Xinhua News Agency back issues from Thursday, March 5:
Urgent: At least 10 killed in truck bombing at livestock market in south of Baghdad
Mar 05, 2009 ... Urgent: At least 10 killed in truck bombing at livestock marketin south of Baghdad Urgent: At least 10 killed in truck bombing atlivestock market in south of Baghdad BAGHDAD, March 5 ...
Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- March 5
Mar 05, 2009 ... Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- March 5 CAIRO, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of major MiddleEast news stories due to be covered or pursued by Xinhua News Agencyon Thursday. -- Iraq's lawmakers meet to vote on the country's budget of some62 billion U.S ....
1st LD: At least 10 killed in truck bombing south of Baghdad
Mar 05, 2009 ... 1st LD: At least 10 killed in truck bombing south of Baghdad BAGHDAD, March 5 (Xinhua) -- At least 10 people were killed andsome 40 others injured on Thursday in a truck bomb explosion at abusy livestock market in a town of Babil province, some 120 km southof Baghdad, a provincial ...
Israeli airstrikes on central Gaza kills 2 Palestinians
Mar 05, 2009 ... Israeli airstrikes on central Gaza kills 2 Palestinians GAZA, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Two Palestinians were killed in anIsraeli airstrikes carried out by Israeli warplanes on central GazaStrip early on Thursday morning, medics and witnesses said. Gaza emergency chief Moaweya ...
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
Mar 05, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers JERUSALEM, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Israeli newspapers on Thursday. Ha'aretz: -- An Israel Air Force missile strike on Wednesday night theHamas-ruled Gaza Strip, one Islamic Jihad ...
Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers
Mar 05, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers ANKARA, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Turkish newspapers on Thursday. SABAH(Morning): -- Turkish Security Forces intercepted Wednesday 18 migrants inthe northwestern provinces of ...
Two men plead not guilty on charges of plotting to kill Israeli in Jordan
Mar 05, 2009 ... Two men plead not guilty on charges of plotting to kill Israeliin Jordan Two men plead not guilty on charges of plotting to killIsraeli in Jordan AMMAN, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Two men have pleaded not guilty oncharges of plotting to kill an Israeli investor in Jordan inJanuary, ...
Gaza militants fire back rockets at Israel after airstrikes
Mar 05, 2009 ... Gaza militants fire back rockets at Israel after airstrikes GAZA, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Gaza militants fired on Thursday threemakeshift rockets from Gaza at southern Israeli towns in response tothe earlier airstrikes that killing of two militants in southernGaza Strip. Saraya ...
Turkey looks positively to U.S. pullout from Iraq
Mar 05, 2009 ... Turkey looks positively to U.S. pullout from Iraq ANKARA, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep TayyipErdogan said Thursday that Turkey looks positively to a U.S.military withdrawal from Iraq. Erdogan told private TV channel 24 early Thursday that "thepeople of ...
Urgent: 12 NGOs expelled, 2 domestic organizations dissolved: Bashir
Mar 05, 2009 ... Urgent: 12 NGOs expelled, 2 domestic organizations dissolved:Bashir Urgent: 12 NGOs expelled, 2 domestic organizations dissolved:Bashir KHARTOUM, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir said Wednesday at a special ...
Roundup: Kuwait may face political crisis after four lawmakers request to grill premier
Mar 05, 2009 ... Roundup: Kuwait may face political crisis after four lawmakersrequest to grill premier Roundup: Kuwait may face political crisisafter four lawmakers request to grill premier KUWAIT CITY, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Kuwait may face a freshpolitical crisis after four lawmakers filed ...
Urgent: Bashir shows up at rally in Khartoum
Mar 05, 2009 ... Urgent: Bashir shows up at rally in Khartoum KHARTOUM, March 5(Xinhua) -- The Sudanese Presidents Omar al- Bashir shows up at ...
1st LD: 10 NGOs expelled and 2 domestic organizations dissolved in Sudan
Mar 05, 2009 ... 1st LD: 10 NGOs expelled and 2 domestic organizations dissolvedin Sudan 1st LD: 10 NGOs expelled and 2 domestic organizationsdissolved in Sudan KHARTOUM, March 5 (Xinhua) -- SudanesePresident Omar al-Bashir said Wednesday at a special session of theCouncil of Ministers that the ...
Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers
Mar 05, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers TEHRAN, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Iranian newspapers on Thursday. Tehran Times: -- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Wednesdaythat Bushehr nuclear power plant will ...
Four Iraqis wounded in two attacks against police in Baghdad
Mar 05, 2009 ... Four Iraqis wounded in two attacks against police in Baghdad BAGHDAD, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Four people, including a seniorpolice officer, were wounded in two attacks in Baghdad on Thursday,an Interior Ministry source said. Brigadier Salam Salman, an Interior Ministry officer, ...
Recast:Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
Mar 05, 2009 ... Recast:Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers JERUSALEM, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Israeli newspapers on Thursday. Ha'aretz: -- An Israel Air Force missile strike on Wednesday night in theHamas-ruled Gaza Strip, one ...
Islamic Jihad leader rules out Gaza ceasefire
Mar 05, 2009 ... Islamic Jihad leader rules out Gaza ceasefire GAZA, March 5 (Xinhua) -- An Islamic Jihad leader Thursday ruledout imminent ceasefire with Israel following the killing of threemilitants in two airstrikes this morning and last night. "The escalation against the Palestinian ...
Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers
Mar 05, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers CAIRO, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Egyptian newspapers on Thursday. Al Ahram: -- The International Criminal Court (ICC) Wednesday issued awarrant arrest against Sudanese President ...
2nd LD Writethru: Bashir slams ICC's ignorance of Iraq, Gaza at a rally in Khartoum
Mar 05, 2009 ... 2nd LD Writethru: Bashir slams ICC's ignorance of Iraq, Gaza at arally in Khartoum 2nd LD Writethru: Bashir slams ICC's ignorance ofIraq, Gaza at a rally in Khartoum KHARTOUM, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The Sudanese Presidents Omar al-Bashir on Thursday lashed out at the International ...
Hamas government issues newspaper
Mar 05, 2009 ... Hamas government issues newspaper GAZA, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The deposed Hamas government of Gaza onThursday launched a daily to promote its news. The al-Ra'i newspaper will focus on the activity of thegovernment and also cover the news about the Palestinian governmentin ...
Iraqi security forces capture boy recruited as suicide bomber in northeast Baghdad
Mar 05, 2009 ... Iraqi security forces capture boy recruited as suicide bomber innortheast Baghdad Iraqi security forces capture boy recruited assuicide bomber in northeast Baghdad BAQUBA, Iraq, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi security forces saidThursday that they captured a 13-year-old boy recruited ...
Urgent: Tractor driver goes on rampage in Jerusalem: report
Mar 05, 2009 ... Urgent: Tractor driver goes on rampage in Jerusalem: report JERUSALEM, March 5 (Xinhua) -- A tractor driver ...
Jordan's stock market index closes higher
Mar 05, 2009 ... Jordan's stock market index closes higher AMMAN, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The shares price index of Jordan'sAmman stock market closed at 2,606 points on Thursday, up 11 ...
1st LD: Tractor driver going on rampage in Jerusalem killed by police: report
Mar 05, 2009 ... 1st LD: Tractor driver going on rampage in Jerusalem killed bypolice: report 1st LD: Tractor driver going on rampage in Jerusalemkilled by police: report JERUSALEM, March 5 (Xinhua) -- A tractor driver rammed hisvehicle into a police car and a bus in Jerusalem on Thursday, ...
Police intends to recommend Olmert be charged in "Investment Center " affair
Mar 05, 2009 ... Police intends to recommend Olmert be charged in "InvestmentCenter " affair Police intends to recommend Olmert be charged in"Investment Center " affair JERUSALEM, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Police in Israel's National FraudUnit said Thursday that they intend to recommend to Attorney ...
Gaza servants unpaid due to cash withholding
Mar 05, 2009 ... Gaza servants unpaid due to cash withholding GAZA, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) was unable to pay February salaries for its employees in theGaza Strip after Israel prevented cash from being delivered to theterritory, the Palestinian Monetary ...
Police spokesman says tractor driver going on rampage in Jerusalem in critical condition
Mar 05, 2009 ... Police spokesman says tractor driver going on rampage inJerusalem in critical condition Police spokesman says tractor drivergoing on rampage in Jerusalem in critical condition JERUSALEM, March 5 (Xinhua) -- A tractor driver who rammed hisvehicle into a police car and a bus in ...
