Xinhua News Agency back issues from Sunday, April 26:
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
Apr 26, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers JERUSALEM, April 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are major newsitems in leading Israeli newspapers on Sunday. Ha'aretz: -- Israel will not attack Iran even if the internationalsanctions against Tehran fail to convince ...
Interview: "Minimum trust" key to Palestinian reconciliation: Egyptian spokesman
Apr 26, 2009 ... Interview: "Minimum trust" key to Palestinian reconciliation:Egyptian spokesman Interview: "Minimum trust" key to Palestinianreconciliation: Egyptian spokesman by Wael Naguib, Chen Gongzheng CAIRO, April 26 (Xinhua) -- The Egyptian Foreign Ministryspokesman Hosam Zaki said ...
Lieberman: No preconditions for Israeli-Syrian peace talks
Apr 26, 2009 ... Lieberman: No preconditions for Israeli-Syrian peace talks JERUSALEM, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Foreign Minister AvigdorLieberman said Sunday he was willing to negotiate peace with Syria,but only if talks were held without preconditions. "I'd be glad to negotiate with ...
U.S. soldier killed in fighting in Iraq
Apr 26, 2009 ... U.S. soldier killed in fighting in Iraq BAGHDAD, April 26 (Xinhua) -- An American soldier was killed wheninsurgents attacked his patrol in northern Iraq Saturday, the U.S.military said Sunday. A Multi-National Division-North (MND-North) soldier died fromwounds sustained ...
Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers
Apr 26, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers ANKARA, April 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Turkish newspapers on Sunday. SABAH (Morning): -- Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili got bored of theprotests in his country and came to ...
Palestinian rivals Hamas, Fatah put off talks for one day
Apr 26, 2009 ... Palestinian rivals Hamas, Fatah put off talks for one day GAZA, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian factions delayed a newround of unity talks for one day to complete preparations,Palestinian sources said on Sunday. However, the sources said the delay does not reflect ...
Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers
Apr 26, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers TEHRAN, April 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Iranian newspapers on Sunday. Tehran Times: -- Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued astatement Saturday to blame U.S. security and ...
URGENT: Clinton arrives Lebanon on surprise visit
Apr 26, 2009 ... URGENT: Clinton arrives Lebanon on surprise visit BEIRUT, April 26 (Xinhua)-- U.S. Secretary of ...
Turkey, Syria to stage joint military drill Monday
Apr 26, 2009 ... Turkey, Syria to stage joint military drill Monday ANKARA, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Turkey and Syria are to stage onMonday a joint military exercise for the first time, Turkishmilitary said Sunday. A press release issued by the Turkish General Staff said that theland forces of ...
Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers
Apr 26, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers CAIRO, April 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Egyptian newspapers on Sunday. Al Ahram: -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed Saturday in hissemi-annual report to the Security Council ...
Israel arrests 8 Palestinians in West Bank
Apr 26, 2009 ... Israel arrests 8 Palestinians in West Bank RAMALLAH, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Israeli forces arrested eightPalestinians during overnight raids in the West Bank, Palestiniansecurity sources said Sunday morning. The raids targeted Salfeet town and the holy city of ...
1st LD: Clinton arrives Lebanon on surprise visit
Apr 26, 2009 ... 1st LD: Clinton arrives Lebanon on surprise visit BEIRUT, April 26 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State HillaryClinton Sunday arrived on a surprise visit in Lebanon where she isto meet Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, LBC TV reported. The top U.S. diplomat, who was in ...
PNA warns of Israeli destructive trend to peace
Apr 26, 2009 ... PNA warns of Israeli destructive trend to peace RAMALLAH, April 26 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian National Authority(PNA) on Sunday warned of "destructive" trend to peace by Israelafter its top policy official expressed opposition to anywithdrawals from the lands that his state ...
2nd LD:Clinton: Upcoming Lebanese elections should be away from violence, fear, foreign influence
Apr 26, 2009 ... 2nd LD:Clinton: Upcoming Lebanese elections should be away fromviolence, fear, foreign influence 2nd LD:Clinton: Upcoming Lebaneseelections should be away from violence, fear, foreign influence BEIRUT, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Visiting U.S. Secretary of StateHillary Clinton said here ...
