Xinhua News Agency back issues from Sunday, December 7:
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
Dec 07, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers JERUSALEM, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Israeli newspapers on Sunday. Ha'aretz: -- Israel has provided NATO with substantial intelligence aboutIran's nuclear program and the development ...
Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers
Dec 07, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers TEHRAN, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Iranian newspapers on Sunday. Tehran Times: -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here Saturday thathis country is determined to establish ...
Israel provides NATO with intelligence on Iran's nuclear program: report
Dec 07, 2008 ... Israel provides NATO with intelligence on Iran's nuclear program:report Israel provides NATO with intelligence on Iran's nuclearprogram: report JERUSALEM, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Israel has provided the NorthAtlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) with substantial intelligenceabout ...
Urgent: Israeli parliament approves release of 250 Palestinian prisoners: report
Dec 07, 2008 ... Urgent: Israeli parliament approves release of 250 Palestinianprisoners: report Urgent: Israeli parliament approves release of 250Palestinian prisoners: report JERUSALEM, ...
1st LD: Israeli parliament approves release of 250 Palestinian prisoners: report
Dec 07, 2008 ... 1st LD: Israeli parliament approves release of 250 Palestinianprisoners: report 1st LD: Israeli parliament approves release of 250Palestinian prisoners: report JERUSALEM, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Knesset (parliament)approved the release of 250 Palestinian prisoners ahead of ...
Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers
Dec 07, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers ANKARA, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Turkish newspapers on Saturday. CUMHURIYET (Republic): -- A bomb, left in front of a Vakifbank branch on Fatih FevzipasaStreet in Istanbul, went off ...
Israel keeps blockade on Gaza as militants fire more rockets
Dec 07, 2008 ... Israel keeps blockade on Gaza as militants fire more rockets GAZA, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Israel has decided on Sunday to keep atight blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip after Gaza militantscontinued their homemade rockets attacks on southern Israel,Palestinian security sources said ....
UN agency warns of food shortage in Gaza due to Israeli blockade
Dec 07, 2008 ... UN agency warns of food shortage in Gaza due to Israeli blockade GAZA, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- A UN agency in Gaza warned on Sundaythat food aid would run out within the coming couple of days due tothe ongoing Israeli tight blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip for amonth. Adnan ...
Abbas to reshuffle PNA caretaker government: source
Dec 07, 2008 ... Abbas to reshuffle PNA caretaker government: source RAMALLAH, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbasis to reshuffle soon the caretaker government of Prime MinisterSalam Fayyad, a well-informed Palestinian source revealed on Sunday. The source told the ...
Yearender: Syria opens up new horizons over diplomacy in 2008
Dec 07, 2008 ... Yearender: Syria opens up new horizons over diplomacy in 2008 by Jia Xiaohua DAMASCUS, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Syria, continuously blacklisted byWashington as a state sponsoring terrorism, witnessed a dramaticyear in 2008 as it broke out of a diplomatic isolation caused by ...
Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers
Dec 07, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers CAIRO, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Egyptian newspapers on Sunday. Al Ahram: -- Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul-Gheit held talks in Cairoon Saturday with U.S. Democratic ...
Turkish minister underlines concerted efforts against global economic crisis
Dec 07, 2008 ... Turkish minister underlines concerted efforts against globaleconomic crisis Turkish minister underlines concerted effortsagainst global economic crisis ANKARA, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Turkey's State Minister for foreigntrade Kursad Tuzmen Sunday underlined the necessity of ...
Israeli ministerial committee approves release of 230 Palestinian prisoners
Dec 07, 2008 ... Israeli ministerial committee approves release of 230 Palestinianprisoners Israeli ministerial committee approves release of 230Palestinian prisoners JERUSALEM, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- An Israeli ministerial committee onSunday approved the release of 230 prisoners ahead of the ...
Hamas slams Israel for preventing aid ships to Gaza
Dec 07, 2008 ... Hamas slams Israel for preventing aid ships to Gaza GAZA, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Islamic Hamas movement spokesman SamiAbu Zuhri slammed Israel for preventing an Israeli ship, loaded withfood products and medicines, from arriving in Gaza on Sunday. "Preventing the ships of aids ...
