Xinhua News Agency back issues from Friday, April 17:
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
Apr 17, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers JERUSALEM, April 17 (Xinhua) -- The following are major newsitems in leading Israeli newspapers on Friday. Ha'aretz: -- The U.S. government is preparing a Middle East peace processthat will include simultaneous bilateral ...
Palestinian killed in alleged settlement attack
Apr 17, 2009 ... Palestinian killed in alleged settlement attack JERUSALEM, April 17 (Xinhua) -- A Palestinian man was shot deadina Jewish settlement in West Bank on Friday after he allegedlyentered the settlement attempting an attack. The man was planning "a terrorist attack" at the Beit ...
Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- April 17
Apr 17, 2009 ... Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- April 17 CAIRO, April 17 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of majorMiddle East news stories due to be covered or pursued by Xinhua NewsAgency on Friday. -- On the second day of his Middle East tour, U.S. envoy GeorgeMitchell is to meet ...
Palestinian killed in attack on settlement near Hebron
Apr 17, 2009 ... Palestinian killed in attack on settlement near Hebron RAMALLAH, April 17 (Xinhua) -- A Palestinian young man was shotdead early on Friday morning after he attacked an Israeli settler ina settlement near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, Palestinianmedics said. Medics ...
A Palestinian killed in clashes with Israeli soldiers near Ramallah
Apr 17, 2009 ... A Palestinian killed in clashes with Israeli soldiers nearRamallah RAMALLAH, April 17 (Xinhua) -- A Palestinian protestor was killedand seven others were wounded on Friday afternoon in clashes withIsraeli soldiers near the village of Na'alin, west of the West Bankcity of ...
Abbas: Israel has to accept two-state solution
Apr 17, 2009 ... Abbas: Israel has to accept two-state solution RAMALLAH, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President MahmoudAbbas insisted on Friday that Israel has to accept the two-statesolution and resume the Middle East peace process, a seniorPalestinian negotiator said. Abbas' ...
News Analysis: Peace pressure on Israel might escalate violence
Apr 17, 2009 ... News Analysis: Peace pressure on Israel might escalate violence by Zhang Yanyang JERUSALEM, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Foreign Minister AvigdorLieberman Thursday told visiting U.S. Middle East envoy GeorgeMitchell a different strategy to the Israeli-Palestinian ...
Four killed in mortar attacks in southern Baghdad
Apr 17, 2009 ... Four killed in mortar attacks in southern Baghdad BAGHDAD, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Four people were killed and eightothers injured Friday in a round of mortar attacks in southernBaghdad, an Iraqi official said. Four civilians were killed and eight others were injured whenfour ...
Feature: Palestinians in Gaza mark Prisoners Day with "sole hope"
Apr 17, 2009 ... Feature: Palestinians in Gaza mark Prisoners Day with "sole hope" by Sami Abu Salem, Xinhua writer Hua Chunyu GAZA, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Waving flags and holding pictures oftheir captive relatives, tens of thousands of Gazans rallied Fridayto commemorate the "Palestinian ...
Turkey pledges to help improve Somali security forces
Apr 17, 2009 ... Turkey pledges to help improve Somali security forces ANKARA, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Turkey on Friday pledged its supportand help to improve Somali security forces. Turkish President Abdullah Gul made the pledge at a joint pressconference with his visiting Somali counterpart ...
Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, April 17
Apr 17, 2009 ... Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, April 17 GAZA -- Waving flags and holding pictures of their captiverelatives, tens of thousands of Gazans rallied Friday to commemoratethe "Palestinian Prisoners Day." The Palestinians moved in the streets of the enclave strip ...
Israeli troops kill three Palestinians in daylong W. Bank clashes
Apr 17, 2009 ... Israeli troops kill three Palestinians in daylong W. Bank clashes RAMALLAH, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Three Palestinians were killed andseven others wounded on Friday in clashes and violence with Israelisoldiers in the West Bank, Palestinian medics and witnesses said. Medics said ...
Egypt reports 65th human case of bird flu
Apr 17, 2009 ... Egypt reports 65th human case of bird flu CAIRO, April 17 (Xinhua) -- The Egyptian Health Ministry saidFriday that a 25-year-old woman has contracted bird flu virus,bringing the human cases of the fatal avian influenza to 65 in thepopulous country. The woman, Hadiye Salah ...
