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KATHMANDU, Nepal,
August 19, 2008
(Reuters)
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Nepali police detained about 200 Tibetan exiles who tried to march to the Chinese embassy in Kathmandu on Tuesday protesting against China's crackdown in their homeland in March, police said.
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BEIJING, China,
August 19, 2008
(AP)
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Police detained five American activists Tuesday after they unfurled a "Free Tibet" banner near a key Olympics venue in Beijing, ...
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PARIS, France,
August 19, 2008
(AFP)
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French human rights minister Rama Yade said Tuesday she will meet with the Dalai Lama later this week in southern France to show solidarity with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader's struggle. ...
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French foreign minister to meet with Dalai Lama
PARIS, France,
August 18, 2008
(AP)
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France's foreign minister says he will meet with the Dalai Lama this week. ...
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The Other Olympics -- The Tibetan Olympics
DHARAMSHALA, India,
August 18, 2008
(Al Jazeera)
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The Olympics are seen as an internationally celebrated event where people from all the countries in the world come and compete on an array of events. Unfortunately, ...
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Dalai Lama: China mistreating Tibetans during Games
PARIS, France,
August 17, 2008
(Reuters)
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The Dalai Lama said on Saturday China was mistreating and torturing civilians in Tibet while the Olympic Games were going on. ...
Also in the news
- Qinghai-Tibet railway to get six new lines
BEIJING, China,
August 17, 2008
(ChinaDaily)
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Plans are afoot to add six more rail lines to the Qinghai-Tibet railway to boost the region's economy, a railway spokesman said yesterday ...
- Distant thunder: Separatism stirs on China's forgotten frontier
August 17, 2008
(Financial Times)
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First Tibet, now Xinjiang. China’s Olympics year has showcased its economic achievements and the resilience of its one-party state, but it has also exposed festering resentments ...
- Song compares Beijing Olympics to Nazi Olympics
NEW YORK CITY, USA,
August 16, 2008
(Epoch Times)
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A song comparing the Beijing Olympics to the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany was released on Friday. ...
- Canadian PM lashed for snubbing China
QUEBEC, Canada,
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper has risked relations with China by failing to attend the Olympic Games and going overboard in honouring Tibet's Dalai Lama, former prime minister ...
- Olympic sponsors ignored human rights abuses in China
WASHINGTON, DC, USA,
August 19, 2008
(AFP)
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Twelve leading Olympics sponsors have failed to speak out against Olympics-related human rights abuses in China as stated in their principles of corporate social responsibility, Human Rights Watch said Monday. ...
- Tibetan bike rally protests Beijing Olympics
NEW YORK CITY, USA,
August 17, 2008
(The Epoch Times)
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Over 60 people on bikes set out to raise awareness about the situation in Tibet during the Beijing Olympics. ...
- Ethnic unity in China, with the Han on top
BEIJING, China,
August 16, 2008
(AFP)
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Beijing's China Ethnic Culture Park features "precise re-creations" of life for all China's 56 ethnic groups, but few actual ethnic minorities. ...
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