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Tibetan Independence Movement

                   

Another pro-Tibet rally steals Olympic spotlight

abc.net.au
15-Aug-2008 5 related
        

Pro-Tibet demonstrators are going to ever more dramatic lengths to steal attention away from the sport at the Olympics. Today they used China's gleaming new Central Television Tower as a backdrop to for a huge banner calling in...

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More Harassment of Reporters, Activists

businessweek.com
14-Aug-2008 119 related
        

Posted by: Dexter Roberts on August 14 Even as new Olympics records are set and an overall spirit of festivity prevails in Beijing, there is more bad news for some journalists and activists. A British journalist covering a...

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Tenzin Tsundue to be handed over to Kangra police from Mandi Jail

phayul.com
11-Aug-2008 1 related
        

By Phurbu Thinley Dharamsala, August 11: Tibetan independence activist, poet and writer Tenzin Tsundue was released Monday from Mandi Jail, after spending nine days in police custody for his alleged attempt to cross over India...

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Dalai Lama keeps reaching out to Beijing despite rebuffs

phayul.com
10-Aug-2008 151 related
        

DHARAMSHALA, India — Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has kept reaching out to Beijing, despite being vilified by China as "mastermind" of a drive to sabotage the Olympics and destabilise the country. Just days before...

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Charest rejects call to fight measure that bans Fleur-de-lis at Olympics

ctv.ca
09-Aug-2008 9 related
        

Updated Sat. Aug. 9 2008 3:00 PM ET The Canadian Press BEIJING -- Quebec Premier Jean Charest has no intention of protesting a measure that prevents Quebec athletes from waving the Fleur-de-lis at the Beijing Olympics. Parti...

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Beijing 2008

thejourney.typepad.com
09-Aug-2008 11 related
        

Reporters Without Borders Originally uploaded by François Lafite The Beijing Olympics have opened amidst controversy, protest and criticism. Not everyone is excited about supporting a government known for it's poor (oppressive)...

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Capital student back to earth after his Olympic high jinks

scotsman.com
09-Aug-2008 33 related
        

Published Date: 09 August 2008 HIS daring protest brought him worldwide attention and helped highlight China's alleged human rights abuses in Tibet. But Iain Thom's dramatic ascent of a Beijing street lamp had its origins in...

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KANSAS CITY STAR: China should honor its pledge to permit unfettered access

sacbee.com
07-Aug-2008 1,866 related
        

Prior to the Olympic Games - which begin this week in Beijing - Chinese authorities promised that Internet access for journalists would be completely open. Instead, journalists discovered that sites critical of Beijing had been...

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Despite security, a few small protests in Beijing

nwsource.com
07-Aug-2008 47 related
        

China's intense efforts to block any protest that would mar the Olympic Games were challenged Wednesday by foreign activists equally bent... BEIJING — China's intense efforts to block any protest that would mar the Olympic...

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PM Kevin Rudd to press China on human rights record

vietnamnews.net
07-Aug-2008
        

where he will attend tomorrow's ceremony and meet President Hu Jintao and Prime Kevin Rudd has promised he won't be deterred from discussing . Mr Rudd will head off tonight for his visit to the Kevin Rudd, a Mandarin-speaking...

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