Syria decides ambassador to Lebanon: report
Dec 07, 2008 ... Syria decides ambassador to Lebanon: report BEIRUT, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Syria on Sunday chosen Makram Obeid asits ambassador to Lebanon, Lebanese An-Nahar daily reported. Obied, currently the Syrian ambassador to Spain, was among threecandidates to head the Syrian diplomatic ...
Joumblat says Syria dangerous on Lebanon's independence
Dec 07, 2008 ... Joumblat says Syria dangerous on Lebanon's independence BEIRUT, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese pro-government Druze leaderWalid Joumblat said Sunday that the Syrian regime poses a danger onindependent movement in Lebanon, local Naharnet website reported. Joumblat made his ...
Four illegal migrants die as boat capsizes off Turkey's northwestern coast
Dec 07, 2008 ... Four illegal migrants die as boat capsizes off Turkey'snorthwestern coast Four illegal migrants die as boat capsizes offTurkey's northwestern coast ANKARA, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Four illegal migrants drowned when arubber boat carrying dozens of illegal migrants capsized off ...
Gaza power plant shuts down due to severe fuel shortage
Dec 07, 2008 ... Gaza power plant shuts down due to severe fuel shortage GAZA, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- The sole power plant in the Gaza Striphad shut down again on Sunday after running out of the limitedamount of industrial fuels that was allowed last week for one dayonly, a Palestinian officials said ....
Soaring prices make hard for Tunisians to buy sacrificial sheep
Dec 07, 2008 ... Soaring prices make hard for Tunisians to buy sacrificial sheep TUNIS, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Stagnated income and soaring pricesmake hard for Tunisians to buy a sheep on the religious holiday ofEid el-Kebir, forcing many of them into debt. In Muslim Arab countries, the head of ...
Iraqi mayor wounded in bomb explosion northeast Baghdad
Dec 07, 2008 ... Iraqi mayor wounded in bomb explosion northeast Baghdad BAGHDAD, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Mayor of Baquba city and 43 otherswere wounded in a roadside bomb attack on his convoy in the city onSunday, a local police source said. The mayor Abdullah al-Khayali, Colonel Raghib ...
Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- Dec. 7
Dec 07, 2008 ... Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- Dec. 7 CAIRO, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of major MiddleEast news stories due to be covered or pursued by Xinhua News Agencyon Sunday. -- Iran reportedly test-fired a new surface-to-surface missilefrom a warship during the ...
Twin bomb attacks kill policeman in northern Iraq
Dec 07, 2008 ... Twin bomb attacks kill policeman in northern Iraq BAGHDAD, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Two roadside bombs coordinatelystruck Iraqi police in Iraqi northern city of Kirkuk Sunday, killinga policeman and wounding five others, a local police source said. "A roadside bomb went off in the ...
Iran tests medium-range missile in naval maneuver
Dec 07, 2008 ... Iran tests medium-range missile in naval maneuver TEHRAN, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Iran's naval forces tested a medium-range missile in naval maneuver, the state TV IRIB website reportedon Sunday. "The surface-to-surface Nasr 2 (Victory 2) missile wassuccessfully test-fired from ...
Israeli FM calls for reassessment of Gaza ceasefire
Dec 07, 2008 ... Israeli FM calls for reassessment of Gaza ceasefire JERUSALEM, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Foreign Minister TzipiLivni Sunday called for more discussion among Israeli leaders aboutwhether to continue the ceasefire with Palestinian militant groupsin the Gaza Strip. "The ...
Iran to respond U.S. congressmen letter: MP
Dec 07, 2008 ... Iran to respond U.S. congressmen letter: MP TEHRAN, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- An Iranian lawmaker said here onSunday that Iran would respond to the U.S. congressmen letter thatsuggesting to hold dialogue between the Iranian and Americanlawmakers, the official IRNA news agency reported ....
