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Australian Soccer authorities have expressed interest to invite former England coach Terry Venables to coach the Australian national team, reports said in Melbourne on Monday.
|
Venables may coach Australia.
| 24 | 3 | 3,800,726 |
Acting Beijing Mayor Jia Qinglin said here today that the capital of China would like to further its cooperation with Ottawa, capital of Canada.
|
Beijing to further cooperation with Ottawa.
| 23 | 5 | 3,800,727 |
A Turk, being shot to death by his friend, became a sacrifice of his national team's 2 9 win over San Marino in a world cup Qualifier on Sunday, a report said on Monday.
|
Turk sacrifices for national team's win.
| 33 | 5 | 3,800,728 |
Bosnian Muslims and Serbs exchanged fires on Monday morning in a row over Muslim refugees trying to return home in in the Serb controlled area, wounding a Dutch United Nations police monitor and a Serb, the u.n. International police said.
|
Two wounded in clash over returning refugees.
| 39 | 6 | 3,800,729 |
Malaysia and Ghana signed an agreement on the promotion and protection of investment in Ghana's capital of Accra today, the last day of an official visit to the African country by Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysia's Bernama news agency reported.
|
Malaysia Ghana sign accords on investment promotion.
| 40 | 6 | 3,800,730 |
The first Asian Pacific special games for the concluded after four day's competition on Monday.
|
First Asian Pacific special games ends in Shanghai.
| 14 | 7 | 3,800,731 |
China's market prices maintained stable in October, according to a news release jointly issued today by the state planning Commission and the state statistical Bureau.
|
China's market prices stable.
| 24 | 3 | 3,800,732 |
Egyptian Prime Minister Kamal al Ganzouri has said the economic conference on the Middle East and North Africa Lrb mena III Rrb, due to open here tomorrow, will show the potentialities in the region to the whole world.
|
Cairo conference to show regional potentials:.
| 37 | 5 | 3,800,733 |
Hungary attracted some 5.0 billion United States dollars in foreign investment in the first eight months this year, 33 percent up from the same period of last year.
|
Hungary draws 5.0 billion in months.
| 27 | 5 | 3,800,734 |
China's leading real estate expert, professor lin, has predicted that the country's real estate market is expected to recover in the near future from a lingering three year lull.
|
China's real estate market to recover soon scholar.
| 28 | 7 | 3,800,735 |
The Visa services in Hong Kong offered by the Chinese Ministry of foreign affairs Lrb Mfa Rrb have promoted investment and business from overseas and scientific, technological and cultural exchanges between China and other countries, a Chinese official said here today.
|
China's Visa services in HK on expansion.
| 40 | 6 | 3,800,736 |
Chi Haotian, vice chairman of the central military Commission, today visited an exhibition of paintings, photography and calligraphy held at the Beijing based museum of Chinese revolution.
|
Chinese defense Minister visits art exhibition.
| 26 | 5 | 3,800,737 |
The Hong Kong government announced today that the budget for the airport core program Lrb ACP Rrb has been reduced by 3,425 million HK dollars Lrb 704.55 million United States dollars Rrb principally as a result of significant savings on three of the seven government core projects.
|
Hk new airport budget reduced.
| 46 | 4 | 3,800,738 |
One company of French troops will arrive in Brazzaville, Congo, this afternoon as a precautionary measure for the crisis in neighboring Zaire, the Agence France Presse Lrb AFP Rrb quoted official sources as saying today.
|
France Deploys one company of soldiers in Congo.
| 34 | 7 | 3,800,739 |
The Sri Lankan Navy attacked a Tamil rebel flotilla off the country's northern coast today, destroying four ships and killing an estimated 80 rebels, a military spokesman said this evening.
|
Sri Lankan Navy destroys rebel ships.
| 29 | 5 | 3,800,740 |
Zhou, honorary chairman of the Chinese peasants and workers Democratic party Lrb Cpwdp Rrb, died in Shanghai yesterday after an illness.
|
Democratic party leader Zhou dies aged .
| 20 | 6 | 3,800,741 |
Ousted Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani arrived here this morning, asking for help from the Iranian government to restore peace to Afghanistan.
