti- government protesters
Oct 06, 2008 ... URGENT: Thai police use tear gas to disperse anti- governmentprotesters BANGKOK, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Thai police used tear gas on Tuesdaymorning ...
Strong winds force suspension of flights in Wellington
Oct 06, 2008 ... Strong winds force suspension of flights in Wellington WELLINGTON, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Strong winds lashing the NewZealand capital of Wellington forced airlines to suspend flights inand out of Wellington Airport on Tuesday. The MetService recorded gusts of 130 kmh around the ...
Tourism industry expects slowdown
Oct 06, 2008 ... Tourism industry expects slowdown WELLINGTON, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The New Zealand tourism industryexpects a serious slowdown because of the financial turmoil, RadioNew Zealand reported on Tuesday. While visitor arrivals have remained steady, several tourismoperators said ...
1st Ld: Thai police fire tear gas at anti-government protesters
Oct 06, 2008 ... 1st Ld: Thai police fire tear gas at anti-government protesters BANGKOK, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Thai policed fired tear gas Tuesdaymorning at protesters organized by People's Alliance for Democracy(PAD) who stage rally here since Monday evening in front of theParliament. The ...
Cambodia should do more to help women play bigger role in politics: media
Oct 06, 2008 ... Cambodia should do more to help women play bigger role inpolitics: media PHNOM PENH, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The proportion of women in the newCambodian National Assembly has increased to around one in five, upfrom 13 percent previously, national media reported Tuesday. However, ...
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 0600 GMT, Oct. 6
Oct 06, 2008 ... Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 0600 GMT, Oct. 6 JAKARTA -- Bank Indonesia (central bank) Governor Boediono saidan economic slowdown is in fact already happening led by the U.S.-led global financial crisis. "It affects our exports, so in anticipating this we should ...
Cambodia urges restraint in border dispute with Thailand
Oct 06, 2008 ... Cambodia urges restraint in border dispute with Thailand PHNOM PENH, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian officials are urgingrestraint after a round of angry finger-pointing over Friday'sshootout between Cambodian and Thai troops on the border near PreahVihear temple, national media ...
Six Indian cities top global outsourcing list
Oct 06, 2008 ... Six Indian cities top global outsourcing list NEW DELHI, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Six Indian cities are among the topeight outsourcing centers, reported Indo Asian News Agency Monday. A study by Indian CyberMedia's Global Services, titled "Top 8Global Outsourcing Cities", said six ...
Roundup: Afghanistan begins voter registration for presidential elections
Oct 06, 2008 ... Roundup: Afghanistan begins voter registration for presidentialelections By Abdul Haleem KABUL, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Afghanistan's Election Commission onMonday commenced voter registration for the upcoming presidentialelection amid increasing security incidents, a press ...
Indian stock market ends down 724 points
Oct 06, 2008 ... Indian stock market ends down 724 points MUMBAI, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Indian shares closed lower on Monday,with the key Sensex index down 724.62 points. Sensex fell 724.62 points, or 5.78 percent, to 11,801.70. Thetrade value of the day is 409.70 million U.S ....
URGENT: 15 killed in bomb blast in E Pakistan: TV
Oct 06, 2008 ... URGENT: 15 killed in bomb blast in E Pakistan: TV ISLAMABAD, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- As many as 15 people ...
1st Ld: 15 killed in bomb blast in E Pakistan: TV
Oct 06, 2008 ... 1st Ld: 15 killed in bomb blast in E Pakistan: TV ISLAMABAD, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- As many as 15 people were killedand 30 others injured in a bomb blast in eastern Pakistan ...
2nd Ld: 15 killed in bomb blast in E Pakistan: TV
Oct 06, 2008 ... 2nd Ld: 15 killed in bomb blast in E Pakistan: TV ISLAMABAD, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- As many as 15 people were killedand 30 others injured in a bomb blast in eastern Pakistan on Monday,according to private Geo TV channel. The blast took place in the house of a member of ...
3rd Ld Writethru: 15 killed in bomb blast in E Pakistan: TV
Oct 06, 2008 ... 3rd Ld Writethru: 15 killed in bomb blast in E Pakistan: TV ISLAMABAD, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- As many as 15 people were killedand 30 others injured in a bomb blast in eastern Pakistan on Monday,according to private Geo TV channel. The blast took place in the house of a member of ...
4th LD Writethru: 17 killed in bomb blast in E Pakistan: TV
Oct 06, 2008 ... 4th LD Writethru: 17 killed in bomb blast in E Pakistan: TV ISLAMABAD, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- As many as 17 people were killedand 30 others injured in a bomb blast in eastern Pakistan on Monday,according to private Geo TV channel. The blast took place in the house of a member of ...
