Xinhua News Agency back issues from Sunday, March 1:
U.S. marine dies in Iraq
Mar 01, 2009 ... U.S. marine dies in Iraq BAGHDAD, March 1 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. marine died in a non-combatrelated incident in western Iraq, the U.S. military said on Sunday. A soldier, assigned to Multi-National Force-West (MNF-W), died onSaturday in Iraq's province of Anbar, a military ...
Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers
Mar 01, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers TEHRAN, March 1 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Iranian newspapers on Sunday. Tehran Times: -- Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told visitingIraqi President Jalal Talabani on Saturday ...
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
Mar 01, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers JERUSALEM, March 1 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Israeli newspapers on Sunday. Ha'aretz -- The visit of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Israelthis week may give an early indication ...
Hamas shows rare support for Fatah reconciliation
Mar 01, 2009 ... Hamas shows rare support for Fatah reconciliation GAZA, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Islamic Hamas movement on Sundayexpressed support for reconciliation talks with rival Fatah, showingrare willingness to accept elections and give up key portfolios. "Hamas has no veto on presidential ...
Five Palestinians killed in tunnel collapse
Mar 01, 2009 ... Five Palestinians killed in tunnel collapse GAZA, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Five Palestinians were killed and asixth missing on Sunday while working in a smuggling tunnel beneaththe border with Egypt in southern Gaza Strip due to heavy rains,medical sources said. "The bodies of ...
Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers
Mar 01, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers CAIRO, March 1 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Egyptian newspapers on Sunday. Al Ahram: -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will inaugurate aninternational conference for the reconstruction of ...
Blair in Gaza to look at damage
Mar 01, 2009 ... Blair in Gaza to look at damage GAZA, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Quartet envoy Tony Blair arrived in theGaza Strip on Sunday to inspect damage by Israeli army during the 22-day military attack and discuss reconstruction process. Blair's first visit as the Quartet's envoy to the ...
1st LD: Blair in Gaza to look at damage
Mar 01, 2009 ... 1st LD: Blair in Gaza to look at damage GAZA, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Quartet envoy Tony Blair arrived in theGaza Strip on Sunday to inspect damage by Israeli army and discussreconstruction process. Blair's first visit as the Quartet's envoy to the Hamas-controlled territory ...
Iraq's monthly death toll rises to 258 in February
Mar 01, 2009 ... Iraq's monthly death toll rises to 258 in February BAGHDAD, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- Iraq's monthly civilian death toll inFebruary rose slightly to a total of 258 from the previous monththat showed the lowest level since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003,authorities said on Sunday ....
Jordan's stock market index closes higher
Mar 01, 2009 ... Jordan's stock market index closes higher AMMAN, March 1 (Xinhua) -- The shares price index of Jordan'sAmman stock market closed at 2,633 points on Sunday, up 17 ...
Hamas ready for intensive talks on prisoners swap
Mar 01, 2009 ... Hamas ready for intensive talks on prisoners swap GAZA, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Hamas on Sunday said it "does not mind"holding indirect marathon talks with Israel on prisoners swap. "We can hold the talks in Cairo," added Ismail Radwan, aspokesman for the Islamic movement ....
Recast: Iraq's monthly death toll rises to 258 in February
Mar 01, 2009 ... Recast: Iraq's monthly death toll rises to 258 in February BAGHDAD, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Iraq's monthly civilian death tollin February rose slightly to a total of 258 from the previous monththat showed the lowest level since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003,authorities said on Sunday ....
Iran's oil minister sees no OPEC output cut in March
Mar 01, 2009 ... Iran's oil minister sees no OPEC output cut in March TEHRAN, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Oil Minister Gholam-HosseinNozari said that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries(OPEC) would not cut its output in March, the satellite Press TVreported on Sunday. "I do not ...
Iran, Pakistan keen to cooperate on security issues
Mar 01, 2009 ... Iran, Pakistan keen to cooperate on security issues TEHRAN, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Iran and Pakistan on Sunday expressedtheir willingness to cooperate in security, the official IRNA newsagency reported. Iranian Interior Minister Sadeq Mahsouli and visiting PakistaniInterior ...
Suicide bomber kills two, wounds six west of Baghdad
Mar 01, 2009 ... Suicide bomber kills two, wounds six west of Baghdad RAMADI, Iraq, March 1 (Xinhua) -- A suicide bomber blew himselfup at the house of an anti-Qaida tribal leader near the city ofFallujah on Sunday, killing two people and wounding six others, alocal police source said. "A ...