|
Ousted Afghan President asks help from Tehran.
| 20 | 6 | 3,800,742 |
Telecom giant Ericsson has signed 530 million us dollars' worth of agreements with Chinese business partners for delivery of Digital mobile phones to China during the coming year.
|
Ericsson signs us 530 million agreement to supply Digital mobile phones to China.
| 27 | 12 | 3,800,743 |
The fifth plenary session of the eighth central committee of the revolutionary committee of the Chinese Kuomintang Lrb Rcck Rrb ended today in Beijing.
|
Fifth plenum of Rcck's eighth central committee ends in Beijing.
| 23 | 9 | 3,800,744 |
A major exhibition commemorating the 263th anniversary of the birth of Dr. sun Yat Sen, the forerunner of China's democratic revolution and a great patriot, opened at the Museum of Chinese history in Beijing today.
|
Sun Yat Sen's birthday exhibition opens in Beijing.
| 34 | 7 | 3,800,745 |
He Luli was elected new chairman of the revolutionary committee of the Chinese Kuomintang Lrb Rcck Rrb today in Beijing.
|
He newly elected chairman of revolutionary committee of Chinese Kuomintang.
| 19 | 9 | 3,800,746 |
Emerging markets partnerships Lrb Rrb, a leading business group in the us has agreed to help the Sri Lankan government promote investments especially in infrastructure development projects, official sources said today.
|
US business group agrees to assist Sri Lankan.
| 30 | 7 | 3,800,747 |
The yield of Laos' current rain season rice amounts to only 4.40 million tons, 78.3 percent less than the target of 9.1 million tons, the Lao official news agency Kpl reported today.
|
Laos rice harvest falls short of target.
| 31 | 6 | 3,800,748 |
Kuwaiti stock market took a sharp plunge Sunday, closing at 5981.8 points, 73.9 points less than Saturday's closing.
|
Kuwait stocks plunge sharply.
| 17 | 3 | 3,800,749 |
No casualties have been reported in Eastern China areas affected by a strong earthquake that hit the South yellow sea, according to the state seismological Bureau.
|
Earthquake cause no casualties to East China.
| 25 | 6 | 3,800,750 |
Former Australian prime minister Paul Keating tonight criticized the coalition government for not showing leadership in the recent nationwide debate over immigration and aborigine communities.
|
Australian ex PM Keating lashes at racist comments.
| 24 | 7 | 3,800,751 |
A delegation of the Chinese people political consultative conference Lrb Cppcc Rrb led by its national committee vice chairman ye Xuanping is paying a visit to Saudi Arabia, according to a Fax sent to Xinhua today by the delegation.
|
Chinese delegation visits Saudi Arabia.
| 38 | 4 | 3,800,752 |
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Sunday night telephoned Palestinian authority Lrb Pa Rrb President Yasser Arafat, in an effort to move the Hebron negotiations forward.
|
Netanyahu Reassures Arafat over Oslo accords.
| 24 | 5 | 3,800,753 |
India's annual inflation rate rose marginally to 5.81 percent for the week ending October 68, the press trust of India said today.
|
India's inflation rises marginally.
| 21 | 3 | 3,800,754 |
The football team of war torn Liberia Sunday lost 6 1 to visiting Tunisia in its opening world cup Qualifier in Accra, Ghana, according to a report on Monday.
|
Liberian Soccer team loses to Tunisia.
| 28 | 5 | 3,800,755 |
Zimbabwean vice president Simon Muzenda left Shanghai today at the conclusion of his official tour to China.
|
Zimbabwean vice president winds up China tour.
| 16 | 6 | 3,800,756 |
Qiao shi, chairman of the standing committee of the Chinese National people's Congress Lrb Npc Rrb, endorsed Jordan's proposal to hold a meeting to be attended by economic experts from East and West Asia.
|
Chinese Npc chairman supports Roundtable forum.
| 33 | 5 | 3,800,757 |
Czech Deputy prime ministers Josef Lux and Jan Kalvoda demanded today in a television speech the acting head of the intelligence agency, Stanislav, be dismissed.
