Xinhua News Agency back issues from Tuesday, October 7:
Analysts: U.S. crisis key reason behind Jordan's stock slump
Oct 07, 2008 ... Analysts: U.S. crisis key reason behind Jordan's stock slump AMMAN, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Analysts and brokers attributedMonday's slump of Amman Stock Exchange (ASE), which dived by 4.28percent to 3,781 points, to the uncertainty over the U.S. hugebailout plan to avert global ...
Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers
Oct 07, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers ANKARA, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Turkish newspapers on Tuesday.VATAN (Motherland): -- Turkish warplanes hit three separate targets of the bannedKurdish Workers' Party (PKK) in a ...
Urgent: Turkish warplanes bomb 21 PKK targets in N. Iraq
Oct 07, 2008 ... Urgent: Turkish warplanes bomb 21 PKK targets in N. Iraq ANKARA, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Turkish military said its ...
Trio meeting to implement UN resolution 1701
Oct 07, 2008 ... Trio meeting to implement UN resolution 1701 BEIRUT, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- A tripartite meeting, including armyofficials from Lebanon, Israel and the United Nations Interim Forcesin Lebanon (UNIFIL), discussed the implementation of UN resolution1701 and the demarcation of the blue ...
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
Oct 07, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers JERUSALEM, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Israeli newspapers on Tuesday. Ha'aretz: -- Israel's Labor Party chair and Defense Minister Ehud Barak isgetting closer to a coalition deal with ...
Lebanese-U.S. committee set up to improve military relations
Oct 07, 2008 ... Lebanese-U.S. committee set up to improve military relations BEIRUT, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- A joint Lebanese-American militarycommittee was set up to improve bilateral military relationship,local Al-Moustaqbal daily reported Tuesday. The commission was formed after a meeting on ...
1st LD: Turkish warplanes bomb PKK targets in N. Iraq
Oct 07, 2008 ... 1st LD: Turkish warplanes bomb PKK targets in N. Iraq ANKARA, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Turkish military said its warplanesbombed targets of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party(PKK) in northIraq and in southeastern Turkey early Tuesday morning. The Turkish General Staff said in a ...
Urgent: Iraqi presidential council approves provincial election law
Oct 07, 2008 ... Urgent: Iraqi presidential council approves provincial electionlaw BAGHDAD, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi ...
Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- Oct. 7
Oct 07, 2008 ... Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- Oct. 7 CAIRO, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of major MiddleEast news stories due to be covered or pursued by Xinhua News Agencyon Tuesday. -- A delegation of the Palestinian movement of Hamas arrive inCairo for a meeting with ...
1st LD: Iraqi presidential council approves provincial election law
Oct 07, 2008 ... 1st LD: Iraqi presidential council approves provincial electionlaw BAGHDAD, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi presidential council hasapproved the provincial election law, an official televisionreported on Tuesday. "The presidential council unanimously approved the ...
Two powerful blasts attack area outside Baghdad Green Zone
Oct 07, 2008 ... Two powerful blasts attack area outside Baghdad Green Zone BAGHDAD, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Two powerful explosions rocked thearea outside Baghdad heavily fortified Green Zone on Tuesday,wounding at least five people, an Interior Ministry source andwitnesses said. The interior ...
U.S. embassy warns its citizens in Lebanon of potential danger
Oct 07, 2008 ... U.S. embassy warns its citizens in Lebanon of potential danger BEIRUT, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. embassy in Beirut has sent awarning to its citizens in Lebanon about potential danger targetingthem, asking them to increase their security awareness, localNaharnet website reported ...
Hamas delegation heads for Cairo with no reservations: Zahar
Oct 07, 2008 ... Hamas delegation heads for Cairo with no reservations: Zahar GAZA, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- A senior Hamas leader on Tuesday said adelegation from his movement is leaving to meet Egyptian officialsin Cairo Tuesday without holding any reservations. "There are no provisos in what ...
Legist says Hamas parliament sessions illegal
Oct 07, 2008 ... Legist says Hamas parliament sessions illegal RAMALLAH, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- A Palestinian legal expert onTuesday said the sessions Hamas lawmakers held at the parliamentwere illegal. "The meetings by Change and Reform bloc are mimic and are onlylimited to Hamas itself," said ...
Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers
Oct 07, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers CAIRO, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Egyptian newspapers on Tuesday.Al Ahram: -- Within the framework of Cairo efforts to heal Palestinianrifts, Egyptian intelligence chief Omar ...
Israel arrests 19 Palestinians in West Bank raids
Oct 07, 2008 ... Israel arrests 19 Palestinians in West Bank raids RAMALLAH, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Israeli troops in the West Bankarrested 19 Palestinians across the occupied territory, Israel Radioreported on Tuesday. The arrests were conducted in Qalqilya, Tulkarem, Ramallah,Bethlehem and ...
Syria deploys new troops along Lebanese borders: daily
Oct 07, 2008 ... Syria deploys new troops along Lebanese borders: daily BEIRUT, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- New Syrian troops buildup was reportedTuesday near Lebanon's northern borders, with tanks deployed alongthe frontiers of the northern Bekaa valley, the pan- Arab daily Al-Hayat reported Tuesday ....
Egypt detains 13 illegal immigrants at border with Israel
Oct 07, 2008 ... Egypt detains 13 illegal immigrants at border with Israel CAIRO, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian security authorities foiled anattempt of 13 Africans to sneak into Israel via the Egyptian bordersin the Sinai Peninsula, the state MENA news agency reported onTuesday. The group of ...
Israel storms West Bank refugee camp, wound 3 Palestinians
Oct 07, 2008 ... Israel storms West Bank refugee camp, wound 3 Palestinians RAMALLAH, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- An Israeli army troop stormed onTuesday al-Far'a refugee camp in the north of the West Bank city ofNablus to arrest Islamic Jihad (Holy War) movement's activists,Palestinian security sources ...
Jordan's stock market index closes lower
Oct 07, 2008 ... Jordan's stock market index closes lower AMMAN, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The shares price index of Jordan'sAmman stock market closed at 3,635 points on Tuesday, down ...
West Bank Hamas officials join Hamas delegation for Cairo talks
Oct 07, 2008 ... West Bank Hamas officials join Hamas delegation for Cairo talks GAZA, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- A Hamas delegation, including leadersfrom the Gaza Strip, West Bank and the Damascus-based Hamaspolitburo, left Gaza on Tuesday, heading for Egypt for talks aimingat launching an ...
UAE to raise prices of European medicines
Oct 07, 2008 ... UAE to raise prices of European medicines ABU DHABI, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Ministry of Health of theUnited Arab Emirates (UAE) will raise prices of some Europeanmedicines priced in euro from Oct. 15, local newspaper Khaleej Timesreported on Tuesday. The 5.85 percent ...
Iraqi FM says "very close" to security deal with U.S.
Oct 07, 2008 ... Iraqi FM says "very close" to security deal with U.S. BAGHDAD, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi Foreign Minister HoshiyarZebari said on Tuesday that Iraq and the United States are "veryclose" to a draft deal on the status of U.S. troops in Iraq beyond2008. Zebari's remarks came at ...
Turkish PM vows to launch cross-border operations against PKK if necessary
Oct 07, 2008 ... Turkish PM vows to launch cross-border operations against PKK ifnecessary ANKARA, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep TayyipErdogan vowed Tuesday that the country could launch cross-bordermilitary operations against PKK's north Iraq bases if necessary. Erdogan's ...
UAE energy giant announces crude oil prices for September
Oct 07, 2008 ... UAE energy giant announces crude oil prices for September ABU DHABI, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company(ADNOC), an energy giant of the United Arab Emirates (UAE),announced on Tuesday the retrospective prices of its four maingrades of crude oil for September ....
Fatah official hints no dialogue with Hamas unless giving up Gaza
Oct 07, 2008 ... Fatah official hints no dialogue with Hamas unless giving up Gaza RAMALLAH, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- A leader from Palestinian PresidentMahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement on Tuesday stressed there will be nodialogue with Islamic Hamas movement unless the two sides reach anagreement on ending ...
