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Tibetans live in fear as China cracks down on protestsChengdu, China (AFP) Jan 29, 2012 Sitting in a teahouse in Chengdu's Tibetan quarter, a nervous young monk spoke of how police arrests of innocent people were adding to the climate of fear in China's Tibetan-inhabited regions. The Lama temple where the monk lives is a 15-hour drive away, high up on the Tibetan plateau in the southwestern province of Sichuan where rights groups say police have fired on demonstrators three times in the past week, killing at least three and leaving dozens wounded. The 28-year-old, whose name is be ... read more |
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  China, India urged to boost safety net to dodge debt trap Emerging giants China and India must invest in pensions and healthcare systems now for their populations if they want to avoid falling into the West's debt trap, experts said on Saturday. ... more | .. |
 Another Tibetan shot dead by China police: rights groups Chinese police shot dead another Tibetan protester in the restive Sichuan province, rights groups said Friday, bringing to at least three the number killed in deadly clashes this week. ... more | .. |
  ISRO mum on Nair's outburst, scientists dismayed The state-run Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Wednesday declined to comment on the outburst of its former chairman G. Madhavan Nair on the space agency and its current chairman K. Radhakri ... more | .. |
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  Sri Lanka denies attack on fishermen Sri Lanka's navy denied allegations by Indian media that its ships attacked Indian fishermen and damaged their boats in the seas off Kachchativu Island. ... more | .. |
 Graphic details emerge of Tibetan unrest in China A Tibetan-inhabited region of China appeared to be under lockdown Thursday after it was rocked by deadly clashes, as exile groups gave grisly details of how the unrest unfolded. ... more | .. |
 Tibetans in restive area fiercely independent: experts Tibetans living in China's Ganzi and Aba prefectures - rocked by violent clashes this week - are renowned for their strong sense of identity and political activism, academics and activists said. ... more | .. |
  India fails to meet electricity targets India is likely to miss its electrical power capacity addition target for the five-year plan that ends this year, a government official said. ... more |
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 Deadly unrest spreads in Tibetan areas of China Police in China shot dead more protesters in Tibetan-inhabited areas as unrest spread, official media and an advocacy group said Wednesday, amid signs of a physical and virtual lockdown on the region. ... more | .. |
  Seven Indian soldiers missing in Kashmir avalanche Seven Indian soldiers were missing after an avalanche engulfed their barracks in Kashmir on Tuesday, an army spokesman said, as rescue operations were launched to find the men. ... more | .. |
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China blasts 'overseas secessionists' after Tibetan protest China on Tuesday accused "overseas secessionist groups" of trying to discredit the government after a deadly clash in a Tibetan-inhabited area saw injured locals taking refuge in a monastery. ... more |
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  India's foreign minister seeks to halt mining probe India's foreign minister filed a petition in the country's top court on Tuesday seeking to halt a probe filed against him by a state ombudsman in a multi-billion-dollar mining scandal. ... more | .. |
Police fire on Tibetans in China, one dead: locals Police opened fire on Tibetans protesting against religious repression in China on Monday, killing at least one person and injuring more than 30 others, local monks and rights groups said. ... more | .. |
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 Bangladesh coup plot raises fears of army 'Islamisation' A failed plot to oust the Bangladesh government, by what the army described as "religiously fanatic" officers, has raised questions over the level of Islamist penetration in the military, analysts say. ... more | .. |
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India praises Sri Lanka's reconciliation India's foreign minister urged Sri Lanka to continue reconciliation efforts started at the end of the island nation's brutal 30-year conflict with Tamil separatists. ... more | .. |
 Seoul summit 'to tackle threat of nuclear terrorism' An international summit to be held in March will discuss ways to prevent nuclear terrorism, Indian officials said on Tuesday, following a preparatory meeting in capital New Delhi. ... more | .. |
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 India says continuing to buy oil from Iran Energy-hungry India said Tuesday it was continuing to buy oil from Iran, despite an intensifying US campaign to smother Tehran's vital oil exports until it abandons its nuclear programme. ... more |
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 Chinese Premier Wen pledges $140m for Nepal Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pledged more than $140 million to impoverished Nepal Saturday during talks in Kathmandu marking the first visit in a decade by a leader of the world's second-largest economy. ... more | .. |
  WHO lauds India's year without polio With a 'zero-polio' record in the last one year, India Friday carried its fight against the crippling disease to hospitals and health care centres across the country where parents brought their children for vaccination as the World Health Organisation lauded the country's achievement. ... more | .. |
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Tibetan attempts self-immolation in China: rights groups A Tibetan set himself on fire in southwest China on Saturday and police fired on hundreds of locals, possibly killing one, as they attempted to rescue the burned body from officials, rights groups said. ... more | .. |
China's Tibetan Buddhists 'in vicious cycle' China's Tibetan Buddhists are locked in a "vicious cycle" of radicalisation as an intensifying government crackdown spurs them to increasingly desperate acts of protest, rights groups say. ... more | .. |
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