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CILACAP, Indonesia: Three Islamic militants sentenced
to death for their role in the 2002 Bali bombings are to lodge a
fresh appeal, their lawyer said here Wednesday. The three men face
death by firing squad after they were found guilty of involvement in
the attack, which killed 202 people on the mostly Hindu island.
Achmad Michdan, who heads their legal team, told Agence France-Presse
his clients would file separate demands for their cases to be
reviewed.
--AFP
WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton
Tuesday revived the row over fiery racial rhetoric by Democratic foe
Barack Obama’s former pastor, as she tried to dodge a storm over
her overblown account of a 1996 trip to Bosnia. With the White House
race again consumed by bitterness, the New York senator said she
would have left the church had her pastor come out with remarks like
those of Reverend Jeremiah Wright. “I made a mistake, that
happens. It proves I’m human, which, for some people, is a
revelation,” Clinton said.
--AFP
HONG KONG: The education
authorities of Hong Kong announced here Wednesday that all primary
schools and kindergartens that had been closed amid seasonal flu
outbreak in the city will reopen on Monday. “The decision was made
after the number of flu-infected children dropped and no change has
been found in the genes of the flu virus,” said Michael Suen,
secretary for Education of the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region government, at a press conference here.
--Xinhua
TAIPEI: Taiwan’s former
presidential candidate Frank Hsieh on Wednesday stepped down as head
of the ruling party after his crushing defeat in a weekend election.
The defeat “is my personal setback and I will take the
responsibility,” Hsieh told a top-level meeting of the Democratic
Progressive Party (DPP). Hsieh was trounced by Ma Ying-jeou of the
Kuomintang in the presidential polls—the DPP’s second setback in
three months after having already lost parliament in January.
--AFP
HONG KONG: Divers found two
bodies on Wednesday inside a Ukrainian tugboat which sank in Hong
Kong waters four days ago, a rescue official said, as they searched
for 18 sailors thought trapped. Spokesman for the fire department
Tony Leung said the first body was found around 1 a.m. (1700 GMT)
and the second at 2:30 a.m. If all 18 Ukrainians were found dead, it
would be the worst marine disaster for decades in Hong Kong, one of
the world’s leading ports and maritime centers.
--AFP
BASRA, Iraq: Fighters loyal to
Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr clashed again in Basra Wednesday, a
day after running battles in Iraq’s southern oil hub killed seven
people, an Agence France-Presse reporter and witnesses said.
Fighting broke out in the Mahdi Army strongholds of Al-Gaazaiza, Al-Garma,
Khmasamene, Al-Hayania and Al-Maqal, witnesses said. Iraqi security
forces launched raids on Sadr’s Mahdi Army fighters in their
strongholds on Tuesday, sparking the heavy fighting in which around
50 people were wounded.
--AFP
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