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After rare trip, US envoy urges China on TibetWashington (AFP) Oct 29, 2012 The US ambassador to China on Monday urged Beijing to re-examine policies toward Tibetans as he acknowledged that he had quietly visited monasteries during a spate of self-immolation protests. Ambassador Gary Locke, speaking from Beijing to an online forum in the United States, said he visited monasteries last month in the flashpoint Aba prefecture to "get an appreciation of Tibetan culture and the way of life." Aba, an ethnically Tibetan area of Sichuan province, has been a hotbed of protests a ... read more |
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  IAEA team tours India nuclear plant after radiation leak A team from the UN's nuclear watchdog began a safety inspection Monday at a power plant in northern India where dozens of workers were exposed to radiation in separate leaks earlier this year. ... more | .. |
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 China blames Dalai Lama for self-immolations Beijing blamed exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader the Dalai Lama on Wednesday for inciting a spate of self-immolations in China's Tibetan-inhabited regions. ... more |
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 Australia's Queensland lifts uranium mining ban Australia's mineral-rich Queensland state reversed a decades-long ban on uranium mining Monday, citing rekindled interest in the nuclear fuel after Canberra gave the go-ahead to exports to India. ... more | .. |
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