Xinhua News Agency back issues from Thursday, May 7:
1st LD: Hamas might declare ceasefire with Israel in hours: source
May 07, 2009 ... 1st LD: Hamas might declare ceasefire with Israel in hours:source GAZA, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Hamas has told Egypt that it mightdeclare a period of calm with Israel in a few hours, a source closeto the Islamic Hamas movement told Xinhua late Thursday night. The source said on ...
Israeli PM to visit Egypt on Monday: report
May 07, 2009 ... Israeli PM to visit Egypt on Monday: report JERUSALEM, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister BenjaminNetanyahu will travel to Egypt on Monday for his first trip abroadsince taking office in late March, local daily The Jerusalem Postreported on Thursday. Israeli ...
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
May 07, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers JERUSALEM, May 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Israeli newspapers on Thursday. Ha'aretz: -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Wednesday that he andhis Egyptian counterpart planned to ...
Urgent: Israeli soldier killed during West Bank operation: report
May 07, 2009 ... Urgent: Israeli soldier killed during West Bank operation: report JERUSALEM, May 7 (Xinhua) -- An Israeli ...
Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers
May 07, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers ANKARA, May 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Turkish newspapers on Thursday. TURKIYE (Turkey): -- Ten rebels of the banned Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) werekilled in a Turkish air strike last ...
Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- May 7
May 07, 2009 ... Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- May 7 CAIRO, May 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of major MiddleEast news stories due to be covered or pursued by Xinhua News Agencyon Thursday. -- Continue to report developments of influenza A/H1N1 in theMideast region after Israel ...
1st LD: Israeli soldier killed during West Bank operation: spokeswoman
May 07, 2009 ... 1st LD: Israeli soldier killed during West Bank operation:spokeswoman 1st LD: Israeli soldier killed during West Bankoperation: spokeswoman JERUSALEM, May 7 (Xinhua) -- An Israeli soldier was killedovernight Wednesday ...
Urgent: Israel detects sixth A/H1N1 case: report
May 07, 2009 ... Urgent: Israel detects sixth A/H1N1 case: report JERUSALEM, May 7 (Xinhua) -- The sixth influenza ...
1st LD: Israel detects sixth A/H1N1 case: report
May 07, 2009 ... 1st LD: Israel detects sixth A/H1N1 case: report JERUSALEM, May 7 (Xinhua) -- The sixth influenza A/H1N1 case wasdetected on Thursday in Israel since the global outbreak emerged,local news service ...
Lebanese majority accuses opposition of sabotaging elections
May 07, 2009 ... Lebanese majority accuses opposition of sabotaging elections BEIRUT, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese ruling coalition March 14forces has accused Hezbollah-led opposition of planning a "coup tosabotage the upcoming elections," local Elnashra website reported onThursday ....
Turkey charges two more suspects in engagement massacre
May 07, 2009 ... Turkey charges two more suspects in engagement massacre ANKARA, May 7 (Xinhua) -- A Turkish court charged two moresuspects accused of killing 44 people in an armed attack on anengagement ceremony in southeastern Turkey, bringing the number ofthe arrested to 10, the semi-official ...
Hamas: Any government Abbas forms to be illegal
May 07, 2009 ... Hamas: Any government Abbas forms to be illegal GAZA, May 7 (Xinhua) -- The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)said Wednesday that any government that Palestinian presidentMahmoud Abbas forms would be illegitimate. "Any government that Ramallah forms would be illegal even if ...
Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers
May 07, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers TEHRAN, May 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Iranian newspapers on Thursday. Tehran Times: -- Addressing a joint news conference with Jordanian KingAbdullah II in Berlin on Wednesday, German ...
2nd LD: Israeli soldier killed during West Bank operation
May 07, 2009 ... 2nd LD: Israeli soldier killed during West Bank operation JERUSALEM, May 7 (Xinhua) -- An Israel Defense Forces (IDF)soldier was killed Wednesday night during an operation in the WestBank, the IDF said Thursday in a statement sent to Xinhua. During the course of the operation ...
Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers
May 07, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers CAIRO, May 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Egyptian newspapers on Thursday. Al Ahram: -- Egypt's Assistant Foreign Minister for Arab Affairs Abdel-Rahman Salahuddin arrived in Ankara Wednesday ...
2nd LD: Israel detects sixth A/H1N1 case
May 07, 2009 ... 2nd LD: Israel detects sixth A/H1N1 case JERUSALEM, May 7 (Xinhua) -- The sixth influenza A/H1N1 case wasdetected on Thursday in Israel since the global outbreak emerged,local news service Ynet reported. The patient, a 27-year-old woman, quarantined last week with ...
Hamas accuses Israel, Fatah of blocking Palestinian parliament
May 07, 2009 ... Hamas accuses Israel, Fatah of blocking Palestinian parliament GAZA, May 7 (Xinhua) -- A senior leader of the PalestinianIslamic Hamas movement on Thursday accused Israel and PalestinianPresident Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement of blocking the work of theHamas-dominated parliament ....
Fatah official says Palestinian president's party in danger
May 07, 2009 ... Fatah official says Palestinian president's party in danger RAMALLAH, May 7 (Xinhua) -- A Fatah official on Thursday warnedthat the future of Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas' faction wasthreatened due to "party differences." Ghassan al-Massri, the West Bank-based ...
Palestinian lawmaker calls for imposing UN sanctions on Israel
May 07, 2009 ... Palestinian lawmaker calls for imposing UN sanctions on Israel RAMALLAH, May 7 (Xinhua) -- A Palestinian independent lawmaker onThursday called on the United Nations to impose sanctions on Israelfor "the war crimes its army committed in the Gaza Strip." Mustafa Barghouti, ...
Fayyad to announce new Palestinian government next week: sources
May 07, 2009 ... Fayyad to announce new Palestinian government next week: sources RAMALLAH, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian Prime Minister SalamFayyad will announce the new expanded Palestinian government nextMonday, sources said. The government would represent President Mahmoud Abbas' ...
Reports on Syria's intentions to expel Hamas from Damascus untrue: official
May 07, 2009 ... Reports on Syria's intentions to expel Hamas from Damascusuntrue: official Reports on Syria's intentions to expel Hamas fromDamascus untrue: official GAZA, May 7 (Xinhua) -- A senior official of Islamic Hamasmovement denied Thursday Arab media reports saying that Syriaintends to ...
Israeli naval forces detain 5 Gaza fishermen
May 07, 2009 ... Israeli naval forces detain 5 Gaza fishermen GAZA, May 7 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli naval forces arrested onThursday afternoon five Gaza fishermen who were fishing off the GazaCity, Hamas interior ministry in Gaza said in a statement. The statement said that Israeli naval ...
Israel to form ministerial committee to tackle international lawsuits
May 07, 2009 ... Israel to form ministerial committee to tackle internationallawsuits Israel to form ministerial committee to tackleinternational lawsuits JERUSALEM, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Israel will form a ministerialcommittee to tackle lawsuits filed around the world against Israelimilitary and ...
U.S. Blackwater's contract in Baghdad expires
May 07, 2009 ... U.S. Blackwater's contract in Baghdad expires BAGHDAD, May 7 (Xinhua) -- The contract of U.S. Blackwatersecurity firm in Baghdad has ended on Thursday, the U.S. embassysaid. "The task order for security operations of Blackwater in Baghdadcomes to an end today," and security ...
U.S. envoy talks with Sudanese officials on Darfur issue
May 07, 2009 ... U.S. envoy talks with Sudanese officials on Darfur issue KHARTOUM, May 7 (Xinhua) -- The special envoy of U.S. presidentto Sudan Scott Gration held Thursday a series of meetings withSudanese officials on the current crisis in western Sudanese regionof Darfur, the situation in ...
News Analysis: Israel concerned about U.S. NPT demand
May 07, 2009 ... News Analysis: Israel concerned about U.S. NPT demand by David Harris JERUSALEM, May 7 (Xinhua) -- A speech at a United Nations (UN)planning committee by a senior U.S. official has caused concern inIsrael that the rift between the United States and Israel could, ifanything, ...