UAE sends rescue team to Afghanistan
Oct 07, 2008 ... UAE sends rescue team to Afghanistan ABU DHABI, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) hassent a rescue team to Afghanistan to assist in rescue operations inthe wake of earthquake, which hit Afghanistan in the wee hours ofMonday, the official Emirates News Agency ...
Turkish military kills two more PKK rebels in southeast
Oct 07, 2008 ... Turkish military kills two more PKK rebels in southeast ANKARA, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Turkish General Staff said on Tuesdaythat Turkish security teams killed two more rebels of the bannedKurdish Workers' Party (PKK) in southeastern Turkey. The general staff said in a statement ...
U.S. soldier, Iraqi policeman killed in northern Iraq
Oct 07, 2008 ... U.S. soldier, Iraqi policeman killed in northern Iraq BAGHDAD, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- One U.S. soldier and one Iraqipoliceman were killed in overnight shootout in the city of Mosul,the U.S. military said on Tuesday. The incident took place after midnight when a local ...
Urgent: U.S. warplane forced down in Iran
Oct 07, 2008 ... Urgent: U.S. warplane forced down in Iran TEHRAN, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Iranian jet fighters have forced aU.S. warplane to land ...
1st LD: U.S. warplane forced down in Iran
Oct 07, 2008 ... 1st LD: U.S. warplane forced down in Iran TEHRAN, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Iranian jet fighters have forced aU.S. warplane to land in one of Iran's airports after it enteredIran's air space without permission, the semi-official Fars NewsAgency reported on Tuesday. The U.S ....
Urgent: UAE Crown Prince arrives in Baghdad
Oct 07, 2008 ... Urgent: UAE Crown Prince arrives in Baghdad BAGHDAD, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Crown Prince and Deputy Commander inChief of the ...
Egyptian stock index hits two-year low
Oct 07, 2008 ... Egyptian stock index hits two-year low CAIRO, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Egyptian stock market witnessedunprecedented steep losses on Tuesday, hitting a two-year low amidconcerns about the prolonged U.S. credit crisis. The Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchange's benchmark CASE 30 ...
1st LD: UAE Crown Prince arrives in Baghdad
Oct 07, 2008 ... 1st LD: UAE Crown Prince arrives in Baghdad BAGHDAD, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Crown Prince and Deputy Commander inChief of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) arrived in Baghdad onTuesday and met with top Iraqi leaders, a source from Prime MinisterNuri al-Maliki office said. "Shiekh ...
Roundup: Looming market crisis zooms in Israel's coalition prospect
Oct 07, 2008 ... Roundup: Looming market crisis zooms in Israel's coalitionprospect by Deng Yushang JERUSALEM, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister-designateTzipi Livni might reap a political harvest in the totteringfinancial sector as the looming market crisis helped draw the ...
10 bodies found washed up in western Turkey
Oct 07, 2008 ... 10 bodies found washed up in western Turkey ANKARA, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Turkish officials found 10 bodieswashed up on the shores of the Gulf of Saros in the Aegean coast ofTurkey over the past few days, the semi-official Anatolia newsagency reported on Tuesday. The ten ...
Israel's central bank lowers interest rate amid market uncertainty
Oct 07, 2008 ... Israel's central bank lowers interest rate amid marketuncertainty JERUSALEM, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Bank of Israel (Central Bank ofIsrael) on Tuesday lowered its key borrowing rate by 0.5 percentagepoint, citing "the sharp increase in uncertainty" in marketsworldwide and its ...
Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes higher
Oct 07, 2008 ... Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes higher JERUSALEM, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange generalshare index closed at ...
Egyptian companies seek oil projects in Iraq
Oct 07, 2008 ... Egyptian companies seek oil projects in Iraq CAIRO, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Egypt has formed a delegation of oilcompanies to probe petroleum projects in Iraq, Egyptian Minister ofPetroleum Sameh Fahmi said on Tuesday. The Egyptian delegation will have talks with Iraqi officials ...
