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NEWS ABOUT: Lhasa

Lhasa stories: 16 news summaries

 Va. Imam Hails Hasan as 'Hero' 

Spiritual adviser to 9/11 hijackers says shooter 'did right thing'

Nov 10, 09 5:52 AM CST
(Newser) - An imam who was spiritual adviser to two 9/11 hijackers and who once headed a Virginia mosque visited by Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan has hailed Hasan as a "hero." A message on the web site of imam Anwar al-Awlaki, who now lives in Yemen, was entitled:... More »

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Lhasa • Fort Hood • Fort Hood shooting

China Detains
59 in Tibet for 'Spreading Hate'

Activists accused of targeting ethnic Han migrants via music

Dec 25, 08 1:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Chinese police have arrested 59 people in Tibet for downloading and selling banned “reactionary songs” they say fuel ethnic hatred against migrant Han Chinese, the New York Times reports. The detainees are accused of collaborating with the exiled Dalai Lama to fuel unrest in the troubled region. State media... More »

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China • Internet • censorship • Tibet • Dalai Lama • riots • Lhasa • Tibetan monks • detainees • civil unrest

1,000 Tibetan Monks Jailed to Prevent Protests

Entire monasteries cleared as Olympics start date approaches

Jul 7, 08 2:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Chinese government has jailed more than 1,000 monks in an effort to prevent protests during the Olympic Games, reports the Times of London. Three large monasteries are empty near Lhasa, where hundreds of monks and supporters held protests amid gunfire in March. The government is holding the monks—... More »

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China • censorship • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • Buddhist monks • Tibetan independence • Lhasa • Olympic protests

 China Reopens Tibetan Tourism 

Torch relay demonstrated stability, state media says

Jun 25, 08 12:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - China is allowing foreign tourists to enter Tibet for the first time since March protests, sources tell the BBC. The Olympic torch’s smooth reception in Lhasa over the weekend means "Tibet is safe,” a Tibetan tourism director tells state media. "We welcome the domestic and foreign... More »

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China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • Olympic torch • Xinhua • Lhasa • torch relay

Dalai Lama
to China: Stop Smearing Me

But he calls new talks with Beijing 'respectful' and promising

May 9, 08 1:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - If Chinese leaders truly believe the Dalai Lama was behind the Lhasa riots, “then they should go to Oslo and see to it that I am stripped of my Nobel Peace Prize,” the spiritual leader tells Der Spiegel. The Tibetan leader is tired of China’s... More »

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China • Tibet • Dalai Lama • Tibetan independence • Tibetans in exile • Lhasa

 China Blasts Dalai Lama 
 'Suicide Plots' 

Monks amassing arms, planning to disrupt Olympics, Chinese charge

Apr 2, 08 5:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chinese authorities are accusing the Dalai Lama of organizing suicide attacks, building an arsenal of weapons and explosives in Tibetan monasteries, and plotting to disrupt the Beijing Olympics. The fresh allegations come in the wake of last month's raging protests in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa and China's violent response. More »

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China • protests • Tibet • Dalai Lama • Olympic Games • Tibetan independence • Lhasa • Tibetan Youth Congress • Chinese Communist party

 China Seals Off Tibetan Capital 

Crackdown comes after new protests, visit by foreign envoys

Mar 29, 08 2:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chinese police closed off Tibet's capital today after fresh protests broke out during a tightly-orchestrated visit by diplomats. “The whole area has been shut down,” said one London-based advocacy group. Authorities swarmed Lhasa’s main temples, as monks continued demonstrating and urged Beijing to begin talks with the... More »

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China • Henry Paulson • diplomat • Tibet • Dalai Lama • monks • Tibetan independence • Lhasa

 Monks Spoil China's PR Tour 

Press visit disrupted by crying Tibetans

Mar 27, 08 11:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tibetan monks burst into a carefully choreographed Chinese media event yesterday, breaking the image of restored calm China had hoped to project. China had allowed a small group of foreign reporters into the region, but even as one monk at Lhasa’s Jokhang Temple was expounding on the return to... More »

