Xinhua News Agency back issues from Tuesday, June 30:
Malaysia's Mahathir calls for unifying Islamic countries with Gold Dinar
Jun 30, 2009 ... Malaysia's Mahathir calls for unifying Islamic countries withGold Dinar Malaysia's Mahathir calls for unifying Islamic countrieswith Gold Dinar Kuwait City, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Former Malaysian Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad reiterated his call for unifying Islamic ...
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
Jun 30, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers JERUSALEM, June 30 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Israeli newspapers on Tuesday. Ha'aretz: -- Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak is expected to meet in NewYork with U.S. Special Envoy to the ...
2nd LD: One survivor found, bodies spotted at Yemeni plane crash site
Jun 30, 2009 ... 2nd LD: One survivor found, bodies spotted at Yemeni plane crashsite 2nd LD: One survivor found, bodies spotted at Yemeni planecrash site SANAA, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Rescue teams succeeded on Tuesday infinding a child survivor and retrieving some corpses of the victimsof Yemeni ...
URGENT: Israeli navy stops Gaza aid boat
Jun 30, 2009 ... URGENT: Israeli navy stops Gaza aid boat GAZA, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Israeli gunboats stopped an aide ...
1st LD: Israeli navy stops Gaza aid boat
Jun 30, 2009 ... 1st LD: Israeli navy stops Gaza aid boat GAZA, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Israeli gunboats stopped an aide shipen route to the Gaza Strip near the blockaded region's territorialwaters on Tuesday morning, local sources said. Ali al-Nazli, a spokesman for the Gaza-based popular ...
Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers
Jun 30, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers ANKARA, June 30 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Turkish newspapers on Tuesday. SABAH (Morning): -- The 11th chapter of Turkey's accession negotiations with theEuropean Union (EU), the tax ...
Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers
Jun 30, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Iranian newspapers TEHRAN, June 30 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Iranian newspapers on Tuesday. Tehran Times: -- Iran's Guardian Council confirmed the validity of the June 12presidential election on Monday ...
Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- June 30
Jun 30, 2009 ... Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- June 30 CAIRO, June 30 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of major MiddleEast news stories due to be covered or pursued by Xinhua News Agencyon Tuesday. -- Tracking the development of news about a Yemeni passengerplane with 153 people on ...
Iraq kicks off bidding for first licensing oil contracts
Jun 30, 2009 ... Iraq kicks off bidding for first licensing oil contracts BAGHDAD, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al- Malikion Tuesday opened a meeting of a bidding process to decide whichcompanies will be awarded contract to develop eight of Iraqi giantoil and gas fields ....
Urgent: 4 U.S. soldiers killed in combat in Baghdad
Jun 30, 2009 ... Urgent: 4 U.S. soldiers killed in combat in Baghdad BAGHDAD, June 30 (Xinhua) -- The U.S ....
1st LD: 4 U.S. soldiers killed in combat in Baghdad
Jun 30, 2009 ... 1st LD: 4 U.S. soldiers killed in combat in Baghdad BAGHDAD, June 30 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. military said on Tuesdaythat four of its soldiers died from combat-related injures inBaghdad a day before the deadline of U.S. troops' pull back fromIraqi cities and towns. The ...
1st Ld: One survivor found, bodies spotted at Yemeni plane crash site
Jun 30, 2009 ... 1st Ld: One survivor found, bodies spotted at Yemeni plane crashsite 1st Ld: One survivor found, bodies spotted at Yemeni planecrash site SANAA, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Rescue teams spotted a survivor of theYemeni airliner crash accident, pan-Arab Al-Jazeera reportedaccording to ...
Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers
Jun 30, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers CAIRO, June 30(Xinhua) -- The following are major news items in leading Egyptiannewspapers on Tuesday. Al Ahram: -- Secretary General of the National Democratic Party (NDP)Safwat el-Sherif said Monday the 6th NDP annual ...
HRW accuses Israel of violating war laws in Gaza fighting
Jun 30, 2009 ... HRW accuses Israel of violating war laws in Gaza fighting GAZA, June 30 (Xinhua) -- An international human rights group onTuesday accused Israel of violating the laws of war and killingcivilians in recent Gaza offensive. In a new report issued Tuesday, the New York-based ...
