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Our editors will be looking ahead today to these developing stories .mini storage..Debating 'one country, two systems'The latest South China Morning Post "Redefining Hong Kong" debate takes place today at the J W Marriott hotel in Admiralty. The session, entitled "Passage to 2017 – the Next Milestone of One Country, Two Systems" will feature speakers including former government No 2 Anson Chan Fang On-sang, who told the Post she was not "anti-China" but insisted "regard for human dignity, for rights and freedoms and above all for the rule of law" set Hong Kong apart from mainland China.Hurricane Sandy: One year onA host of events will commemorate the people and communities hit by one of the most damaging hurricanes in American history, which killed 117 people in the US and more than 200 people overall, including victims in the Caribbean. Chris Christie, the governor of New Jersey, which bore the brunt of the storm, will travel across the state to meet emergency crews, volunteers and residents.'Islamic Davos' spreads its wingsLondon becomes the first non-majority-Muslim city to host the World Islamic Economic Forum, dubbed by some the Islamic equivalent of Davos. The British capital has seen a host of major projects, including the Olympic Village, at least part-funded by sharia-compliant finance and the city's mayor, Boris Johnson, said they were "driving significant e迷你倉onomic growth and creating tens of thousands of jobs".Cruise ship comes homeThe 311-metre-long voyager-class ocean liner Mariner of the Seas, whose home port is Hong Kong, docks at the new Kai Tak Cruise Terminal in Kowloon this morning. The huge vessel, which boasts a gross tonnage of 138,000 and can host more than 3,000 passengers, is currently the largest cruise ship with a home port in China. The ship is embarking on a four-day cruise and its next port of call will be Kaohsiung in Taiwan.Zardari in court on corruption chargesFormer Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari is expected to appear in court in Rawalpindi today after five graft cases against him dating back to the 1990s were reopened. Zardari enjoyed immunity as president but he stood down in last month. The allegations reportedly relate to kickbacks, money laundering and the illegal construction of a polo ground at the prime minister's residence during his assassinated wife Benazir Bhutto's premiership.Nokia hoping to turn a cornerElectronics giant Nokia, which formerly dominated the global mobile phone market, announces its third quarter results in Helsinki today. The company holds only a fraction of the global smartphone market but Nokia is the far the largest seller of phones running Windows software, and analysts say sales of its Lumia phones have increased for the fourth consecutive quarter.文件倉