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Donald Tsang wins in HK election
(agencies)
Updated: 2007-03-25 14:12
HONG KONG -- Incumbent Donald Tsang trounced his challenger
Sunday in Hong Kong's first contested leadership race since it returned to
China.
An election committee voted 649-123 to keep Tsang, a bow
tie-wearing veteran civil servant, in office for a five-year term, officials
said. He had been widely expected to beat his rival, lawmaker Alan Leong.
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The Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in
Hong Kong congratulated incumbent Donald Tsang on his overwhelming victory in
the election of the third-term chief executive of the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Sunday.
"Your re-election fully demonstrates the full
confirmation and recognition of your efforts to serve Hong Kong and the various
sectors of society," said the office in a congratulatory message to Tsang.
The office said that since 2005 when Tsang became the chief
executive, he has unswervingly implemented the principle of "one country,
two systems" and the Basic Law, while leading the HKSAR government to
adopt the administrative philosophy of “Strong Leadership, Harmony,
People-based Governance," a move that has won strong support from the
citizens of Hong Kong.
"Our Office will, as always, support the SAR government
to administrate in accordance with the Basic Law, better undertake the duty of
communication and liaison, and continue to promote the exchanges and
cooperation between the HKSAR and the Mainland to make our due contribution to
Hong Kong's prosperity and stability, " said the office.
The office expressed its belief that Tsang will be able to
lead Hong Kong to a better future with the strong support of the central
government and the people of Hong Kong.
International News
9/11
mastermind confesses in Guantanamo
(AP)
WASHINGTON - Khalid Sheikh Mohammed,
the suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, confessed to that attack and
a string of others during a military hearing at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according
to a transcript released Wednesday by the Pentagon.
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Mohammed claimed responsibility for
planning, financing, and training others for bombings ranging from the 1993
attack at the World Trade Center to the attempt by would-be shoe bomber Richard
Reid to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight with explosives hidden in his shoes.
In all, Mohammed said he was
responsible for planning 29 individual attacks, including many that were never
executed. The comments were included in a 26-page transcript released by the
Pentagon, which also blacked out some of his remarks.
The Pentagon also released
transcripts of the hearings of Abu Faraj al-Libi and Ramzi Binalshibh.
Binalshibh is suspected of helping
Mohammed with the Sept. 11, 2001, attack plan and is also linked to a foiled
plot to crash aircraft into London's Heathrow Airport. Al-Libi is a Libyan who
reportedly masterminded two bombings 11 days apart in Pakistan in December 2003
that targeted President Pervez Musharraf for his support of the US-led war on
terror.
The hearings, which began last
Friday, are being conducted in secret by the military as it tries to determine
whether 14 alleged terrorist leaders should be declared "enemy
combatants" who can be held indefinitely and prosecuted by military
tribunals.
Hearings for six of the 14 have
already been held. The military is not allowing reporters to attend the
sessions and is limiting the information it provides about them, arguing that
it wants to prevent sensitive information from being disclosed.
The 14 were moved in September from
a secret CIA prison network to the prison at the US naval base at Guantanamo
Bay, where about 385 men are being held on suspicion of links to al-Qaida or
the Taliban.
Industry News
US: Iraq bombers blamed for 900 dead
caught
(Reuters)
BAGHDAD - US forces captured two leaders of a major car bomb cell
responsible for attacks that killed around 900 Iraqis, mostly in the Shi'ite
district of Sadr City in Baghdad, the US military said on Tuesday.
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It said in two separate statements that the two men were caught during
operations in Adhamiya, a mainly Sunni Arab area in northern Baghdad, on March
21.
"It is estimated that since November, the car bombs from this cell
have killed approximately 900 innocent Iraqi citizens," one of the
statements said.
It said another 1,950 had been wounded.
US and Iraqi forces are engaged in a major security crackdown in Baghdad
aimed at stopping sectarian violence that has been killing hundreds of people a
week in recent months.
American commanders have said the crackdown has succeeded in
substantially reducing the number of people killed by sectarian death squads,
but car bombs and other bombings have remained a problem and US forces have
stepped up efforts to disrupt insurgent cells responsible for them.
US military spokesman Major Steven Lamb said the two men were part of
the same cell but he had no information on whether they were linked to al Qaeda
or another insurgent group.
The Iraqi government and American commanders say al Qaeda and other
Sunni Arab insurgent groups are responsible for most of the major car bomb
attacks in Baghdad.
The first of the two suspects was captured when US forces noticed his
vehicle weaving in and out of traffic and his driver ignored signals to stop.
The second was detained around seven hours later after US forces
received "actionable intelligence" that led them to stop a passing
vehicle, the statement said.
Domestic News
500 days countdown to Beijing Olympics
(Agencies)
Updated: 2007-03-27 09:21
An Olympic countdown clock displays 500 days to the Olympic Games in Beijing
March 26, 2007. A series of events are organized in China's major cities to
mark the 500-day countdown to the Beijing Olympics. [Xinhua]