Xinhua News Agency back issues from Tuesday, May 12:
Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- May 12
May 12, 2009 ... Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- May 12 CAIRO, May 12 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of major MiddleEast news stories due to be covered or pursued by Xinhua News Agencyon Tuesday. -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak holds talks in the Red Searesort of Sharm el-Sheikh ...
Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers
May 12, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers ANKARA, May 12 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Turkish newspapers on Tuesday. HURRIYET (Freedom): -- Partners of a major natural gas pipeline project which wouldby-pass Russia are expected to ...
Soldier killed by landmine blast in southeastern Turkey
May 12, 2009 ... Soldier killed by landmine blast in southeastern Turkey ANKARA, May 12 (Xinhua) -- One soldier of the Turkish securityforces was killed and two others wounded in a landmine explosion insoutheastern Turkey on Tuesday, the semi-official Anatolia newsagency reported. The blast ...
U.S. soldier killed in southern Iraq
May 12, 2009 ... U.S. soldier killed in southern Iraq BAGHDAD, May 12 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. soldier has been killed in abomb attack in the oil-hub city of Basra, the U.S. military said onTuesday. A Multi-National Division - South soldier was killed on Sundaywhen a roadside bomb struck his ...
Mubarak to meet Berlusconi on Mideast peace, bilateral cooperation
May 12, 2009 ... Mubarak to meet Berlusconi on Mideast peace, bilateralcooperation SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian PresidentHosni Mubarak is to meet Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi inthe Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Tuesday. The two leaders' ...
2nd LD Writethru: At least 8 killed in Kirkuk suicide bombing
May 12, 2009 ... 2nd LD Writethru: At least 8 killed in Kirkuk suicide bombing KIRKUK, Iraq, May 12 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from a suicidecar bomb attack in the oil-rich northern city of Kirkuk on Tuesdayrose to eight and 16 others injured, a local police source said. "Our latest reports ...
U.S.-Iranian reporter has no plan to move out of Iran
May 12, 2009 ... U.S.-Iranian reporter has no plan to move out of Iran TEHRAN, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Roxana Saberi, the freed U.S.- Iranianreporter, said on Tuesday that she has no plan to move out of Irancurrently. Talking to the reporters in front of her apartment in Tehran, onDibadji ...
News Analysis: New, bold plan for Mideast peace?
May 12, 2009 ... News Analysis: New, bold plan for Mideast peace? by David Harris JERUSALEM, May 12 (Xinhua) -- While previous United Statesadministrations have tried and failed to forge a peace deal betweenIsrael and the Palestinians, U.S. President Barack Obama isreportedly now party to a ...
Tanzania gets military equipment for Darfur mission
May 12, 2009 ... Tanzania gets military equipment for Darfur mission DAR ES SALAAM, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Tanzania on Tuesday got 8.2million U.S. dollars worth of equipment for the country's mission tojoin the United Nations-African Union joint peacekeeping operationin Sudan's Darfur region ....
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, May 12
May 12, 2009 ... Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, May 12 ISLAMABAD -- 751 militants have been killed since the militaryoperations in northwestern Pakistan began late April, said the armyTuesday. 29 security personnel were killed and 77 others were injured inthe operations in ...
Irish oil company to fast-track commercial oil production in Uganda
May 12, 2009 ... Irish oil company to fast-track commercial oil production inUganda KAMPALA, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Tullow Oil, an Irish companyexploring for oil in western Uganda, has set up a team to fast-track commercial oil production in the East African country, astatement said on Tuesday ....
Iraq says Kurd's oil deals still illegal
May 12, 2009 ... Iraq says Kurd's oil deals still illegal BAGHDAD, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Iraq's Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahrastani said that Kurd's oil deals with foreign oil firms stillconsidered "illegal" despite approving Kurdish plans to export crudeoil through national pipelines. "Iraq's ...
Mideast not Obama's top priority, says Israeli intelligence officer
May 12, 2009 ... Mideast not Obama's top priority, says Israeli intelligenceofficer JERUSALEM, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Middle East is not the top priorityof U.S. President Barack Obama's administration, Israeli MilitaryIntelligence chief Amos Yadlin was quoted by local media as sayingon Tuesday ....