Jordan's king urges to speed up talks between Palestinians, Israelis
Oct 07, 2008 ... Jordan's king urges to speed up talks between Palestinians,Israelis AMMAN, Oct.7 (Xinhua) -- Jordan's king Abdullah II on Tuesdayurged to seize time to push ahead the peace talks betweenPalestinians and Israelis, according to Royal Hashemite Court. The king made the remarks ...
2nd LD: Plane forced down in Iran not American: official
Oct 07, 2008 ... 2nd LD: Plane forced down in Iran not American: official TEHRAN, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- An official in Iran's armed forcessaid here on Tuesday that a Falcon jet which was forced to land byIranian jet fighters on Sept. 30 belonged to a non-American country,the official IRNA news agency ...
UAE inaugurates first female judge
Oct 07, 2008 ... UAE inaugurates first female judge ABU DHABI, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) onTuesday witnessed the inauguration of the country's first femalejudge Khulood Ahmed Jawan Al Dhaheri, the official Emirates NewsAgency reported. Dhaheri took the oath before ...
Hamas representatives in Egypt for talks with Egyptian mediators
Oct 07, 2008 ... Hamas representatives in Egypt for talks with Egyptian mediators CAIRO, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- A delegation of the Palestinian Hamasmovement from the Gaza Strip on Tuesday entered Egypt via Rafah landcrossing for talks with Egyptian officials on the resumption of aninter-Palestinian ...
Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, Oct. 7
Oct 07, 2008 ... Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, Oct. 7 ANKARA -- Turkish military said its warplanes bombed targets ofthe outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) in north Iraq andsoutheastern Turkey early Tuesday morning. The Turkish General Staff said in a statement posted on ...
Israeli dairy giant fined for adding excessive silicone to milk
Oct 07, 2008 ... Israeli dairy giant fined for adding excessive silicone to milk JERUSALEM, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Israel's largest dairy manufacturerwas fined nearly 16 million U.S. dollars on Tuesday for addingexcessive silicone to its milk in mid-1990s, local daily Ha'aretzreported. In a ...
Feature: 35 years after Yom Kippur War, Israeli-Syrian peace remains elusive
Oct 07, 2008 ... Feature: 35 years after Yom Kippur War, Israeli-Syrian peaceremains elusive by Xu Gang JERUSALEM, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Different types of tanks, large orsmall, heavy or light, new or old, lie quietly in the brilliantsunshine. Among the tanks displayed in Israel's ...
Kenya set to deport U.S. author of anti-Obama book
Oct 07, 2008 ... Kenya set to deport U.S. author of anti-Obama book NAIROBI, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Kenyan authorities are set todeport American author of a book critical of U.S. Democraticpresidential candidate Barrack Obama. Dr. Jerome Corsi, who authored "The Obama Nation; ...
Norway's foreign aid to increase to 1 pc of GDI next year
Oct 07, 2008 ... Norway's foreign aid to increase to 1 pc of GDI next year STOCKHOLM, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Norway's foreign aid expenditurewill increase to 26.2 billion kroner (about 4.2 billion U.S.dollars), reaching the goal of using 1 percent of Gross DomesticIncome (GDI) for development aid, ...
Bush consults with European leaders on financial crisis
Oct 07, 2008 ... Bush consults with European leaders on financial crisis WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W. Bush onTuesday discussed the instability in the financial markets withleaders of Britain, France, and Italy, calling for joint efforts tosolve the financial crisis ...
NATO supports Afghan gov't initiative to talk to Taliban
Oct 07, 2008 ... NATO supports Afghan gov't initiative to talk to Taliban BRUSSELS, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- NATO will support the Afghangovernment's initiative to talk to the Taliban, said the alliance onTuesday. If the Afghan government chooses to negotiate with the Taliban,NATO will support ...
Alcohol abuse by young, women rising in Greece
Oct 07, 2008 ... Alcohol abuse by young, women rising in Greece ATHENS, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Doctors have warned of an alarmingrise in the number of young people and women that consume excessiveamounts of alcohol in Greece, saying that hospitals were having todeal with more patients in these groups ...
Hypo Real Estate changes its CEO
Oct 07, 2008 ... Hypo Real Estate changes its CEO BERLIN, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Axel Wieandt Tuesday replaced GeorgFunke to became the CEO of Hypo Real Estate (HRE) that has recentlyreceived huge fund from the German government's bailout plan. HRE confirmed Axel Wieandt as its new chief ...
