Xinhua News Agency back issues from Sunday, October 26:
Gulf Arab leaders meet on response to global financial crisis
Oct 26, 2008 ... Gulf Arab leaders meet on response to global financial crisis RIYADH, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Finance ministers and central bankgovernors from six oil-rich Gulf Arab nations met on Saturday toexamine the impact of the global financial turmoil on theireconomies and seek for a joint ...
U.S. to provide extra 320 million dollars to fight bird flu
Oct 26, 2008 ... U.S. to provide extra 320 million dollars to fight bird flu CAIRO, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- The United States has promised toprovide another 320 million U.S. dollars to beef up theinternational efforts in the fight against bird flu, a visitingsenior U.S. official said Saturday ....
Feature: Jordan's diplomatic charity sale an all-winners party
Oct 26, 2008 ... Feature: Jordan's diplomatic charity sale an all-winners party AMMAN, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Outside of display hall enticingaromas wafted in the open air while inside was a variety of non-food things including clothing, accessories and handicraft. FromIndian curry, China's silk, ...
Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, Oct. 25
Oct 26, 2008 ... Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, Oct. 25 BAGHDAD -- The Iraqi government and some major political partiesare looking to alternatives if an agreement designed for prolongedU.S. military presence misses the year-end deadline, an Iraqinewspaper reported on Saturday ....
Iraqi Sunni party suspends contact with U.S. over raid
Oct 26, 2008 ... Iraqi Sunni party suspends contact with U.S. over raid BAGHDAD, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Iraq's leading Sunni party saidSaturday that it is cutting contact with the U.S. to protest againstan operation targeting its members in the Anbar province. The Iraqi Islamic Party, headed by ...
Urgent: Livni to call for snap elections: report
Oct 26, 2008 ... Urgent: Livni to call for snap elections: report JERUSALEM, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister-designateTzipi Livni will announce ...
2nd LD: Livni to call for snap elections: report
Oct 26, 2008 ... 2nd LD: Livni to call for snap elections: report JERUSALEM, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister-designateTzipi Livni will announce on Sunday her decision to call for anearly general election, Israeli news service Ynet reported Saturdaynight. The woman leader of the ...
1st LD: Livni to call for snap elections: report
Oct 26, 2008 ... 1st LD: Livni to call for snap elections: report JERUSALEM, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister-designateTzipi Livni will announce on Sunday her decision to call for anearly general election, Israeli news service Ynet reported Saturdaynight. The woman leader of the ...
Hong Kong-based telecom company won Oman's second fixed-line license
Oct 26, 2008 ... Hong Kong-based telecom company won Oman's second fixed-linelicense Hong Kong-based telecom company won Oman's second fixed-line license ABU DHABI, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- PCCW-Awaser Oman Consortium, ajoint venture between the Hong Kong-based telecom company PacificCentury ...
Palestine expected to be covered in regional grid: Jordan
Oct 26, 2008 ... Palestine expected to be covered in regional grid: Jordan AMMAN, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Palestine is expected to be covered inregional electric grid, daily newspaper The Jordan Times reportedhere Sunday. The decision is supposed to be made at the 13th meeting of theenergy ...
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
Oct 26, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers JERUSALEM, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Israeli newspapers on Sunday. Ha'aretz: -- Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni called off efforts toforge a new government Saturday and will ...
Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- Oct. 26
Oct 26, 2008 ... Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- Oct. 26 CAIRO, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of major MiddleEast news stories due to be covered or pursued by Xinhua News Agencyon Sunday. -- Visiting Italian President Giorgio Napolitano will be receivedhere in Cairo by ...
Euro-Med water conference delays indefinitely
Oct 26, 2008 ... Euro-Med water conference delays indefinitely AMMAN, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Euro-Med Ministerial Conference onWater slated for Tuesday was delayed indefinitely just two daysahead of its opening, local daily The Jordan Times quoted anofficial as reporting on Sunday. The ...
