Tag: Tibet
World Spiritual Leader or Terrorist Devil?
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Posted to Religion on Tue Apr 15, 2008 at 11:37:00 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
The Dalai Lama, world spiritual leader and head of Tibet's government-in-exile has promised to quit if his people continue to resort to violence in their effort to free themselves from Chinese government oppression.
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Beijing 2008: A Disaster Waiting to Happen in Progress?
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Posted to Politics on Sun Mar 16, 2008 at 09:18:09 AM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.
Last Friday riots shook the Tibetan capital of Lhasa. China's official Xinhua news agency reports 10 dead in the protests, but Tibet's government-in-exile (in India) suggests that as many as ten times that amount were killed by Chinese security forces in the process of quelling the uprising.
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