6 minutes ago - news.bbc.co.uk Hundreds of Tibetans have been arrested during a protest against Chinese policy on the eve of the opening of the Olympics in Beijing. What covers a 10-foot-tall brick wall in Beijing? Around 2,000 Tibetans, including monks and nuns, gathered in Kathmandu to highlight what they said was religious repression in Tibet. The protesters gathered outside one of the world's biggest Buddhist shrines, praying and chanting mantras. But later, police with batons moved in to disperse the large crowd. More than 20,000 Tibetan refugees live in Nepal after fleeing China in 1959. The Tibetan exiles wore yellow jackets with slogans including "Stop cultural genocide in Tibet" and "Long live His Holiness the Dalai Lama" - referring to their spiritual leader. They said they wanted to tell the world that their...
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