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4 activists detained in Beijing for Tibet banners

AP — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:06:54 +0000

Police detained four activists Wednesday after they unfurled “Free Tibet” banners outside the Beijing National Stadium, site of the Olympic Games’ opening ceremony later this week, a pro-Tibet group...

Nepal deports US climber with pro-Tibet banner at base camp

AP — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:16:36 +0000

Nepal has imposed a near-blackout on communications on its side of Mount Everest, trekking company officials said Tuesday, hours after the government acknowledged it had deported an American mountaineer caught at base camp with a “Free...

Nepal deports American pro-Tibet climber

AP — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:15:30 +0000

Nepal has deported an American mountaineer found on Mount Everest with a “Free Tibet” banner and has banned him from all climbing activities in the country for two years, officials said Tuesday.William Brant Holland of Midlothian, Va.,...

China -Tibetans dialogue: Saving Olympics (Yes) or fearing Tibet’s future (No)?

Pankaj — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:13:59 +0000

# China has signalled it would meet envoys of the Dalai Lama in coming days, following weeks of calls from world leaders for talks in the aftermath of anti-Chinese riots in Tibet. # While Beijing’s tone since March’s riots has been...

Nepal expels climber with 'Free Tibet' banner from Everest

AP — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:22:39 +0000

A mountain climber with a “Free Tibet” banner was forced to turn back from Mount Everest, which Chinese climbers carrying the Olympic torch plan to summit next month, officials said Wednesday.The climber, whose identity has not been...

India beefs up security for Olympic torch relay

Manishkumar — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:15:44 +0000

India has taken extra security measures to guarantee the success of the Olympic torch relay here, the country’s Home Ministry said on Thursday. Some 15,000 security guards were deployed along the relay route at noon and they will stay till...

China Supporter Poses As Tibetan, Attacks Handicapped Girl

Canadian Sentinel — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:03:33 +0000

Another supporter of the Communist regime in China has been caught posing as a Tibetan and commiting violence in an attempt to demonize Tibetans as violent, nasty, and deserving of violent Communist crackdown. The photo of the attack would tend...

Explosives seized at Tibetan monasteries, agency says

AP — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:31:51 +0000

Police seized explosives, a gun and banned Tibetan flags during searches of six monasteries in Tibetan areas of northwest China, a state news agency reported Tuesday.The inspections were carried out Monday in Hezuo town of Gansu province, the...

Expelling pro-Tibet athletes will save the spirit of the Olympics

Pankaj — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:45:21 +0000

# Athletes who display Tibetan flags at Olympic venues — including in their own rooms — could be expelled from this summer’s Games in Beijing under anti-propaganda rules. # The Olympic Charter bans any kind of “demonstration or...

Olympic Torch Relay Descends Into Chaos

AP — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:39:19 +0000

Paris’ Olympic torch relay descended into chaos Monday, with protesters scaling the Eiffel Tower, grabbing for the flame and forcing security officials to repeatedly snuff out the torch and transport it by bus past demonstrators yelling...