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Two Tibetans self-immolate in Lhasa, One feared dead

Tuesday, 29 May 2012 08:27 Phayul.com
Dorjee Tseten in an undated photo. (Photo courtesy/Sonam Gyatso)
Dorjee Tseten in an undated photo. (Photo courtesy/Sonam Gyatso)

DHARAMSHALA, May 28: Various sources in exile as well the Chinese official news agencies are now confirming earlier reports of a twin self-immolation protest in Tibet’s capital Lhasa yesterday.

According to reports received by Phayul, a 19-year-old Tibetan identified as Dorjee Tseten, along with his friend, an unidentified 25-year old male set themselves on fire in front of the historic Jokhang Temple in an apparent protest against the Chinese government.

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Chen’s tumors nonmalignant: doctors

Thursday, 24 May 2012 07:53 Taipei Times

Former president Chen Shui-bian is escorted in a wheelchair to Chang Gung Memorial Hospital’s Linkou branch in New Taipei City yesterday morning.
Photo: Lin Cheng-kung, Taipei Times

The two tumors that had been detected in former president Chen Shui-bian’s (陳水扁) seminal vesicle earlier this year are nonmalignant blood clots, doctors said yesterday after Chen underwent a follow-up medical checkup, adding that they were trying to determine why a third clot had formed.

Chen was granted temporary release from prison so he could get a medical checkup at Chang Gung Hospital’s branch in Linkou District (林口), New Taipei City (新北市), yesterday morning. He was transported from Taipei Prison to the hospital at about 6am.

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Newsflash

The government is making every effort to obtain an invitation to the annual World Health Assembly (WHA) session next month, despite the challenges it is facing, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs official said yesterday.

The WHA, the decisionmaking body of the WHO, is scheduled to hold its annual meeting in Geneva from May 22 to May 31.