Lebanon needs national unity government: PM
Jun 30, 2009 ... Lebanon needs national unity government: PM BEIRUT, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariristressed on Monday night a national unity government needs to beformed to end the political split between the ruling majority andthe opposition, local daily Al-Akhbar daily ...
Abbas meets Hamas leaders in West Bank
Jun 30, 2009 ... Abbas meets Hamas leaders in West Bank RAMALLAH, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud AbbasTuesday met two Hamas West Bank-based leaders at his office inRamallah in the first high-level talk between the rivals in months. The Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative ...
U.S. military official stresses American support to Lebanon
Jun 30, 2009 ... U.S. military official stresses American support to Lebanon BEIRUT, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Visiting head of the U.S. CentralCommand Gen. David Petraeus stressed after meeting LebanesePresident Michel Suleiman Tuesday that the U.S. would keepsupporting Lebanon in boosting its army's ...
Iran's Ahmadinejad to attend AU assembly
Jun 30, 2009 ... Iran's Ahmadinejad to attend AU assembly TEHRAN, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejadwill attend the African Union Assembly, the official IRNA newsagency reported on Tuesday. Ahmadinejad, whose visit to Libya was confirmed by his office,"will lead a ...
Iran, Russia to expand nuclear cooperation
Jun 30, 2009 ... Iran, Russia to expand nuclear cooperation TEHRAN, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Iran and Russia on Tuesday discussednew ways for the "expansion of peaceful nuclear cooperation", theofficial IRNA news agency reported. Deputy head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran ...
French President under fire over remarks targeting Israeli FM
Jun 30, 2009 ... French President under fire over remarks targeting Israeli FM JERUSALEM, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Allies of Israeli Foreign MinisterAvigdor Lieberman on Tuesday fired back at French President NicolasSarkozy amid reports that the latter urged Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu to ...
Iran's IRGC "to counter organized web crimes": report
Jun 30, 2009 ... Iran's IRGC "to counter organized web crimes": report TEHRAN, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Islamic Revolution GuardsCorps (IRGC) had set up a new unit to counter organized crimes onwebsites, the official IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday. The new IRGC unit which has been ...
Hamas, Fatah intensify talks over political arrests
Jun 30, 2009 ... Hamas, Fatah intensify talks over political arrests GAZA, June 30 (Xinhua) -- On the sidelines of the Cairo-hostedPalestinian national dialogue, rival Hamas and Fatah movements onTuesday agreed on forming a committee to settle the arrest ofopponents they traded. Sami Abu ...
Urgent: Rescue teams find air crash survivor
Jun 30, 2009 ... Urgent: Rescue teams find air crash survivor SANAA, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Rescue teams spotted a survivor of ...
Iran's top legislative body says election case over
Jun 30, 2009 ... Iran's top legislative body says election case over TEHRAN, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Guardian Council said onTuesday that the presidential election case is over, local satellitePress TV reported. "What relates to election is over. The Guardian Council ... hasthe last say ...
Israeli army confirms seizure of Gaza-bound boat
Jun 30, 2009 ... Israeli army confirms seizure of Gaza-bound boat JERUSALEM, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Israel Defense Forces (IDF) onTuesday confirmed that it intercepted a cargo boat bound for theGaza Strip with humanitarian aid and activists on board. The ship, sponsored by the U.S.-based Free ...
Urgent: Dozens of people were killed and wounded in car bomb in northern Iraq
Jun 30, 2009 ... Urgent: Dozens of people were killed and wounded in car bomb innorthern Iraq Urgent: Dozens of people were killed and wounded incar bomb in northern Iraq ...
Interview: Financial meltdown affects PNA aid: minister
Jun 30, 2009 ... Interview: Financial meltdown affects PNA aid: minister by Fares Akram RAMALLAH, June 30 (Xinhua) -- International financial meltdownnegatively affected foreign funding to the Palestinian NationalAuthority (PNA), its economic minister said Monday. "We see it clearly ...
