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What issue is “Tibet issue”?
Dalai Lama clique has made repeated appeals and statements to impose pressure or punitive measues upon China, and Nancy Pelosi of the United States and others of her ilk also kept up noises and uproars. Meanwhile, the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, and the European Parliament (EP) have passed resolutions on Tibet one after another. So the so-called "Tibet issue" has become increasingly fashionable.
Chinese Canadians protest against Tibet riots, media’s distorted coverage
Some 10,000 Chinese Canadians and Chinese students held a rally in Ottawa Sunday to voice anger at Tibetan separatists' violence in Lhasa and western media's distorted coverage.
U.S. Must Keep Military Presence in Africa, State Dept. Official Tells MSU
Deputy Secretary of State Jendayi Frazer says that AFRICOM is also meant to support what she says is a recent increase in economic stability and the emergence, at times through violent struggle, of a political consensus.
Chinese song mocks Western media reporting on Tibet
Chinese people frustrated at what they say are biased Western media reports of recent unrest in Tibet now have a new source of succor -- a song circulating online called "Don't be too CNN".
Jimmy Carter plans to meet a fuel-short Hamas
The former president has been boycotted by Mr. Olmert and Israeli Foreign Minister Tzippi Livni for arranging a meeting with Hamas political chief Khaled Meshal in Syria, but a series of public appearances in Israel both before and after the Hamas meeting marks a gambit of public diplomacy with Islamic militants that could avoid a new Gaza flare-up.
Bangladesh, India restore train link after 43-year gap
Trains, named the Maitree (Friendship) Express, travelled in both directions for the first time since the service was suspended after a 1965 war between India and Pakistan, when Bangladesh was part of Pakistan...Bangladesh Foreign Minister Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury earlier predicted closer ties with the resumption of the service. In India, his counterpart Pranab Mukherjee hailed "a historic moment for India and Bangladesh."
Tibet backers show China value of PR
"I think increasingly we are seeing Chinese — both private companies and the government sector — increasingly trying to understand how to be more effective in an international environment, and that includes things like understanding and working with international-level communications and PR agencies," Heimowitz said. "They're trying." On the other side, the protesters use an approach that is one part strategy, one part necessity. The groups, largely financed by individual donations, have little money for advertisements.
Celebrities pose in protest at Darfur
Celebrities, including actors Matt Damon and Thandie Newton, showed their opposition to the war in Darfur yesterday in a series of powerful images.
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