Eight Iraqis wounded by two bomb attacks in Baghdad
Oct 26, 2008 ... Eight Iraqis wounded by two bomb attacks in Baghdad BAGHDAD, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Eight people, including threepolicemen, were injured in two bomb explosions that one of themtargeted a police patrol in the Iraqi capital on Sunday morning, anInterior Ministry source said. "A ...
Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers
Oct 26, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers TEHRAN, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Iranian newspapers on Sunday. Tehran Times: -- Iranian Majlis (parliament) Speaker Ali Larijani told MassoudBarzani, the president of Iraq's ...
Hamas says Egypt unlikely to modify dialogue draft
Oct 26, 2008 ... Hamas says Egypt unlikely to modify dialogue draft GAZA, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- A senior Hamas leader on Sunday ruledout that Egypt would amend its plan for launching a nationalPalestinian dialogue despite Hamas' reservations. "We have suggested numerous ideas on the Egyptian ...
Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers
Oct 26, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers ANKARA, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Turkish newspapers on Sunday. MILLIYET (National): -- Turkey, the United States and Iraq are preparing a calendar inthe fight against terrorist PKK ...
Fayyad urges Palestinian parties accept Egyptian reconciliation plan instantly
Oct 26, 2008 ... Fayyad urges Palestinian parties accept Egyptian reconciliationplan instantly Fayyad urges Palestinian parties accept Egyptianreconciliation plan instantly RAMALLAH, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian Prime Minister SalamFayyad on Sunday urged feuding Palestinian parties to clearly ...
Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers
Oct 26, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers CAIRO, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Egyptian newspapers on Sunday. Al Ahram: -- Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif on Saturday urged donorstates to offer financial support for local, ...
Palestinian groups arrange stances on Egyptian-drafted dialogue agenda
Oct 26, 2008 ... Palestinian groups arrange stances on Egyptian-drafted dialogueagenda Palestinian groups arrange stances on Egyptian-drafteddialogue agenda GAZA, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Leaders from Hamas and Islamic Jihadmovement met in Gaza city on Sunday to unite their position about anEgyptian ...
Jordan's stock market index closes lower
Oct 26, 2008 ... Jordan's stock market index closes lower AMMAN, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The shares price index of Jordan'sAmman stock market closed at 3,117 points on Sunday, down 135 ...
Defiant Fatah to commemorate Arafat death in Hamas' Gaza
Oct 26, 2008 ... Defiant Fatah to commemorate Arafat death in Hamas' Gaza GAZA, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Fatah movement decided to commemoratethe death of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Gaza Stripnext month despite challenges by rival Hamas movement which controlsthe territory, an official ...
Hamas official says dialogue may succeed if there is no external intervention
Oct 26, 2008 ... Hamas official says dialogue may succeed if there is no externalintervention Hamas official says dialogue may succeed if there is noexternal intervention GAZA, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- A Hamas leader on Sunday said it ispossible that the Egyptian-sponsored national Palestinian ...
Majority of Palestinians want early elections immediately: poll
Oct 26, 2008 ... Majority of Palestinians want early elections immediately: poll RAMALLAH, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Majority of Palestinians agree onholding early parliamentary elections as soon as possible, accordingto a new public opinion poll published on Sunday. The poll, conducted by Arab ...
Israeli official blames Syria for continuing to supply Hezbollah with weapons
Oct 26, 2008 ... Israeli official blames Syria for continuing to supply Hezbollahwith weapons Israeli official blames Syria for continuing to supplyHezbollah with weapons JERUSALEM, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Syria was continuing to armHezbollah and had in fact become the Lebanese militia's ...
Roundup: International experts slam Israel over Gaza blockade
Oct 26, 2008 ... Roundup: International experts slam Israel over Gaza blockade JERUSALEM, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- A group of international expertsSunday blasted Israeli authorities for denying their entry into theGaza Strip for a mental health conference, urging the internationalcommunity to end ...