Boat carrying illegal immigrants sinks off west Turkey, kills one
Jun 30, 2009 ... Boat carrying illegal immigrants sinks off west Turkey, kills one ANKARA, June 30 (Xinhua) -- A boat carrying illegal immigrantssank off the Aegean coast of Turkey on Tuesday, killing aPalestinian and leading to the missing of a 2-year-old girl, thesemi-official Anatolia News ...
Urgent: 15 killed, 30 wounded in a car bomb explosion in the northern Iraq
Jun 30, 2009 ... Urgent: 15 killed, 30 wounded in a car bomb explosion in thenorthern Iraq Urgent: 15 killed, 30 wounded in a car bomb explosionin the northern Iraq ...
1st LD: Car bomb blast in northern Iraq kills 15, wounds 30
Jun 30, 2009 ... 1st LD: Car bomb blast in northern Iraq kills 15, wounds 30 BAGHDAD, June 30 (Xinhua) -- 15 people were killed and 30 otherswounded in a car bomb explosion in the northern Iraqi city ofKirkuk, a local police source said. The blast happened when a car bomb was detonated on ...
Iran's Ahmadinejad vows to break "global monopoly"
Jun 30, 2009 ... Iran's Ahmadinejad vows to break "global monopoly" TEHRAN, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejadvowed on Tuesday to break "global monopoly," local satellite PressTV reported. Ahmadinejad said Tehran was ready to cooperate with all countriesto end the ...
Africa Focus: Libya takes great pains towards African integration
Jun 30, 2009 ... Africa Focus: Libya takes great pains towards African integration by Xinhua writers Zhu Lei and Luo Guofang SIRTE, Libya, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Twinkle lights. Roadside laser.Flying national flags of African countries. And banners bearingencouraging slogans such as "One Nation," ...
AL chief welcomes U.S. troops' withdrawal from Iraqi cities
Jun 30, 2009 ... AL chief welcomes U.S. troops' withdrawal from Iraqi cities CAIRO, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Arab League Secretary General (AL) AmrMoussa welcomed on Tuesday U.S. troops' withdrawal from Iraqicities, considering it as an important step for Iraq to restorecomplete national sovereignty ....
Turkish PM vows to enter into EU
Jun 30, 2009 ... Turkish PM vows to enter into EU ANKARA, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep TayyipErdogan said on Tuesday that Turkey's expectation at the end ofEuropean Union (EU) entry negotiations is "full membership" and "accession." In an address to the Turkish nation on ...
AL Chief condemns Israeli offensive on "Spirit of Humanity"
Jun 30, 2009 ... AL Chief condemns Israeli offensive on "Spirit of Humanity" CAIRO, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Arab League Secretary General (AL) AmrMoussa condemned on Tuesday Israeli offensive on vessel known as the"Spirit of Humanity," which was sailing to Gaza Strip withhumanitarian aid and activists ...
Sudan's general elections to be held in next April: official
Jun 30, 2009 ... Sudan's general elections to be held in next April: official KHARTOUM, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Sudan's general elections, thefirst in this African country since the signing of the 2005Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), will be held in next Aprilinstead of February, an official said ...
Feature: Iraqi security forces take control of cities with confidence
Jun 30, 2009 ... Feature: Iraqi security forces take control of cities withconfidence Feature: Iraqi security forces take control of citieswith confidence by Xinhua writers Fu Yiming and Gao Shan BAGHDAD, June 30 (Xinhua) -- What are added to Baghdad's usuallytensional streets -- featured ...
Roundup: Iraqi leaders call for national unity after U.S. forces pullout
Jun 30, 2009 ... Roundup: Iraqi leaders call for national unity after U.S. forcespullout Roundup: Iraqi leaders call for national unity after U.S.forces pullout by Xinhua writer Gao Shan, Jamal Hashim BAGHDAD, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi top leaders call for nationalunity, and reconciliation ...
Turkey's exports tumble 41 pct in May
Jun 30, 2009 ... Turkey's exports tumble 41 pct in May ANKARA, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Turkey's exports in May plunged 41percent on a year-on-year basis to 7.35 billion U.S. dollars,Turkish Board of Statistics announced on Tuesday. For the first four months of 2009, exports fell 27.9 percent ...