Indian markets watchdog removes restriction on foreign funds
Oct 06, 2008 ... Indian markets watchdog removes restriction on foreign funds MUMBAI, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- In an effort to improve liquidity ofthe equities market, India's markets watchdog Securities andExchange Board of India (SEBI) Monday removed some restrictions onforeign funds, like the 40 ...
Sri Lankan president condemns rebels' suicide attack
Oct 06, 2008 ... Sri Lankan president condemns rebels' suicide attack COLOMBO, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan President MahindaRajapaksa has condemned the suicide attack carried out by a TamilTiger rebel which killed 28 people and injured more than 90 othersin the north central district of ...
Pakistani leaders condemn suicide blast in Pujab
Oct 06, 2008 ... Pakistani leaders condemn suicide blast in Pujab ISLAMABAD, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani President Asif AliZardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani on Monday stronglycondemned the suicide bomb blast in Punjab province which left atleast 17 people dead. Around 220 ...
Indonesia foreign tourist arrival up in first 8 months
Oct 06, 2008 ... Indonesia foreign tourist arrival up in first 8 months JAKARTA, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- The number of foreign tourists cominginto Indonesia from January to August rose by 12.73 percent to 4.07million people, compared to that of the same period last year,National Statisitc Bureau ...
Myanmar to host ASEAN anti-antique smuggling meeting
Oct 06, 2008 ... Myanmar to host ASEAN anti-antique smuggling meeting YANGON, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar will host a meeting of theAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on anti-antiquesmuggling to protect the region's cultural heritage, the localweekly Myanmar Times reported Monday ....
Traffic accident perishes 19 in N. Afghanistan
Oct 06, 2008 ... Traffic accident perishes 19 in N. Afghanistan KABUL, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- A bloody road accident in Afghanistan's northern Baghlan province left 19 people dead and 27 othersinjured on Monday, said a statement released by the Presidentialoffice. "Forty six people including ...
Urgent: 11 Taliban militants killed in S. Afghanistan
Oct 06, 2008 ... Urgent: 11 Taliban militants killed in S. Afghanistan KABUL, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Afghan National Army and the NATO-ledInternational ...
1st Ld Writethru: 11 Taliban militants killed in S. Afghanistan
Oct 06, 2008 ... 1st Ld Writethru: 11 Taliban militants killed in S. Afghanistan KABUL, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Afghan National Army (ANA) and the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in a jointoperation killed 11 Taliban militants and wounded five more inDaychopan district of ...
Indian Sensex dips to two-year low due to U.S. crisis influence
Oct 06, 2008 ... Indian Sensex dips to two-year low due to U.S. crisis influence MUMBAI, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Indian equities dropped to a two- yearlow Monday, dragging key index below the crucial 12,000-pointmark,due to fears aroused by major pullout of foreign funds andpossible economic recession ...
Indonesia to expand domestic market against global financial crisis
Oct 06, 2008 ... Indonesia to expand domestic market against global financialcrisis JAKARTA, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian President Susilo BambangYudhoyono Monday urged domestic and foreign business players tofurther develop the domestic market amid the U.S.-led growingcrisis, which he said ...
Thai PM insists to hold policy debate despite rally
Oct 06, 2008 ... Thai PM insists to hold policy debate despite rally BANGKOK, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's Prime Minister SomchaiWongsawat said Monday night that the government would announce itspolicy statement to Parliament on Tuesday as scheduled despiteblockage by protestors. He said ...
Writethru: CARE says threat by Somali militant group puts aid at risk
Oct 06, 2008 ... Writethru: CARE says threat by Somali militant group puts aid atrisk NAIROBI, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- A United States-based aid agency,Care International, said the direct threat by a Somali militarygroup has put at risk the lives of one million people who needhumanitarian aid ....
Writethru: Hundreds forced out by floods in southern Somalia
Oct 06, 2008 ... Writethru: Hundreds forced out by floods in southern Somalia MOGADISHU, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Floods caused by Shabelle Riverforced hundreds of families out of their homes in the riversidevillages around the southern Somali town of Janaale, a governmentofficial said Monday ....
Major news items in leading Australian newspapers
Oct 06, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Australian newspapers CANBERRA, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Australian newspapers on Tuesday. The Weekend Australian: -- In a speech in Brisbane on Monday, Prime Minister warnedvoters to prepare for ...
Tokyo stocks open sharply lower
Oct 06, 2008 ... Tokyo stocks open sharply lower TOKYO, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks opened sharply lowerTuesday, sending the key Nikkei index below the 10,000 mark for thefirst time since December 2003. After the first 15 minutes of trading, the benchmark Nikkei- 225Stock Average stood ...