Wednesday, 21 May 2008: Update on Tibet, 21 May 2008 Last updated 2 pm (IST) Re: Tibet Demonstrations

17-19 May : Karze (Ch: Ganzi) County, Karze “TAP”, Kham (incorporated into Chinese Province of Sichuan) - A series of peaceful protests carried out at County government office.
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Wednesday, 21 May 2008: China stands to gain more by talking to the Dalai Lama than by relying on force

Politicians have such convenient memories. The other day, on a major news channel, a spokesman of the Congress declared that India had no business to interfere in the internal affairs of another country by taking a position on human rights abuse and the brutal crackdown in Tibet.
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Laur Järv, Estonian-Tibetan Cultural Society (By Email)

On Saturday, May 17th, 2008 over a hundred people gathered to Suur Munamägi hill, the highest point in the Baltics, where a red smoke signal lit at the top of the viewing tower expressed solidarity with Tibet.
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Tuesday May 20, 2008 Kathmandu (www.MeYuL.com)

Tibetans in Nepal today organized a Blood donation camp in aid of Nepal Red Cross Society in Solidarity to Tibetans in Tibet. A huge number of Tibetans turned up to donate blood.

Photos by Lhuboom/RFA
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LONDON (AFP) — The Dalai Lama arrived in Britain Tuesday for an 11-day visit, notably to meet Prime Minister Gordon Brown and address MPs, after a trip to Germany that stirred up fresh tension with China.

The Tibetan spiritual leader touched down at London’s Heathrow airport from Berlin — one of five cities he visited in Germany to talk about human rights and peace as well as meet lawmakers and address the country’s parliament.
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Tuseday, 20 May 2008, 4:30 p.m. (Tibet.net)

05/20/2008 (Asianews.it)
ENGLAND - TIBET: Dalai Lama in London, protests over cool reception by Brown
The numerous pro-Tibet groups based in England are ready to demonstrate against the British prime minister, who will not host the Dalai Lama, but will instead meet with him at Albert Hall.
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Monday, 19 May 2008, 4:00 p.m.

Dharamshala: His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Friday, 16 May, met with the board members of the Tibet Initiative Deutschland, Germany, a largest Tibet support group.

Photo: His Holiness the Dalai Lama is greeted
by a crowd of supporters in Nuremberg/Photos:Deutsche Welle
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Monday May 19, 2008 The Canada Press

TORONTO — Protesters gathered outside Toronto’s Chinese Consulate on Sunday morning for a march with the Tibetan Freedom Torch - the symbolic foil to the Olympic torch, which made it’s final stop in Canada before continuing its worldwide trek to Tibet.

About 150 supporters marched through downtown Toronto in the rain to add their voices to the chorus of worldwide support to have Tibet freed from Chinese control.
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Monday, 19 May 2008 Tibet.net

Dharamshala: Thousands of Tibetan people congregated at the Tsuglagkhang (main temple) here Monday to offer their deep sympathy and prayers to the families of those thousands of people killed and injured in the two recent natural calamities - cyclone Nargis in Myanmar and the earthquake that struck southwestern parts of China.
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