Sudanese diplomat renews rejection to ICC accusation against al- Bashir
Mar 01, 2009 ... Sudanese diplomat renews rejection to ICC accusation against al-Bashir Sudanese diplomat renews rejection to ICC accusation againstal- Bashir CAIRO, March 1 (Xinhua) -- A senior Sudanese diplomat reiteratedhere Sunday his rejection to the accusation against SudanesePresident ...
Tehran assessing accuracy of Canadian premier's stands against Iran: spokesman
Mar 01, 2009 ... Tehran assessing accuracy of Canadian premier's stands againstIran: spokesman Tehran assessing accuracy of Canadian premier'sstands against Iran: spokesman TEHRAN, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesmanHassan Qashqavi said on Sunday Tehran is assessing the accuracy ...
Lebanon's parliament majority celebrates tribunal opening over Hariri case
Mar 01, 2009 ... Lebanon's parliament majority celebrates tribunal opening overHariri case Lebanon's parliament majority celebrates tribunalopening over Hariri case BEIRUT, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Supporters of Lebanon's March 14Forces, or the parliament majority, on Sunday celebrated the openingof ...
Israel allows industrial fuel, cooking gas into Gaza
Mar 01, 2009 ... Israel allows industrial fuel, cooking gas into Gaza GAZA, March 1 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli authorities allowed onSunday through Nahal Oz depot between eastern Gaza and Israel moreamounts of industrial fuels to operate Gaza power station andcooking gas, Gaza officials said ....
Urgent: Hillary arrives in Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh for donor conference on Gaza
Mar 01, 2009 ... Urgent: Hillary arrives in Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh for donorconference on Gaza Urgent: Hillary arrives in Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh for donor conference on Gaza SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, ...
1st LD: Hillary arrives in Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh for donor conference on Gaza
Mar 01, 2009 ... 1st LD: Hillary arrives in Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh for donorconference on Gaza 1st LD: Hillary arrives in Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh for donor conference on Gaza SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, March 1 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary ofState Hillary Clinton arrived in Egypt's Red Sea resort of ...
Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes lower
Mar 01, 2009 ... Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes lower JERUSALEM, March 1 (Xinhua) -- The Tel Aviv Stock Exchangegeneral share index closed at ...
Outgoing Israeli PM to face indictment in fraud case
Mar 01, 2009 ... Outgoing Israeli PM to face indictment in fraud case JERUSALEM, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmertwould face the indictment by Attorney General on criminal charges offraud and breach of trust in the case of U.S. businessman MorrisTalansky, local media reported ...
News Analysis: Sober ASEAN getting aware of challenges ahead, and acts
Mar 01, 2009 ... News Analysis: Sober ASEAN getting aware of challenges ahead, andacts by Xinhua Writer Xu Duo HUA HIN, Thailand, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Development gaps and howto get people involved present major challenges to Southeast Asia' sintegration process. Realizing that solutions to the ...
Millions of Indian students to attend school exams Monday
Mar 01, 2009 ... Millions of Indian students to attend school exams Monday NEW DELHI, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Tension among students and parentsare mounting when over 1.4 million high school and senior secondaryschool students are due to take part in board exams on Monday. With 824,438 Class 10 ...
Urgent: 1 killed in prison riot in India
Mar 01, 2009 ... Urgent: 1 killed in prison riot in India NEW DELHI, March 1 (Xinhua) -- At least one person was killedwhen ...
9 killed, 6 injured in bus accident in far-western Nepal
Mar 01, 2009 ... 9 killed, 6 injured in bus accident in far-western Nepal KATHMANDU, March 1 (Xinhua) -- At least nine people have beenkilled and other six injured when a passenger bus plummeted some 700meters down the road in Baitadi district in far-western Nepal Sundayafternoon. According ...
China's Sichuan province supports agricultural development in Vietnam
Mar 01, 2009 ... China's Sichuan province supports agricultural development inVietnam LANGSON, Vietnam, March 1 (Xinhua) -- China's Sichuan provincedonated ten tractors to Vietnamese Farmers Association (VFA) here onSunday to support its agricultural development. The move is also to express ...