CBE: Egypt foreign reserves down 3 percent in April
May 07, 2009 ... CBE: Egypt foreign reserves down 3 percent in April CAIRO, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Egypt's foreign reserves fell to 31.18billion U.S. dollars at the end of April, the Central Bank of Egypt(CBE) said on its website Thursday. The foreign reserves declined by about 3 percent from ...
Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes higher
May 07, 2009 ... Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes higher JERUSALEM, May 7 (Xinhua) -- The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange generalshare index closed at ...
Presidential hopeful vows to trace "Iran's missing oil money"
May 07, 2009 ... Presidential hopeful vows to trace "Iran's missing oil money" TEHRAN, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Iranian presidential hopeful MohsenRezaei vowed to trace "Iran's missing oil money" and return it tothe country's treasury, local satellite Press TV reported onWednesday. Rezaei takes a ...
Sudan, UN agree to enhance effectiveness of humanitarian operation in Darfur
May 07, 2009 ... Sudan, UN agree to enhance effectiveness of humanitarianoperation in Darfur Sudan, UN agree to enhance effectiveness ofhumanitarian operation in Darfur KHARTOUM, May 7 (Xinhua) -- The Sudanese government and theUnited Nations (UN) agreed on Thursday to enhance the ...
Syria, U.S. agree to improve ties
May 07, 2009 ... Syria, U.S. agree to improve ties DAMASCUS, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Syria and the United States agreed tocontinue dialogue to tackle the differences between the twocountries so as to improve bilateral ties, the official SANA newsagency reported Thursday. During a meeting between ...
Interview: WHO expert calls for changing habits to avert A/H1N1 flu
May 07, 2009 ... Interview: WHO expert calls for changing habits to avert A/H1N1flu by Muhammad Yamany, Wang Wei CAIRO, May 7 (Xinhua) -- People should change their sanitaryhabits to avoid attracting influenza A/H1N1, especially for theyoung people who were seen easier to be influenced by ...
Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2100 GMT, May 7
May 07, 2009 ... Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2100 GMT, May 7 JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu willtravel to Egypt on Monday for his first trip abroad since takingoffice in late March, local daily The Jerusalem Post reported onThursday. Israeli government ...
Urgent: Hamas might declare ceasefire with Israel in hours
May 07, 2009 ... Urgent: Hamas might declare ceasefire with Israel in hours GAZA, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Hamas has told Egypt that it mightdeclare a period of calm with ...
Dollar at lower 99 yen in Tokyo
May 07, 2009 ... Dollar at lower 99 yen in Tokyo TOKYO, May 8 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar stood at the lower 99yen level early Friday in Tokyo. The dollar bought 99.16-21 yen at 9 a.m., compared with 99.08- 18yen in New York and ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
May 07, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers TOKYO, May 8 (Xinhua) -- The following are the major news itemsin leading Japanese newspapers on Friday: The Daily Yomiuri -- The key Nikkei index soared 4.6 percent to a six-month closinghigh of nearly 9,400 as trading ...
Nikkei opens slightly lower
May 07, 2009 ... Nikkei opens slightly lower TOKYO, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks opened slightly lowerFriday. At 9:15 a.m., ...
Major news items in leading Singapore's newspapers
May 07, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Singapore's newspapers SINGAPORE, May 8 (Xinhua) -- The following are the major newsitems in leading Singapore's newspapers on Friday: The Straits Times: -- Mas Selamat Kastari, Singapore's most wanted terrorist who hadplotted to attack ...
Cambodian FM returns home healthy
May 07, 2009 ... Cambodian FM returns home healthy PHNOM PENH, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Deputy Prime Minister and Ministerof Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Hor Namhong onThursday returned home fine and healthy, after a two- week visit toFrance and U.S., national media said on Friday ....
Tense stand-off between gunman and police in New Zealand 's Napier
May 07, 2009 ... Tense stand-off between gunman and police in New Zealand 'sNapier Tense stand-off between gunman and police in New Zealand 'sNapier WELLINGTON, May 8 (Xinhua) -- The situation still remained tensein New Zealand North Island's eastern city of Napier on Friday wherea gunman was ...