Major news items in leading Australian newspapers
Apr 17, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Australian newspapers CANBERRA, April 18 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Australian newspapers on Saturday. The Australian: -- Another group of asylum seekers was sailing toward AustraliaFriday night as it was ...
Urgent: Kidnappers release 2nd ICRC worker
Apr 17, 2009 ... Urgent: Kidnappers release 2nd ICRC worker MANILA, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Kidnappers have released the ...
1st LD Writethru: Kidnappers release 2nd Red Cross worker
Apr 17, 2009 ... 1st LD Writethru: Kidnappers release 2nd Red Cross worker MANILA, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Kidnappers have released the secondof three kidnapped Red Cross workers in the southern Philippineprovince of Sulu, officials said on Saturday. Sulu-based military spokesman Edgard Arevalo ...
2nd LD Writethru: Kidnappers release 2nd Red Cross worker
Apr 17, 2009 ... 2nd LD Writethru: Kidnappers release 2nd Red Cross worker MANILA, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Abu Sayyaf rebels released thesecond of three kidnapped Red Cross workers Saturday morning heldcaptive in the southern Philippine province of Sulu, the militarysaid on Saturday ....
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Apr 17, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers TOKYO, April 18 (Xinhua) -- The following are the major newsitems in leading Japanese newspapers on Saturday. The Asahi Shimbun: -- Investigators looking into abuse of a postal discount systemsay the perpetrators ...
One boy killed in cyclone "Bijli" strike in southeastern Bangladesh
Apr 17, 2009 ... One boy killed in cyclone "Bijli" strike in southeasternBangladesh One boy killed in cyclone "Bijli" strike in southeasternBangladesh DHAKA, April 18 (Xinhua) -- A boy was killed and his sisterinjured in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar district, 191 km southeast ofcapital Dhaka, as ...
Nepali gov't urged to give tax relief to export sector
Apr 17, 2009 ... Nepali gov't urged to give tax relief to export sector KATHMANDU, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Secretary at the Ministry ofCommerce and Supplies Purushottam Ojha has proposed giving taxexemption to boost Nepal's export and increase the sector'scompetitive advantage, local media reported ...
DPRK proposes talks with S.Korea: S.Korean media
Apr 17, 2009 ... DPRK proposes talks with S.Korea: S.Korean media SEOUL, April 18 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic ofKorea (DPRK) has proposed talks with South Korean officials nextTuesday in DPRK's border city of Kaesong, South Korea's dailynewspaper Hankyoreh reported on Saturday ....
3rd LD Writethru: Kidnappers release 2nd Red Cross worker
Apr 17, 2009 ... 3rd LD Writethru: Kidnappers release 2nd Red Cross worker MANILA, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Abu Sayyaf rebels released thesecond of three kidnapped Red Cross workers Saturday morning heldcaptive in the southern Philippine province of Sulu, according toofficials. Sulu-based ...
Nepal to issue new passports banning work in Iraq
Apr 17, 2009 ... Nepal to issue new passports banning work in Iraq KATHMANDU, April 18 (Xinhua) -- In an unprecedented development,the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has taken delivery of onemillion copies of new passports that clearly bar Nepalis fromworking in Iraq, local media reported on ...
No Obama-Chavez meeting planned: White House
Apr 17, 2009 ... No Obama-Chavez meeting planned: White House PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, April 16 (Xinhua) -- U.S.President Barack Obama has no plan to meet his Venezuelancounterpart Hugo Chavez at the Fifth Summit of the Americas, WhiteHouse said on Thursday. "There's no ...
Severe droughts in West Africa normal for region: study
Apr 17, 2009 ... Severe droughts in West Africa normal for region: study WASHINGTON, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Droughts worse than the infamousSahel drought are part of the normal climate regime for West Africaand global warming may intensify their recurrence, a new study says. The study, published ...
EU adopts new program to fight terrorism, WMD proliferation
Apr 17, 2009 ... EU adopts new program to fight terrorism, WMD proliferation BRUSSELS, April 17 (Xinhua) -- The European Commission adopted anew three-year program on Friday to fight terrorism, trafficking andproliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Key priorities of the 2009-2011 ...