7 Indian firms accused of recycling used syringes, causing HB outbreak
Mar 01, 2009 ... 7 Indian firms accused of recycling used syringes, causing HBoutbreak NEW DELHI, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Seven pharmaceutical Indiancompanies have been accused of recycling used syringes, leading tothe recent deaths of 64 people in a Hepatitis B outbreak in Gujarat,western India, ...
ASEAN calls for cooperation to address illegal migrants in Indian Ocean
Mar 01, 2009 ... ASEAN calls for cooperation to address illegal migrants in IndianOcean HUA HIN, Thailand, March 1 (Xinhua) -- ASEAN leaders stressedSunday the importance of tackling the issue of the illegal migrantsin the Indian Ocean, saying that it must be resolved throughcooperation among ...
India worried over spillover from Bangladesh mutiny
Mar 01, 2009 ... India worried over spillover from Bangladesh mutiny NEW DELHI, March 1 (Xinhua) -- The Indian government is "uncomfortable" with a request by the Bangladeshi government todisarm and hand over rebels soldiers if the latter try to flee toIndia, the Kolkata-based local daily The ...
U.S. Secretary of State calls on Afghan President Karzai
Mar 01, 2009 ... U.S. Secretary of State calls on Afghan President Karzai KABUL, March 1 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State HillaryClinton called on Afghan President Hamid Karzai and exchanged viewson matters pertaining mutual interests including the upcomingelections, said a press release issued ...
Bangladesh gov't to provide 1 mln taka to each family of army officers killed in revolt
Mar 01, 2009 ... Bangladesh gov't to provide 1 mln taka to each family of armyofficers killed in revolt Bangladesh gov't to provide 1 mln taka toeach family of army officers killed in revolt DHAKA, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Each family of army officers who werekilled in the Wednesday's revolt by ...
1st LD Writethru: 1 killed in brief prison riot in India
Mar 01, 2009 ... 1st LD Writethru: 1 killed in brief prison riot in India NEW DELHI, March 1 (Xinhua) -- One prisoner was killed and twowounded in a brief prison riot on Sunday in the Sabarmati CentralJail in Ahmedabad city of India's western state Gujarat, said apolice officer. According ...
U.S. praises Hasina's efforts to assist mutiny survivors in Bangladesh
Mar 01, 2009 ... U.S. praises Hasina's efforts to assist mutiny survivors inBangladesh U.S. praises Hasina's efforts to assist mutiny survivorsin Bangladesh DHAKA, March 1 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Assistant Secretary of State forSouth and Central Asia Richard Boucher Sunday telephoned BangladeshiPrime ...
Bio-digesters electrify 2,000 houses in Myanmar villages
Mar 01, 2009 ... Bio-digesters electrify 2,000 houses in Myanmar villages YANGON, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Bio-digesters, which produce bio-energy out of animal waste, has electrified over 2,000 houses in 12villages since such use was introduced in Myanmar's two divisions ofBago and Ayeyawaddy, ...
Suicide car bomb wounds 6 in E. Afghanistan
Mar 01, 2009 ... Suicide car bomb wounds 6 in E. Afghanistan KABUL, March 1 (Xinhua)-- Six persons, all of them civilians,were wounded as a suicide car bomb hit troops in Nangarhar provinceeast of Afghanistan Sunday, spokesman of provincial administrationAhmad Zia Abdulzai said ....
U.S. army contractor killed in S. Afghanistan
Mar 01, 2009 ... U.S. army contractor killed in S. Afghanistan KABUL, March 1 (Xinhua) -- A contractor of the U.S.-led CoalitionForces died of wounds received in southern Afghan province Uruzgan,said a press release of U.S. army received here Sunday. "The contractor died of wounds sustaining ...
Militants gun down pro-government religious leader in S. Afghanistan
Mar 01, 2009 ... Militants gun down pro-government religious leader in S.Afghanistan KABUL, March 1 (Xinhua)-- Unknown armed militants gunned down apro-government religious leader Mawlawi Ahmad in Kandahar provincesouth of Afghanistan, a local official said Sunday. "The armed men shot dead ...
Sri Lankan gov't sends more food to war trapped civilians
Mar 01, 2009 ... Sri Lankan gov't sends more food to war trapped civilians COLOMBO, March 1 (Xinhua) -- The Sri Lankan government saidSunday that it has dispatched more food to be used by the displacedTamil civilians trapped in the island's northern battle zone. "We sent 90 metric tons of ...