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China • censorship • protests • Tibet • Buddhist monks • Tibetan independence • Lhasa • Jokhang Temple

Bush Urges China-Tibet Dialogue

Protesting monks disrupt tour of foreign journalists in Lhasa

Mar 26, 08 10:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush called Chinese President Hu Jintao today and urged Beijing to begin talks with the Dalai Lama, the BBC reports. Bush also pressed for greater access to Tibet for journalists and diplomats, the White House said. China today allowed a small group of foreign reporters into Lhasa for the... More »

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China • United States • Hu Jintao • Tibet • Dalai Lama • riots • Tibetans in exile • Lhasa • George W. Bush

China Cracks Down; Dalai Lama Threatens to Resign

Hundreds of Tibetans detained after riots

Mar 18, 08 6:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chinese paramilitary police in Lhasa have arrested almost 1,000 Tibetans over the past 48 hours as the fallout continues from last week's anti-Chinese riots, reports the London Times. "Many people have been taken away, but we don’t know how many," said one eyewitness. The crackdown comes... More »

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China • Beijing • Tibet • Dalai Lama • Wen Jiabao • Tibetan independence • Lhasa

 China Cracks Down 
 on Tibetan Rioters 

Security forces begin house-by-house searches and arrests in Lhasa

Mar 17, 08 12:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chinese authorities cracked down on Tibetan rioters today, conducting house-to-house searches in Lhasa ahead of the midnight deadline for rioters to turn themselves in. A convoy of four Chinese trucks marched 40 handcuffed prisoners through the city. The participants in the riots, the worst the region has seen in 20... More »

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China • Beijing • Tibet • Dalai Lama • riots • Lhasa

UPDATED

 Riots Spread Outside Tibet 

Protesters torch marketplace, police station in Sichuan province

Mar 16, 08 12:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Following violent protests against Chinese rule that left 80 dead in Lhasa, according to the exiled Tibetan government, rioting flared today in a province bordering Tibet. Ethnic Tibetans in Sichuan besieged the main government building and set fire to a police station and marketplace. "They've gone crazy," one... More »

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China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • Dalai Lama • riots • Lhasa • Sichuan province

 Dalai Lama Calls for Tibet Probe 

He says 80 protesters killed; Chinese soldiers clamp down in Lhasa

Mar 16, 08 5:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Dalai Lama today called for an international investigation into China and accused it of engaging in "cultural genocide" in Tibet, the AP reports. The spiritual leader said 80 people have been killed in recent protests. Chinese soldiers and tanks patrolled the streets of the Tibetan capital of Lhasa... More »

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China • Condoleezza Rice • Beijing • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • Dalai Lama • Lhasa • Gansu province

10 Dead in
Tibet Protests

China gives rioters surrender deadline, threatens 'stern' punishment

Mar 15, 08 5:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Following a day of violent street clashes between protesters and security forces, China reported 10 people dead in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa. Embarrassed as the country prepares to host this summer's Olympic games, Beijing set Monday as a "surrender deadline" for rioters to turn themselves in and receive... More »

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China • Beijing • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • Tibetan independence • Lhasa

Tibet Monks Protest China Rule

Dozens arrested in biggest demonstrations since 1989

Mar 11, 08 4:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tibetan monks staged the biggest protests against the Chinese government in 2 decades yesterday, reports the Times of London. The two sides clashed in Lhasa amid sporadic gunfire. Hundreds of monks and supporters marked the anniversary of a failed 1959 Tibetan uprising. Sources say police arrested as many as 60... More »

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China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • Dalai Lama • monks • Tibetan independence • Lhasa • political protest • political demonstrations • Jokhang

China Clashes With Tibetan Monks in Wake of Dalai Award

Authorities crack down on celebrations

Oct 23, 07 6:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chinese security forces in Tibet have clashed with Buddhist monks celebrating the Dalai Lama's recent honor from the US, the Guardian reported. Police and soldiers in the capital Lhasa and in outlying areas cracked down on monasteries holding special services in honor of the Tibetan spiritual leader, according to Hong... More »

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China • Tibet • Dalai Lama • Lhasa

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