Turkish PM says Obama's comments on 1915 incidents "unacceptable"
Apr 26, 2009 ... Turkish PM says Obama's comments on 1915 incidents "unacceptable" ANKARA, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Turkey's Prime Minister Recep TayyipErdogan on Sunday saw U.S. President Barack Obama's remarksregarding the incidents of 1915 as "unacceptable". "We see the previous day's remarks ...
Clinton urges fair, transparent Lebanese elections
Apr 26, 2009 ... Clinton urges fair, transparent Lebanese elections BEIRUT, April 26 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State HillaryClinton Sunday said her visit to Lebanon aims to send a "strongsignal" to a "fair and transparent" elections in the country on June7, local New TV reported ....
Hamas gives up control on outside medical referrals
Apr 26, 2009 ... Hamas gives up control on outside medical referrals GAZA, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian workers at a key healthdepartment in Gaza returned to their work after their Ramallah-based ministry ordered them, promoting hopes that sick Gazans wouldbe able to get medical referrals to ...
Hamas appoints new interior minister: sources
Apr 26, 2009 ... Hamas appoints new interior minister: sources GAZA, April 26 (Xinhua) -- The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), which controls the Gaza Strip, on Sunday appointed alawmaker as its interior minister to succeed late minister SaidSiam, special sources said. The sources said ...
U.S., Iraqi troops wage new offensive against al-Qaida north of Baghdad
Apr 26, 2009 ... U.S., Iraqi troops wage new offensive against al-Qaida north ofBaghdad U.S., Iraqi troops wage new offensive against al-Qaida northof Baghdad TIKRIT, Iraq, April 26 (Xinhua) -- U.S. and Iraqi forces backedby aircraft launched a pre-dawn offensive on Sunday to flush out al-Qaida ...
Hamas says 29 supporters arrested by Fatah in West Bank
Apr 26, 2009 ... Hamas says 29 supporters arrested by Fatah in West Bank RAMALLAH, April 26 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian security forcescontinued in the last 24 hours the crackdown against the IslamicHamas movement in the West Bank, Hamas said on Sunday. In Nablus, the security members ...
Israeli man in hospital on suspicion of swine flu: report
Apr 26, 2009 ... Israeli man in hospital on suspicion of swine flu: report JERUSALEM, April 26 (Xinhua) -- A 26-year-old Israeli man washospitalized Sunday in Netanya after returning from Mexico withsigns of swine flu, local news service Ynet reported. The man has been isolated and doctors ...
PNA condemns Israeli proposal to enlarge W. Bank settlement
Apr 26, 2009 ... PNA condemns Israeli proposal to enlarge W. Bank settlement RAMALLAH, April 26 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian authorities onSunday condemned an Israeli recommendation to expand one of thelargest Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for the ...
Urgent: 11 Darfur rebels sentenced to death for attack on Khartoum
Apr 26, 2009 ... Urgent: 11 Darfur rebels sentenced to death for attack onKhartoum KHARTOUM, April 26 (Xinhua) -- A Sudanese court on Sundaysentenced 11 ...
1st LD Writethru: 11 Darfur rebels sentenced to death for attack on Khartoum
Apr 26, 2009 ... 1st LD Writethru: 11 Darfur rebels sentenced to death for attackon Khartoum 1st LD Writethru: 11 Darfur rebels sentenced to deathfor attack on Khartoum KHARTOUM, April 26 (Xinhua) -- A Sudanese court on Sundaysentenced 11 rebels of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) fromthe ...
Iran detains "terrorist team" linked to Israel: minister
Apr 26, 2009 ... Iran detains "terrorist team" linked to Israel: minister TEHRAN, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Intelligence Minister GholamHossein Mohseni Ejeie said on Sunday that Iran has arrested membersof a terrorist network in Tehran who were linked to Israel, theofficial IRNA news agency ...
Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes higher
Apr 26, 2009 ... Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes higher JERUSALEM, April 26 (Xinhua) -- The Tel Aviv Stock Exchangegeneral share index closed ...
