NewsCloud.com Tibet News http://www.newscloud.com/section/tibet Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:03:00 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 en-us The Perfect Genocide Plan, Part 2 http://www.newscloud.com/read/The_Perfect_Genocide_Plan_Part_2 The Perfect Genocide Plan continues.

More than 2 weeks after Cyclone Nargis, Than Shwe and friends have decided to allow its South Asian neighbors to send medical personnel and an assessment team into Burma, in order to appease the continuing international outcry.

Just enough of a concession to avoid being invaded for the mass murder they are in the process of committing.

]]> Tibetan protesters held in Nepal http://www.newscloud.com/read/Tibetan_protesters_held_in_Nepal Nepalese police detained more than 500 Tibetan exiles who protested near the Chinese Embassy in Katmandu on Thursday, police said. The 505 Tibetans included Buddhist monks and several women, police official Sarbendra Khanal said.

]]> Steve Weissman: Tibet and the Games Nations Play http://www.newscloud.com/read/Steve_Weissman_Tibet_and_the_Games_Nations_Play "The Government of the United States has borne in mind the fact that the Chinese Government has long claimed suzerainty over Tibet and that the Chinese Constitution lists Tibet among other areas constituting the territory of the Republic of China," the State Department declared in 1943. "This Government has at no time raised a question regarding either of these claims."

]]> The dubious politics behind the Beijing Olympics protests http://www.newscloud.com/read/The_dubious_politics_behind_the_Beijing_Olympics_protests Significant protests in London, Paris and now San Francisco have threatened to disrupt the Olympic torch relay as it makes its way through cities on five continents preliminary to the summer games in Beijing in August.

]]> Athletes who take Tibet stand 'face Olympic cut' http://www.newscloud.com/read/Athletes_who_take_Tibet_stand_face_Olympic_cut_ 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.

]]> Bring on Lama-Palooza http://www.newscloud.com/read/Bring_on_LamaPalooza Lama-Palooza's man behind the curtain is a driven entrepreneur named Dan Kranzler, a Charles Foster Kane for children and early learning (better that than, say, politics or yellow journalism). Kranzler is a Bellevue-based wireless executive who founded Mforma, a mobile-entertainment company, in 2001.

]]> Tibet Protestors Climb Golden Gate Bridge http://www.newscloud.com/read/Tibet_Protestors_Climb_Golden_Gate_Bridge * * * Three people protesting China's human rights record and the impending arrival of the Olympic torch climbed up the Golden Gate Bridge on Monday and tied the Tibetan flag and two banners to its cables. The banners read "One World One Dream. Free Tibet" and "Free Tibet 08."

]]> Scuffles During UK Olympic Torch Relay http://www.newscloud.com/read/Scuffles_During_UK_Olympic_Torch_Relay Demonstrators tried to board a relay bus after five-time Olympic gold medalist rower Steve Redgrave launched procession at Wembley Stadium _ presaging a number of clashes with police along the torch's 31-mile journey.

]]> Chinese Police Kill Eight in Attack on Tibetan Protesters http://www.newscloud.com/read/Chinese_Police_Kill_Eight_in_Attack_on_Tibetan_Protesters Jane Macartney for The Times Online UK writes: "Chinese paramilitary police have killed eight people after opening fire on several hundred Tibetan monks and villagers in bloody violence that will fuel human rights protests as London prepares to host its leg of the Olympic torch relay this weekend."

]]> French President Sarkozy: I Might Boycott The Opening Of The Beijing Olympics http://www.newscloud.com/read/French_President_Sarkozy_I_Might_Boycott_The_Opening_Of_The_Beijing_Olympics French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Tuesday that he cannot rule out the possibility he might boycott the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics if China continues its crackdown in Tibet.

]]> Protesters disrupt lighting of Olympic torch http://www.newscloud.com/read/Protesters_disrupt_lighting_of_Olympic_torch Protesters disrupted the Beijing Olympics flame-lighting ceremony in Ancient Olympia on Monday and a Tibetan woman covered in fake blood briefly blocked the path of the torchbearer.

]]> China Blasts Dalai Lama, Pelosi on Tibet http://www.newscloud.com/read/China_Blasts_Dalai_Lama_Pelosi_on_Tibet "The Dalai clique is scheming to take the Beijing Olympics hostage to force the Chinese government to make concessions to Tibet independence," said the People's Daily, the main mouthpiece of the Communist Party. The Tibetan spiritual leader called the accusations against him "baseless," asserting that he supported China's hosting of the summer games.

]]> Chinese media: 'Crush' protests http://www.newscloud.com/read/Chinese_media_Crush_protests The flagship newspaper of China's ruling Communist Party called Saturday for efforts to "resolutely crush" anti-government demonstrations by Tibetans, while Beijing urged people to turn in those on a "Most Wanted" list of 21 protesters.

]]> China says opened fire on Tibetan protesters http://www.newscloud.com/read/China_says_opened_fire_on_Tibetan_protesters Citing police sources, the state-run news agency said police acted in self-defence when they fired on protesters on Sunday. It is China's first admission its security forces have caused injuries in their crackdown on anti-government demonstrations.

]]> Tibetan Youth Challenge Beijing -- and Dalai Lama http://www.newscloud.com/read/Tibetan_Youth_Challenge_Beijing_and_Dalai_Lama A new generation of impatient activists is vying to seize control of the Tibetan freedom movement from the Dalai Lama. Tsewang Rigzin, president of the 30,000-member Tibetan Youth Congress, has a clear goal: Tibet's independence from China. To achieve it, the group has staged a march to Tibet from this north Indian Himalayan town, called for a boycott of the Beijing Olympics, supported hunger strikes and demonstrated outside China's diplomatic missions around the world.

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