Xinhua News Agency back issues from Thursday, June 11:
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
Jun 11, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers JERUSALEM, June 11 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Israeli newspapers on Thursday. Ha'aretz: -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will announce in hisforeign policy speech scheduled for ...
Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- June 11
Jun 11, 2009 ... Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- June 11 CAIRO, June 11 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of major MiddleEast news stories due to be covered or pursued by Xinhua News Agencyon Thursday. -- Monitoring U.S. envoy to Middle East George Mitchell's visitto Egypt on Thursday ....
Israeli army exchanges fire with gunmen near Gaza border
Jun 11, 2009 ... Israeli army exchanges fire with gunmen near Gaza border JERUSALEM, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Israeli army Thursday morningexchanged fire with gunmen near the border with the Gaza Strip,local daily Ha'aretz reported on its website. Gunmen opened fire on the Israel Defense Forces ...
Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers
Jun 11, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers TEHRAN, June 11 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Iranian newspapers on Thursday. Tehran Times: -- Iran's Guardian Council spokesman said on Wednesday that eachpresidential candidate will be ...
Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers
Jun 11, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers CAIRO, June 11 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Egyptian newspapers on Thursday. Daily News: -- Two more A/H1N1 cases were confirmed Wednesday in Egypt,bringing the total number of infections in ...
Iraq releases 3 U.S. contractors detained for murder
Jun 11, 2009 ... Iraq releases 3 U.S. contractors detained for murder BAGHDAD, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi authorities have releasedthree of five U.S. contractors, taken into custody for murdercharge, due to insufficient evidence, the government spokesman saidon Thursday. "We have five U.S ....
Israel uses uranium in Gaza offensive: lawyers
Jun 11, 2009 ... Israel uses uranium in Gaza offensive: lawyers GAZA, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Lawyers investigating possible warcrimes by Israel in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip Thursday said theJewish state used uranium in recent offensive on the blockadedterritory. Findings indicated that Israel ...
Israeli army finds weapon cache in West Bank raid
Jun 11, 2009 ... Israeli army finds weapon cache in West Bank raid RAMALLAH, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Israeli army found a weapon cacheduring a raid in the West Bank city of Nablus, Israeli andPalestinian sources said on Thursday. Three rifles, a Kalashnikov, pistols and munitions were ...
Jordan's stock market index closes lower
Jun 11, 2009 ... Jordan's stock market index closes lower AMMAN, June 11 (Xinhua) -- The shares price index of Jordan'sAmman stock market closed at 2,910 points on Thursday, down ...
Hamas: unity talks not succeed with West Bank crackdown on
Jun 11, 2009 ... Hamas: unity talks not succeed with West Bank crackdown on GAZA, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Inter-Palestinian dialogue can notsucceed unless president Mahmoud Abbas' forces stop cracking downagainst Hamas supporters in the West Bank, a Hamas spokesman saidThursday. "The fate of ...
U.S. envoy urges prompt resumption of Middle East peace talks
Jun 11, 2009 ... U.S. envoy urges prompt resumption of Middle East peace talks CAIRO, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Visiting U.S. peace envoy GeorgeMitchell reiterated Thursday a prompt resumption and earlyconclusion of Middle East peace talks between Palestinians andIsraelis. "We all share an ...
One more A/H1N1 cases confirmed in Egypt
Jun 11, 2009 ... One more A/H1N1 cases confirmed in Egypt CAIRO, June 11 (Xinhua) -- One more A/H1N1 cases were confirmedin Egypt bringing the total number of infections in the populouscountry to 11 cases, Nile TV reported on Thursday. The new case is the wife of an American engineer, ...
Iran's influential cleric meets Khamenei following letter on fair elections
Jun 11, 2009 ... Iran's influential cleric meets Khamenei following letter on fairelections Iran's influential cleric meets Khamenei following letteron fair elections TEHRAN, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Iran's influential cleric AkbarHashemi Rafsanjani met Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali ...
Roundup: Confirmed A/H1N1 flu cases continue to rise in Mideast
Jun 11, 2009 ... Roundup: Confirmed A/H1N1 flu cases continue to rise in Mideast CAIRO, June 11 (Xinhua) -- One more A/H1N1 cases were confirmedin Egypt, bringing the total number of infections in the populouscountry to 11 cases, Nile TV reported on Thursday. The new case is the wife of an ...