U.S. to give 10 million dollars to AU peacekeepers in Somalia
May 12, 2009 ... U.S. to give 10 million dollars to AU peacekeepers in Somalia NAIROBI, May 12 (Xinhua) -- The United States will give 10million dollars as parts of Washington's contribution to the AfricanUnion mission in Somalia (AMISOM), a senior official said here onTuesday. Visiting ...
Writethru: AU continues to follow Somalia's situation: Jean Ping
May 12, 2009 ... Writethru: AU continues to follow Somalia's situation: Jean Ping ADDIS ABABA, May 12 (Xinhua) -- The African Union (AU) saidTuesday it would continue to follow closely the situation inSomalia. In a statement, AU Commission Chairperson Jean Ping said his bodyis maintaining ...
AU continues to follow Somalia's situation: Jean Ping
May 12, 2009 ... AU continues to follow Somalia's situation: Jean Ping ADDIS ABABA, May 12 (Xinhua) -- The African Union (AU) saidTuesday it would continue to follow closely the situation inSomalia. In a statement, AU Commission Chairperson Jean Ping said his bodyis maintaining close ...
India breaks Guinness Record in choir singing
May 12, 2009 ... India breaks Guinness Record in choir singing NEW DELHI, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Over 160,000 people in twin citiesof Hyderabad and Secunderabad in West India gathered to sing in onevoice and made it to the Guinness Book of World Records, localtabloid Mail Today said Tuesday ....
NATO appoints U.S. Navy officer new top military commander
May 12, 2009 ... NATO appoints U.S. Navy officer new top military commander BRUSSELS, May 12 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Navy Admiral James G. Stavridishas been appointed NATO's top military commander, the alliance saidTuesday. Stavridis replaces Army General Bantz J. Craddock, who had servedin the ...
News analysis: U.S. dollar's upward momentum in doubt amid crisis
May 12, 2009 ... News analysis: U.S. dollar's upward momentum in doubt amid crisis by Xinhua writer Liu Yifang and Ming Jinwei BEIJING, May 12 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar has been on aresurgent path since the fall of 2008 when the global financialcrisis erupted in earnest. But ...
Dollar falls on higher risk appetite
May 12, 2009 ... Dollar falls on higher risk appetite NEW YORK, May 12 (Xinhua) -- The dollar fell against most majorcurrencies on Tuesday as investors' risk appetite was boosted bysome economic data around world. U.S. trade gap widened to 27.6 billion dollars in March from 26.1billion ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, May 13
May 12, 2009 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, May 13 RAMALLAH -- Local media sources published on Tuesday the names ofthe Palestinian ministers in the new larger Palestinian cabinetheaded by Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, which is expected to be swornin later Tuesday night. The ...
Xinhua international news advisory -- May 13
May 12, 2009 ... Xinhua international news advisory -- May 13 BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) -- The following are some majorinternational news stories scheduled to be covered or pursued byXinhua on Wednesday. -- Latest developments on A/H1N1 flu worldwide -- ...
Urgent: Moldova's outgoing president elected parliament speaker
May 12, 2009 ... Urgent: Moldova's outgoing president elected parliament speaker BUCHAREST, May 12 (Xinhua) -- ...
Urgent: Suicide car bomb kills five people in northern Iraq
May 12, 2009 ... Urgent: Suicide car bomb kills five people in northern Iraq KIRKUK, Iraq, May 12 (Xinhua) -- A suicide car bomber struck ...
1st LD: Suicide car bomb kills five in northern Iraq
May 12, 2009 ... 1st LD: Suicide car bomb kills five in northern Iraq KIRKUK, Iraq, May 12 (Xinhua) -- A suicide car bomber struck apolice patrol in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Tuesday,killing at least five people and wounding 11 others, a local policesource said. The incident took ...
Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers
May 12, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers TEHRAN, May 12 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Iranian newspapers on Tuesday. Tehran Times: -- Iran's Expediency Council Chairman and former President AkbarHashemi Rafsanjani and Tehran Mayor ...
