Hong Kong chief
Beijing: Donald Tsang, Hong Kong’s new chief executive, has been sworn in at a ceremony in Beijing, the first leadership change since the former British colony returned to Chinese rule eight years ago. He replaces Tung Chee-hwa, who resigned in March. (AP)
End of the affair
Atlanta: Lena Driskell, a great-grandmother aged 78, shot HErman Winslow, her ex-beau, aged 85, to death in a senior citizens’ home, police said. Shie is accused of plotting the shooting because she was angry that their romance had ended.
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Speeding ban
Lille: A British lawyer was arrested in France after clocking 134mph (217km/h) in his Ferrari. The man, 47, from London, paid €750 (£500) on the spot and had his licence confiscated. The limit is 130kph. He continued, with his wife at the wheel. (AFP)
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Valletta: About 27 migrants travelling in a small boat off Malta have been reported missing and are feared dead, authorities said. Maltese armed forces attempted to locate the vessel after one migrant called the Italian authorities on a mobile phone to say that the boat was taking on water. Contact was then lost. (AP)
Arrests ordered
Rome: A judge ordered the arrests of 13 people after the apparent CIA abduction in 2003 of an imam who had been watched since the 9/11 attacks. Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr was sent to Egypt where his followers say he was tortured. (AFP)
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The Hague: The Dutch Cabinet passed a Bill allowing gay couples to adopt foreign children. The change in the law also abolishes a three-year probation period for gay step-parents to adopt, enabling a lesbian to adopt at once if her partner gives birth. (AP)
Austria to the fore
Vienna: Austria is to take command of the European Union’s peacekeeping troops in northern Bosnia, Günther Platter, the Austrian Defence Minister, has said. The 1,650 Austrian-led contingent will take over from a Finnish-led one in December. (AFP)
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Refugee reprieve
Bishkek: Kyrgyzstan reversed its decision to expel 29 refugees accused of organising an insurrection in Uzbekistan in May amid pressure from the UN and human rights groups, which fear the Uzbek asylum-seekers could be tortured at home. (AFP)
Horse play
Ciutadella: A horse rears up with his rider, surrounded by thousands of people outside the town hall during Menorca’s traditional Fiesta of San Joan (Saint John). The riders of the horses are the representatives of ancient Ciutadella society.