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China has said the "legitimate interests" of foreign countries in
Iraq should be safeguarded, in a likely reference to contracts
Chinese companies signed with the Saddam Hussein regime.
A leading Chinese official has indicated that political reforms are
likely in Hong Kong while a top territory legislator said there was
no avoiding universal suffrage, reports said today.
US Secretary of State Colin Powell's presentation Wednesday to the
UN Security Council apparently failed to budge world opinion on
Iraq, with most countries reaffirming their earlier positions.
US Secretary of State Colin Powell returns to the UN Security
Council on Wednesday with a speech that is expected to start the
endgame in the 12-year saga of international efforts to disarm
Iraq.