U.S. detains 6 Iran-linked members in southern Iraq raid
Apr 26, 2009 ... U.S. detains 6 Iran-linked members in southern Iraq raid BAGHDAD, April 26 (Xinhua) -- U.S. forces arrested six suspectedIranian-backed Special Groups members in a raid in the city of Kut,southeast of Baghdad, on Sunday, the U.S. military said. A military statement said the ...
Israel's Barak favors settlement with Syria
Apr 26, 2009 ... Israel's Barak favors settlement with Syria JERUSALEM, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Defense Minister EhudBarak said on Sunday that it was of "crucial strategic interest" forIsrael to reach a settlement on relations with Syria. "It is in Israel's interest to reach a deal on ...
Hezbollah voices doubt about Clinton's visit to Lebanon
Apr 26, 2009 ... Hezbollah voices doubt about Clinton's visit to Lebanon BEIRUT, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese Shiite armed groupHezbollah on Sunday voiced doubt about the impact of a surprisevisit of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Lebanon, theparty's Al-Manar TV reported ....
Iran holds U.S. responsible for killing of Iranian pilgrims in Iraq
Apr 26, 2009 ... Iran holds U.S. responsible for killing of Iranian pilgrims inIraq TEHRAN, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Foreign Minister ManouchehrMottaki said on Sunday that the United States is responsible for thekilling of Iranian pilgrims in Iraq, the official IRNA news agencyreported ....
Syria calls for closer ties with China against economic crisis
Apr 26, 2009 ... Syria calls for closer ties with China against economic crisis DAMASCUS, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assadsaid Sunday that he hopes to further bilateral ties with China underthe circumstances of the global economic crisis. He made the remarks when meeting ...
Interview: Chinese FM makes five-point proposal to boost Mideast peace, development
Apr 26, 2009 ... Interview: Chinese FM makes five-point proposal to boost Mideastpeace, development Interview: Chinese FM makes five-point proposalto boost Mideast peace, development DAMASCUS, April 26 (Xinhua) -- During his Middle East tour,Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on Sunday put out a ...
Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2100 GMT, April 26
Apr 26, 2009 ... Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2100 GMT, April 26 JERUSALEM -- Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman saidSunday he was willing to negotiate peace with Syria, but only iftalks were held without preconditions. "I'd be glad to negotiate with Syria this evening, but ...
Dollar at upper 96 yen in Tokyo
Apr 26, 2009 ... Dollar at upper 96 yen in Tokyo TOKYO, April 27 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar dipped to the upper96 yen level early Monday in Tokyo. The dollar bought 96.70-75 yen at 9 a.m., down from 97.13-23 yenin New York and ...
Nikkei opens 0.38 pct higher
Apr 26, 2009 ... Nikkei opens 0.38 pct higher TOKYO, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks opened higher Mondaywith the key Nikkei index up 0.38 percent ....
Major news items in leading Australian newspapers
Apr 26, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Australian newspapers CANBERRA, April 27 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Australian newspapers on Monday. The Australian: -- Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will ease the pain ofhouseholds hit by the global ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Apr 26, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers TOKYO, April 27 (Xinhua) -- The following are the major newsitems in leading Japanese newspapers on Monday: The Daily Yomiuri -- The government is likely to incorporate about 4 billion yeninto the fiscal 2009 ...
Cambodia to reach goal of 60 pct forest coverage
Apr 26, 2009 ... Cambodia to reach goal of 60 pct forest coverage PHNOM PENH, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia is nearing itsMillennium Development Goal of maintaining 60 percent forestcoverage of its 180,000 square km of land by 2010, according toofficial figures received here on Monday. From ...
Roundup: New Zealand upgrades alert level to Code Yellow for swine flu
Apr 26, 2009 ... Roundup: New Zealand upgrades alert level to Code Yellow forswine flu By Huang Xingwei WELLINGTON, April 27 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand Prime Minister JohnKey said on Monday that New Zealand was well prepared to handleswine flu and has increased surveillance. The ...
Major news items in leading Indian newspapers
Apr 26, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Indian newspapers NEW DELHI, April 27 (Xinhua) -- The following are major newsitems in leading Indian newspapers on Monday: The Hindu: -- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday launched a frontalattack on both the Third Front and the ...
