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An American woman sentenced to life in jail in Hong Kong for bludgeoning her banker husband to death after lacing his milkshake with sedatives lost her appeal against conviction Monday.

The Hong Kong government said Friday it has found traces of the industrial chemical melamine in Chinese-made crackers and Heinz baby cereal.

Torrential rain left at least 18 dead in China, including a Briton, and 17 missing, as Typhoon Hagupit pounded the south and another storm battered the quake-hit southwest, state media say.

For the Chinese, the Mid-Autumn Festival is a time to celebrate old traditions. And in Hong Kong, it is also when one fading art form comes to life.

Although the sight of traditional Chinese paper lanterns is becoming a rarity, there is one place which is keeping this dying art alive.

Hong Kong Chief Secretary Henry Tang said here Thursday that Hong Kong had staged the most successful Paralympic equestrian competition.

China has joined the United States, Britain, Spain and others on the list of nations suffering a real estate decline.
Although the last national statistics showed single-digit growth from July 2007 to July 2008 in the average price of commercial and residential real estate, real estate brokers say prices are down from peaks reached earlier this year, while the number of transactions has plunged.

Despite the poor mark, Nelson Yip Siu-hong made a history here Monday as the first-ever Hong Kong rider to show up at the Paralympic equestrian.

Hong Kong Disneyland will celebrate its birthday on Friday after three difficult years, as its new managing director juggles a grab for Chinese visitors with a battle over how to fund expansion.

The theme park has struggled to attract enough visitors since it opened to great fanfare in 2005, and has faced criticism it failed to understand both the local and mainland China markets.