Xinhua News Agency back issues from Tuesday, October 28:
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
Oct 28, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers JERUSALEM, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Israeli newspapers on Tuesday. Ha'aretz: -- Israeli police sources claimed on Monday that enough evidencehas been amassed against caretaker ...
PFLP vows not to accept Gaza ceasefire renewal
Oct 28, 2008 ... PFLP vows not to accept Gaza ceasefire renewal GAZA, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Popular Front for the Liberation ofPalestine (PFLP) on Tuesday said its patience was running out andwould not accept the renewal of a ceasefire with Israel. "We won't allow the continuation of the ...
Gunmen kill four people in northern Iraq
Oct 28, 2008 ... Gunmen kill four people in northern Iraq MOSUL, Iraq, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Unknown gunmen on Tuesday shotdead four people and wounded four others at a police recruitingcenter in the volatile city of Mosul, capital of Nineveh province, aprovincial police source said. The ...
Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers
Oct 28, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers ANKARA, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Turkish newspapers on Tuesday. ZAMAN (Time): -- Gen. Ilker Basbug, chief of Turkey's General Staff, briefed a Council of Ministers meeting on ...
Four Iraqis killed, ten injured in Baghdad car bombing
Oct 28, 2008 ... Four Iraqis killed, ten injured in Baghdad car bombing BAGHDAD, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Four people were killed and tenothers injured in a car bomb explosion at a marketplace insouthwestern Baghdad on Tuesday, an Interior Ministry source said. The explosion occurred in the ...
Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers
Oct 28, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Iranian newspapers on Tuesday. Tehran Times: -- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi on Mondaystrongly condemned the U.S. air raid on ...
China-Arab Friendship Conference kicks off in Damascus
Oct 28, 2008 ... China-Arab Friendship Conference kicks off in Damascus DAMASCUS, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The second China-Arab FriendshipConference opened in the Syrian capital Damascus on Tuesday, withnongovernmental organizations from both China and Arab countries toseek closer contact and ...
Palestinian PM says two-state solution threatened
Oct 28, 2008 ... Palestinian PM says two-state solution threatened RAMALLAH, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian Prime Minister SalamFayyad said on Tuesday that a two-state solution to the chronicIsraeli-Palestinian conflict is threatened by construction of Jewishsettlements and barriers ....
Hamas wants all Palestinian factions to join in dialogue
Oct 28, 2008 ... Hamas wants all Palestinian factions to join in dialogue GAZA, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Islamic Hamas movement said onTuesday it wanted all the Palestinian factions to participate in anational dialogue Egypt will host next month. "Hamas is interested in having all the factions ...
Update: China-Arab Friendship Conference kicks off in Damascus
Oct 28, 2008 ... Update: China-Arab Friendship Conference kicks off in Damascus DAMASCUS, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The second China-Arab FriendshipConference opened in the Syrian capital Damascus on Tuesday, withnon-governmental organizations from both China and Arab countries toseek closer contact and ...
UAE charity organization to send 40 tons of relief goods to floods- hit Yemen
Oct 28, 2008 ... UAE charity organization to send 40 tons of relief goods tofloods- hit Yemen UAE charity organization to send 40 tons of reliefgoods to floods- hit Yemen ABU DHABI, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- A charity organization of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced Tuesday that it will send ...
Hamas urges Egypt to pressurize PNA to stop West Bank arrests
Oct 28, 2008 ... Hamas urges Egypt to pressurize PNA to stop West Bank arrests GAZA, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Gaza ruler Hamas urged Egypt on Tuesdayto pile pressure on the Palestinian National Authority ( PNA) tostop arresting Hamas members in the West Bank by Fatah- dominatedsecurity forces loyal to ...
Egypt concerned about U.S. strike inside Syria
Oct 28, 2008 ... Egypt concerned about U.S. strike inside Syria CAIRO, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Egypt on Tuesday voiced its concern onthe consequence of a U.S. air strike on Sunday into the Syrianterritories that killed eight Syrian civilians. The U.S. military operation violated the sovereignty ...
