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...plaudits at a moment when his standing among his own people has reached an all-time low - and for the same reason that Washington is honoring him: his unflinching support of the U.S. on Iraq. Blair stands accused by legislators of his own party, including former members of his cabinet, of having agreed to a war in Iraq when he met with President Bush last August, and then proceeding to selectively assemble and exaggerate intelligence to make the case to support a decision he'd already taken. A limited parliamentary inquiry concluded simply that the jury was still...
...biggest transformation has come from current Liberal Party leader James Tien. A well-heeled son of a textile tycoon, he had been appointed a member of Tung's Cabinet. It was Tien who raced to Beijing after the huge rally on July 1 and, on his return, made the stunning announcement that Beijing wasn't fully aboard Tung's Article 23 plan. Specifically, he said that the director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office in Beijing, Liao Hui, felt it wasn't necessary to push the bill through last week, as Tung was demanding. Tien then said...
...Option 1: Stay in Power Tung could weather the storm by sacking the more unpopular members of his Cabinet. Topping that list would be Secretary for Security Regina Ip, the public face of Article 23, and Financial Secretary Antony Leung, under fire for the ailing economy?and for trying to avoid a hefty new car tax that he himself introduced...
...LEUNG CHUN-YING At 48, Leung is already a member of Tung's inner circle?he's a Cabinet member?and was seen as a possible deputy to Tung back in 1997 when Hong Kong returned to Chinese sovereignty. Though he is not among the territory's super-rich, Leung has made a fortune in real estate. He also has excellent connections with mainland China...
...throughout Baluchistan and southwestern Afghanistan. Taliban spokesman Mohammed Mukhtar Mujahid, who is also at large, says Omar communicates with acolytes via recorded or written messages. Mujahid recently announced that Omar had formed a ten-man "leadership council" and assigned each lieutenant a specific region to destabilize. This guerrilla war cabinet includes Saifur Rahman Mansoor, who led Taliban forces against British and U.S. troops during Operation Anaconda in early 2002, and Mullah Dadullah Akhund, the one-legged intelligence chief who ordered the execution of a Salvadorean International Committee of the Red Cross worker in Uruzgan province in March...