Xinhua Asia-Pacific News Summary at 1600 GMT, March 1
Mar 01, 2009 ... Xinhua Asia-Pacific News Summary at 1600 GMT, March 1 HUA HIN, Thailand -- ASEAN heads of state or government signedhere on Sunday an important document aimed at accelerating theestablishment of the ASEAN Community in 2015 at the 14th Summit ofthe Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ....
Bangladesh seeks UN, FBI, Scotland Yard support to investigate BDR mutiny
Mar 01, 2009 ... Bangladesh seeks UN, FBI, Scotland Yard support to investigateBDR mutiny DHAKA, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Bangladeshi Prime Minister SheikhHasina has sought assistance from the FBI and the Scotland Yard andplans to ask for the UN support to help investigate the bloodymutiny by ...
Urgent: Hong Kong stocks close 3.83 pct lower at midday
Mar 01, 2009 ... Urgent: Hong Kong stocks close 3.83 pct lower at midday HONG KONG, March 2 (Xinhua) -- The Hong ...
Militants threaten to attack gas pipeline in southeast Nigeria
Mar 01, 2009 ... Militants threaten to attack gas pipeline in southeast Nigeria LAGOS, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria's rebel group the Movement forthe Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) has threatened tosabotage a multi-billion dollar plan to pipe Nigerian gas to Europeacross the Sahara desert, ...
Writethru: Militants threaten to attack gas pipeline in southeast Nigeria
Mar 01, 2009 ... Writethru: Militants threaten to attack gas pipeline in southeastNigeria Writethru: Militants threaten to attack gas pipeline insoutheast Nigeria LAGOS, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria's rebel group the Movement forthe Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) has threatened tosabotage ...
Ugandan troops yet to pull back from DR Congo after summit
Mar 01, 2009 ... Ugandan troops yet to pull back from DR Congo after summit KINSHASA, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Ugandan troops joining an anti-insurgency military operation in the Democratic Republic of Congo(DR Congo) did not withdraw on Saturday as initially announced,diplomatic sources disclosed ....
Urgent: EU leaders fail to agree on single fund to bail out eastern members
Mar 01, 2009 ... Urgent: EU leaders fail to agree on single fund to bail outeastern members BRUSSELS, Mar. 1 (Xinhua) -- European Union (EU) leaders failedon Sunday to agree on a single multibillion-euro fund to bail outtheir Central and Eastern European members. In a statement concluding ...
Roundup: EU leaders seeking solidarity to fight financial crisis
Mar 01, 2009 ... Roundup: EU leaders seeking solidarity to fight financial crisis BRUSSELS, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Leaders of the European Union (EU)on Sunday kicked off an extraordinary summit in search of much-needed solidarity and coordination in the fight against theworsening economic and ...
Obama to visit Czech Republic in April
Mar 01, 2009 ... Obama to visit Czech Republic in April BRUSSELS, Mar. 1 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama will payhis first visit to the Czech Republic on April 5 and meet EuropeanUnion leaders, Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek announced hereon Sunday. The announcement was made ...
Brown voices opposition to trade protectionism
Mar 01, 2009 ... Brown voices opposition to trade protectionism BRUSSELS, Mar. 1 (Xinhua) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brownvoiced here on Sunday his strong opposition to trade protectionismamid the worsening financial crisis. Speaking at a press conference following the EU ...
EU leaders fail to agree on bailout fund for eastern members
Mar 01, 2009 ... EU leaders fail to agree on bailout fund for eastern members BRUSSELS, Mar. 1 (Xinhua) -- European Union (EU) leaders onSunday failed to agree on a single multibillion-euro fund to bailout Central and Eastern European members, which are worst-hit by thefinancial crisis ....
EU leaders agree to act together in response to financial crisis
Mar 01, 2009 ... EU leaders agree to act together in response to financial crisis BRUSSELS, Mar. 1 (Xinhua) -- European Union (EU) leaders agreedat an extraordinary summit here on Sunday to act together inresponse to the financial crisis. "We agreed that Europe can face up to this challenge ...
FBI surveillance has chilling effect on Los Angeles Moslems: paper
Mar 01, 2009 ... FBI surveillance has chilling effect on Los Angeles Moslems:paper LOS ANGELES, Mar. 1 (Xinhua) -- FBI surveillance has a chillingeffect on Moslems in Los Angeles, forcing some to avoid mosques andreduce donations, a newspaper report said on Sunday. Some mosques have asked ...
