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Hong Kong Leader Withdraws Extradition Bill

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   Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam says the government will formally
   withdraw an extradition bill that that sparked three months of growing
   and often violent pro-democracy protests.

   In a videotaped message released Wednesday by her office, Lam said she
   was withrawing the bill, which would have would have permitted criminal
   suspects to be sent to mainland China for trial in courts controlled by
   the ruling Communist Party, "to fully allay public concerns."

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