Xinhua News Agency back issues from Monday, July 6:
Tunisia arrests nine terrorists including two military officers
Jul 06, 2009 ... Tunisia arrests nine terrorists including two military officers TUNIS, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Tunisian police have arrested ninepersons including two military officers over accusations ofterrorism, the London based Al-Quds Al-Arabi daily reported onMonday. The nine defendants ...
Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers
Jul 06, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Israeli newspapers JERUSALEM, July 6 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Israeli newspapers on Monday. Ha'aretz: -- Israel is urging the United States and other countries tostart preparing now for the possibility that ...
Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- July 6
Jul 06, 2009 ... Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- July 6 CAIRO, July 6 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of the majorMiddle East news stories due to be covered or pursued by Xinhua NewsAgency on Monday. -- The African Division of the International Criminal PoliceOrganization (Interpol) ...
Urgent: 3 killed, 9 injured in mine blast in southeastern Turkey
Jul 06, 2009 ... Urgent: 3 killed, 9 injured in mine blast in southeastern Turkey ANKARA, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Three people were killed and ...
Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers
Jul 06, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Turkish newspapers ANKARA, July 6 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Turkish newspapers on Monday. VATAN (Motherland): -- Turkish President Abdullah Gul made a phone conversation withU.S. President Barack Obama on ...
1st LD: 3 killed, 9 injured in mine blast in southeastern Turkey
Jul 06, 2009 ... 1st LD: 3 killed, 9 injured in mine blast in southeastern Turkey ANKARA, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Three people were killed and nineothers injured in a mine blast in southeastern province of Sirnak inTurkey on Monday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. A vehicle ...
Israeli air force to join overseas exercises with eye on Iran: report
Jul 06, 2009 ... Israeli air force to join overseas exercises with eye on Iran:report Israeli air force to join overseas exercises with eye onIran: report JERUSALEM, July 6 (Xinhua) -- The Israel Air Force (IAF) plans topartake in several aerial drills abroad later this year in a bid totrain its ...
Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers
Jul 06, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Egyptian newspapers CAIRO, July 6 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Egyptian newspapers on Monday. Al Ahram: -- Egyptian Ministry of Health said on Sunday that four new casesof influenza A/H1N1 were discovered to ...
Israeli president urges Syria to negotiate for peace
Jul 06, 2009 ... Israeli president urges Syria to negotiate for peace JERUSALEM, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Israeli President Shimon Peres onMonday urged his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad to beginnegotiations for regional peace, while saying that Syria has to cutties with Israel's foes if it wants ...
Haneya: Hamas uncovers spy networks in Gaza
Jul 06, 2009 ... Haneya: Hamas uncovers spy networks in Gaza GAZA, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Hamas' deposed Prime Minister IsmailHaneya Monday announced his administration has discovered spynetworks in the Gaza Strip that served Israel through the Ramallah-based Palestinian National Authority (PNA) ....
Child, senior police officer killed in Mosul attacks
Jul 06, 2009 ... Child, senior police officer killed in Mosul attacks MOSUL, Iraq, July 6 (Xinhua) -- A child and a senior policeofficer were killed Monday in a car bomb and gunfire attacks inIraq's northern city of Mosul, the capital of Nineveh province, aprovincial police source said. A ...
Recast: Israeli president urges Syria to negotiate for peace
Jul 06, 2009 ... Recast: Israeli president urges Syria to negotiate for peace JERUSALEM, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Israeli President Shimon Peres onMonday urged his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad to beginnegotiations for regional peace, while saying that Syria has to cutties with Israel's foes if it ...
Iran deploys two more warships to Gulf of Aden to fight pirates
Jul 06, 2009 ... Iran deploys two more warships to Gulf of Aden to fight pirates TEHRAN, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Iran has sent two more warships to thepirate-infested Gulf of Aden to protect merchant vessels, Iran 'sEnglish-language satellite channel Press TV reported Monday. Iran's Deputy Naval ...
Feature: Gaza underground tunnel business dries up
Jul 06, 2009 ... Feature: Gaza underground tunnel business dries up by Saud Abu Ramadan GAZA, July 6 (Xinhua) -- It was an unusual quiet night near theborder zone between southern Gaza town of Rafah and Egypt. Residents there say they could hear less noise of pulling goods,workers' ...