New Palestinian cabinet to be sworn in on Tuesday: PLO official
May 12, 2009 ... New Palestinian cabinet to be sworn in on Tuesday: PLO official RAMALLAH, May 12 (Xinhua) -- A senior Palestinian official saidon Tuesday that a new government will be sworn in in the day beforePalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city ofRamallah. "The ...
Egyptian president to visit U.S. on May 26-27
May 12, 2009 ... Egyptian president to visit U.S. on May 26-27 CAIRO, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is tovisit the United States on May 26-27 and meet U.S. President BarackObama, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement issued onMonday night. "President ...
Senior Syrian officer on Beirut visit for military cooperation
May 12, 2009 ... Senior Syrian officer on Beirut visit for military cooperation BEIRUT, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Syria Chief of Staff Gen. Ali Habibarrived in Beirut on Tuesday heading a military delegation for talkswith Lebanese officials on military cooperation, Al-Manar TVreported. Military ...
Freed U.S.-Iranian reporter to face "journalism ban"
May 12, 2009 ... Freed U.S.-Iranian reporter to face "journalism ban" TEHRAN, May 12 (Xinhua) -- The freed U.S.-Iranian reporter RoxanaSaberi will face "journalism ban," but no "travel ban," localsatellite Press TV reported Tuesday. "She (Saberi) has no travel ban, but a journalism ban is ...
China, DPRK to strengthen trade cooperation, officials say
May 12, 2009 ... China, DPRK to strengthen trade cooperation, officials say PYONGYANG, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Officials from China and theDemocratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Tuesday pledged tofurther strengthen the trade and economic cooperation between thetwo countries. The Chinese ...
Backgrounder: Development of China-Russia parliamentary relations
May 12, 2009 ... Backgrounder: Development of China-Russia parliamentary relations MOSCOW, May 12 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislator Wu Bangguo willstart an official goodwill visit to Russia on Wednesday. Wu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People'sCongress (NPC), is also ...
Commentary: Middle East peace process requires parties to fulfill promises
May 12, 2009 ... Commentary: Middle East peace process requires parties to fulfillpromises BEIJING, May 11 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Security Councilon Monday stressed the urgency of reaching comprehensive peace inthe Middle East and called for "vigorous diplomatic action" by theparties ...
ECB main reference exchange rates
May 12, 2009 ... ECB main reference exchange rates BERLIN, May 12 (Xinhua) -- The following are the exchange ratesof major currencies released by the Frankfurt-based European CentralBank (ECB) on ...
Chinese police say they detained nine African nationals for passport fraud
May 12, 2009 ... Chinese police say they detained nine African nationals forpassport fraud FUZHOU, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Nine Nigerian citizens who wereallegedly forging passports were detained by police in east China onsuspicion of illegal entry and residence, local police said Tuesday. Police ...
Mexico "won't withdraw" from Shanghai World Expo 2010, organizers say
May 12, 2009 ... Mexico "won't withdraw" from Shanghai World Expo 2010, organizerssay SHANGHAI, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Preparations for Mexico toparticipate in the Shanghai World Expo 2010 were well under way, theShanghai World Expo Coordination Bureau told Xinhua Tuesday. The bureau denied ...
Mexican exhibitors' withdrawal "normal biz behavior": organizer
May 12, 2009 ... Mexican exhibitors' withdrawal "normal biz behavior": organizer SHANGHAI, May 12 (Xinhua) -- An organizer of the upcoming SIALChina 2009 hospitality expo in Shanghai told Xinhua Tuesday thatMexican enterprises' decision to withdraw from the annualinternational trade event was ...
PetroChina to raise 100 bln yuan for major business in 2009
May 12, 2009 ... PetroChina to raise 100 bln yuan for major business in 2009 BEIJING, May 12 (Xinhua) -- PetroChina Company Limited, a majoroil producer in China, planned to raise 100 billion yuan (14.71billion U.S. dollars) through debt financing in 2009, the companysaid in a statement late ...
U.S. diplomatic missions in China join mourning for quake dead
May 12, 2009 ... U.S. diplomatic missions in China join mourning for quake dead BEIJING, May 12 (Xinhua) -- U.S. diplomatic missions in ChinaTuesday joined in the mourning for those who died in a massive quakein southwest China last year. The May 12, 2008 quake, centered in Sichuan Province, ...
