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News Source: The New York Times
| about 1 year ago
To keep the beleaguered flame from being stopped or snuffed out by pro-Tibet demonstrators, the city diverted the relay’s route , bypassing the densest crowds (though this also meant many assembled supporters were denied a chance to see the...
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News Source: Los Angeles Times
| about 1 year ago
Many of the capital's Chinese immigrants cheer the symbol of the Beijing Games. Police keep apart the relatively few anti-China demonstrators and their opponents...The protest-plagued Olympic torch relay proceeded smoothly Friday on its only stop in...
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News Source: Washington Post
| about 1 year ago
Tex., April 11 -- President Bush suggested Friday that he is unlikely to bow to demands to skip the opening ceremonies of the Summer Games in Beijing , saying he will attend the Olympics while continuing to raise concerns with President Hu Jintao...
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News Source: Pak Tribune
| about 1 year ago
President Pervez Musharraf on Friday said he opposed attempts to politicize the Beijing Olympics and backed China’s stance against independence movements in its Tibetan areas. ’Pakistan firmly opposes any attempt to politicize the Beijing Olympic...
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News Source: Dawn
| about 1 year ago
China), April 11: China respects, understands and supports all measures taken by the Pakistani government to maintain domestic peace and stability and promote economic development, President Hu Jintao said here on Friday. After a briefing by...
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News Source: Reuters
| about 1 year ago
China has denounced the European Parliament's call to boycott the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics if Beijing does not start talks with the Dalai Lama about Tibet. The denunciation was China's latest unyielding response to foreign criticism...
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News Source: Seattle Times
| about 1 year ago
Associated Press Writer Dialogue and respect are the tools for transforming enemies, the Dalai Lama said Friday, while sidestepping a specific question about the turmoil in his native Tibet. "The only way to transform our enemy to become our friend...
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News Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| about 1 year ago
Friday, April 11, 2008 9:56 PM ET The Dalai Lama made no mention of the situation in Tibet during an appearance in Seattle on Friday, instead sticking to the set topic of compassion. Organizers of the five-day Seeds of Compassion conference...
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News Source: International Business Times
| about 1 year ago
Related Topic Get stories by e-mail on this topic. "The only way to transform our enemy to become our friend is dialogue, respect," the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader said in response to a question. "That's a way of compassion." Ann Curry of NBC...
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News Source: CCTV
| about 1 year ago
Now she is trying to camera on smiles for the Beijing Olympics. Jin Jing was supposed to be the third torchbearer in the Paris relay on Monday, but plans were changed because of the chaotic protests. The torch was eventually passed to her on the...