Egyptian president hails strong Egyptian-Italian ties
Oct 26, 2008 ... Egyptian president hails strong Egyptian-Italian ties CAIRO, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak saidon Sunday that he is satisfied with the friendly relations andfruitful cooperation between Egypt and Italy, two importantcountries in the Mediterranean area ....
Urgent: Israel's Livni to make announcement to Peres regarding government formation
Oct 26, 2008 ... Urgent: Israel's Livni to make announcement to Peres regardinggovernment formation Urgent: Israel's Livni to make announcement toPeres regarding government formation JERUSALEM, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Israeli ...
Urgent: Israel's Livni urges snap elections
Oct 26, 2008 ... Urgent: Israel's Livni urges snap elections JERUSALEM, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime ...
1st LD: Israel's Livni calls for early general elections
Oct 26, 2008 ... 1st LD: Israel's Livni calls for early general elections JERUSALEM, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister-designateTzipi Livni, also ruling Kadima chairwoman, told Israeli PresidentShimon Peres on Sunday that she failed to form a coalition andcalled for an early general ...
2nd LD: Israel's Livni calls for early general election
Oct 26, 2008 ... 2nd LD: Israel's Livni calls for early general election JERUSALEM, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister- designateTzipi Livni, also ruling Kadima chairwoman, told Israeli PresidentShimon Peres on Sunday that she failed to form a coalition andcalled for an early general ...
S.Korean president convenes emergency meeting on countermeasures for financial turmoil
Oct 26, 2008 ... S.Korean president convenes emergency meeting on countermeasuresfor financial turmoil SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Xinhua)-- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak onSunday convened an emergency meeting of top economic policy plannersto discuss countermeasures against the financial turmoil, ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Oct 26, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers TOKYO, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are the major news itemsin leading Japanese newspapers on Sunday. The Daily Yomiuri: -- Nissin Food Products Co. said Friday that traces of chemicalsused in insect repellents and ...
Myanmar state bank sets ultimatum for deposit reclaim from closed private bank
Oct 26, 2008 ... Myanmar state bank sets ultimatum for deposit reclaim from closedprivate bank YANGON, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The state-run Myanmar Economic Bank(MEB) has set March 31, 2009 as a deadline date for the public toclaim for the refund of deposits in the former Myanmar UniversalBank ...
Philippine jail officials suspended after seven prisoners fled
Oct 26, 2008 ... Philippine jail officials suspended after seven prisoners fled MANILA, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Two jail officials were suspended forinvestigation after seven prisoners fled with the help of a band ofleftist rebels in the northern Philippines, a local police chiefsaid on Sunday ....
Thai former PM Thaksin cancels planned TV speech
Oct 26, 2008 ... Thai former PM Thaksin cancels planned TV speech BANGKOK, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Thai pro-government group hadabruptly canceled a plan to broadcast a speech by Thai ousted primeminister Thaksin Shinawatra live on television on Nov. 1 accordingto reports from local media Sunday ....
Major news items in leading Indian newspapers
Oct 26, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Indian newspapers NEW DELHI, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are major news headlinesin leading Indian newspapers on Sunday. Indian Express: -- Two ex-army officers were Friday arrested by Indian Anti-Terrorist Squad for providing assistance ...
Dozens of militants killed in central eastern Afghanistan: U.S. military
Oct 26, 2008 ... Dozens of militants killed in central eastern Afghanistan: U.S.military KABUL, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The U.S.-led Coalition forces onSaturday eliminated dozens of militants during patrolling in centraleastern Afghan province of Ghazni, said a Coalition statement issuedhere on ...
5.6-magnitude quake jolts Afghanistan
Oct 26, 2008 ... 5.6-magnitude quake jolts Afghanistan KABUL, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.6 on theRichter scale struck northeastern Afghanistan's Hindu Kushmountainous region Sunday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The moderate-strength quake with a depth of 208 km ...
Urgent: Strong quake hits eastern Indonseia
Oct 26, 2008 ... Urgent: Strong quake hits eastern Indonseia JAKARTA, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with ...
