Tung rules out HKSAR &quot;referendum&quot;
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Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa said Monday that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government will not consider any suggestion on constitutional
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Ariel Sharon yesterday insisted he would not be forced by &quot;threats and ultimatums&quot; into a referendum on his Gaza disengagement despite the prospect that he could lose two of his Cabinet ministers unless he agreed to it.
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JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel rejected calls from within his Cabinet yesterday for a referendum on leaving Gaza after winning parliament's support to uproot settlements from land claimed by Palestinians.
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A Chinese court on Friday rejected an appeal by a Hong Kong reporter jailed by mainland China on spying charges in one of the highest profile media prosecutions in recent years.
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HONG KONG (AP &#151; Chinese President Hu Jintao avoided the thorny issue of democracy in Hong Kong as he arrived Friday for weekend commemorations of the 10th anniversary of the former British colony's handover to China.
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Democrats have tightened their grip on Hong Kong&#39;s legislature, but still have no mandate to push their agenda of universal suffrage in the southern Chinese enclave.
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Chinese authorities have refused to let a pro-democracy politician from Hong Kong visit Shanghai. The incident occurs just two weeks before an election that is being seen as a test of support for the city&#39;s democracy movement.
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Taiwan&#39;s high court yesterday rejected opposition leader Lien Chan&#39;s petition to nullify the highly disputed March 20 &quot;presidential&quot; election.
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SINGAPORE: While a majority of Hong Kong citizens likely will cast their votes for greater democracy in Sundayâs Legislative Council election, international fund managers are more concerned about maintaining the status quo.
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The British government has no plans to hold a referendum on the new EU treaty, the foreign minister said here Thursday as a cross-party campaign kicked off in Britain to demand a vote on the document.
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The Chinese government refrained on Monday from saying much about the results of Sunday's elections in Hong Kong, but the country's Communist leaders had reason to be pleased.
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The government has no plans to hold a referendum on the new EU treaty, the foreign minister said here Thursday as a cross-party campaign kicked off in Britain to demand a vote on the document.
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Chinese Communist Party chief Hu Jintao ruled out multi-party democracy on Wednesday on the eve of a key meeting aimed at tightening the party's grip on power.
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Australia Wednesday dismissed reports that it had assured the Indonesian government an inquest into the killing of five journalists in East Timor was nothing to worry about.
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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has brushed off a report from a top UN official that the impoverished southeast Asia nation could become a &quot;breeding ground for terrorism&quot; unless it tightens up defences.
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Downing Street has indicated the treaty that emerges from next week's EU summit will not be put to a referendum.
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Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott rules out new polls in the near future on regional assemblies.