Hamas praises tractor's attack in Jerusalem
Mar 05, 2009 ... Hamas praises tractor's attack in Jerusalem GAZA, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Islamic Hamas movement praised onThursday the tractor's attack in Jerusalem, during which twoIsraelis were injured and the driver was shot dead. Gaza Hamas lawmaker Mushi el-Masri told reporters in a ...
ICC arrest warrant for Sudanese president politically motivated: ambassador
Mar 05, 2009 ... ICC arrest warrant for Sudanese president politically motivated:ambassador ICC arrest warrant for Sudanese president politicallymotivated: ambassador ANKARA, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Sudanese Ambassador Ibrahim MatarAbdulrahim Mohamad said here on Thursday an arrest warrant issued ...
2nd LD Writethru: Bulldozer driver going on rampage in Jerusalem killed
Mar 05, 2009 ... 2nd LD Writethru: Bulldozer driver going on rampage in Jerusalemkilled 2nd LD Writethru: Bulldozer driver going on rampage inJerusalem killed JERUSALEM, March 5 (Xinhua) -- A bulldozer driver who rammed hisvehicle Thursday into a police car in Jerusalem died of his woundsafter ...
Iran condemns arrest warrant against Sudanese president: spokesman
Mar 05, 2009 ... Iran condemns arrest warrant against Sudanese president:spokesman TEHRAN, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesmanHassan Qashqavi condemned on Thursday the arrest warrant issuedagainst Sudanese president, the official IRNA news agency reported. It was an ...
Iraqi parliament approves sharply cut budget for 2009
Mar 05, 2009 ... Iraqi parliament approves sharply cut budget for 2009 BAGHDAD, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The Iraqi parliament approved the2009 budget on Thursday after a further cut of about 4.2 billion U.S. dollars, an official in the parliament said. "The lawmaker have approved a ...
Syria expresses grave concern over ICC's arrest warrant for Sudanese president
Mar 05, 2009 ... Syria expresses grave concern over ICC's arrest warrant forSudanese president Syria expresses grave concern over ICC's arrestwarrant for Sudanese president DAMASCUS, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Syria on Thursday expressed " graveconcern and great disquiet" of the arrest warrant issued by ...
ICC move threatening Sudan's stability: Egyptian spokesman
Mar 05, 2009 ... ICC move threatening Sudan's stability: Egyptian spokesman CAIRO, March 5 (Xinhua) -- An arrest warrant issued by theInternational Criminal Court (ICC) against Sudanese President Omaral-Bashir is threatening the stability of Sudan, Egyptian ForeignMinistry spokesman Hossam Zaki ...
Iran to sue Turkmenistan over gas cut: minister
Mar 05, 2009 ... Iran to sue Turkmenistan over gas cut: minister TEHRAN, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Oil Minister Gholam-HosseinNozari said that Iran was to file a lawsuit against Turkmenistanover Ashgabat's gas cut, Iran's satellite Press TV reported onThursday. "Iran will apply to the ...
Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes lower
Mar 05, 2009 ... Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes lower JERUSALEM, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The Tel Aviv Stock Exchangegeneral share index closed at ...
Iranian official says Gaza aid conference failure
Mar 05, 2009 ... Iranian official says Gaza aid conference failure TEHRAN, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Iran's judiciary chief AyatollahSeyyed Mahmoud Hashemi-Shahroudi said on Thursday that aninternational donor's conference on Gaza reconstruction held in theEgyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh was a ...
ISESCO says ICC indictment of al-Bashir "flawed," "unfair"
Mar 05, 2009 ... ISESCO says ICC indictment of al-Bashir "flawed," "unfair" RABAT, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The Islamic Educational, Scientificand Cultural Organization (ISESCO) on Thursday said it stronglyrejected the decision of the International Criminal Court's (ICC)arrest warrant for Sudanese ...
Lebanese foreign ministry concerned over Bashir's arrest warrant
Mar 05, 2009 ... Lebanese foreign ministry concerned over Bashir's arrest warrant BEIRUT, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The Lebanese Foreign MinistryThursday expressed deep concern over the arrest warrant issued bythe International Criminal Court (ICC) for Sudanese President Omaral-Bashir, local National ...
