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Top suspect in China's smuggling case repatriated from Canada

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 10:47 PM PDT

VANCOUVER: Chinese fugitive Lai Changxing, the prime suspect in China's largest smuggling case in recent history, left here Friday for his home country under Canadian police escort.

A source who declined to be named told Xinhua news agency that police had
escorted Lai onto a civilian flight before the plane departed from Vancouver
International Airport for China in the afternoon.

The repatriation, executed a day after a Canadian federal court upheld Lai's
deportation order, ended Lai's fugitive life in Canada 12 years after he fled to

the North American country.

Lai, 53, was the alleged mastermind of a notorious smuggling gang believed to have smuggled billions of dollars' worth of various products in the 1990s. The case is listed as the largest of its kind in China since 1949.

Since Lai's runaway, Chinese authorities had repeatedly demanded his extradition. - Bernama

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Attacks in Norway draw strong condemnation from international community

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 10:45 PM PDT

BEIJING: The deadly attacks in Norway, which claimed at least 87 lives, have drawn strong condemnation from around the world, reports China's Xinhua news agency.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced his shock Friday over
the attacks in Norway.

"The Secretary-General was shocked to learn about the large explosion in
central Oslo and the shooting that took place in Utoya today. He condemns this
violence and expresses his condolences to the Government of Norway and the

families of the victims," the UN Chief said in a statement issued by his
spokesperson.

"The United Nations stands together with the people of Norway at this
terrible moment," he said.

UN General Assembly President Joseph Deiss also expressed shock and strongly condemned these attacks.

"President Deiss is particularly distressed that one of the attacks has

targeted young people, and that this has happened on the eve of the High-Level
Meeting on Youth convened by the General Assembly in New York on July 25 and 26,
2011 to mark the International Year of Youth," his spokesperson Jean-Victor
Nkolo said.

Deiss also "strongly condemns these attacks and offers his condolences to
the people and government of Norway."

In Washington, United States President Barack Obama on Friday sent condolences to Norway, calling on the world to work together to fight terrorism.

Obama pledged to provide support to the investigation and said the attacks were a reminder that the whole world has a "stake" in stopping this kind of terror from happening.

In Ottawa, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said he was "shocked and
intensely saddened to learn of the attacks in Oslo and Utoya."

Condemning the terrorist activities, Harper said in a statement that he
was also horrified to learn that a gunman opened fire at a youth camp at Utoya.

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key denounced the attacks as an act of global terrorism.

"I think it shows that no country is immune from that risk," Key said after a meeting with Obama at the White House on Friday.

In Copenhagen, Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen expressed sympathy and solidarity with Norway and conveyed Denmark's readiness to assist in handling the situation.

"On behalf of Denmark and the Danish government I express my deepest condolences, sympathy and solidarity with the Norwegian people and the Norwegian
government in this difficult time," said Rasmussen in a press statement.

In Bucharest, the Romanian Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the attacks and expressed its full solidarity with the Norwegian government and people at this difficult moment.

In Latin America, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Costa Rica and El Salvador
sent condolences to the victims of the attacks and expressed solidarity with
Norway through various channels.

The twin attacks hit the northern European country on Friday. A bomb exploded in downtown Oslo near government offices, killing 7 people and injuring
more than 19 others. Hours later, a gunman dressed in police uniform opened fire
at a youth camp of Norway's ruling political party on Utoeya, an island south of
Oslo, killing at least 80 people. - Bernama

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