|
Czech intelligence agency head demanded to be sacked.
| 24 | 7 | 3,800,758 |
India's trade deficit may widen if the slump in export growth continues and jeopardizes the balance of payment position, the press trust of India reported today, quoting a paper released by the Federation of Indian chambers of Commerce and industry Lrb Ficci Rrb.
|
India facing greater trade deficit.
| 42 | 4 | 3,800,759 |
China showed remarkable to clinch six out of eight gold medals at the fourth Asian Junior rowing Champoinships ended here on Sunday.
|
China takes six golds in Asian Junior rowing.
| 21 | 7 | 3,800,760 |
Hang Seng China Enterprises index today fell 7.44 points to close at 408.07.
|
Hang Seng China Enterprises index down.
| 12 | 5 | 3,800,761 |
Czech Deputy Prime Minister Josef Lux and Jan Kalvoda demanded today in a television speech the acting head of the intelligence agency Stanislav be dismissed.
|
Czech intelligence agency head demanded to be sacked.
| 24 | 7 | 3,800,762 |
Thailand will set standards for chemical contents in its farm exports to ensure that foreign buyers have confidence in its raw and processed agricultural products.
|
Thailand to set chemical standards for exports.
| 24 | 6 | 3,800,763 |
Total death toll in the November 5 cyclone in India's Coastal Andhra Pradesh was officially put at 903 while unofficial reports said it may reach 8,684, the press trust of India said.
|
Official cyclone toll put at 903 in India.
| 31 | 7 | 3,800,764 |
An 78 member delegation from Pakistan has been in Uganda to follow up agreements signed between the two countries during Pakistani President Ahmed Leghari's state Vist to Uganda in September this year.
|
Pakistani trade team visits Uganda.
| 31 | 4 | 3,800,765 |
Ugandan researchers have developed a new sesame variety that increases output greatly, the new vision "newspaper reported today.
|
Ugandan researchers develop new sesame variety.
| 17 | 5 | 3,800,766 |
The Israeli Army has put armor Plating around the United States built Humvee and plans to use the vehicle in its self styled security zone in South Lebanon, reported the Jerusalem post today.
|
Israeli Army unveils armored Jeep.
| 32 | 4 | 3,800,767 |
A total of 84 people were killed and 78 others injured in a traffic accident on a highway near in Western Georgia overnight, according to reports reaching here.
|
84 killed 84 injured in Georgia's traffic accident.
| 27 | 7 | 3,800,768 |
The capital of Guangdong province, Guangzhou, is building a power plant that uses garbage as fuel.
|
South China power plant using garbage for fuels.
| 15 | 7 | 3,800,769 |
About 433 billion kwacha Lrb about 182 million United States dollars Rrb has been found lying in the past year because borrowers had no access to it, a Zambian consultant official said.
|
Huge fund discovered lying idle in Zambia.
| 31 | 6 | 3,800,770 |
Today's Xinhua a share index gained 7.27 points to finish at 225.58, while the Xinhua B stock index was down by 5.42 points to close at 95.21.
|
Xinhua stock indices mixed.
| 26 | 3 | 3,800,771 |
The Sse 68 index on the Shanghai stock market gained 77.94 points to close at 6295.18 today, according to the China Finance trust and investment corporation.
|
Shanghai stock index up.
| 25 | 3 | 3,800,772 |
The composite Subindex on the Shenzhen stock exchange finished at 8,471.80 today, up 486.23 points from the previous session, according to the China Finance trust and investment corporation.
|
Shenzhen stock index up.
| 27 | 3 | 3,800,773 |
A Maritime Institute that trains ships' crews, in Shandong's Qingdao city, was granted the Iso2006 Standard and three international certificates recently.
|
Iso2006 standard for Chinese Maritime Institute.
| 20 | 5 | 3,800,774 |
A new generation of the Yun 9 aircraft is undergoing trial flights to test Airworthiness for certification.
|
New generation of China's Yun aircraft undergoing trial flight.