News Analysis: ICC's obsession of justice tempered by tricky arrest
Mar 05, 2009 ... News Analysis: ICC's obsession of justice tempered by trickyarrest by Chen Gongzheng, Shao Jie KHARTOUM, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Thursday slammed in public the International CriminalCourt's (ICC) arrest warrant against him. Analysts say ...
Lebanese cabinet postpones agreement on MoU with Int'l tribunal
Mar 05, 2009 ... Lebanese cabinet postpones agreement on MoU with Int'l tribunal BEIRUT, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The Lebanese cabinet Thursdaypostponed discussions on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) withthe Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) established in the Hague totry suspects in the ...
Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, March 5
Mar 05, 2009 ... Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, March 5 GAZA -- Gaza militants fired on Thursday three makeshift rocketsfrom Gaza at southern Israeli towns in response to the earlierairstrikes that killing of two militants in southern Gaza Strip. Saraya al-Quds, the Islamic ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Mar 05, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers TOKYO, March 6 (Xinhua) -- The following are the major news itemsin leading Japanese newspapers on Friday: The Daily Yomiuri: -- The chief aide of Democratic Party of Japan leader IchiroOzawa instructed a ...
Dollar down to lower 98 yen in Tokyo
Mar 05, 2009 ... Dollar down to lower 98 yen in Tokyo TOKYO, March 6 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar went down to the lower98 yen level early Friday in Tokyo. At 9 a.m., the dollar bought 98.13-18 yen, compared with 98.01-11 yen in New York ...
Major news items in leading Australian newspapers
Mar 05, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Australian newspapers CANBERRA, March 6 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Australian newspapers on Friday. The Australian: -- The Rudd Government has moved to bolster the radical NorthernTerritory indigenous ...
Nikkei opens nearly 3 pct lower
Mar 05, 2009 ... Nikkei opens nearly 3 pct lower TOKYO, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks opened sharply lowerFriday with the key Nikkei index diving 2.98 percent. At 9:15 a.m., the ...
Japan to extend peacekeeping mission in Nepal until Sept. 30
Mar 05, 2009 ... Japan to extend peacekeeping mission in Nepal until Sept. 30 TOKYO, March 6 (Xinhua) -- The Japanese government decided Fridayto extend its UN peacekeeping mission in Nepal for another sixmonths until September 30. The decision to renew the mission, which is scheduled to ...
Ex-chief of Cambodian military forces to become deputy PM: PM
Mar 05, 2009 ... Ex-chief of Cambodian military forces to become deputy PM: PM PHNOM PENH, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Prime Minister Hun Sen hasconfirmed that former commander-in-chief of the Royal CambodianArmed Forces (RCAF) Ke Kim Yan will soon become deputy primeminister in charge of anti-drug ...
Major news items in leading Indian newspapers
Mar 05, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Indian newspapers NEW DELHI, March 6 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Indian newspapers on Friday: The Hindu: -- Sri Lanka has officially conveyed to Pakistan that there isabsolutely no reason to suspect any Indian ...
Japan's foreign reserves shrink 1.6 bln dollars in February
Mar 05, 2009 ... Japan's foreign reserves shrink 1.6 bln dollars in February TOKYO, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Japan's foreign exchange reservescontracted by 1.604 billion U.S. dollars to 1.00935 trillion dollarsin February from a month earlier, the finance ministry said Friday. Possessing the ...
3 prisoners escape jail in south Philippines
Mar 05, 2009 ... 3 prisoners escape jail in south Philippines COTABATO, the Philippines, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Three prisoninmates allegedly linked to Abu Sayyaf militants have escaped from ajail in southern Philippines, a local official said Friday. The jailbreak occurred around 2:00 a.m ....
Kidnapped leftist rebel's daughter found dead in Philippines
Mar 05, 2009 ... Kidnapped leftist rebel's daughter found dead in Philippines COTABATO, the Philippines, March 6 (Xinhua) -- An abducteddaughter of a ranking leftist rebel commander was found dead insouth Philippines on Thursday night, a military official and non-government organization (NGO) said ...