Iran's supreme leader denounces West for meddling
Jul 06, 2009 ... Iran's supreme leader denounces West for meddling TEHRAN, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah AliKhamenei on Monday denounced some Western leaders' "explicitmeddling" in Iran during the country's post-election unrest, theEnglish-language satellite channel Press TV ...
Israel uncovers ring suspected of defrauding elderly Americans
Jul 06, 2009 ... Israel uncovers ring suspected of defrauding elderly Americans JERUSALEM, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Israeli police has busted a localring suspected of operating a wide-range scam swindling elderly U.S. citizens, local news service Ynet reported on Monday. Ten Israelis were arrested ...
Lebanese president stresses Syrian role in peace efforts
Jul 06, 2009 ... Lebanese president stresses Syrian role in peace efforts BEIRUT, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese President Michel Suleimansaid Monday that any Arab or international efforts for reaching acomprehensive peace in the region should stem from an understandingwith Syria, local Elnashra ...
Egypt reports one more case of A/H1N1
Jul 06, 2009 ... Egypt reports one more case of A/H1N1 CAIRO, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Egypt reported on Monday one more caseof influenza A/H1N1, bringing the total number of the flu in thepopulous country to 79, Ministry of Health said in a statement. According to the statement, the new case was a ...
Syria strives for economic rejuvenation by opening up
Jul 06, 2009 ... Syria strives for economic rejuvenation by opening up DAMASCUS, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad'sproposal to rejuvenate Syria's economy by bolstering economiccooperation with the countries around eastern Mediterranean, BlackSea, Arabian Gulf and Caspian Sea is ...
Iraqi gov't bans organized visits to Saddam Hussein's grave
Jul 06, 2009 ... Iraqi gov't bans organized visits to Saddam Hussein's grave BAGHDAD, July 6 (Xinhua) -- The Iraqi government decided Mondayto ban organized visits to the grave of the former Iraqi leaderSaddam Hussein after some schools in Salahudin province arrangedtrips for their pupils to the ...
Hamas studies Abbas's unity government offer: sources
Jul 06, 2009 ... Hamas studies Abbas's unity government offer: sources RAMALLAH, July 6 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian Islamic Hamasmovement is studying a proposal by Palestinian President MahmoudAbbas calling for forming a Palestinian unity government, sourcessaid on Monday. "The proposal was ...
Yemeni court sentences seven rebels to death
Jul 06, 2009 ... Yemeni court sentences seven rebels to death SANAA, July 6 (Xinhua) -- A Yemeni court sentenced on Mondayseven rebels belonging to the Houthi clan to death penalty and sevenothers to imprisonment from 12 to 15 years over terrorist charges,pan-Arab Al-Jazeera TV reported ....
Morocco gets 215.6 mln USD loans from French agency
Jul 06, 2009 ... Morocco gets 215.6 mln USD loans from French agency RABAT, July 6 (Xinhua) -- French Development Agency (AFD) onTuesday granted Morocco a loan of 155 million euros (215.5 millionU.S. dollars) to fund projects on education, rural roads and theconstruction of a tramway in the ...
Israel uncovers ancient quarry related to Second Temple
Jul 06, 2009 ... Israel uncovers ancient quarry related to Second Temple JERUSALEM, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Israeli archaeologists havediscovered a 2,000-year-old stone quarry in Jerusalem, which islikely to be the source of huge stones which Herod the Great used tobuild the Second Temple, the Israel ...
Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes lower
Jul 06, 2009 ... Tel Aviv stock exchange index closes lower JERUSALEM, July 6 (Xinhua) -- The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange generalshare index closed at ...
1st LD: Antonov cargo plane crashes in Sudan's Darfur
Jul 06, 2009 ... 1st LD: Antonov cargo plane crashes in Sudan's Darfur KHARTOUM, July 6 (Xinhua) -- A Russian-made Antonov cargo planecrashed in the western Sudanese region of Darfur on Monday, saidsources from the hybrid peacekeeping forces of the United Nationsand African Union (UNAMID) ....
