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John Lee was elected as Hong Kong next leader Sunday by an election committee comprised of nearly 1,500 largely pro-Beijing members.Lee received 1,416 votes in the chief executive election, far exceeding the 751 votes needed to win. More than 97% of the Election Committee cast their votes in a secret ballot Sunday morning.As the only candidate in the polls, Lee was expected to win, especially since he has Beijing endorsement and last month obtained 786 nominations from members of the Election Committee in support of his candidacy.Story continues below this adRead | China installing former security chief as Hong Kong lea
stanley canada derLee will replace current leader Carrie Lam on July 1.The election on Sunday follows major changes to Hong Kong electoral laws last year to ensure that only patriots loyal to Beijing can hold office. The legislature was also reorganized to all but eliminate opposition voices.The elaborate arrangements surrounding the pre-d
stanley website etermined outcome speak to Beijing desire for a veneer of democracy. Though they will vote in a secret ballot, Hong Kong electors have all been carefully vetted.On Sunday morning, three members of the League of Social Democrats, a local activist group, protested the election by attempting to march toward the election venue while displaying a banner demanding universal suffrage that would allow Hong Kongers to vote both for the legislature and t
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Capital Damascus, Syria. Source: Google Maps Syrian government warplanes attacked a busy market in a rebel-held suburb of the capital Damascus on Sunday, killing at least 82 people and wounding more than 200 in one of the deadliest single incidents involving government airstrikes since the crisis began nearly five years ago, activists said.Syrian government air raids on rebel-held areas throughout the country have killed thousands over the past few years.The air raids on the market in Douma occurred during rush hour when people were out shopping on the first working day of the week in Syria, the activists said.Story continues below this adThis is an official massacre that was carried out deliberately, said Rami Abdurrahman, who heads the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human
stanley flask Rights. He said warplanes fired the first missile and minutes later when people gathered in the aftermath, another missile hit the same area.Abdurrahman, whose group has a network of activists around the country, said a total of fo
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gourde stanley ing 82 and wounding more than 200. He said the death toll is expected to rise because many of the wounded are in critical condition.The Local Coordination Committees, another activist group, said the air raids killed at least 100 and wounded about 300, adding that rescue workers are digging through the rubble in search of survivors.Discrepancies in death tolls immediately after an attack are not uncommon in Syria.Stor