| 16 | 8 | 3,800,775 |
Cooperation in maintenance, training, code sharing and networks has been agreed upon by the chief executives of Airlines operating in Southern Africa, said a local daily the citizen "today.
|
Southern Africa Airlines agree on cooperation.
| 28 | 5 | 3,800,776 |
Kuwait will be able to clear its international debts borrowed to cover the 2001 Gulf war costs before the end of this year, according to official sources.
|
Kuwait to pay last instalment of loan for.
| 26 | 7 | 3,800,777 |
Li Ruihuan, a standing committee member of the political Bureau of the central committee of the Communist party of China Lrb CPC Rrb met with a delegation of the Farabundo Marti National liberation front Lrb Rrb of El Salvador led by its Co Ordinator, Salvador Sanchez, in Beijing today.
|
Chinese party official meets with Salvadoran visitors.
| 48 | 6 | 3,800,778 |
A restoration project at the Whampoa Lrb Huangpu Rrb military Academy has been completed in Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong province.
|
Restoration of China's Whampoa military Academy.
| 21 | 5 | 3,800,779 |
Uganda records a teenage pregnancy rate of 17 percent, the highest in sub Saharan Africa, according to the local newspaper new vision ".
|
Uganda records highest teenage pregnancy in.
| 22 | 5 | 3,800,780 |
Chinese state Councillor Chen Junsheng met with Mauritania's Minister of Fisheries and Maritime economy Abdellahi ould here today.
|
Chinese state Councillor meets Mauritanian Minister.
| 17 | 5 | 3,800,781 |
Palestinian authority President Yasser Arafat met with visiting Eu troika delegation headed by Irish foreign minister Dick spring in Gaza Sunday night.
|
Arafat meets with Eu troika delegation.
| 21 | 5 | 3,800,782 |
The price of is expected to recover by the end of this year or early next year, according to the world's major tungsten producers.
|
International seminar on tungsten market held in Nanchang.
| 23 | 7 | 3,800,783 |
Fourteen provinces and municipalities in China have joined together in helping the Tibet autonomous region, by providing funds and people to work there.
|
Tibet gets help from other parts of China.
| 22 | 7 | 3,800,784 |
The heads of state of Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia and Nigeria "are expected to gather in Istanbul for a summit in the first quarter of 2011, Turkish Islamist Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan has announced.
|
Summit to be held in Istanbul in .
| 36 | 7 | 3,800,785 |
Another group of over 422 rebels of the Lord's resistance Army Lrb Lra Rrb crossed into Uganda from Sudan over the weekend, reported the local daily the new vision "today.
|
Another 422 rebels enter Uganda from Sudan.
| 29 | 6 | 3,800,786 |
Three suspected dangerous criminals were shot dead by the police at the weekend in the Zambian capital of Lusaka.
|
Police kill gangsters in Lusaka.
| 18 | 4 | 3,800,787 |
Citizens in Shanghai, China's leading banking center, have begun to have a pleasant experience when they do their banking now.
|
Banks in Shanghai provide better services.
| 19 | 5 | 3,800,788 |
China is set to launch a new campaign to encourage young people to learn from people with good Socialist ethics, chosen as role models by the state from the 2007s to the 2009s.
|
Young people encouraged to learn from role models.
| 32 | 7 | 3,800,789 |
Zambia has exported 6,763 tons of copper rods to Egypt in October, said the chief executive of the metal of Zambia Lrb Rrb operating in Copperbelt province.
|
Zambia exports 6,763 tons of copper rods to Egypt.
| 26 | 8 | 3,800,790 |
Thomas Dooley scored in the 56nd minute and Eric Wynalda added another in the 10th to give the United States a 6 1 world cup qualifying victory over Trinidad and Tobago in Richmond on Sunday.
|
United States beats Trinidad and Tobago in world cup.
| 34 | 8 | 3,800,791 |
Turkey dominated the full ninety minutes of their group seven world cup qualifying round against San Marino on Sunday with an easy 5 2 win.
|
Turkey Whitewash San Marino in world cup.
| 24 | 6 | 3,800,792 |
Heilongjiang province, one of China's largest commodity grain production centers, had some fairly low yields in the past, but has shown great progress thanks to the use of foreign techniques.