2nd LD: Pilot injured in cargo plane crash in Sudan's Darfur
Jul 06, 2009 ... 2nd LD: Pilot injured in cargo plane crash in Sudan's Darfur KHARTOUM, July 6 (Xinhua) -- A Russian-made Antonov cargo planecrashed in the western Sudanese region of Darfur on Monday and apilot was injured in the accident, a spokesman of the hybrid UnitedNations and African Union ...
Egypt denies deploying U.S. troops on its borders with Israel
Jul 06, 2009 ... Egypt denies deploying U.S. troops on its borders with Israel CAIRO, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Egypt denied on Monday media reportsabout the deploying of U.S. troops on Egypt's borders with Israeland Gaza Strip, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossam Zaki said in astatement. "The fact ...
Turkey says agreement on Nabucco pipeline project to be signed on July 13
Jul 06, 2009 ... Turkey says agreement on Nabucco pipeline project to be signed onJuly 13 Turkey says agreement on Nabucco pipeline project to besigned on July 13 ANKARA, July 6 (Xinhua) -- An inter-governmental agreement on theNabucco natural gas pipeline project will be signed in the ...
Israel frees Hamas lawmaker, resident of east Jerusalem
Jul 06, 2009 ... Israel frees Hamas lawmaker, resident of east Jerusalem RAMALLAH, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Israel freed late on Mondayafternoon an Islamic Hamas movement lawmaker, after he ended his 38-month sentence in Israeli prison, Hamas movement said in astatement. Hamas said that the ...
Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2100 GMT, July 6
Jul 06, 2009 ... Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2100 GMT, July 6 ANKARA -- Three people were killed and nine others injured in amine blast in southeastern province of Sirnak in Turkey on Monday,the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. A vehicle carrying workers stepped on the ...
Roundup: peace talks to be resumes if U.S. exerts pressure on Israel: Abbas
Jul 06, 2009 ... Roundup: peace talks to be resumes if U.S. exerts pressure onIsrael: Abbas Roundup: peace talks to be resumes if U.S. exertspressure on Israel: Abbas RAMALLAH, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbashinted on Monday that there is a possibility to resume the ...
Dollar trades in lower 95 yen range
Jul 06, 2009 ... Dollar trades in lower 95 yen range TOKYO, July 7 (Xinhua) --The U.S. dollar remained in the lower 95 yen range early Tuesday inTokyo, little changed from its late Monday quotes in New York. At 9 a.m., the dollar fetched 95.20-25 yen compared ...
Tokyo stocks open flat
Jul 06, 2009 ... Tokyo stocks open flat TOKYO, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks opened flat Tuesdaymorning. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the benchmark Nikkei-225index gained 4.99 points, or 0.05 percent, to ...
Major news items in leading Australian newspapers
Jul 06, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Australian newspapers CANBERRA, July 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Australian newspapers on Tuesday. The Australian: -- Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's much-vaunted war onhomelessness has been stalled by ...
Fiji's influenza A/H1N1 confirmed cases rise to 27
Jul 06, 2009 ... Fiji's influenza A/H1N1 confirmed cases rise to 27 SUVA July 7 (Xinhua) -- Another eight people have tested positivein Fiji for the influenza A/H1N1, bringing the total confirmed casesto 27 in the country. This was revealed by Fiji Ministry of Health officials on lateMonday ...
Urgent: Two killed, dozens wounded in S. Philippine blast
Jul 06, 2009 ... Urgent: Two killed, dozens wounded in S. Philippine blast MANILA, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed and ...
Man arrested for suspected arson in Japan game parlor fire
Jul 06, 2009 ... Man arrested for suspected arson in Japan game parlor fire TOKYO, July 7 (Xinhua) -- A 41-year-old man was arrested lateMonday on suspicion of igniting a blaze in a pachinko parlor inOsaka of Japan, killing four and injuring 19 others, media reportssaid. The man, Sunao ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Jul 06, 2009 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers TOKYO, July 7(Xinhua) -- The following are the major news items in leadingJapanese newspapers on Tuesday: The Daily Yomiuri -- The Liberal Democratic Party's campaign platform for the nextHouse of Representatives election ...