Egypt reports another case of A/H1N1 flu
Jun 30, 2009 ... Egypt reports another case of A/H1N1 flu CAIRO, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Egypt reported on Tuesday another caseof influenza A/H1N1, bringing the total number of the flu in thepopulous country to 67, according to the Ministry of Health. The new case is a 12-years-old girl who came ...
Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2135 GMT, June 30
Jun 30, 2009 ... Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2135 GMT, June 30 CAIRO/RAMALLAH -- The sixth round of the Palestinian dialogue inCairo concluded Tuesday evening by setting July 25 for the seventhround, Nile News TV and Palestine news and information agency (WAFA)reported. Zakaria ...
News analysis: Lasting peace or self destruction: Israeli- Palestinian talks stand at crossing point
Jun 30, 2009 ... News analysis: Lasting peace or self destruction: Israeli-Palestinian talks stand at crossing point News analysis: Lastingpeace or self destruction: Israeli- Palestinian talks stand atcrossing point by David Harris JERUSALEM, June 30 (Xinhua) -- The Israelis and ...
African leaders concerned about security situation in Somalia
Jun 30, 2009 ... African leaders concerned about security situation in Somalia SIRTE, Libya, June 30 (Xinhua) -- African leaders on Tuesdayexpressed grave concern about the security situation in Somalia andthe threat posed to the transitional federal government and thepeople of Somalia ...
Major news items in leading Australian newspapers
Jun 30, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Australian newspapers CANBERRA, July 1 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Australian newspapers on Wednesday. The Australian: -- Australian Union leaders will seek to use the new workplacelaws starting Wednesday to ...
Tokyo stocks open slightly lower
Jun 30, 2009 ... Tokyo stocks open slightly lower TOKYO, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks opened slightly lowerWednesday on an unexpected drop in U.S. consumer confidence, whichpulled down Wall Street share prices. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the ...
Dollar trades in lower 96 yen range
Jun 30, 2009 ... Dollar trades in lower 96 yen range TOKYO, July 1 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar stayed in the lower 96yen zone early Wednesday in Tokyo, little changed from its lateTuesday quotes in New York. At 9 a.m., the dollar traded at 96.22-27 yen ...
Softbank, Shanghai Media Group to form business alliance
Jun 30, 2009 ... Softbank, Shanghai Media Group to form business alliance TOKYO, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Japan's major telecommunication andmedia group Softbank Corp. said Tuesday it has agreed in principleto form a comprehensive business alliance with Shanghai Media GroupInc., China's second-largest ...
Interview: Japan welcomes Chinese individual tourists with enthusiasm, expectation
Jun 30, 2009 ... Interview: Japan welcomes Chinese individual tourists withenthusiasm, expectation BY Ma Jie and Ye Jia TOKYO, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Japan expects opening tourism toChinese individuals could be a boost to the economy and welcomes allChinese tourists as long as they meet certain ...
Tokyo stocks flat in morning trading
Jun 30, 2009 ... Tokyo stocks flat in morning trading TOKYO, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks were almost flat Wednesdaymorning. At 11 a.m., the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average gained ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Jun 30, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers TOKYO, July 1(Xinhua) -- The following are the major news items in leadingJapanese newspapers on Wednesday: The Daily Yomiuri: -- Prime Minister Taro Aso may dissolve the House ofRepresentatives immediately after the July 12 ...
Donors to offer 500 mln USD for education reform in Nepal
Jun 30, 2009 ... Donors to offer 500 mln USD for education reform in Nepal KATHMANDU, July 1 (Xinhua) -- The final appraisal mission onTuesday approved over 500 million U.S. dollars for implementation ofSchool Sector Reform program for 2009-2014 in Nepal that theMinistry of Education (MoE) is set ...
China Hong Kong trade fair seeks exhibitors from Myanmar
Jun 30, 2009 ... China Hong Kong trade fair seeks exhibitors from Myanmar YANGON, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Sponsor of China's Hong Kong TradeFair is seeking exhibitors and buyers from Myanmar, aiming atstrengthening bilateral trade between Hong Kong SpecialAdministrative Region and Myanmar ....
A/H1N1 flu cases in Vietnam increase to 131
Jun 30, 2009 ... A/H1N1 flu cases in Vietnam increase to 131 HANOI, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's Ministry of Health confirmedeight more A/H1N1 flu cases in the country, bringing total number offlu patients to 131, the local newspaper the People's Army reportedWednesday. Of the eight ...