Jordan's stock market index closes lower
Oct 28, 2008 ... Jordan's stock market index closes lower AMMAN, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The shares price index of Jordan'sAmman stock market closed at 2,970 points on Tuesday, down 50 ...
Egypt seeking to revive role in Arab world: report
Oct 28, 2008 ... Egypt seeking to revive role in Arab world: report BEIRUT, Oct.28 (Xinhua) -- Some Lebanese sources said the visitof Egyptian deputy head of intelligence to Lebanon was an Egyptianattempt to revive its role on the Arab arena, while others believedit was a fact-finding mission, ...
Mass grave of 20 decomposed bodies found in northern Iraq
Oct 28, 2008 ... Mass grave of 20 decomposed bodies found in northern Iraq MOSUL, Iraq, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi security forces found onTuesday a mass grave containing 20 decomposed bodies in a town inthe northern province of Nineveh, a local police source said. The forces discovered the ...
Fatah official calls on EU to protect Palestinians from Israeli occupation acts
Oct 28, 2008 ... Fatah official calls on EU to protect Palestinians from Israelioccupation acts Fatah official calls on EU to protect Palestiniansfrom Israeli occupation acts GAZA, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- A Fatah official on Tuesday called onthe European Union (EU) to help protecting the Palestinian ...
Iraq to send soon proposed security pact amendments to U.S.
Oct 28, 2008 ... Iraq to send soon proposed security pact amendments to U.S. BAGHDAD, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Iraq's government spokesman said onTuesday that the Iraqi cabinet is to send the amendments of a draftsecurity pact to the U.S. side within few days which would allowU.S. troops to remain here ...
Palestinian factions pledge to restore unity at Cairo dialogue
Oct 28, 2008 ... Palestinian factions pledge to restore unity at Cairo dialogue GAZA, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Several Palestinian factions, includingHamas and Fatah rivals, on Tuesday said they will go to a nationaldialogue that Egypt will host next month to restore the Palestinianpeople's unity ....
Iraq condemns U.S. air strike on Syria
Oct 28, 2008 ... Iraq condemns U.S. air strike on Syria BAGHDAD, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Iraqi government condemned onTuesday the U.S. raid on a Syrian area close to the border with Iraqthat left eight civilians killed, Iraq's government spokesman said. Iraq's denunciation to the U.S. raid ...
Syrian cabinet decides to close American School and culture center
Oct 28, 2008 ... Syrian cabinet decides to close American School and culturecenter DAMASCUS, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Syrian cabinet decided onTuesday to close a Damascus-based American school and a U.S. culturecenter in response to a deadly raid by U.S. helicopters near theSyrian border with ...
Turkey launches airstrike on PKK targets in Iraq: military
Oct 28, 2008 ... Turkey launches airstrike on PKK targets in Iraq: military ANKARA, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Turkish General Staff said thatTurkish jets hit targets of the banned Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK)in an airstrike conducted in the north of Iraq on Tuesday. The Turkish warplanes hit the ...
Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- Oct. 28
Oct 28, 2008 ... Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- Oct. 28 CAIRO, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of major MiddleEast news stories due to be covered or pursued by Xinhua News Agencyon Tuesday. -- The Second Sino-Arab Friendship Conference is due to kick offin Syrian capital of ...
1st LD: Israel to hold snap election in mid-February
Oct 28, 2008 ... 1st LD: Israel to hold snap election in mid-February JERUSALEM, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- An Israeli parliamentaryspokeswoman said Tuesday that a general election has beententatively set for Feb. 10, with possibility of a one-week delay,local daily Ha'aretz reported. Hila ...
Turkish PM vows to overcome global economic crisis
Oct 28, 2008 ... Turkish PM vows to overcome global economic crisis ANKARA, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep TayyipErdogan said on Tuesday that Turkey would overcome current economicsituation -- global economic crisis -- with minimum loss. Erdogan made the remarks at a joint ...
2nd LD: Israeli president declares early parliamentary elections
Oct 28, 2008 ... 2nd LD: Israeli president declares early parliamentary elections JERUSALEM, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Israeli President Shimon Peres onMonday afternoon formally declared early elections after a failureof cabinet formation, local daily The Jerusalem Post reported on itswebsite ....
Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes lower
Oct 28, 2008 ... Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes lower JERUSALEM, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Tel Aviv Stock Exchangegeneral share index closed at ...
Iran receives no secret letter from U.S.: spokesman
Oct 28, 2008 ... Iran receives no secret letter from U.S.: spokesman TEHRAN, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesmanHassan Qashqavi said Monday that Iran had received no secret letterfrom the United States to normalize relations, the official IRNAnews agency reported. "We have ...
Turkey voices support for Ukraine's bid to join NATO
Oct 28, 2008 ... Turkey voices support for Ukraine's bid to join NATO ANKARA, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Turkish President Abdullah Gul saidMonday that Ankara supports for Ukraine's bid to join the NATO. Gul voiced the stance at a joint press conference with hisvisiting Ukrainian counterpart Viktor ...
3rd LD Writethru: Israeli president declares early parliamentary elections
Oct 28, 2008 ... 3rd LD Writethru: Israeli president declares early parliamentaryelections 3rd LD Writethru: Israeli president declares earlyparliamentary elections JERUSALEM, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Israeli President Shimon PeresMonday formally declared early parliamentary elections after afailure ...
Arab League slams U.S. raid inside Syria
Oct 28, 2008 ... Arab League slams U.S. raid inside Syria CAIRO, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Cairo-based Arab League (AL) onMonday denounced a U.S. air strike on Sunday inside the Syrianterritories that killed eight Syrian civilians. Such a violation undermines the efforts to establish ...
Urgent: Five Chinese workers killed by kidnappers in Sudan
Oct 28, 2008 ... Urgent: Five Chinese workers killed by kidnappers in Sudan KHARTOUM, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Five Chinese workers abducted ...
European, Mediterranean states convene in Jordan for closer security cooperation
Oct 28, 2008 ... European, Mediterranean states convene in Jordan for closersecurity cooperation European, Mediterranean states convene inJordan for closer security cooperation AMMAN, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- A regional conference between Europeanand Mediterranean states kicked off Monday in Jordan ...
FLASH: FIVE CHINESE WORKERS KILLED BY KIDNAPPERS IN SUDAN
Oct 28, 2008 ... FLASH: FIVE CHINESE WORKERS KILLED BY KIDNAPPERS IN SUDAN ...
News Analysis: Israel's lingering political chaos draining away Annapolis hope
Oct 28, 2008 ... News Analysis: Israel's lingering political chaos draining awayAnnapolis hope News Analysis: Israel's lingering political chaosdraining away Annapolis hope by Deng Yushan JERUSALEM, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- With its ruling party leader TzipiLivni's failure to form a new government, ...
1st LD: 5 Chinese workers killed by kidnappers in Sudan
Oct 28, 2008 ... 1st LD: 5 Chinese workers killed by kidnappers in Sudan KHARTOUM, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Five Chinese workers abducted insouthwest Sudan by local militants this month have been killed bythe kidnappers, officials of the Chinese embassy ...
2nd LD: 5 Chinese workers killed by kidnappers in Sudan
Oct 28, 2008 ... 2nd LD: 5 Chinese workers killed by kidnappers in Sudan KHARTOUM, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Five Chinese workers abducted insouthwest Sudan by local militants this month have been killed bythe kidnappers, officials of the Chinese embassy in Sudan said onMonday. The Chinese ...
Roundup: Israel heading for early parliamentary elections as Olmert remains in power for months
Oct 28, 2008 ... Roundup: Israel heading for early parliamentary elections asOlmert remains in power for months Roundup: Israel heading for earlyparliamentary elections as Olmert remains in power for months JERUSALEM, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Israeli President Shimon PeresMonday formally declared early ...
Palestinians join regional electricity grid project
Oct 28, 2008 ... Palestinians join regional electricity grid project AMMAN, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinians joined a regionalgrid project which previously included Jordan, Egypt, Syria,Lebanon, Iraq, Libya and Turkey. The announcement was made at the 13th meeting by energy ministersof ...
