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Hong Kong: One country-l l/2 system
Letter to the Editor
By MWC NEWS
Monday, 02 July 2007
Even though it looks like it is ‘business as usual in Hong Kong’ these days -- it is not so.
International aid agencies have warned of potential outbreaks of cholera and other waterborne diseases after South Asia was battered by a week of torrential rain and heavy flooding.
China's 2.3 million member military is getting a makeover, rolling out a range of new uniforms and battle fatigues that, designers say, will give troops a snappier fit and female soldiers a "sassier" appearance.
George Bush has invoked his presidential powers to ensure that Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the vice-president's former top aide, will not serve a day of his 2 1/2-year prison sentence for obstructing a CIA leak investigation.
The recently dismissed Palestinian prime minister has called for protests against the new emergency government after it refused to pay salaries to workers hired by his Hamas faction in the Gaza Strip.
Iraq's cabinet has approved changes to a draft hydrocarbon law intended to ensure fair distribution of the country's oil reserves in the Shia south and Kurdish north.
Yemeni officials have blamed al-Qaeda for a suicide bombing at an archaeological site in the eastern province of Marib which killed seven Spanish tourists and two Yemenis.
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International aid agencies have warned of potential outbreaks of cholera and other waterborne diseases after South Asia was battered by a week of torrential rain and heavy flooding. 
