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Fire rages on: Tibetan monk dies in fiery protest

New Delhi, March 29: Even as news of Jamphel Yeshi's death began to spread around the world, another young Tibetan in the beleagured Ngaba region of Tibet passed away in a fiery protest on March 28.

The exile base of Kirti monastery in Dharamshala said that Sherab, a 20-year-old monk set himself on fire in the main street of Cha township raising protests against the Chinese government.

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‘One country’ remarks indicate dysfunction: DPP

Democratic Progressive Party legislators Su Chen-ching, Pan Men-an and Tsai Chi-chang, left to right, hold a press conference yesterday at the legislature in Taipei accusing President Ma Ying-jeou of selling out Taiwan’s sovereignty.
Photo: Fang Pin-chao, Taipei Times

President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) and the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) are reverting Taiwan to a single-party state with their ill-conceived proposal that cross-strait relations be conducted under the concept of “one country, two areas (一國兩區),” Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers said yesterday.

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Newsflash


Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je speaks at a news conference at Taipei City Hall yesterday.
Photo courtesy of Taipei City Government

A Taipei city councilor and a politician from the pan-green camp yesterday criticized Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) for expressing support for CTiTV News, which lost its operating license last year after a series of violations.

The channel has since moved its programming to YouTube.