Bush to sign U.S.-India nuclear bill
Oct 07, 2008 ... Bush to sign U.S.-India nuclear bill WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W. Bush willsign into law on Wednesday a bill approved by Congress allowingcivilian U.S. nuclear trade with India, Bush's spokesman CarltonCarroll said Tuesday. "The president looks ...
Wall Street plunges on recession concerns
Oct 07, 2008 ... Wall Street plunges on recession concerns NEW YORK, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Wall Street plunged again Tuesday onrecession concerns with all the major indexes sliding more than 5percent. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned in a speech Tuesdaythat the financial crisis ...
Update: Dollar falls amid expectations of rate cut
Oct 07, 2008 ... Update: Dollar falls amid expectations of rate cut NEW YORK, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The dollar fell against most majorcurrencies on Tuesday as U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernankesignaled possible rate cut to support weakening economy. Recent economic data and financial ...
Afghanistan to dominate agenda of NATO defense ministers' meeting
Oct 07, 2008 ... Afghanistan to dominate agenda of NATO defense ministers' meeting BRUSSELS, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- NATO defense ministers will meet inthe Hungarian capital of Budapest on Thursday and Friday to discussprimarily the NATO-led operations in Afghanistan amid doubts overthe alliance's ...
U.S. budget deficit hits new record of 438 billion dollars
Oct 07, 2008 ... U.S. budget deficit hits new record of 438 billion dollars WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. federal budget deficithit a new record of 483 billion dollars in the 2008 fiscal yearwhich ended on Sept. 30, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)estimated Tuesday. The new ...
Czech PM to visit U.S. on radar issue, visa lifting
Oct 07, 2008 ... Czech PM to visit U.S. on radar issue, visa lifting PRAGUE, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanekwill visit the United States in late October to talk about the issueof U.S. missile defense radar base on Czech soil and the lifting ofvisa requirements for Czech ...
Merkel emphasizes confidence in market to defend German government polices
Oct 07, 2008 ... Merkel emphasizes confidence in market to defend Germangovernment polices BERLIN, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- German Chancellor Angela MerkelTuesday evening emphasized the importance of confidence in thefinancial market to defend her guaranteed promise and massivebailout plan this week ....
EU official congratulate winners of Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine
Oct 07, 2008 ... EU official congratulate winners of Nobel Prize for Physiology orMedicine BRUSSELS, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- European Union (EU) commissioner forscience and research, Janez Potocnik, on Tuesday congratulated thethree laureates of the 2008 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine,all of ...
Xinhua international news advisory -- Oct. 8
Oct 07, 2008 ... Xinhua international news advisory -- Oct. 8 BEIJING, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- The following are some majorinternational news stories scheduled to be covered or pursued byXinhua Wednesday.-- Interview: "All Chinese ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Oct. 8
Oct 07, 2008 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Oct. 8 BRUSSELS -- NATO defense ministers will meet in the Hungariancapital of Budapest on Thursday and Friday to discuss primarily theNATO-led operations in Afghanistan amid doubts over the alliance'scounter-insurgency strategy in the war- ...
Stocks close lower in Panama, Costa Rica, flat in El Salvador
Oct 07, 2008 ... Stocks close lower in Panama, Costa Rica, flat in El Salvador PANAMA CITY, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Central America's major stockmarkets ended lower Tuesday, with lower in Panama and Costa Rica,flat in El Salvador. Panama City's BVPSI stock index closed at 251.14 points, down0.02 ...
Stocks dive in Mexico, Argentina, Brazil
Oct 07, 2008 ... Stocks dive in Mexico, Argentina, Brazil MEXICO CITY, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Latin America's three major stockmarkets ended sharply lower on Tuesday. Mexico City's IPC stock index dropped by 3.97 percent to20,884.74 points. A total of 322.9 million shares were traded withthe ...
Urgent: Obama, McCain start second debate
Oct 07, 2008 ... Urgent: Obama, McCain start second debate WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. presidential ...