Israel to release 230 Palestinian prisoners on Tuesday
Dec 07, 2008 ... Israel to release 230 Palestinian prisoners on Tuesday JERUSALEM, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Israel has decided on Sunday torelease 230 prisoners on Tuesday as a goodwill gesture toPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to mark the upcoming Muslimfestival of Eid al-Adha. According to ...
Iran takes steps to build trust in nuclear row: MP
Dec 07, 2008 ... Iran takes steps to build trust in nuclear row: MP TEHRAN, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- An Iranian lawmaker said here onSunday that Iran had taken necessary steps to build trust in itsnuclear row, the official IRNA news agency reported. Kazem Jalali, an Iranian rapporteur of Iran's ...
Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes higher
Dec 07, 2008 ... Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes higher JERUSALEM, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange generalshare index closed at ...
Two PKK rebels killled in southeastern Turkey
Dec 07, 2008 ... Two PKK rebels killled in southeastern Turkey ANKARA, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Turkish security forces killed twomilitants of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) insoutheastern Turkey, the Turkish General Staff said on Sunday. The General Staff said in a statement posted on ...
Turkish police arrest 19 illegal migrants
Dec 07, 2008 ... Turkish police arrest 19 illegal migrants ANKARA, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Turkish police Sunday arrested 19illegal migrants in an operation in the Aegean province of Izmir inwestern Turkey, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. Acting on a tip-off, the Turkish police ...
Four PKK rebels surrender to Turkish army
Dec 07, 2008 ... Four PKK rebels surrender to Turkish army ANKARA, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Four members of the outlawed KurdishWorkers' Party (PKK) surrendered to the Turkish security forces insoutheastern Turkey, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reportedon Sunday. The four PKK members ...
Israel presents goodwill gestures to Palestinians ahead of Muslim festival
Dec 07, 2008 ... Israel presents goodwill gestures to Palestinians ahead of Muslimfestival Israel presents goodwill gestures to Palestinians ahead ofMuslim festival JERUSALEM, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Israel on Sunday presented a seriesof goodwill gestures to the Palestinians ahead of the ...
Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, Dec. 7
Dec 07, 2008 ... Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, Dec. 7 JERUSALEM -- Israel has decided on Sunday to release 230prisoners on Tuesday as a goodwill gesture to Palestinian PresidentMahmoud Abbas to mark the upcoming Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha. According to a statement issued by ...
Major news items in leading Australian newspapers
Dec 07, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Australian newspapers CANBERRA, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Australian newspapers on Monday. The Australian: -- Climate change adviser Ross Garnaut has warned that developednations will be unable to ...
Dollar at upper 92 yen level in Tokyo
Dec 07, 2008 ... Dollar at upper 92 yen level in Tokyo TOKYO, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar stood at the upper 92yen level early Monday in Tokyo. The dollar traded at 92.75-80 yen at 9:00 a.m., compared with92.84-94 yen in New York ...
Nikkei opens 1 pct higher
Dec 07, 2008 ... Nikkei opens 1 pct higher TOKYO, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks opened higher Monday withthe key Nikkei index rising 1.19 percent. At 9:15 a.m., the ...
FFF1208 Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Dec 07, 2008 ... FFF1208 Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers TOKYO, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- The following are the major news itemsin leading Japanese newspapers on Monday: The Daily Yomiuri -- The approval rating of Prime Minister Taro Aso's Cabinet hasdramatically plunged by ...
Moderate earthquake jolts west Indonesia
Dec 07, 2008 ... Moderate earthquake jolts west Indonesia JAKARTA, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- A moderate earthquake measuring up to5.2 on the Richter scale hit Nangroe Aceh Darussalam in westIndonesia on Monday morning, said the Indonesian Meteorology andGeophysics Agency (BMG) quoted by the national ...
Most of post-cyclone reconstruction work finishes in Yangon
Dec 07, 2008 ... Most of post-cyclone reconstruction work finishes in Yangon YANGON, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- Most of the post-cyclonereconstruction work has finished in the municipal area of Myanmar' sformer capital city of Yangon, the local weekly Flower News reportedMonday. Spending 2.86 ...