(Special for CAFS)EU deploys election observation mission to Malawi
Apr 17, 2009 ... (Special for CAFS)EU deploys election observation mission toMalawi BRUSSELS, April 17 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) willdeploy a 55-member election observation mission for the nextpresidential and legislative elections in Malawi scheduled for May19, said the European ...
Monte Carlo Masters men's singles results (updated)
Apr 17, 2009 ... Monte Carlo Masters men's singles results (updated) PARIS, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Monte Carlo Mastersmen's singles results from Monaco on Friday (prefix number denotesseeding): Quarter-final 13-Stanislas Wawrinka, Switzerland, bt Andreas Beck, ...
Monte Carlo Masters tennis results
Apr 17, 2009 ... Monte Carlo Masters tennis results LONDON, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Monte CarloMasters men's singles results from Monaco on Friday (prefix numberdenotes seeding): Quarterfinals 4-Andy Murray, Britain, bt 8-Nikolay Davydenko, Russia, 7-6 (1),6-4 ...
Man. Utd. moves Indonesia match ahead: report
Apr 17, 2009 ... Man. Utd. moves Indonesia match ahead: report JAKARTA, April 17 (Xinhua) -- English premier league powerhouseManchester United has brought forward the date for their friendlymatch against Indonesia, an Indonesian soccer association officialsaid on Thursday. "Due to the ...
Barcelona, Real Madrid both play away in Spain's matchday 31
Apr 17, 2009 ... Barcelona, Real Madrid both play away in Spain's matchday 31 MADRID, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Spanish Primera Liga leader FCBarcelona and second place Real Madrid face potentially difficultrivals in this weekend's round of games. Barcelona travels to the south of Madrid to play ...
E. China province sees signs of foreign trade recovery
Apr 17, 2009 ... E. China province sees signs of foreign trade recovery HANGZHOU, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Zhejiang Province, an economicpowerhouse in eastern China, saw signs of recovery in its foreigntrade in March. Local customs house said on Saturday that last month, Zhejiang'sexport value ...
Q1 loan expansion robust in Shanghai
Apr 17, 2009 ... Q1 loan expansion robust in Shanghai SHANGHAI, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Loan expansion in the firstquarter was almost equivalent to that for the whole of last year inShanghai, an economic powerhouse in eastern China, sources with theShanghai headquarters of the People's Bank of China, ...
Air China loses 9.15 bln yuan in 2008, earns 981 mln in Q1
Apr 17, 2009 ... Air China loses 9.15 bln yuan in 2008, earns 981 mln in Q1 BEIJING, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Air China Limited (Air China), amajor airlines in the country, reported a profit loss of 9.15billion yuan (about 1.34 billion U.S. dollars) in 2008. But the company enjoyed a business ...
New Zealand PM promotes tourism on China visit
Apr 17, 2009 ... New Zealand PM promotes tourism on China visit SHANGHAI, April 17 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand hoped China couldbecome its third largest source of inbound tourists, New Zealand'sPrime Minister John Key said here Friday. When attending the celebration marking the 10th anniversary ...
China, Kazakhstan to promote coordination in world affairs: joint statement
Apr 17, 2009 ... China, Kazakhstan to promote coordination in world affairs: jointstatement BEIJING, April 17 (Xinhua) -- China and Kazakhstan have agreed topromote strategic cooperation in international and regional affairsto create better external condition for their own development,according ...
Chinese mainland willing to discuss further economic cooperation with Taiwan
Apr 17, 2009 ... Chinese mainland willing to discuss further economic cooperationwith Taiwan BOAO, Hainan, April 17 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland willconduct preliminary talks on an economic cooperation frameworkagreement (ECFA) with Taiwan, if the island is willing to do so, asenior official ...
China Focus: Liquor scandal turns spotlight on Chinese liaison offices
Apr 17, 2009 ... China Focus: Liquor scandal turns spotlight on Chinese liaisonoffices ZHENGZHOU, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Governments of two cities incentral China's Henan Province are investigating claims that theirBeijing liaison offices spent almost 100,000 U.S. dollars to buyhuge amounts of a ...
China slashes U.S. measure of banning Chinese poultry import
Apr 17, 2009 ... China slashes U.S. measure of banning Chinese poultry import BEIJING, April 17 (Xinhua) -- China said here Friday a recentU.S. law banning poultry imports from China is "obviouslydiscriminatory" and harms the due interests of Chinese poultryindustry. The Section 727 of the ...