Support rate for Aso's cabinet rises to 32 pct: poll
Apr 26, 2009 ... Support rate for Aso's cabinet rises to 32 pct: poll TOKYO, April 27 (Xinhua) -- The approval rating for PrimeMinister Taro Aso's cabinet climbed 7 percentage points from theprevious March survey to 32 percent, the Nikkei Shimbun reportedMonday. According to a telephone ...
S. Korea sees deposit interest rate fall to 13-year low
Apr 26, 2009 ... S. Korea sees deposit interest rate fall to 13-year low SEOUL, April 27 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's savings depositinterest rate at banks plunged to a 13-year low due to the centralbank's aggressive move on credit easing, local Korea Times reportedMonday. The average interest ...
Indian court turns down request by Mumbai attacker of access to newspapers
Apr 26, 2009 ... Indian court turns down request by Mumbai attacker of access tonewspapers NEW DELHI, April 26 (Xinhua) -- An Indian special court hearingthe case of Mohammed Ajmal Amir alias Kasab, the lone survivinggunman in the Mumbai attacks last November, has turned down hisrequest to ...
Japanese economy projected to shrink 3.3 pct in FY 2009
Apr 26, 2009 ... Japanese economy projected to shrink 3.3 pct in FY 2009 TOKYO, April 27 (Xinhua) -- The Japanese government on Mondaydowngraded its economic projection from a previously estimated zerogrowth to a shrinkage of 3.3 percent for fiscal 2009. The government revised downward the ...
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics projects 5.88 pct GDP growth in current fiscal
Apr 26, 2009 ... Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics projects 5.88 pct GDP growth incurrent fiscal DHAKA, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) has projected 5.88 percent GDP growth in the current fiscalyear (July 2008-June 2009), leading English-language newspaper TheDaily Star ...
S. Korea's auto exports fall by half in first quarter
Apr 26, 2009 ... S. Korea's auto exports fall by half in first quarter SEOUL, April 27 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's auto exports fell byhalf in the first quarter of 2009 from a year earlier as the globalrecession pulled down demand for the country's automobiles, localmedia reported Monday ....
Vietnam to see trade surplus of about 800 mln USD in first four months this year
Apr 26, 2009 ... Vietnam to see trade surplus of about 800 mln USD in first fourmonths this year HANOI, April 27 (Xinhua) -- In the first four months this year,Vietnam is estimated to see trade surplus of about 800 million U.S.dollars, said Vietnam's General Statistics Office on Monday ....
Nepal keeps high alert on swine flu
Apr 26, 2009 ... Nepal keeps high alert on swine flu KATHMANDU, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Nepali Ministry of Health andMinistry of Agriculture are on high alert as the swine flu that haskilled more than 80 people in Mexico appeared to have spread to NewZealand and even Israel, raising fears about a ...
Vietnam to see FDI drop in first four months
Apr 26, 2009 ... Vietnam to see FDI drop in first four months HANOI, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's foreign direct investment(FDI) in the first four months this year is expected to drop 17percent over the same period last year to 6.35 billion U.S. dollars,the local newspaper Vietnam Economic Times ...
Indian security forces kill two left-wing rebels, arrest five
Apr 26, 2009 ... Indian security forces kill two left-wing rebels, arrest five NEW DELHI, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Indian security forces Saturdaykilled two extreme left-wing rebels in a fighting in the centralstate of Chhattisgarh, said police on Sunday. The two rebels belonged to the Naxal ...
Australian health experts meet to respond to swine-flu threat
Apr 26, 2009 ... Australian health experts meet to respond to swine-flu threat CANBERRA, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Australia's health protectionofficials including chief medical officer Jim Bishop hold meetingson Sunday to talk about how to guard the nation from the pig fluoutbreak in Mexico and the ...
Australia prepared to deal with swine flu outbreak
Apr 26, 2009 ... Australia prepared to deal with swine flu outbreak CANBERRA, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Australia is well prepared to dealwith a potentially deadly swine flu outbreak if one occurs, theAustralian Medical Association (AMA) said on Monday. "There's been suggestions of fever tents, ...
New Zealand school group quarantined on return from Mexico
Apr 26, 2009 ... New Zealand school group quarantined on return from Mexico WELLINGTON, April 26 (Xinhua) -- A school group from NewZealand's largest city of Auckland was being quarantined at homeafter returning from Mexico, New Zealand media reported on Sunday. An emergency decree has been ...
