News Source: Sydney Morning Herald
| about 1 year ago
national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading newspaper...Danish human rights activist and artist Jens Galschiot is pushing people to get involved in The Color Orange project ahead of and during the...
News Source: Uinta County News
| about 1 year ago
5 am About 20 pro-Tibet demonstrators on Wednesday burst into a branch of the UPS delivery firm in Paris to condemn sponsors of what they called "the shameful Olympic Games." The protesters, from a group calling itself "Citizens Reaction", hung a...
News Source: Seattle Times
| about 1 year ago
For most, the phrases didn't come easy. "Please, hello," one woman said, handing a visitor a camera to take her picture outside the Bird's Nest. "Thank you, sorry." Luckily, no Olympic medals will be at stake in the foreign language competition,...
News Source: KGO News
| about 1 year ago
Two days before the opening ceremony of the Olympic games in Beijing, two dozen activists gathered outside the Chinese consulate in San Francisco to protest China's human rights record in Tibet. Demonstrators from Students for a Free Tibet and the...
News Source: NewKerala
| about 1 year ago
These Games should contribute to promoting the Olympic spirit of friendship, openness and peace," he said. The Dalai Lama's statement, two days before the inaugural ceremony of the Beijing Games, is seen as an attempt on his part to distance himself...
News Source: Epoch Times
| about 1 year ago
A "Free Tibet" activist group will screen an advertisement urging Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to speak to the Chinese leadership about finding a solution for Tibet during his visit to the Olympics in Beijing. Political action group Get Up and the...