Kidnappers abandon four-year-old captive in S. Philippines
Jul 06, 2009 ... Kidnappers abandon four-year-old captive in S. Philippines COTABATO, Philippines, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Kidnappers in thesouthern Philippines abandoned Monday night a four-year-old boy theyabducted two weeks ago in the region, the police said on Tuesday. The victim, John Kyle ...
1st LD Writethru: Two killed, dozens wounded in S. Philippine blast
Jul 06, 2009 ... 1st LD Writethru: Two killed, dozens wounded in S. Philippineblast MANILA, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed and more than20 others wounded near a store Tuesday morning in the southernPhilippine province of Sulu, a military spokesman said on Tuesday. "Two died and ...
Japan's foreign exchange reserves fall in June
Jul 06, 2009 ... Japan's foreign exchange reserves fall in June TOKYO, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Japan's foreign exchange reserves fell4.84 billion U.S. dollars from a month earlier to 1,019.18 billiondollars at the end of June, the Finance Ministry said Tuesday. The ministry attributed the decline ...
Tokyo stocks edge down in morning trading
Jul 06, 2009 ... Tokyo stocks edge down in morning trading TOKYO, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks edged down Tuesday morningon a stronger yen against the dollar. The benchmark Nikkei-225 index lost 20.94 points, ...
2nd LD Writethru: Two killed, dozens injured in S. Philippine blast
Jul 06, 2009 ... 2nd LD Writethru: Two killed, dozens injured in S. Philippineblast MANILA, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Two civilians died and 24 others wereinjured, many of them in critical condition, as a bomb rigged on aparked motorcycle exploded Tuesday morning near a store in thesouthern Philippine ...
Philippine June inflation slows to 1.5 pct
Jul 06, 2009 ... Philippine June inflation slows to 1.5 pct MANILA, July 7 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines' headline inflationrate in June slowed to 1.5 percent as food and utility pricescontinue to decline, according to data issued by the country'sNational Statistics Office on Tuesday. This ...
Higher manufacturing output may have spurred Singapore economic growth: economists
Jul 06, 2009 ... Higher manufacturing output may have spurred Singapore economicgrowth: economists SINGAPORE, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Most of the eight economists polledby a local English newspaper are predicting that highermanufacturing output have spurred the economy to grow by doubledigits between ...
Backgrounder: Three candidate pairs for Indonesian presidential election
Jul 06, 2009 ... Backgrounder: Three candidate pairs for Indonesian presidentialelection JAKARTA, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's presidential election isscheduled to kick off on July 8, which will determine the victoryamong three candidate pairs that were respectively represented bythree colors ....
Vietnam targets insurance sector grow 12 to 13 pct in 2009
Jul 06, 2009 ... Vietnam targets insurance sector grow 12 to 13 pct in 2009 HANOI, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's Ministry Finance targets thecountry's insurance sector to see the annual growth rate of 12 to 13percent from now till 2010, lower than that of the year 2008, thelocal newspaper Vietnam ...
Malaysian police deny presence of Thaksin in Malaysia
Jul 06, 2009 ... Malaysian police deny presence of Thaksin in Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Malaysian police have deniedthat former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra had appeared inMalaysia and then left, according to a local newspaper on Tuesday. Malaysian Police ...
Foreign investment in Myanmar hits 15 bln USD
Jul 06, 2009 ... Foreign investment in Myanmar hits 15 bln USD YANGON, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Foreign investment in Myanmar hit 15.77 billion U.S. dollars as of May this year since the country wasopen to foreign investment in 1988, the local Weekly Eleven Newsreported Monday. Of the total ...
25 vehicles fitted with explosives enter major Pakistani cities
Jul 06, 2009 ... 25 vehicles fitted with explosives enter major Pakistani cities ISLAMABAD, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Twenty-five explosive-ladenvehicles have reportedly entered various major cities of Pakistan,as the intelligence services launched search operations across allthe four provinces, a ...
Indian stocks open higher
Jul 06, 2009 ... Indian stocks open higher MUMBAI, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Indian stocks opened higher Monday,with the key Sensex index up by 49.07 points. Sensex opened at 14,962.12 points, up from the previous close of14,913.05 ...