Thai foreign minister says border talks productive
Oct 26, 2008 ... Thai foreign minister says border talks productive BANGKOK, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The efforts to work out the Thai-Cambodian border dispute have progressed considerably, Thai DeputyPrime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Sompong Amornvivat saidon Sunday morning. Sompong ...
S. Korean orders tax reduction to prevent financial crisis from affecting real economy
Oct 26, 2008 ... S. Korean orders tax reduction to prevent financial crisis fromaffecting real economy SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bakon Sunday ordered his government to implement further tax reductionsand expand its fiscal expenditures to prevent the financial ...
World's longest tunnel aquarium opens in Thailand
Oct 26, 2008 ... World's longest tunnel aquarium opens in Thailand BANGKOK Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The world's longest tunnel aquarium,located in Chiang Mai in the north of Thailand, opened on Sunday. The Chiang Mai Zoo's aquarium, set on a 10-rai (1.6 hectares)plot of land, is made up of ...
Nepali PM ensures laborers rights
Oct 26, 2008 ... Nepali PM ensures laborers rights KATHMANDU, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Nepali Prime Minister and theChairman of Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M) Prachanda onSunday promised to guarantee the rights of the trade unions. Inaugurating a National Trade Union Conference ...
Australian gov't may cut migration intake
Oct 26, 2008 ... Australian gov't may cut migration intake CANBERRA, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Australian Immigration MinisterChris Evans said on Sunday the government would consider calls for areduction in immigration to cope with slowing economic growth whenit received the mid-year economic data ....
Powerful quake rattles eastern Indonesia, no casualty
Oct 26, 2008 ... Powerful quake rattles eastern Indonesia, no casualty JAKARTA, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with the magnitude of6.4 rocked North Sulawesi in eastern parts of Indonesia on Sunday,but with no report of damage or casualties, local meteorology anddisaster management agencies ...
22,000 Bangladeshi women attacked by breast cancer annually
Oct 26, 2008 ... 22,000 Bangladeshi women attacked by breast cancer annually DHAKA, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- About 22,000 women in Bangladesh arebeing attacked by breast cancer annually and 70 percent of them diedue to lack of treatment, experts said here on Sunday. The physicians, who ...
Bangladesh urges Afghan authorities to help rescue abducted NGO officials
Oct 26, 2008 ... Bangladesh urges Afghan authorities to help rescue abducted NGOofficials DHAKA, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh Sunday requested the Afghanauthorities to help secure the release of two NGO officials abductedin the country. Bangladeshi caretaker government Foreign Adviser ...
Festival of lights begins in Nepal
Oct 26, 2008 ... Festival of lights begins in Nepal KATHMANDU, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Tihar, the second biggest festivalof the Hindus also known as the festival of lights in Nepal, hasbegun from Sunday. Tihar comes 15 days after the biggest festival Dashin, and it iscelebrated for five days ....
Pakistani, Afghan tribal elders to meet on rising militancy
Oct 26, 2008 ... Pakistani, Afghan tribal elders to meet on rising militancy ISLAMABAD, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani and Afghan tribal elderswill hold their two-day meeting in Islamabad starting from Monday todiscuss the rising militancy of the two countries and the ways todialogue with the ...
Pakistani PM sends message to ailing Iranian president
Oct 26, 2008 ... Pakistani PM sends message to ailing Iranian president ISLAMABAD, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani Prime Minister YousafRaza Gilani has sent a message of good wishes to the ailing IranianPresident Mehmoud Ahmedinejad and prayed for speedy recovery of hishealth, said a press release ...
2 DHL foreign employees shot dead by guard in Afghanistan
Oct 26, 2008 ... 2 DHL foreign employees shot dead by guard in Afghanistan KABUL, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- An Afghan guard working for theshipping company DHL after gunning down his two foreign employersshot himself dead Saturday, Afghan Interior Ministry spokesmanZamarai Bashari said Sunday ....