Myanmar new year ushers in after water festival
Apr 17, 2009 ... Myanmar new year ushers in after water festival YANGON, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar traditional new calendaryear ushered in on Friday with people busying with doing deeds ofmerit since early morning according to Myanmar traditions andcustoms after four days of merry Thingyan ...
Australian refugee group says raise in asylum seekers around world
Apr 17, 2009 ... Australian refugee group says raise in asylum seekers aroundworld CANBERRA, April 17 (Xinhua) -- The number of people fleeing theirhomelands and seeking asylum overseas has shown a sharp increasearound the world, Australian refugee groups said on Friday. "There may be (an ...
Cyclone Bijli forecast to enter areas between Bangladesh, Myanmar next day
Apr 17, 2009 ... Cyclone Bijli forecast to enter areas between Bangladesh, Myanmarnext day YANGON, April 17 (Xinhua) -- The Myanmar Meteorology andHydrology Department (MHD) has forecast that Cyclone Bijli wouldenter the inland areas between Bangladesh and the northern region ofMyanmar's Rakhine ...
Malaysia's central bank launches credit bureau to prop local SMEs
Apr 17, 2009 ... Malaysia's central bank launches credit bureau to prop local SMEsMalaysia's central bank launches credit bureau to prop local SMEs KUALA LUMPUR, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia's central bank haslaunched a credit bureau to help Malaysian small and mediumenterprises (SMEs) to build ...
Urgent: 15 escape from S. Philippine jail
Apr 17, 2009 ... Urgent: 15 escape from S. Philippine jail MANILA, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Fifteen inmates, some of them facingmurder ...
FLASH: 15 KILLED, HOUSES DAMAGED IN AFGHAN QUAKE: OFFICIAL
Apr 17, 2009 ... FLASH: 15 KILLED, HOUSES ...
Urgent: 2 quakes jolt E. Afghanistan
Apr 17, 2009 ... Urgent: 2 quakes jolt E. Afghanistan KABUL, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Two earthquakes hit easternAfghanistan have killed at least 15 people and destroyed dozens ofhomes, a government spokesman said Friday. Spokesman Ahmad Zia Abdulzai said the tremors which occurredabout 90 ...
Dollar trades in mid-99 yen range
Apr 17, 2009 ... Dollar trades in mid-99 yen range TOKYO, April 17 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar traded in the mid- 99yen range Friday morning in Tokyo, up from its levels overnight inNew York. At noon, the dollar changed hands at 99.50-55 yen compared ...
Australian data shows import prices fall at fastest pace since December 2006
Apr 17, 2009 ... Australian data shows import prices fall at fastest pace sinceDecember 2006 CANBERRA, April 17 (Xinhua) -- The Australian Bureau ofStatistics (ABS) released an index on Friday showing that price ofimported goods have fallen at their fastest pace since the end of2006, which ...
1st LD Writethru: 15 escape from S. Philippine jail
Apr 17, 2009 ... 1st LD Writethru: 15 escape from S. Philippine jail MANILA, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Fifteen prisoners, some of themfacing murder charges, bolted out of a jail in the southernPhilippines Thursday evening by overpowering a lone guard, thepolice said on Friday. The inmates ...
Security measure for Thai Premier tightened after gun attack on PAD leader
Apr 17, 2009 ... Security measure for Thai Premier tightened after gun attack onPAD leader BANGKOK, April 17 (Xinhua) -- The security measure for ThaiPrime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has been tightened with a highernumber of security forces after the gun attack on a core leader ofthe People's ...
Vietnam calls for more support for AO lawsuit
Apr 17, 2009 ... Vietnam calls for more support for AO lawsuit HANOI, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen TanDung said that Vietnam is calling for more support from the worldpeople for the Vietnamese Agent Orange victims in their lawsuitagainst the U.S. producers of the toxic ...
Over 2,300 chickens culled in Bangladesh following detection of bird flu
Apr 17, 2009 ... Over 2,300 chickens culled in Bangladesh following detection ofbird flu DHAKA, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Over 2,300 chickens were culled in apoultry farm in Bangladesh's Savar, about 30 km north of capitalDhaka, on Wednesday night following detection of bird flu, leadingnewspaper The ...