New Czech PM pledges successful completion of EU presidency
May 12, 2009 ... New Czech PM pledges successful completion of EU presidency BRUSSELS, May 12 (Xinhua) -- New Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischeron Tuesday pledged a successful completion of his country's six-month European Union presidency. "I can assure you that the Czech Republic is extremely ...
Strong bomb damages Athens Eurobank branch but causes no injuries
May 12, 2009 ... Strong bomb damages Athens Eurobank branch but causes no injuries ATHENS, May 12 (Xinhua) -- A powerful bomb damaged a bank insuburban Athens on Tuesday but caused no injuries, police and mediareports said. Reports said the pre-dawn bombing of a Eurobank branch in ...
Russia to maintain full funding for satellite navigation program
May 12, 2009 ... Russia to maintain full funding for satellite navigation program MOSCOW, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Russia will maintain full funding forits global satellite navigation program despite the currentfinancial crisis, officials said Tuesday. "Despite economic difficulties, financing in ...
Major news items in leasing U.S. newspapers
May 12, 2009 ... Major news items in leasing U.S. newspapers WASHINGTON, May 12 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading U.S. newspapers on Tuesday. The Washington Post -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced Monday that he hadrequested the resignation of the ...
Moldova: Outgoing Muldovan president elected parliament speaker
May 12, 2009 ... Moldova: Outgoing Muldovan president elected parliament speaker BUCHAREST, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Outgoing Moldovan PresidentVladimir Voronin on Tuesday won election as speaker of parliament. Voronin, who had been in power since 2001 and could not run for athird presidential ...
Russian stock market closes up
May 12, 2009 ... Russian stock market closes up MOSCOW, May 12 (Xinhua) -- The Russian stocks closed higherTuesday with the benchmark Russian Trading System (RTS) ...
Foreign exchange rates in Bulgaria
May 12, 2009 ... Foreign exchange rates in Bulgaria SOFIA, May 12 (Xinhua) -- The Bulgarian National Bank has set therates of foreign currencies against the Bulgarian lev applicablefrom 5 p.m. local time (1500 GMT) on May 12 to 5 p.m. local time(1500 GMT) on May 13. The central rates are ...
Britain raises minimum wage for nearly one million workers
May 12, 2009 ... Britain raises minimum wage for nearly one million workers LONDON, May 12 (Xinhua) -- The British government on Tuesdayannounced new minimum wage rates, a move that will benefit nearlyone million workers. The new minimum wage rates, which will take effect from October,raise ...
Nigeria U-20 team to play Brazil, Japan in Malaysia
May 12, 2009 ... Nigeria U-20 team to play Brazil, Japan in Malaysia LAGOS, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria's under-20 team will playBrazil and Japan at the annual Malaysia Eight-Nations tournamentlater this month, according to the Lagos-based Daily Independentnewspaper Tuesday. Head coach ...
Zimbabwe soccer chief off to Brazil
May 12, 2009 ... Zimbabwe soccer chief off to Brazil HARARE, May 12 (Xinhua) -- The Zimbabwe Football Association(ZIFA) Chief Executive Officer Henrietta Rushwaya is expected toleave Zimbabwe on Tuesday for Brazil where she will be part of adelegation to lobby the five-time World Cup winners to ...
Former U.S. president Carter in Lebanon for election monitoring
May 12, 2009 ... Former U.S. president Carter in Lebanon for election monitoring BEIRUT, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Former U.S. President Jimmy Carterarrived in Beirut Tuesday on behalf of his Atlanta-based CarterCenter for elections monitoring, local Naharnet website reported. Carter Center is among ...
News Analysis: What behind Abbas' intention to form new government
May 12, 2009 ... News Analysis: What behind Abbas' intention to form newgovernment by Saud Abu Ramadan GAZA, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Everyone in Gaza wonders why PalestinianPresident Mahmoud Abbas is planning to form a new government in theWest Bank, just days before rival Fatah and Hamas ...
Hamas official not optimistic over dialogue's success
May 12, 2009 ... Hamas official not optimistic over dialogue's success GAZA, May 12 (Xinhua) -- A senior leader of the IslamicResistance Movement (Hamas) said on Tuesday he is not optimisticthat the upcoming round of inter-dialogue would succeed afterPresident Abbas' decision to form a larger ...