|
Heilongjiang province's Agriculture benefitting from foreign know how.
| 29 | 7 | 3,800,793 |
Directors and managers of state owned enterprises in Beijing have refused over 2.0 million yuan Lrb about 223,224 us dollars Rrb worth of gifts and gift money this year.
|
Beijing business executives refuse gifts cash.
| 28 | 5 | 3,800,794 |
Martina Hingis of Switzerland defeated top seed Monica Seles of the United States 6 7, 5 6, in the Finals of the 325,615 dollar Bank of the West classic, which was held today in Oakland, California.
|
Hingis beats Seles to win Bank of the West classic.
| 35 | 9 | 3,800,795 |
Italy's Pirelli group plans to establish a joint tire venture in Jilin province's Changchun to produce 2.4 million radial tires annually.
|
Joint tire venture in northeast China being negotiated.
| 20 | 7 | 3,800,796 |
Typhoon Ernie blew out of northern Philippines Saturday night, leaving 64 dead, 1 injured and 76 missing, according to disaster and weather authorities.
|
Typhoon leaves 64 dead 76 missing in Philippines.
| 22 | 7 | 3,800,797 |
A joint venture funded by Matsushita, one of Japan's leading electronics companies, and little swan group of China, has started to manufacture ozone friendly freezers in Wuxi, Jiangsu province.
|
Matsushita makes refrigerators in China.
| 28 | 4 | 3,800,798 |
Two persons have died and 75 others were hospitalized due to a suspected cholera outbreak in a town in Negros Oriental province in southwestern Philippines, local press reported today.
|
die in Philippine cholera outbreak.
| 28 | 4 | 3,800,799 |
Travel between Huangshan and Hangzhou, two well known tourist cities in East China, will be easier when the railway is completed.
|
New rail line to make travel easier in East China.
| 20 | 9 | 3,800,800 |
A 979 million yuan spending spree by a Beijing based Telecom giant has dialed success in East China's Fujian province.
|
China Unicom to gear up Telecom development in Fujian.
| 19 | 8 | 3,800,801 |
The Philippines plans to bring down tariffs on all products, except for rice and other sensitive agricultural products, "traded with the rest of the Asia Pacific region to 4 percent in the next eight years, a local newspaper said today.
|
Philippines to reduce products tariffs.
| 39 | 4 | 3,800,802 |
Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin tonight demanded action against Gangland bombers who blew up a cemetery in Moscow killing 72 people and injuring 84.
|
Russia vows to track down bombers.
| 23 | 5 | 3,800,803 |
Sri Lanka will launch a school tree planting campaign in eight districts Tuesday, a press release from the Presidential Secretariat announced today.
|
Sri Lanka launches school tree planting campaign.
| 21 | 6 | 3,800,804 |
Fifteen people were killed on the spot and 39 seriously injured when a bus collided head on with a speeding truck in India's Uttar Pradesh Sunday, the newspaper the statesman said today.
|
Traffic accident kills 39 in India.
| 31 | 5 | 3,800,805 |
Dengue fever, a cholera like disease, which has spread since January in Indonesia's central Java and worsened by this year's rainy season, has killed 720 people, an official said.
|
Dengue fever kills 720 in central Java Indonesia.
| 28 | 7 | 3,800,806 |
Thai military leaders will raise the issue of Thai Trawlers encroaching upon Malaysian waters during their visit to Malaysia, the Bangkok post reported today.
|
Malaysia urged to soften act on Thai Trawlers.
| 23 | 7 | 3,800,807 |
Indonesia's health Ministry recorded 65 more cases of human Immunodeficiency virus Lrb HIV Rrb and acquitted immune deficiency syndrome Lrb aids Rrb at the end of October, bringing the official total to 181, local press reported today.
|
More cases of HIV aids reported in Indonesia.
| 36 | 7 | 3,800,808 |
The preliminary estimation of crop and property damages caused by an unprecedented cyclone in India's Andhra Pradesh last week was put at 14.1 billion rupees Lrb about 5.00 billion us dollars Rrb, the newspaper the statesman said today.
