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Democrats retain veto power after Hong Kong
polls
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HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s pro-democrats breathed a sigh of relie
Monday after retaining enough seats to veto constitutional reforms
following the city’s hard-fought legislative elections.
Despite predictions that post-Olympic
patriotism, factional infighting and scant election resources would
hit their prospects, the various pro-democracy parties held on to
all but two of their seats.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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MPs sent overseas amid Anwar takeover bid
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KUALA LUMPUR: Dozens of lawmakers from the ruling coalition left
Monday for Taiwan on an educational tour, in an apparent bid to
prevent them from joining an opposition push to topple the
government.
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US to begin new probe into Afghan civilian deaths
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KABUL: The US military has reopened an investigation into air
strikes that Afghan and United Nations teams say killed more than 90
civilians after new video evidence emerged, officials said Monday.
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WORLDINBRIEF
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JERUSALEM: Israeli police’s Sunday recommendation to indict Prime
Minister Ehud Olmert in two corruption cases is drawing mass
attention in the Jewish state, with some people considered it
“meaningless.”
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