Madrid Masters tennis results
May 12, 2009 ... Madrid Masters tennis results MADRID, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from the ATPMadrid Masters claycourt tournament here on Monday (prefix numberdenotes seeding): Second round 16-Tommy Robredo, Spain, bt Mardy Fish, United States, 3-6 ...
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
May 12, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers JERUSALEM, May 12 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Israeli newspapers on Tuesday. Ha'aretz -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told EgyptianPresident Hosni Mubarak on Monday that he wants ...
Ahmadinejad leads Iran's presidential election poll by big margin
May 12, 2009 ... Ahmadinejad leads Iran's presidential election poll by big margin TEHRAN, May 12 (Xinhua) -- A recent poll shows that Iran'spresident Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is leading Iran's presidentialelection poll by big margin, Iran's satellite Press TV reported onTuesday. A recent ...
Palestinian sources publish names of new Fayyad's cabinet members
May 12, 2009 ... Palestinian sources publish names of new Fayyad's cabinet members RAMALLAH, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Local media sources published onTuesday the names of the Palestinian ministers in the new largerPalestinian cabinet headed by Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, which isexpected to be sworn in ...
Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes higher
May 12, 2009 ... Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes higher JERUSALEM, May 12 (Xinhua) -- The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange generalshare index closed at ...
News Analysis: Netanyahu, Mubarak meet with eye to Washington
May 12, 2009 ... News Analysis: Netanyahu, Mubarak meet with eye to Washington by Aya Batrawy CAIRO, May 12 (Xinhua) -- When Egyptian President Hosni Mubarakmet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Sinairesort town of Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday, the two leaders were outto ...
Portugal extends support to Turkey's EU membership process
May 12, 2009 ... Portugal extends support to Turkey's EU membership process ANKARA, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Visiting President Anibal Cavaco Silvaof Portugal here on Tuesday extended his support to Turkey'sEuropean Union (EU) membership process. Silva, who is currently in Ankara on a state visit, ...
UNAMID chief discusses conditions in Darfur with senior Sudanese officials
May 12, 2009 ... UNAMID chief discusses conditions in Darfur with senior Sudaneseofficials UNAMID chief discusses conditions in Darfur with seniorSudanese officials KHARTOUM, May 12 (Xinhua) -- The chief of the joint peacekeepingmission of the United Nations and African Union in Darfur ...
Egyptian, Italian leaders meet to boost strategic partnership
May 12, 2009 ... Egyptian, Italian leaders meet to boost strategic partnership SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian PresidentHosni Mubarak met on Tuesday Italian Prime Minister SilvioBerlusconi in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh toenhance the strategic relations ...
Turkish PM hopes his visit to Azerbaijan to eliminate misunderstanding
May 12, 2009 ... Turkish PM hopes his visit to Azerbaijan to eliminatemisunderstanding Turkish PM hopes his visit to Azerbaijan toeliminate misunderstanding ANKARA, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep TayyipErdogan on Tuesday expressed hope that his visit to Azerbaijan wouldeliminate ...
Haneya opposes forming a large cabinet in West Bank
May 12, 2009 ... Haneya opposes forming a large cabinet in West Bank GAZA, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Deposed prime minister of Hamasgovernment in Gaza Ismail Haneya rejected on Tuesday PresidentMahmoud Abbas' decision to form a new larger government headed byPrime Minister Salam Fayyad. Haneya ...
Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2100 GMT, May 11
May 12, 2009 ... Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2100 GMT, May 11 BAGHDAD -- A U.S. soldier has been killed in a bomb attack in theoil-hub city of Basra, the U.S. military said on Tuesday. A Multi-National Division - South soldier was killed on Sundaywhen a roadside bomb struck his vehicle ...
Israeli soldier killed by officer's fire
May 12, 2009 ... Israeli soldier killed by officer's fire JERUSALEM, May 12 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli soldier who was killedduring clashes with Palestinians in the West Bank last week was hitby "friendly fire", the spokesperson of Israel Defense Forces (IDF)said on Tuesday. According to the ...