Abbas: PLO factions back Egyptian plan on Palestinian national talks
Oct 28, 2008 ... Abbas: PLO factions back Egyptian plan on Palestinian nationaltalks Abbas: PLO factions back Egyptian plan on Palestinian nationaltalks CAIRO, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbassaid here on Monday that the Fatah-led Palestinian LiberationOrganization (PLO) ...
Iraq hopes ties with Syria not impacted by U.S. raid
Oct 28, 2008 ... Iraq hopes ties with Syria not impacted by U.S. raid BAGHDAD, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Iraqi government said Mondaythat it hopes the relationship with Syria will not be damaged by across-border air strike by the U.S. military. Iraq is investigating the incident and will ...
Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, Oct. 27
Oct 28, 2008 ... Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, Oct. 27 KHARTOUM -- Five Chinese workers abducted in southwest Sudan bylocal militants this month have been killed by the kidnappers,officials of the Chinese embassy in Sudan said on Monday. The Chinese embassy has learnt from the ...
Tokyo stocks open volatile at outset of trading
Oct 28, 2008 ... Tokyo stocks open volatile at outset of trading TOKYO, Oct. 28(Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks remained volatile Tuesday as jitters remainover weakness in Japan's financial and corporate sector. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock ...
Dollar edges up to lower 93 yen in Tokyo
Oct 28, 2008 ... Dollar edges up to lower 93 yen in Tokyo TOKYO, Oct. 28(Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar traded at the lower 93 yen level earlyTuesday in Tokyo, up from the upper 92 yen range overnight in NewYork. At 9 a.m., the dollar fetched 93.20-25 yen versus 92.75-85 yen inNew York and ...
Tokyo stocks briefly fall below 7,000 in morning session
Oct 28, 2008 ... Tokyo stocks briefly fall below 7,000 in morning session TOKYO, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks remained volatileTuesday, with the key Nikkei index briefly falling below the 7,000line at midmorning for the first time since October 1982. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ...
ADB advises Pacific countries to trim spending
Oct 28, 2008 ... ADB advises Pacific countries to trim spending WELLINGTON, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB)said if the Pacific island countries make structural reforms, theywill be better placed to cope with the global economic crisis, RadioNew Zealand International reported ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Oct 28, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers TOKYO, Oct. 28(Xinhua) -- The following are the major news items in leadingJapanese newspapers on Tuesday: The Daily Yomiuri -- Tokyo stocks nosedived Monday, with the key Nikkei indexclosing at its lowest level in 26 years ...
Major news items in leading Indian newspapers
Oct 28, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Indian newspapers NEW DELHI, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The following are major newsheadlines in leading Indian newspapers on Tuesday. The Times of India: -- Mumbai's Central Railway paralyzed and over 100,000 Mumbaipassengers had to walk home ....
Vietnam to see monthly CPI drop in October after year-long rise
Oct 28, 2008 ... Vietnam to see monthly CPI drop in October after year-long rise HANOI, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Consumer Price Index (CPI) forOctober is forecast to drop 0.19 percent from that of September,ending its year-long rising trend, said sources with the GeneralStatistics Office (GSO) of ...
Myanmar to hold more foreign film festivals in former capital
Oct 28, 2008 ... Myanmar to hold more foreign film festivals in former capital YANGON, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar will hold three more foreignfilm festivals in the former capital of Yangon at the end of thisyear through to next year, the local Biweekly Eleven journalreported in this week's issue ....
Cambodian gov't teaches farmers new methods to boost rice yield
Oct 28, 2008 ... Cambodian gov't teaches farmers new methods to boost rice yield PHNOM PENH, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian farmers stand toincrease rice production by 1 million tons with the adoption ofSystem of Rice Intensification (SRI), national media reportedTuesday. "We will gain over ...
Urgent: Maldives holds run-off presidential election
Oct 28, 2008 ... Urgent: Maldives holds run-off presidential election MALE, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The run-off presidential election beganon Tuesday in the tiny Indian Ocean ...