1st LD: Earthquakes kill 25, wound 30 more in E. Afghanistan
Apr 17, 2009 ... 1st LD: Earthquakes kill 25, wound 30 more in E. Afghanistan KABUL, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Two earthquakes, separately measured5.5 magnitude and 5.1 magnitude, hit eastern Afghanistan in the weehours on Friday killing at least 25 people, an official said Friday. Sayed Rahman, ...
Security tightened after PAD leader injured in assassinated attempt
Apr 17, 2009 ... Security tightened after PAD leader injured in assassinatedattempt BANGKOK, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Thai Prime Minister AbhisitVejjajiva ordered security officers to beef up security around theVajira Hospital in Bangkok, where People's Alliance for Democracy' s(PAD core leader ...
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 0600 GMT, April 17
Apr 17, 2009 ... Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 0600 GMT, April 17 CANBERRA -- All critically and seriously hurt patients from theasylum seeker boat disaster were now in Australian hospitals,Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Friday. "The eight passengers with the most severe ...
Doctor: Thai PAD core leader in safe condition after urgent operation
Apr 17, 2009 ... Doctor: Thai PAD core leader in safe condition after urgentoperation BANGKOK, April 17 (Xinhua) -- People's Alliance for Democracy's(PAD) core leader Sondhi Limthongkul was in a safe condition afterVajira Hospital's doctors conducted an urgent operation on Sondhi asa bullet ...
India expresses concern over plight of Tamil civilians trapped in Sri Lankan war
Apr 17, 2009 ... India expresses concern over plight of Tamil civilians trapped inSri Lankan war NEW DELHI, April 17 (Xinhua) -- India Friday expressed deepconcern about the plight of Tamil civilians trapped in the fiercefighting between Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels in thenorthern ...
S. Korean government to increase research and development spending
Apr 17, 2009 ... S. Korean government to increase research and developmentspending SEOUL, April 17 (Xinhua) -- The South Korean government plans toincrease investment in research and development by more than 10percent on-year in 2010, the government said Friday. According to the National ...
S. Korea, New Zealand start joint naval exercise
Apr 17, 2009 ... S. Korea, New Zealand start joint naval exercise SEOUL, April 17 (Xinhua) -- South Korea and New Zealand started ajoint naval drill in the East Sea on Friday, the South Korean NavalForce said. The six-day exercise is to deploy a pair of maritime surveillanceaircraft and a ...
URGENT: Indonesian plane crash kills at least 10 people
Apr 17, 2009 ... URGENT: Indonesian plane crash kills at least 10 people JAKARTA, April 17 (Xinhua) -- An Indonesian plane crashed ...
Indian stocks open higher
Apr 17, 2009 ... Indian stocks open higher MUMBAI, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Indian shares opened higher Friday,with the key Sensex index up by 120.31 points. Sensex opened at 11,067.71 points, up from the previous close of10,947.40 ...
JAL plane engine catches fire in Tokyo airport
Apr 17, 2009 ... JAL plane engine catches fire in Tokyo airport TOKYO, April 17 (Xinhua) -- The engine of a Japan Airlines (JAL)plane caught fire after it landed at Haneda airport on Fridayafternoon, but the fire was soon put out and no one was injured, theairline said. The plane, which ...
Tokyo stocks close 1.74 percent higher
Apr 17, 2009 ... Tokyo stocks close 1.74 percent higher TOKYO, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks closed higher Friday onan overnight rally in Wall Street and a weaker yen against thedollar. The 225-issue Nikkei ...
India resumes trial of Mumbai attacker Kasab after appointing new lawyer
Apr 17, 2009 ... India resumes trial of Mumbai attacker Kasab after appointing newlawyer NEW DELHI, April 17 (Xinhua) -- India Friday resumed trial ofMohammad Ajmal Amir alias Kasab, the lone surviving gunman in theMumbai attacks last November, at the maximum security Arthur Roadjail in Mumbai, ...
1st Ld Writethru: 10 people killed in Indonesian plane crash
Apr 17, 2009 ... 1st Ld Writethru: 10 people killed in Indonesian plane crash JAKARTA, April 17 (Xinhua) -- An Indonesian plane crashed ineasternmost province of Papua on Friday, killing at least 10 peopleonboard, according to Indonesian Transportation ministry official. Papua Police ...