Fiji government willing to talk with Pacific Islands Forum
May 07, 2009 ... Fiji government willing to talk with Pacific Islands Forum WELLINGTON, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Fiji's acting Prime Minister andAttorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum said on Friday the Pacificisland country would consider engaging in fresh talks with thePacific Island Forum (PIF) ....
Tokyo stocks flat in morning trading
May 07, 2009 ... Tokyo stocks flat in morning trading TOKYO, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks were flat Friday morningwith the key Nikkei index down 0.05 percent ....
3 injured in S. Philippines landmine blast
May 07, 2009 ... 3 injured in S. Philippines landmine blast COTABATO, Philippines, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Three people, includinga soldier, were injured as leftist rebels in the southernPhilippines detonated a remote-controlled landmine, a militaryofficial said on Friday. New People's Army (NPA) ...
At least 51,000 die each year from drug abuse in Indonesia
May 07, 2009 ... At least 51,000 die each year from drug abuse in Indonesia JAKARTA, May 8 (Xinhua) -- As many as 51,000 people died eachyear from drug abuse in Indonesia with amount of economic lossesfrom drug abuse continues to rise in the coming years, a seniorpolice officer said here on ...
Roundup: Myanmar-ASEAN-UN Tripartite Core Group continues conducting post-Nargis periodic review
May 07, 2009 ... Roundup: Myanmar-ASEAN-UN Tripartite Core Group continuesconducting post-Nargis periodic review By Feng Yingqiu YANGON, May 8 (Xinhua) -- A Tripartite Core Group (TCG) involvingMyanmar, ASEAN and the United Nations is conducting its second roundpost-Nargis periodic review ...
Ministerial session of ASEAN+3 special meeting on A/H1N1 flu opens
May 07, 2009 ... Ministerial session of ASEAN+3 special meeting on A/H1N1 fluopens BANGKOK, May 8 (Xinhua) -- The ministerial session of two-dayASEAN Plus Three health ministers special meeting opened Fridaymorning in Bangkok, with Thailand claiming its support for fivemeasures to conquer the ...
Vietnam reports another A/H1N1 suspected case
May 07, 2009 ... Vietnam reports another A/H1N1 suspected case HANOI, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Health officials of the Ho Chi Minh Cityauthority said that that a Malaysian traveler arriving at the city'sTan Son Nhat International Airport on Thursday showed the flu-likesymptom, said the local media on ...
Internet purchases of antiviral drug not recommended: New Zealand gov't
May 07, 2009 ... Internet purchases of antiviral drug not recommended: New Zealandgov't WELLINGTON, May 7 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand's Health Ministry onThursday advised people not to buy the antiviral drug Tamiflu, whichis used to treat influenza A/H1N1, over the internet. On Thursday, the ...
Fiji health staff to check all flights on arrival
May 07, 2009 ... Fiji health staff to check all flights on arrival WELLINGTON, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Fiji's Health Ministry may haveofficials board aircraft to brief incoming travelers on theInfluenza A (H1N1) virus and is considering securing up to 400 hotelrooms in the Nadi International Airport ...
Samoa Health Ministry clears first three suspects of Influenza A/ H1N1 virus
May 07, 2009 ... Samoa Health Ministry clears first three suspects of Influenza A/H1N1 virus WELLINGTON, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Samoa's Ministry of Health hascleared the first three locals suspected of being infected with theInfluenza A/H1N1 virus, Radio New Zealand International reported onThursday ....
Vietnam pledges to boost cooperation with EU
May 07, 2009 ... Vietnam pledges to boost cooperation with EU HANOI, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam pledged to boost cooperationwith the European Union to ease the way for Vietnamese enterprisesto further penetrate into this market to soften difficulties causedby the global economic downturn, the local ...
ASEAN-EU agree to halt FTA talks
May 07, 2009 ... ASEAN-EU agree to halt FTA talks JAKARTA, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian Trade Minister Mari ElkaPangestu disclosed that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN) and European Union (EU) have agreed to postpone talks on thefree trade agreement (FTA), the Jakarta Post daily ...
