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...major plans for the harbor are now in limbo, having been subject to a barrage of legal and popular complaints. A planned 26-hectare reclamation in Wanchai?whose principal purpose was for a highway?was halted last year by a court challenge. And proposals for an ambitious arts district on reclaimed land in West Kowloon have been frozen by public protests over the government's intention to hand the $6.8 billion project to a single developer. In this enforced breathing space, Hong Kong has a rare opportunity to figure out, once and for all, what it wants to do with...
...built. "The overriding need is the road," he says, while pledging that most of the land above it will be used for parks and promenades. Activists, however, have heard such claims before. Chu asks, "Who can trust the government?" and notes that the planned West Kowloon cultural district, will, if completed, offer millions of square meters of commercial and residential space?but it was zoned as a park when the land was first reclaimed...
...PLEADED GUILTY. ZACARIAS MOUSSAOUI, 36, self-described al-Qaeda conspirator and the only person in the U.S. charged in connection with the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001; after U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema declared him fit to stand trial, the culmination of more than three years of legal maneuvering that included a 2002 attempt by Moussaoui to plead guilty, which he later retracted; in Alexandria, Virginia. Moussaoui, who faces the death penalty, vowed to fight execution...
...Hello sugar buzz, goodbye teeth. In a quiet corner of Barcelona's Born district is a dentist's nightmare. This year, Europe's first gourmet dessert restaurant, Espai Sucre (Sugar Space), celebrates its fifth anniversary. The fantasy of Jordi Butr?n, Espai Sucre is devoted to rescuing dessert from its secondary role in Spain's gastronomic culture. The intimate 30-seat dining room, decorated in a subdued, tasteful beige and black, offers a three- or five-course set menu costing $35 or $45, respectively. Diners may start with an appetizer of litchi, celery, apple and eucalyptus soup; proceed to a "salad...
...grateful that the jury saw the evidence and held these stone-cold killers accountable for what they did,” said Suffolk District Attorney Spokesman David Procopio. “We are satisfied that three and a half years of work to bring them to justice was fruitful, but we’re also aware that a life of an innocent young woman was lost...