Nepal to intensify surveillance mechanisms to contain A/H1N1 flu
Jun 30, 2009 ... Nepal to intensify surveillance mechanisms to contain A/H1N1 flu KATHMANDU, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Nepali government has decided tointensify surveillance mechanisms and awareness programs across thecountry to contain Nepal's first reported cases of the A/H1N1 virus,The Kathmandu Post ...
Major news items in leading Indian newspapers
Jun 30, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Indian newspapers NEW DELHI, July 1 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Indian newspapers on Wednesday: The Hindu: -- Justice Liberhan Commission, which probed the sequence ofevents that led to the Babri Masjid mosque ...
Indonesia ready for presidential election: electoral commission
Jun 30, 2009 ... Indonesia ready for presidential election: electoral commission JAKARTA, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia is well on track for thepresidential election scheduled on July 8, the General ElectionCommission (KPU) Chairman Abdul Hafiz Anshary said. Abdul Hafiz said that the KPU has ...
Major news items in leading Indian newspapers
Jun 30, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Indian newspapers NEW DELHI, June 30 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Indian newspapers on Tuesday: The Hindu: -- The Southwest Monsoon has made rapid advances since Sundayand, by Monday evening, it covered almost ...
Sri Lanka allows aids from disputed cargo ship
Jun 30, 2009 ... Sri Lanka allows aids from disputed cargo ship COLOMBO, June 30 (Xinhua) -- A cargo ship carrying humanitarianaid for Sri Lanka's war-affected civilians has been allowed tounload its goods in southern India after it was turned back by theSri Lankan navy, a local English newspaper ...
Dengue claims 156 lives in Sri Lanka
Jun 30, 2009 ... Dengue claims 156 lives in Sri Lanka COLOMBO, June 30 (Xinhua) -- The number of dengue deaths hasrisen to 156 while 13,479 cases have been reported in Sri Lanka asof Monday, health authorities said on Tuesday. According to the latest statistics published on the ...
Samoa reports two confirmed cases of influenza A/H1N1
Jun 30, 2009 ... Samoa reports two confirmed cases of influenza A/H1N1 WELLINGTON, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Samoa's Ministry of Healthconfirmed that there are now two confirmed cases of influenza A/H1N1 in the Pacific island country, the Pacnews reported onWednesday. Health Ministry chief ...
New Zealand's influenza A/H1N1 confirmed cases rise to 653
Jun 30, 2009 ... New Zealand's influenza A/H1N1 confirmed cases rise to 653 NewZealand's influenza A/H1N1 confirmed cases rise to 653 WELLINGTON, June 30 (Xinhua) -- The number of confirmed cases ofInfluenza A/H1N1 rose to 653 on Tuesday, up 64 from 589 on Monday. The Ministry of Health said ...
Influx of Asian refugees expected to Australia
Jun 30, 2009 ... Influx of Asian refugees expected to Australia CANBERRA, June 30 (Xinhua) -- A massive influx of up to 10,000asylum seekers is expected to head to Australia, Indonesianauthorities revealed on Tuesday. About 1,500 asylum seekers have already arrived in Indonesia ...
Thailand reports 1,414 A/H1N1 flu patients
Jun 30, 2009 ... Thailand reports 1,414 A/H1N1 flu patients BANGKOK, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's Public Health Ministryon Tuesday announced 84 more patients, who are confirmed to haveinfected with the A/H1N1 flu virus, bringing the country's totalnumber to 1,414. Of the total, some ...
Indian police arrest award-winning actress for suspected links with terrorists
Jun 30, 2009 ... Indian police arrest award-winning actress for suspected linkswith terrorists NEW DELHI, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Indian police have arrested apopular actress from the restive northeast region of the country forsuspected links with terrorists, reported the Indo-Asian NewsService on ...
Indian stocks open higher
Jun 30, 2009 ... Indian stocks open higher MUMBAI, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Indian stocks opened higher Tuesday,with the key Sensex index up by 45.23 points. Sensex opened at 14,830.97 points, up from the previous close ...