Nikkei down 3 pct in morning trading
Mar 05, 2009 ... Nikkei down 3 pct in morning trading TOKYO, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks fell sharply Fridaymorning with the key Nikkei index diving 3.07 ...
DPRK, UNC hold military talks over tension reduction
Mar 05, 2009 ... DPRK, UNC hold military talks over tension reduction SEOUL, March 6 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic ofKorea (DPRK) and the U.S.-led United Nations Command (UNC) areholding general-level talks Friday morning to discuss measures toease mounting tensions on the Korean ...
Vietnam, Sri Lanka to boost trade, investment cooperation
Mar 05, 2009 ... Vietnam, Sri Lanka to boost trade, investment cooperation HANOI, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister andForeign Minister Pham Gia Khiem said that Vietnam will continue topromote trade and investment cooperation with Sri Lanka at the talkswith the visiting Sri ...
Bilateral trade of Vietnam, Spain reach record high in 2008
Mar 05, 2009 ... Bilateral trade of Vietnam, Spain reach record high in 2008 HANOI, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Bilateral trade between Vietnam andSpain reached a record high of 1.59 billion U.S. dollars last year,a year-on-year increase of 24 percent, Vietnam News reported onFriday. This growth ...
Report: Banned religious outfit linked with attack on Sri Lanka cricketers
Mar 05, 2009 ... Report: Banned religious outfit linked with attack on Sri Lankacricketers Report: Banned religious outfit linked with attack on SriLanka cricketers ISLAMABAD, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Initial investigations, beingcarried out into attack on Sri Lankan cricketers in eastern ...
Filipino broadcaster shot, in critical condition
Mar 05, 2009 ... Filipino broadcaster shot, in critical condition COTABATO, the Philippines, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Gunmen criticallywounded a hard-hitting Filipino radio broadcaster Thursday night insouthern Philippines, local police said Friday. Nilo Labares, a commentator for the Radio ...
Roundup: Myanmar stresses conservation of mangrove in coastal state
Mar 05, 2009 ... Roundup: Myanmar stresses conservation of mangrove in coastalstate by Feng Yingqiu YANGON, March 6 (Xinhua) -- The Myanmar forestry authorities havestressed the importance of conservation of mangrove grown in thewestern coastal state of Rakhine in protection against ...
Dollar at lower 98 yen in Tokyo
Mar 05, 2009 ... Dollar at lower 98 yen in Tokyo TOKYO, March 6 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar stood at the lower 98yen level Friday morning in Tokyo. The dollar bought 98.10-15 yen at midday, compared with 98.01- 11yen in New York and ...
Formerly going around with guns, now with baby: Nepali female CA member
Mar 05, 2009 ... Formerly going around with guns, now with baby: Nepali female CAmember KATHMANDU, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Durga BK, a Constituent Assembly(CA) member from the ruling party, the Unified Communist Party ofNepal (Maoist) (UCPN-M), is busy making rounds of her constituencyto gather ...
Myanmar investigates into two cases of bomb explosion
Mar 05, 2009 ... Myanmar investigates into two cases of bomb explosion YANGON, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The Myanmar authorities are makinginvestigation into cases of two bomb explosions which occurred onTuesday night, calling on people to report on any suspiciousmovement in this connection. With ...
5 missiles hit peaceful province in northeast Afghanistan
Mar 05, 2009 ... 5 missiles hit peaceful province in northeast Afghanistan KABUL, March 5 (Xinhua)-- Five missiles fired by insurgents hitFaizabad, the provincial capital of peaceful Badakhshan innortheastern Afghanistan early Thursday, causing panic among thelocals, provincial governor Abdul ...
Thai FM: foreign tourists' visa exemption effective
Mar 05, 2009 ... Thai FM: foreign tourists' visa exemption effective BANGKOK, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Foreign tourists' visa exemptionearlier approved by the Thai cabinet has been effective from March 5to June 4, according to Tharit Charungvat, Director-General of theDepartment of Information of ...
ICRC worker killed in northern Sri Lanka
Mar 05, 2009 ... ICRC worker killed in northern Sri Lanka COLOMBO, March 5 (Xinhua) -- A staff worker of the ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) was killed in northern SriLanka where the government troops and the Tamil Tiger rebels areengaged in fierce fighting, ICRC officials said ...