Iraqi-Turkish ties to become unique example for others: Iraq
Jun 11, 2009 ... Iraqi-Turkish ties to become unique example for others: Iraq ANKARA, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Iraqi Vice President Tariqal-Hashimi said here on Thursday that Iraq desired its relationswith Turkey to become a unique example for other countries, the semi-official Anatolia news ...
Iran's Mousavi, Ahmadinejad's challenger, seeks healthy election
Jun 11, 2009 ... Iran's Mousavi, Ahmadinejad's challenger, seeks healthy election TEHRAN, June 11 (Xinhua) -- In a letter to Iran's Supreme LeaderAyatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Iran's presidential hopeful Mir-hossein Mousavi sought for "healthy election," the local satellitePress TV reported on ...
Roundup: U.S. trying to push for peace between Israel, Syria
Jun 11, 2009 ... Roundup: U.S. trying to push for peace between Israel, Syria by Xinhua writer Xu Gang, David Harris JERUSALEM, June 11 (Xinhua) -- The regional agreement that theObama administration is trying to push forward is not only aboutpeace between Israel and the Palestinians, but ...
Palestinians can declare dual nationality state: foreign minister
Jun 11, 2009 ... Palestinians can declare dual nationality state: foreign minister RAMALLAH, June 11 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinians can declare a dualnationality statehood if Israel kept rejecting internationally-backed two-state solution, Palestinian foreign minister saidThursday. "We are ...
Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes lower
Jun 11, 2009 ... Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes lower JERUSALEM, June 11 (Xinhua) -- The Tel Aviv Stock Exchangegeneral share index closed at ...
Civilian killed, 11 injured in Baghdad bombings
Jun 11, 2009 ... Civilian killed, 11 injured in Baghdad bombings BAGHDAD, June 11 (Xinhua) -- A civilian was killed and 11 peoplewere injured in three bomb attacks in Baghdad on Thursday, anInterior Ministry source said. The civilian was killed and four others were wounded when aroadside ...
Iran to hold week-long air maneuver over Persian Gulf: report
Jun 11, 2009 ... Iran to hold week-long air maneuver over Persian Gulf: report TEHRAN, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Air Force is slated to hold aweek-long maneuver to test its mastery in low-altitude flightoperations and bombing tactics in the Persian Gulf and Sea of Oman,Iran's satellite channel ...
Third influenza A/H1N1 case detected in Saudi Arabia
Jun 11, 2009 ... Third influenza A/H1N1 case detected in Saudi Arabia RIYADH, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Saudi health authorities said onThursday that a toddler was confirmed to be infected with influenzaA/H1N1, becoming the third such case in the Gulf Arab country. Saudi Health Minister Abdullah ...
Jordan commends Obama's stance on Mideast peace
Jun 11, 2009 ... Jordan commends Obama's stance on Mideast peace AMMAN, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Jordan on Thursday hailed the new U.S. stances on Mideast that President Barack Obama released in hisspeech at Cairo University last week as positive and significant. "President Obama's stance has ...
Egypt announces 12th case of A/H1N1 flu
Jun 11, 2009 ... Egypt announces 12th case of A/H1N1 flu CAIRO, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian health authorities announcedon Thursday a new case of A/H1N1 flu, bringing the number of suchcases to 12 in the populous Arab country. An Egyptian-American child, one year and six months old, ...
News Analysis: Israel watches out as Iranians vote
Jun 11, 2009 ... News Analysis: Israel watches out as Iranians vote by David Harris JERUSALEM, June 11 (Xinhua) -- It has been a week of crucialelections for Israel and yet no Israelis have been to the polls.First there were fears the Syrian- and Iranian-backed Hezbollahwould be victorious ...
Israel detects nine more A/H1N1 flu cases: report
Jun 11, 2009 ... Israel detects nine more A/H1N1 flu cases: report JERUSALEM, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Nine additional A/H1N1 flu caseshave been diagnosed Thursday in Israel, local news service Ynetreported on its website. The latest cases have brought to 77 the total number of confirmedcases of ...
