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Rural leaders reconvene with top aide of CY Leung
Key figures involved in the February 10 dinner involving controversial businessman 'Shanghai Boy' Kwok Wing-hung reconvene over lunch in Yuen Long. Lew Mon-hung (left), a core supporter of Chief Executive-elect Leung Chun-ying, will met rural leaders to discuss how to resolve the dispute over illegal structures on homes in the New Territories. Their previous encounter triggered a row over Leung's possible involvement in 'black gold politics' - a term referring to collusion between triad societies and politicians.
Pope Benedict leads Good Friday ceremonies
Good Friday will be observed by Christians around the world, from the Stations of the Cross procession led by Pope Benedict at Rome's Colosseum to the Philippines, where two dozen believers will be nailed to the cross in an annual re-enactment of Christ's crucifixion. The ritual has become a tourist attraction but is frowned upon by the Catholic Church.
Japan, South Korea and China meet in Ningbo
Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi holds the annual tri-lateral meeting with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts, Kim Sung-hwan and Koichiro Gemba, in Ningbo , Zhejiang province. Japan's Kyodo news agency said Gemba wanted to settle the details of the first Sino-Japanese maritime consultation with Yang during the meeting. The consultation, due to be held in May, would discuss setting up communication channels in the event of any maritime conflict or incident, including those in disputed East China Sea waters.