Macedonia announces 8 billion euros investment program
Mar 01, 2009 ... Macedonia announces 8 billion euros investment program TIRANA, Mar. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Macedonian government on Sundayannounced it would invest 8 billion euros (10.3 billion US dollars)in the country's infrastructure over the next seven years. Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola ...
Vegetable-based drug could inhibit melanoma: U.S. researchers
Mar 01, 2009 ... Vegetable-based drug could inhibit melanoma: U.S. researchers WASHINGTON, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Compounds extracted from greenvegetables such as broccoli and cabbage could be a potent drugagainst melanoma, according to cancer researchers. Tests on micesuggest that these compounds, ...
Greek PM stresses need for coordination at European level to tackle economic crisis
Mar 01, 2009 ... Greek PM stresses need for coordination at European level totackle economic crisis ATHENS, Mar. 1 (Xinhua) -- Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlisstressed the need for boosting coordination at European level totackle the economic crisis during the European Union's ...
Bosnia marks Independence Day amid lingering ethnic division
Mar 01, 2009 ... Bosnia marks Independence Day amid lingering ethnic division BELGRADE, Mar. 1 (Xinhua) -- Bosnia-Herzegovina marked itsIndependence Day on Sunday, but lingering ethnic division betweenthe three main nationalities Bosnian Muslim, Croats, and Serbsovershadowed the festive public ...
Interview: Economic crisis could be "turning point" for Sino-U.S. ties: expert by Chen Yu, Chenruwei
Mar 01, 2009 ... Interview: Economic crisis could be "turning point" for Sino-U.S. ties: expert by Chen Yu, Chenruwei HOUSTON, Mar. 1 (Xinhua) -- Bad global economy and climate changecould create a turning point for U.S.-China relations as the twocountries have to unite against the two ...
Urgent: EU leaders agree to act together in response to financial crisis
Mar 01, 2009 ... Urgent: EU leaders agree to act together in response to financialcrisis BRUSSELS, March 1 (Xinhua) -- European Union (EU) leaders agreedat an extraordinary summit here on Sunday to act together inresponse to the unfolding financial crisis. "We agreed that Europe can only ...
Xinhua international news advisory -- March 2
Mar 01, 2009 ... Xinhua international news advisory -- March 2 BEIJING, March 2 (Xinhua) -- The following are some majorinternational news stories scheduled to be covered or pursued byXinhua on Monday. -- Russian president begins state visit to Spain -- Heavy snow hits Eastern U.S ....
Nicaraguan navy captures 50 undocumented immigrants abandoned by human traffickers
Mar 01, 2009 ... Nicaraguan navy captures 50 undocumented immigrants abandoned byhuman traffickers MANAGUA, March 1 (Xinhua) -- The Nicaraguan navy has detained 50undocumented immigrants from Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana and Nepal,Frigate Captain Angel Fonseca announced Sunday. The immigrants ...
Mexican drug cartel threatens to kill Guatemalan president
Mar 01, 2009 ... Mexican drug cartel threatens to kill Guatemalan president MEXICO CITY, March 1 (Xinhua) -- A Mexican drug cartel threatenedto kill Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom, Guatemalan strategicIntelligence Secretariat (SAE) said Sunday. The emergency phone number 110 from the ...
Russian president starts visit to Spain
Mar 01, 2009 ... Russian president starts visit to Spain MADRID, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedevarrived here Sunday night on a two-day state visit, his firstbilateral European visit since Russia's war with Georgia lastAugust. During his stay in Spain, Medvedev is ...
Iran's Rafsanjani to travel to Iraq for three-day visit
Mar 01, 2009 ... Iran's Rafsanjani to travel to Iraq for three-day visit TEHRAN, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Iran's influential former presidentAli Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani will travel to neighboring Iraq onMonday for a three-day visit, the official IRNA news agencyreported. Rafsanjani, who ...
Egypt reports one more human bird flu case
Mar 01, 2009 ... Egypt reports one more human bird flu case CAIRO, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian Health Ministry confirmed onSunday that a two-year-old baby was infected with bird flu virus,bringing the number of human cases of the avian influenza in thecountry to 56, the official MENA news agency ...