Roundup: Iran's presidential race most tense ever
Jun 11, 2009 ... Roundup: Iran's presidential race most tense ever by Mehdi Bagheri TEHRAN, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Since Iran's Islamic Revolution in1979, the upcoming presidential campaigning this year is the mosttense political event that the country has ever experienced. The ...
New fuel pipeline built between Israel, Gaza
Jun 11, 2009 ... New fuel pipeline built between Israel, Gaza JERUSALEM, June 11 (Xinhua) -- An Israeli construction teamThursday finished its work on a new pipeline for the transfer offuel and natural gas from Israel to the Gaza Strip, Israel DefenseForces (IDF) said in a statement sent to ...
Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2100 GMT, June 11
Jun 11, 2009 ... Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2100 GMT, June 11 JERUSALEM -- Israeli army Thursday morning exchanged fire withgunmen near the border with the Gaza Strip, local daily Ha'aretzreported on its website. Gunmen opened fire on the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops nearthe ...
Dollar trades at mid-97 yen range
Jun 11, 2009 ... Dollar trades at mid-97 yen range TOKYO, June 12 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar traded at the mid-97yen range early Friday in Tokyo, almost unchanged from its levelsovernight in New York. At 9 a.m., the dollar fetched 97.53-58 yen against ...
Tokyo stocks open higher on Wall Street gains
Jun 11, 2009 ... Tokyo stocks open higher on Wall Street gains TOKYO, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks opened higher Fridayafter Wall Street gains overnight. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the benchmark Nikkei-225index gained ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Jun 11, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers TOKYO, June 12 (Xinhua) -- The following are the major news itemsin leading Japanese newspapers on Friday: The Daily Yomiuri -- The key Nikkei stock index rose briefly past the 10,000 markThursday for the first time in ...
Political instability slowing Nepal's economic growth: study
Jun 11, 2009 ... Political instability slowing Nepal's economic growth: study KATHMANDU, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Nepal's efforts to accelerateeconomic growth and reduce poverty are being hampered by politicalinstability, poor infrastructure and other obstacles, The RisingNepal reported on Friday ....
Thai premier visits Cambodia to strengthen bilateral ties
Jun 11, 2009 ... Thai premier visits Cambodia to strengthen bilateral ties PHNOM PENH, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Thai Prime Minister AbhisitVejjajiva arrived here on Friday to have his one-day official visitat the invitation of his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen. During his stay here, Abhisit will ...
Influenza A/H1N1 alert upgraded in Fiji
Jun 11, 2009 ... Influenza A/H1N1 alert upgraded in Fiji SUVA, June 12 (Xinhua) -- The Fiji government was urged to raisethe level of the influenza pandemic alert to phase six. With this announcement, Fiji's Health Minister Neil Sharma saidon Friday that Influenza A/H1N1 was a moderate ...
Myanmar provides humanitarian assistance to Sri Lankan displaced people
Jun 11, 2009 ... Myanmar provides humanitarian assistance to Sri Lankan displacedpeople YANGON, June 12 (Xinhua) -- The Myanmar government has made acash donation of 50,000 U.S. dollars as a humanitarian assistance tothe Sri Lankan government for that country's internally displacedpeople in the ...
Tokyo stocks close above 10,000 line at break
Jun 11, 2009 ... Tokyo stocks close above 10,000 line at break TOKYO, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks rose Friday morning, withthe key Nikkei index closed above the 10,000 line at break. The benchmark Nikkei-225 stock index gained 94.95 points, or 0.95 ...
Nepal Airlines to hire 27 more pilots
Jun 11, 2009 ... Nepal Airlines to hire 27 more pilots KATHMANDU, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC),the national flag carrier, will soon be recruiting 16 more captainsand 11 co-pilots to its team, because NAC will need more hands ondeck if it goes ahead with its plans to add two ...
Online visa on arrival system introduced in Myanmar
Jun 11, 2009 ... Online visa on arrival system introduced in Myanmar YANGON, June 12 (Xinhua) -- A private travel company hasintroduced an online visa on arrival service system in Myanmar,designed to expedite arrival visa and other services for thepromotion of the country's tourism industry, the ...
