Ellis made the deal with her British counterpart Gerry Sutcliffe but she lost out as Team GB won 19 golds to Australia's 14.
She wore a Team GB top during a visit to the Paralympic Games in China.
Sutcliffe said: 'Kate's a great sport to honour our bet.'
'But after all, we did win fair and square, with our fantastic athletes proving just how good our elite sport can be.
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Tuesday, 9 September 2008
Hong Kong Will Vote for Democracy
Hong Kongers have suffered one delay after another on their path to full democracy since the territory's return to China in 1997. But that hasn't snuffed out their democratic spirit. Witness the results of Sunday's legislative elections.
Pro-democracy parties won 23 seats in the 60-member Legislative Council elections. That's down from 25 after the last election in 2004. But that's not the number that matters. Half of the legislature is appointed by special interest groups loyal to Beijing. The other half is directly elected by the people. In those seats, the democrats won 19 of 30, gaining a seat from the 2004 results. The democrats' losses came only from the ranks of special-interest legislators.
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Pro-democracy parties won 23 seats in the 60-member Legislative Council elections. That's down from 25 after the last election in 2004. But that's not the number that matters. Half of the legislature is appointed by special interest groups loyal to Beijing. The other half is directly elected by the people. In those seats, the democrats won 19 of 30, gaining a seat from the 2004 results. The democrats' losses came only from the ranks of special-interest legislators.
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Angolan opposition is defeated
LUANDA, Angola (AP) — A rebel group turned opposition party that resorted to violence the last time it lost at the polls has accepted defeat in Angola's parliamentary elections.
UNITA leader Isaias Samakuva announced that he was accepting the results from disorganized but peaceful voting Friday and Saturday. With about 80 percent of the ballots counted, Angola's longtime ruling party had more than 80 percent of the vote, according to official results.
'Despite all that has happened, UNITA's leadership accepts the election results,' Samakuva said at a press conference late Monday. He called on 'the winning party to govern in the interest of all Angolans.
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UNITA leader Isaias Samakuva announced that he was accepting the results from disorganized but peaceful voting Friday and Saturday. With about 80 percent of the ballots counted, Angola's longtime ruling party had more than 80 percent of the vote, according to official results.
'Despite all that has happened, UNITA's leadership accepts the election results,' Samakuva said at a press conference late Monday. He called on 'the winning party to govern in the interest of all Angolans.
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