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Changhua farmers protest science park water diversion plan

Wednesday, 30 May 2012 07:45 Taipei Times

Farmer Tsai Li-yueh, with microphone, and other farmers and supporters protest in front of the Presidential Office in Taipei yesterday against the diversion of irrigation water from farmland to the Central Taiwan Science Park.
Photo: Chien Jung-fong, Taipei Times

Brandishing rice stems, guavas, cucumbers and other crops, close to 100 farmers from Changhua County yesterday gathered on Ketagalan Boulevard in Taipei to protest against a water diversion construction project in the fourth-phase expansion of the Central Taiwan Science Park.

“The science park is robbing us of water. Stop the construction at once,” the farmers shouted.

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)

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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The Taiwan High Court yesterday extended former president Chen Shui-bian’s (陳水扁) detention by another two months from Dec. 24.

High Court judges wrote in their ruling that after hearing arguments from prosecutors and the defendant, they believed that the reasons for Chen’s detention, including a flight risk and fear that he would collude with witnesses, remained valid.