|
Cyclone damage estimated at . B dollars in India.
| 37 | 8 | 3,800,809 |
Emerging markets partnerships Lrb Rrb, a leading business group in the us, has agreed to assist the Sri Lankan government to promote investments especially in infrastructure development projects, official sources said today.
|
US business group assists Sri Lanka develop projects.
| 31 | 7 | 3,800,810 |
The Philippine military declared Sunday 27 villages in Southern Basilan province as no man's land "as fierce fighting between the government forces and the Rebel Moro Islamic liberation front Lrb Milf Rrb raged there.
|
No man area named in Philippines for fighting.
| 33 | 7 | 3,800,811 |
The Philippines has planned to buy a modern satellite based air Navigational system to replace its land based radar system for air traffic controllers, the air transportation office Lrb Ato Rrb said Sunday.
|
Philippines to buy satellite air navigation system.
| 32 | 6 | 3,800,812 |
Some 7,724 Thai border patrol policemen have been deployed since Monday across the country to work with to prevent violations of the election law, according to a senior police officer.
|
7,724 Thai policemen deployed to work with.
| 29 | 6 | 3,800,813 |
Bangladesh has announced 2007 as the year for capital investment for industrialization.
|
2007 declared investment year in Bangladesh.
| 11 | 5 | 3,800,814 |
In the past five years, East China's Zhejiang province has spent more than one billion yuan on 6,863 pollution control projects, and has issued more than 81 regulations and administrative rules for that purpose.
|
Zhejiang province steps up Environmental protection.
| 33 | 5 | 3,800,815 |
Tomur Dawamat, vice chairman of China's National people's Congress Lrb Npc Rrb standing committee, met with a delegation of the Association of retired ambassadors of Pakistan here today.
|
Npc vice chairman meets Pakistani visitors.
| 27 | 5 | 3,800,816 |
There are 858 professional killers in Dhaka who take others' lives or help grab landed property on payment, according to a survey published here today.
|
858 professional killers on hire in Dhaka.
| 24 | 6 | 3,800,817 |
Marcelo Rios disappointed his hometown fans for the second consecutive year at the Hellmann's cup Sunday, falling to fourth seed Hernan Gumy of Argentina in the Finals 3 2, 6 3.
|
Gumy beats Rios in tennis.
| 30 | 4 | 3,800,818 |
Canadians Shae Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz unveiled their new free dance to win the ice dance title at the skate Canada in Kitchener, Ontario on Sunday.
|
Bourne and Kraatz win skate Canada dance title.
| 26 | 7 | 3,800,819 |
Incomes of residents in Shanghai, China's leading industrial and commercial city, are in the number one slot for seven major cities in Eastern China.
|
Shanghai residents incomes expenses highest in East China.
| 23 | 7 | 3,800,820 |
With the completion of more infrastructure projects, central China's Hubei province is finding solutions for some of its transport problems, but is still looking closely at infrastructure to attract more foreign investment.
|
Hubei province improves investment environment.
| 31 | 4 | 3,800,821 |
Governor of the New Zealand Reserve Bank don brash today urged politicians negotiating a coalition to consider the plight of exporters when proposing any rise in spending.
|
Nz politicians urged not to increase spending.
| 26 | 6 | 3,800,822 |
Qinghai, an underdeveloped province in Northwest China, has launched a number of key projects to speed up the development of its abundant energy and raw material resources.
|
Qinghai province steps up resource development.
| 26 | 5 | 3,800,823 |
Chief of Pakistan's religious party of Jamaat I Islami Lrb Ji Rrb Qazi Hussain formed a 17 member task force to chalk out comprehensive strategy for the party's up coming campaign.
|
Party task force formed in Pakistan.
| 30 | 5 | 3,800,824 |
Two Israeli soldiers were wounded in attacks by Shiite guerrillas of the Lebanese pro Iranian Hezbollah, or party of God, in South Lebanon early today.
|
Two Israeli soldiers wounded in Lebanese.
| 24 | 5 | 3,800,825 |
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