Major news items in leading Indian newspapers
Jun 11, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Indian newspapers NEW DELHI, June 12 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Indian newspapers on Friday: The Hindu: -- Union Home Minister P Chidambaram has laid stress on giving agreater role to the Jammu and Kashmir ...
UN seeks more Nepali soldiers
Jun 11, 2009 ... UN seeks more Nepali soldiers KATHMANDU, June 12 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations has sought anadditional 150 Nepali Army (NA) soldiers for its mission in Lebanon(UNIFIL) and another battalion of 600-800 soldiers for UnitedNations Disengagement Observer Force UNDOF) in Golan Heights ...
Hanoi reports first A/H1N1 case, toll at 20 in Vietnam
Jun 11, 2009 ... Hanoi reports first A/H1N1 case, toll at 20 in Vietnam HANOI, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Vietnamese capital city of Hanoireported the first A/H1N1 patient on Wednesday, bringing the totalnumber of flu cases to 20 in Vietnam, Vietnamese newspaper The NewHanoi reported on Thursday ....
Vietnam's labor export drops in first 5 months
Jun 11, 2009 ... Vietnam's labor export drops in first 5 months HANOI, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam sent about 28,000 workers towork abroad in the first five months this year, down nearly onefifth year-on-year, Vietnamese newspaper The Youth reported onThursday. According to the Overseas ...
Dollar slips to upper 97 yen range
Jun 11, 2009 ... Dollar slips to upper 97 yen range TOKYO, June 11 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar slipped to the upper97 yen range Thursday morning in Tokyo. At noon, the dollar fetched 97.90-95 yen against 98.07-17 yen inNew ...
Thai RSS3 rubber price
Jun 11, 2009 ... Thai RSS3 rubber price BANGKOK, June 11 (Xinhua) -- The following are the official noonFOB prices of Ribbed Smoked Sheets Grade 3 (RSS3) rubber atThailand's southern central market in Songkhla province and in thecapital ...
More Indonesian legislators involved with central bank scandal
Jun 11, 2009 ... More Indonesian legislators involved with central bank scandal JAKARTA, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Dozens of Indonesian legislators areinvolved with a scandal in which Deputy Governor of Bank IndonesiaMiranda Goeltoms was accused of winning the 2004 election by bribingvoters, the Jakarta ...
Jobless rates rise in Australia
Jun 11, 2009 ... Jobless rates rise in Australia CANBERRA, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Australian Deputy Prime Ministerand Employment Minister Julia Gillard said the global recession washitting Australia following new figures revealed that theunemployment rate rose in May. Australia's unemployment ...
Indian stocks open higher
Jun 11, 2009 ... Indian stocks open higher MUMBAI, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Indian stocks opened higher Thursday,with the key Sensex index up by 50.55 points. Sensex opened at 15.517.36 points, up from the previous close of15,466.81 ...
Vietnam to build an 80-million USD bio-ethanol factory
Jun 11, 2009 ... Vietnam to build an 80-million USD bio-ethanol factory HANOI, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam will start building a bio-ethanol factory with total investment of 80 million U.S. dollarslater this month, local newspaper the Labor reported Thursday. This is the first factory of this ...
Roundup: One Laptop per Child initiative brings bright future for children in Fiji
Jun 11, 2009 ... Roundup: One Laptop per Child initiative brings bright future forchildren in Fiji SUVA, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Fiji's interim government is takingpart in the "One Laptop Per Child" (OLPC) initiative now embarkingon an implementation program as part of the Pacific regionalinitiative ...
Jail guard killed after rebels storm prison in S. Philippines
Jun 11, 2009 ... Jail guard killed after rebels storm prison in S. Philippines COTABATO, Philippines, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Suspected Muslimseparatist rebels stormed a prison in the restive south Philippinesearly Thursday morning, killing a jail guard and wounding threeothers. Firing rockets ...
1st LD Writethru: S. Korea, DPRK meet over joint factory park
Jun 11, 2009 ... 1st LD Writethru: S. Korea, DPRK meet over joint factory park SEOUL, June 11 (Xinhua) -- The delegations from South Korea andthe Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) met for the secondtime at the Kaesong Joint Industrial Complex on Thursday amidescalated tensions on the ...
