July 1, 2008 (MeYul.com) French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he might attend the Beijing Olympics if there is progress in talks between China and representatives of the Dalai Lama.Mr. Sarkozy had indicated he might boycott the opening ceremony of the Summer Games following China’s crackdown on Tibetan protests.
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Shimla, June 30 (IANS) The Dalai Lama’s special envoys left for China Monday for the seventh round of negotiations with the leaders of Communist China over Tibet. Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari and Kelsang Gyaltsen will open their two-day talks in Beijing Tuesday.
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June 29, 2008 TibetanUprising.com

Tibetans prepare for actions during the Beijing Olympics in August

Dharamsala - After 110 days, the March to Tibet was officially brought to an end on Friday morning with a closing ceremony held at the Tibetan refugee camp in Paonta Sahib.

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When I visited Woeser’s blog today….it had been hacked, yet again. But this time there was a picture of the People’s Republic of China flag and a slogan which read “Long Live the People’s Republic of China! Down With Tibet!” Other offensive things were written in doggerel English, but perhaps it was doggerel because of the translator I was using.
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NEW DELHI (AFP) — Envoys of the Dalai Lama were expected to arrive in Beijing later Monday for new talks with Chinese officials, the Tibetan government-in-exile said.

The talks, initially to be held on June 11, were postponed following the massive May 12 earthquake that devastated parts of southwest China.
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June 25, 2008

Fiat has been forced to apologise to China after empl, oying Richard Gere, the Hollywood star, Buddhist and campaigner for Tibetan independence, to feature in its latest television ad.
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26 May 2008 (Tibet.net)
Ever since peaceful protests erupted in Tibet, starting from 10 March, the Chinese government used the full force of its state media to fling a series of allegations against the “Dalai Clique”. These allegations range from His Holiness the Dalai Lama masterminding the recent Tibet protest to His Holiness the Dalai Lama making attempts to restore feudalism in Tibet.
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Monday, 26 May 2008,

23 May 2008:Karze (Ch: Ganzi) County, Karze “TAP”, Kham (incorporated into Chinese Province of Sichuan) - Two nuns severely beaten and arrested for staging peaceful protest

Jampa and Rigzin Wangdon, both nuns from Dhargye Hardu nunnery, under Karze County, staged peaceful protest, at County government office on 23 May, calling for “freedom for Tibet”, “His Holiness the Dalai Lama must be welcomed to Tibet”, “long live His Holiness the Dalai Lama”, etc.
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26 May 2008 (TCHRD.org)

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) has learned from reliable sources inside Tibet that Chinese security forces have arrested two nuns from Dargay Hardu Nunnery on 23 May 2008 for their peaceful protest at Kardze government headquarters.
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26 May 2008 [For Immediate Release] TCHRD

The Chinese authorities had arrested four Tibetan nuns for staging a protest in Kardze County Kardze “TAP”, Sichuan Province, according to reliable information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD).
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