Chinese student victim's parents to come to Sydney
Oct 28, 2008 ... Chinese student victim's parents to come to Sydney CANBERRA, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Consulate-General inSyndney has urged the college attended by a Chinese female student,who died on Sunday afternoon, to help bring her parents to Sydney,the consul of the Consulate-General ...
Tonga to withdraw troops from Iraq
Oct 28, 2008 ... Tonga to withdraw troops from Iraq WELLINGTON, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Commander of the TongaDefence Services has confirmed that Tonga would withdraw its troopsfrom Iraq before Christmas, Matangi Tonga online reported onTuesday. Brigadier Tau'aika' Uta'atu said that Tonga's ...
1st LD-Writethru: Maldives holds run-off presidential election
Oct 28, 2008 ... 1st LD-Writethru: Maldives holds run-off presidential election MALE, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The run-off presidential election beganTuesday morning in the tiny Indian Ocean archipelago of theMaldives, which will see the incumbent President Maumoon AbdulGayoom competes with the ...
Dollar rises to lower 93 yen level
Oct 28, 2008 ... Dollar rises to lower 93 yen level TOKYO, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) --The U.S. dollar rose to the lower 93 yen level Tuesday morning inTokyo as investors bought it after it plunged to a 13-year-low inthe upper 90 yen range last week. At noon, the dollar fetched ...
Pakistani defense minister to attend SCO meeting
Oct 28, 2008 ... Pakistani defense minister to attend SCO meeting ISLAMABAD, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani Defense Minister ChaudryAhmad Mukhtar would leave for Kazakhstan on Wednesday to representPakistan in the 7th prime ministers' meeting of Shanghai CooperationOrganization (SCO), state media ...
Vietnamese consumer technology market to expand 20 pct in 2008
Oct 28, 2008 ... Vietnamese consumer technology market to expand 20 pct in 2008 HANOI, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's consumer technology marketmay not expand as strongly as expected this year due to globaleconomic downturn, but its turnover will remain strong, localnewspaper The Youth reported on ...
1st LD Writethru: Tokyo stocks close 6.41 pct higher after diving briefly below 7,000
Oct 28, 2008 ... 1st LD Writethru: Tokyo stocks close 6.41 pct higher after divingbriefly below 7,000 TOKYO, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocksremained volatile and closed sharply higher Tuesday after the keyNikkei index plunged below 7,000 line for the first time in 26years. The 225-issue ...
News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 1)
Oct 28, 2008 ... News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 1) HONG KONG, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The following are news items fromthe Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Tuesday: Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers Seoul stock market opens down Tokyo ...
Overseas Indian scientists drawn back home by successful lunar mission
Oct 28, 2008 ... Overseas Indian scientists drawn back home by successful lunarmission MUMBAI, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The successful launch of India'sfirst lunar mission Chandrayaan-1 has inspired many overseas Indianspace scientists to come back home for a job opening in the IndianSpace Research ...
U.S. forces kill 12 militants in Afghanistan
Oct 28, 2008 ... U.S. forces kill 12 militants in Afghanistan KABUL, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- U.S. forces assigned to theInternational Security Assistance Force (ISAF) killed 12 militantson Monday while securing the site in Wardak province, where aCoalition helicopter was forced to land, said a ...
Sharp exports drop in Thailand may lead to 15 pct workers unemployed
Oct 28, 2008 ... Sharp exports drop in Thailand may lead to 15 pct workersunemployed BANGKOK, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Federation of Thai Industries(FTI) warned Tuesday that Thailand's export output has plunged 30percent and the slump could persist till the beginning of 2009,which could leave ...
Singapore shares end 4.14 pct higher
Oct 28, 2008 ... Singapore shares end 4.14 pct higher SINGAPORE, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The shares prices in Singaporeclosed higher on Tuesday with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) up 66.21 points, or 4.14 percent, to 1,666.49 points. The overall volume stood at 1.49 billion ...
Foreign exchange rates in Singapore
Oct 28, 2008 ... Foreign exchange rates in Singapore SINGAPORE, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The following are inter-bank ratesof foreign currencies against the Singapore dollar on Tuesday. Tuesday bid/ask Australian dollar0.9307/0.9325 ...