Dollar at upper 98 yen level in Tokyo
May 07, 2009 ... Dollar at upper 98 yen level in Tokyo TOKYO, May 7 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar fetched the upper 98 yenzone Thursday morning in Tokyo. At noon, the dollar was quoted at 98.56-61 yen versus 98.28-38 inNew York at 5 p.m ....
Singapore receives first batch of F-15 aircraft
May 07, 2009 ... Singapore receives first batch of F-15 aircraft SINGAPORE, May 7 (Xinhua) -- The Republic of Singapore Air Force(RSAF) detachment at Mountain Home Air Force Base (MHAFB) in Idaho,United States, received the first batch of four F-15SG multi-rolefighter aircraft on Thursday ....
Sri Lanka troops make further progress in no fire zone
May 07, 2009 ... Sri Lanka troops make further progress in no fire zone COLOMBO, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's troops have made furtherinroads Thursday into the no fire zone (NFZ) in the island'snortheastern battle front. Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said the troop formations arecontinuing ...
Structural economic change to accelerate in Asia: Singapore official
May 07, 2009 ... Structural economic change to accelerate in Asia: Singaporeofficial SINGAPORE, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Asia has entered the currenteconomic crisis with less baggage, but this crisis will force anacceleration of structural economic change in Asia, a seniorSingapore official said here ...
Urgent: Pakistan army helicopter crashes
May 07, 2009 ... Urgent: Pakistan army helicopter crashes ISLAMABAD, May 7 (Xinhua) -- A Pakistan ...
Indian stocks open higher
May 07, 2009 ... Indian stocks open higher MUMBAI, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Indian stocks opened higher Thursday,with the key Sensex index up by 111.76 points. Sensex opened at 12,064.51 points, up from the previous close of11,952.75 ...
Japanese shares surge 4.55 pct to six-month high
May 07, 2009 ... Japanese shares surge 4.55 pct to six-month high TOKYO, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Nikkei index soared 4.55 percentto a six-month closing high of nearly 9,400 after a three- dayholiday when global markets rallied. The benchmark ...
S. Korea's foreign reserves rise to 7-month high in April
May 07, 2009 ... S. Korea's foreign reserves rise to 7-month high in April SEOUL, May 7 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's foreign currency holdingsstood at a seven-month high in April, thanks to overseas sales ofstate bonds and a rise in the value of assets denominated inEuropean currencies, the central ...
Son of prominent cleric killed in shelling in NW Pakistan
May 07, 2009 ... Son of prominent cleric killed in shelling in NW Pakistan ISLAMABAD, May 7 (Xinhua) -- A son of Maulana Sufi Muhammad, aprominent cleric, has been killed during security forces shelling innorthwestern Pakistan, private Geo TV channel reported on Thursday. The Geo quoted the ...
1st LD Writethru: Pakistan army helicopter crashes
May 07, 2009 ... 1st LD Writethru: Pakistan army helicopter crashes ISLAMABAD, May 7 (Xinhua) -- A Pakistan army helicopter crashedin eastern Punjab province, local TV channels reported on Thursday. The ...
Indonesia denies reports on A H1N1 flu suspect
May 07, 2009 ... Indonesia denies reports on A H1N1 flu suspect JAKARTA, May 7 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian government Thursdaydenied earlier reports indicating A/H1N1 flu suspect in the country. Bayu Krisnamurthi, a deputy to the coordinating minister foreconomy, in charge of agriculture and ...
Afghans stage protest demonstration to condemn civilian killings
May 07, 2009 ... Afghans stage protest demonstration to condemn civilian killings KABUL, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of people in Farah province,west of Afghanistan, came to the streets on Thursday to protest anddenounce what they described brutal killing of civilians by foreigntroops ....
India-controlled Kashmir sees disturbances with polling day
May 07, 2009 ... India-controlled Kashmir sees disturbances with polling day SRINAGAR, India-controlled Kashmir, May 7 (Xinhua) -- A petrolbomb was lobbed on a polling station in Srinagar, the summer capitalof India-controlled Kashmir on Thursday morning, shortly beforepolling started in the ...