BRAC to withdraw Bangladeshi employees from Afghanistan in next five years
Oct 26, 2008 ... BRAC to withdraw Bangladeshi employees from Afghanistan in nextfive years DHAKA, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- BRAC, one of the world's largestdevelopment organizations headquartered in Bangladesh, said Sundayit would withdraw all of its Bangladeshi employees from Afghanistanin next five ...
"Tulpan" claims top prize in Tokyo int'l film festival
Oct 26, 2008 ... "Tulpan" claims top prize in Tokyo int'l film festival TOKYO, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The 21st Tokyo International filmfestival (TIFF) wrapped up 9-day run with "Tulpan" claiming the topprize -- the Sakura Grand Prix. "Tulpan", a shot in southern Kazakhstan, was the first ...
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, Oct. 25
Oct 26, 2008 ... Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, Oct. 25 MANILA -- Six soldiers were killed and two others wounded duringan ambush by leftist rebels in a remote village of the southernPhilippine province of Compostela Valley on Friday, a militaryofficial said Saturday. The ...
Myanmar discovers vessels sunk during World War II
Oct 26, 2008 ... Myanmar discovers vessels sunk during World War II YANGON, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar discovered some vessels sunkduring the World War II when launching search in the Yangon River onthose sunk during last May storm, the local weekly Flower Newsreported Sunday. The search ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua
Oct 26, 2008 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua HONG KONG, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Saturday: Earthquake hits New Zealand's North Island Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers Major news ...
Bangladesh cuts fuel prices by 12 percent
Oct 26, 2008 ... Bangladesh cuts fuel prices by 12 percent DHAKA, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh will cut fuel prices by 12percent on average from midnight Sunday in the wake of fall in oilprice on international market. As per the new prices, the diesel and kerosene will be selling at48 ...
Cambodia-Thailand trade to be normal soon: minister
Oct 26, 2008 ... Cambodia-Thailand trade to be normal soon: minister PHNOM PENH, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Commerce Minister ChamPrasidh said Sunday that the trade between Cambodia and Thailandwould be normal soon after a deadly clash at the border. The armed clash did not impact the ...
25-member Bangladeshi police team leaves for Darfur peacekeeping mission
Oct 26, 2008 ... 25-member Bangladeshi police team leaves for Darfur peacekeepingmission DHAKA, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- A 25-member contingent of BangladeshPolice Sunday left for Darfur by a UN charted flight to join UNpeacekeeping mission. Senior police officials saw the peacekeepers off at ...
REBELS SEIZE MILITARY CAMP IN DR CONGO: RADIO OKAPI
Oct 26, 2008 ... REBELS SEIZE MILITARY ...
Urgent: Rebels seize military camp in DR Congo: radio Okapi
Oct 26, 2008 ... Urgent: Rebels seize military camp in DR Congo: radio Okapi KINSHASA, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Rebels in the ...
1st LD: Rebels seize military camp in DR Congo: radio Okapi
Oct 26, 2008 ... 1st LD: Rebels seize military camp in DR Congo: radio Okapi KINSHASA, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Rebels in the Democratic Republicof Congo (DR Congo) have seized a military camp in the eastern partof the country, local radio Okapi reported Sunday. The military camp is located in ...
South Africa's ruling party chief to be back from U.S. visit
Oct 26, 2008 ... South Africa's ruling party chief to be back from U.S. visit JOHANNESBURG, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- South Africa's ruling AfricanNational Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma is scheduled to arriveback in Johannesburg on Sunday evening following a week- long visitto the United States, ...
Roundup: Nigerian military kills suspected militants as gov't become tougher in oil region
Oct 26, 2008 ... Roundup: Nigerian military kills suspected militants as gov'tbecome tougher in oil region Roundup: Nigerian military killssuspected militants as gov't become tougher in oil region LAGOS, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Five suspected militants have beenreportedly killed by Nigeria's naval ...