Meanwhile , the U.S. civilian administrator for Iraq , L. Paul Bremer , paid a two-hour visit to the northern cities of Erbil and Sulaimaniyah .
Elsewhere in the north , the American administrator for Iraq , L. Paul Bremer III , paid a brief , low-profile visit to the cities of Erbil and Suleimaniya .
A long awaited report on the Hong Kong government 's handling of the SARS outbreak has been released .