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Breaking: Another Tibetan burns self to death, Toll reaches 78

Wednesday, 21 November 2012 07:55 Phayul.com

Tibetan self-immolator Tsering Dhondup in an undated photo.

DHARAMSHALA, November 20: In more alarming reports coming out of Tibet another Tibetan set himself on fire today in Amchok region of eastern Tibet in an apparent protest against China’s continued occupation of Tibet.

Tsering Dhondup, 35, set himself ablaze on a ground near the entrance of a mining site in Amchok region of Labrang Sangchu at around 8:30 am (local time). He succumbed to his injuries at the site of his protest.

Obama pushes change on Myanmar visit

Tuesday, 20 November 2012 07:49 Taipei Times

U.S. President Barack Obama kisses Aung San Suu Kyi following joint remarks at her residence in Yangon, President Obama became the first serving U.S. president to visit Myanmar on Monday.
Photo: Reuters

US President Barack Obama urged Myanmar yesterday to hasten its “remarkable” reforms on a historic visit during which he was feted by huge crowds and met democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi at the home where she was long locked up.

The trip, the first to Myanmar by a serving US president, came as the country’s regime freed dozens more political prisoners to burnish its reform credentials and after the US joined other Western powers in relaxing its sanctions.

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Taiwan Nation Alliance supporters rally outside the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) headquarters in Taipei on May 13 last year.
Photo: Fang Pin-chao, Taipei Times

President-elect Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) should make a pledge to show her incoming administration’s determination to address the issue of the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) ill-gotten party assets, academics said yesterday.