Myanmar marine product exports hit over 332 mln USD in first eight months of 2008-09
Dec 07, 2008 ... Myanmar marine product exports hit over 332 mln USD in firsteight months of 2008-09 YANGON, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar's marine product exports hit332 million U.S. dollars in the first eight months of the fiscalyear 2008-09, which began in April, the local weekly Flower ...
Puea Thai Party selects Yongyuth as leader
Dec 07, 2008 ... Puea Thai Party selects Yongyuth as leader BANGKOK, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Puea Thai Party (PTP), one ofThailand's newest, set up recently to absorb members of parliament(MPs) from the court-dissolved former ruling People Power Party (PPP) met Sunday, electing Yongyuth Wichaidit ...
Japan's current account surplus plunges 56.5 pct in October
Dec 07, 2008 ... Japan's current account surplus plunges 56.5 pct in October TOKYO, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- Japan's current account surplus shrankfor an eighth consecutive month in October, plummeting by 56.5percent year-on-year to 960.5 billion yen, the finance ministry saidMonday. The balance ...
Tokyo stocks up in morning trading
Dec 07, 2008 ... Tokyo stocks up in morning trading TOKYO, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks gained ground Mondaymorning with the key Nikkei index up 2.57 ...
Feature: Afghans wishing durable peace as celebrating Eidul Adha
Dec 07, 2008 ... Feature: Afghans wishing durable peace as celebrating Eidul Adha By Abdul Haleem KABUL, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- "I want my father to buy new pant andcoat for me as Eid gift," eight-year-old Afghan boy Fawad said asMuslims across the world celebrate Eidul Adgha or Eidul Qurab, ...
Militants attack NATO supplies in NW Pakistan
Dec 07, 2008 ... Militants attack NATO supplies in NW Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Suspected militants early Sundayattacked trucks and tankers supplying fuel and food to foreignforces in Afghanistan, destroying 30 tankers and killing a guard. All trucks and oil tankers caught fire ...
Vietnamese coffee export prices drop to nine-month low
Dec 07, 2008 ... Vietnamese coffee export prices drop to nine-month low HANOI, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- The price of Vietnam's exported coffeefell to 1,489 U.S. dollars per ton last week, the lowest for thepast nine months, on global economic downturn, Vietnam News reportedon Monday. The price ...
Major news items in leading Indian newspapers
Dec 07, 2008 ... Major news items in leading Indian newspapers MUMBAI, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- Following are major news headlines inleading Indian newspapers on Monday: The Times of India: -- Faced with a slowing economy that's refusing to respond tomonetary measures such as interest rate ...
Clash leaves 9 Taliban militants dead in S. Afghanistan
Dec 07, 2008 ... Clash leaves 9 Taliban militants dead in S. Afghanistan KABUL, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Afghan police forces on Sunday foiledTaliban militants assaults on a police post, killing nine militantsand wounding four more in southern Afghan province of Helmand, saidan official. Daud ...
Five soldiers killed in s. Philippines clash
Dec 07, 2008 ... Five soldiers killed in s. Philippines clash MANILA, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- Five soldiers were killed Sunday whenpursuing Abu Sayyaf militants in the southern Philippine province ofBasilan, the military said on Monday. Major General Ben Dolorfino, Philippine Marines commandant, ...
Dollar firm at upper 92 yen in Tokyo
Dec 07, 2008 ... Dollar firm at upper 92 yen in Tokyo TOKYO, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar stood firm at the upper92 yen level Monday morning in Tokyo. The dollar traded at 92.75-80 yen at midday, compared with 92. 84-94 yen in New York ...
Support rating for Aso Cabinet plunges to 25.5 pct: survey
Dec 07, 2008 ... Support rating for Aso Cabinet plunges to 25.5 pct: survey TOKYO, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- The approval rating for Prime MinisterTaro Aso's Cabinet plunged by 15.4 percentage points to 25.5percent, Kyodo News reported Sunday, citing its survey conductedthis weekend. The Kyodo ...
Vietnamese paper production cut due to low demand
Dec 07, 2008 ... Vietnamese paper production cut due to low demand HANOI, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- Vietnamese paper producers cut 20percent to 40 percent of its production due to declining demand, thelocal newspaper Vietnam Economic Times reported on Monday, citingthe source with Vietnam Pulp and Paper ...