WB adds 350 mln USD for infrastructure projects of Vietnam
Jul 06, 2009 ... WB adds 350 mln USD for infrastructure projects of Vietnam HANOI, July 6 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank approved an additional350 million U.S. dollars for the two infrastructure projects ofVietnam, the local newspaper Vietnam Investment Review reportedMonday. Of the sum, 160 ...
One in four loan shark runners in Singapore aged 19 and below
Jul 06, 2009 ... One in four loan shark runners in Singapore aged 19 and below SINGAPORE, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Seduced into making an easy buck,while others are recruited to pay off their debts, runners for loansharks seem to be getting younger in Singapore. Loan sharks engage in illegal money ...
1st LD: Suicide car bombing targets airfield injuring 14 in S. Afghanistan
Jul 06, 2009 ... 1st LD: Suicide car bombing targets airfield injuring 14 in S.Afghanistan KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, July 6 (Xinhua) -- A man driving anexplosive-laden car hit one checkpoint at the entrance gate ofKandahar Airport in southern Afghanistan Monday morning, injuringleast 14 people, ...
Torrential rains and floods kill 20 in Vietnam
Jul 06, 2009 ... Torrential rains and floods kill 20 in Vietnam HANOI, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's Central Steering Committeefor Flood and Storm Control said torrential rains and floods sinceFriday had killed 20 people and left 18 others in the country'snorthern mountainous provinces so far, the ...
Two bombs explode at police office in NW Pakistan, injuring one
Jul 06, 2009 ... Two bombs explode at police office in NW Pakistan, injuring one ISLAMABAD, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Two bombs exploded Monday at themain gate of a police office in northwest Pakistan, injuring apedestrian and damaging the office, according to the local TVchannel. According to ...
Australian PM to meet world leaders in Italy
Jul 06, 2009 ... Australian PM to meet world leaders in Italy CANBERRA, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Australian Prime Minister Kevin Ruddhas left on Monday for meeting with world leaders in Italy,according a report of local media Brisbane Times on Monday. Rudd will meet the leaders attending the ...
Indonesian first half investments grow 27.2 pct: Official
Jul 06, 2009 ... Indonesian first half investments grow 27.2 pct: Official JAKARTA, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian investments grew 27.2percent to 7.3 billion U.S. dollars in the first half this year fromit was in the second half last year that stood at 5.8 billiondollars, Indonesian Investment ...
Magnitude-5.4 earthquake shakes Pacific coast of Nicaragua
Jul 06, 2009 ... Magnitude-5.4 earthquake shakes Pacific coast of Nicaragua MANAGUA, July 6 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.4 on theRichter scale shook on Monday morning the Pacific coast ofNicaragua, with no injuries or property damage reported, officialsources said. The Nicaraguan ...
Junior 8 summit opens ahead of G8
Jul 06, 2009 ... Junior 8 summit opens ahead of G8 ROME, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Young representatives from the Group ofEight (G8) members and five emerging countries gathered Monday forthe start of a five-day Junior 8 summit. The 56 young people between the ages of 14 and 17 were to attendthe ...
Urgent: Mexico ruling party concedes defeat mid-term elections
Jul 06, 2009 ... Urgent: Mexico ruling party concedes defeat mid-term elections MEXICO CITY, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Mexican President FelipeCalderon's party conceded defeat in Sunday's mid-term parliamentaryelections, which was ...
Foreign exchange rates in Moldova
Jul 06, 2009 ... Foreign exchange rates in Moldova BUCHAREST, July 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are official exchangerates of main foreign currencies against the Moldovan leu onTuesday: Tuesday British pound 18.0938 ...
Honduran coup not to last long: Brazilian FM
Jul 06, 2009 ... Honduran coup not to last long: Brazilian FM RIO DE JANEIRO, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian Foreign MinisterCelso Amorim said on Monday that the Honduran interim government,which took over after a coup in late June, would not resist theinternational political pressure. The ...
Major news items in leading British newspapers
Jul 06, 2009 ... Major news items in leading British newspapers LONDON, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are major news items inleading British newspapers on Monday. The Guardian: -- Former Guantanamo detainee Binyam Mohamed has launched anurgent legal attempt to prevent the U.S. counts ...