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 0600 GMT, June 11
Jun 11, 2009 ... Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 0600 GMT, June 11 TOKYO -- Japanese economy contracted an annualized pace of 14.2percent in the first quarter of 2009, a smaller contraction thaninitially estimated 15.2 percent, official data showed Thursday. The growth in gross domestic ...
Urgent: At least 8 killed in clash in S. Philippines
Jun 11, 2009 ... Urgent: At least 8 killed in clash in S. Philippines MANILA, June 11 (Xinhua) -- At least six rebel militants and twosoldiers died as ...
Tokyo shares close down 0.1 pct after topping 10,000 line
Jun 11, 2009 ... Tokyo shares close down 0.1 pct after topping 10,000 line TOKYO, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks on Thursday brieflytopped the psychologically important 10,000 line for the first timein eight months but closed down 0.1 percent at 9,981.33 on profit-taking ....
Afghan forces kill 8 insurgents, capture 5 others in North
Jun 11, 2009 ... Afghan forces kill 8 insurgents, capture 5 others in North KABUL, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Afghan security forces, in efforts todislodge Taliban insurgents from the relatively peaceful Baghlanprovince in north Afghanistan, launched operation Wednesday and sofar eliminated eight rebels, ...
1st LD Writethru: At least 8 killed in clash in S. Philippines
Jun 11, 2009 ... 1st LD Writethru: At least 8 killed in clash in S. Philippines MANILA, June 11 (Xinhua) -- At least six extremist militants andtwo soldiers died as government forces assaulted a known lair of theAbu Sayyaf group and Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) in the southernPhilippines early on ...
Tokyo reports first group infections of A/H1N1 flu
Jun 11, 2009 ... Tokyo reports first group infections of A/H1N1 flu TOKYO, June 11 (Xinhua) -- The first new-flu group infections ata Tokyo school were confirmed, with nine students of a high schoolin Minato Ward contracting the disease, the Kyodo News reportedThursday. The privately run ...
S. Korea's key interest rate remains at 2 percent for fourth month
Jun 11, 2009 ... S. Korea's key interest rate remains at 2 percent for fourthmonth SEOUL, June 11 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's benchmark interest rateremains frozen at 2 percent for the fourth consecutive month, SouthKorea's central bank said Thursday. The Bank of Korea (BOK), in its monthly ...
2nd LD Writethru: At least 8 killed in clash in S. Philippines
Jun 11, 2009 ... 2nd LD Writethru: At least 8 killed in clash in S. Philippines MANILA, June 11 (Xinhua) -- At least six extremist militants andtwo soldiers died as government forces assaulted a known lair of theAbu Sayyaf group and Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) in the southernPhilippines early on ...
Thailand has 22 more confirmed A/H1N1 flu patients: health minister
Jun 11, 2009 ... Thailand has 22 more confirmed A/H1N1 flu patients: healthminister BANGKOK, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Thailand on Thursday announced 22more confirmed A/H1N1 flu patients, bringing the country's totalcases to 38, according to Thai Public Health Minister WitthayaKaewparadai. Of ...
Indonesia's Pertamina to stop fuel import in 2017
Jun 11, 2009 ... Indonesia's Pertamina to stop fuel import in 2017 JAKARTA, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's PT Pertamina plans tostop fuel import in 2017 because at that time several company's newrefining facilities would be operated to fulfill fuel domesticdemand, the private news portal detikcom ...
66 more militants killed in NW Pakistan operation
Jun 11, 2009 ... 66 more militants killed in NW Pakistan operation ISLAMABAD, June 11 (Xinhua) -- During the last 24 hours, 66militants were killed and nine others arrested in the ongoingmilitary operation in northwestern Pakistan, said the military in apress release Thursday. It also said ...
Malaysia tin market closes unchanged
Jun 11, 2009 ... Malaysia tin market closes unchanged KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 (Xinhua) -- The local tin market closedunchanged on Thursday, but the trading volume dropped compared ...
Thailand's total number of A/H1N1 patients rises to 46: Health Minister
Jun 11, 2009 ... Thailand's total number of A/H1N1 patients rises to 46: HealthMinister BANGKOK, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Thailand on Thursday announced eightmore confirmed A/H1N1 flu patients bringing the country's totalcases to 46, according to Thai Public Health Minister WitthayaKaewparadai ....