Indian FM denies calling Pakistan President
Dec 07, 2008 ... Indian FM denies calling Pakistan President NEW DELHI, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Indian External Affairs MinisterPranab Mukherjee Sunday denied he had made a call to PakistanPresident Asif Ali Zardari and expressed worry that "a neighboringstate might even consider acting on the basis of ...
Vietnamese automobile sales decline nearly 50 pct in November
Dec 07, 2008 ... Vietnamese automobile sales decline nearly 50 pct in November HANOI, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's car sales plunged 49 percentin November of 2008 as a result of the global economic downturn thathas rattled local consumer spending, the local newspaper YoungPeople reported on ...
Lockwood Smith elected as New Zealand Parliament speaker
Dec 07, 2008 ... Lockwood Smith elected as New Zealand Parliament speaker WELLINGTON, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand's National partymember of parliament Lockwood Smith was elected as parliamentspeaker unopposed during the swearing in of 122 MPs at Parliament onMonday. The State Opening of ...
(Sports) Roundup: Philippine boxing champ Manny Pacquiao wins over De la Hoya in "dream match"
Dec 07, 2008 ... (Sports) Roundup: Philippine boxing champ Manny Pacquiao winsover De la Hoya in "dream match" MANILA, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Philippine ace boxer Manny Pacquiaodefeated American Oscar De La Hoya in the non-title welterweightsuper fight held in Las Vegas Saturday night (Sunday noon at ...
Road accident kills 5, injures 20 in northern Bangladesh
Dec 07, 2008 ... Road accident kills 5, injures 20 in northern Bangladesh DHAKA, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- At least five homebound brick kilnworkers were killed and 20 others injured as a truck ran off theroad into a pond in Bangladesh's northern district Kurigram Sundayearly morning, private news agency ...
Afghan gov't strengthens security ahead of Eidul Adha
Dec 07, 2008 ... Afghan gov't strengthens security ahead of Eidul Adha KABUL, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Afghan government has takenprecautionary measures to avert any possible terrorist attack onEidul Adha or religious festival day falling on Monday, according toan official from the Interior Ministry ...
Australians want gov't to be committed to carbon emissions reduction: poll
Dec 07, 2008 ... Australians want gov't to be committed to carbon emissionsreduction: poll CANBERRA, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Australians want the federalgovernment to set an example for other countries by committing to astrong carbon reduction target, a new poll showed on Sunday. The poll, ...
300 foreign militants still operating in Pakistan tribal regions: official
Dec 07, 2008 ... 300 foreign militants still operating in Pakistan tribal regions:official ISLAMABAD, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Over 300 foreign fighters are stilloperating in Pakistan's tribal region where security forces arebattling them, the News Network International (NNI) news agencyreported ...
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT Dec. 7
Dec 07, 2008 ... Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT Dec. 7 SEOUL -- South Korea's chief negotiator for the nuclear issues onthe Korean Peninsula Kim Sook said Sunday that he was "not veryoptimistic" over the upcoming six-party talks. "On the prospects of the six-party talks, we will ...
News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua
Dec 07, 2008 ... News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua HONG KONG, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong on Sunday: ANZ National bank to cut 200 more jobs Forty percent of Australian PM office' staff quit Major news ...
Urgent: Hong Kong stocks surge more than 1,000 points
Dec 07, 2008 ... Urgent: Hong Kong stocks surge more than 1,000 points HONG KONG, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong stocks ...
Urgent: Ghana starts presidential, parliamentary elections
Dec 07, 2008 ... Urgent: Ghana starts presidential, parliamentary elections ACCRA, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Ghanaians started to go to pollingstations on Sunday morning to elect a new ...
1st LD: Ghana holds presidential, parliamentary elections
Dec 07, 2008 ... 1st LD: Ghana holds presidential, parliamentary elections ACCRA, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Ghanaians went to polling stations onSunday morning to elect a new president and the National Assembly. The country's Electoral Commission said 21,004 polling stationshad been set up ...