Swine flu precautions advised for pig farmers in New Zealand
Apr 26, 2009 ... Swine flu precautions advised for pig farmers in New Zealand WELLINGTON, April 27 (Xinhua) -- The New Zealand Pork IndustryBoard was advising pig farmers to take precautions against theirpigs catching swine flu, New Zealand media reported on Monday. The virus, which is ...
Urgent: 6 reportedly killed in Pakistan's tribal area
Apr 26, 2009 ... Urgent: 6 reportedly killed in Pakistan's tribal area ISLAMABAD, April 26 (Xinhua) -- At least six people ...
Roadside bombing kills 3 border police, wounds 3 more in E. Afghanistan
Apr 26, 2009 ... Roadside bombing kills 3 border police, wounds 3 more in E.Afghanistan KABUL, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Three Afghan border police werekilled and three others sustained injuries as their car struck aroadside bomb in eastern Afghan province of Khost Saturday, a borderpolice commander ...
Tamils protest to boycott Sri Lankan products in Australia
Apr 26, 2009 ... Tamils protest to boycott Sri Lankan products in Australia CANBERRA, April 26 (Xinhua) -- About 800 of Tamil protestersrallied in Sydney's Central Business Distinct on Sunday, stoppingtraffic and residents in their tracks. "This time around we're calling on our friends, our ...
Pakistan hands over body of beheaded Polish engineer to envoy
Apr 26, 2009 ... Pakistan hands over body of beheaded Polish engineer to envoy ISLAMABAD, April 27 (Xinhua) -- The body of a Polish engineer,who was kidnapped last September and beheaded by the Taliban inFebruary, has been handed over to the Polish ambassador, local mediareported on Monday ....
1st LD: 6 reportedly killed in Pakistan's tribal area
Apr 26, 2009 ... 1st LD: 6 reportedly killed in Pakistan's tribal area ISLAMABAD, April 26 (Xinhua) -- At least six people were killedin a bomb blast Sunday in Pakistan's tribal area ...
Vietnam to see slight increase in industrial production in first four months
Apr 26, 2009 ... Vietnam to see slight increase in industrial production in firstfour months HANOI, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's industrial production inthe first four months this year is estimated to go up 3.3 percentover the same period last year to nearly 12.3 billion U.S. dollars,said ...
Papua New Guinea PM to meet Australian PM
Apr 26, 2009 ... Papua New Guinea PM to meet Australian PM CANBERRA, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Papua New Guinea's (PNG's) PrimeMinister Michael Somare left for Australia on Sunday to hold talkswith Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and tour bushfire andflood-affected areas. Somare will meet ...
Tamiflu could fight swine flu: expert
Apr 26, 2009 ... Tamiflu could fight swine flu: expert WELLINGTON, April 26 (Xinhua) -- An expert in disease controlsaid New Zealand cannot stop the spread of a new strain of swine flusimply by stopping travel, New Zealand media reported on Sunday. Roger Morris, an international disease ...
Feature: Myanmar cyclone-hit township makes progress in reconstruction
Apr 26, 2009 ... Feature: Myanmar cyclone-hit township makes progress inreconstruction By Yunfei, Zhirong YANGON, April 27 (Xinhua) -- The situation looks normalconforming to a standard in Bogalay, a big cyclone-torn township inMyanmar, as assessed from basic daily life to working ...
2nd LD Writethru 6 reportedly killed in Pakistan's tribal area
Apr 26, 2009 ... 2nd LD Writethru 6 reportedly killed in Pakistan's tribal area2nd LD Writethru 6 reportedly killed in Pakistan's tribal area ISLAMABAD, April 26 (Xinhua) -- At least six people were killedin a bomb blast Sunday in Pakistan's tribal area borderingAfghanistan, according to local TV ...
India makes special ballot paper for blind in general elections
Apr 26, 2009 ... India makes special ballot paper for blind in general elections NEW DELHI, April 26 (Xinhua) -- The Indian authorities haveprovided a special kind of ballot paper to the blind who are notconversant with the Braille to vote in the on-going generalelections, said the private ...