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Breaking: Tibetan woman self-immolates, Two fiery deaths in a day

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DHARAMSHALA, November 15: Adding to the alarming escalation in self-immolation protests inside Tibet, a second Tibetan set herself on fire today in an apparent protest against China’s occupation of Tibet.

Tangzin Dolma, 23, set herself ablaze at around 12 pm (local time) today in Tsemo region of Rebkong, eastern Tibet.

Welcome to Ma’s broken ‘Republic of Beggardom’

Allen Houng 洪裕宏

Last week both Sean Lien (連勝文) and former Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) chairman Wu Poh-hsiung (吳伯雄) made thinly veiled attacks on President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) and his handling of the economy. Lien remarked that whoever is elected as the next mayor of Taipei, given the sluggish economy, “could be, at the very most, the master of a beggar clan,” while Wu commented that Ma was guilty of selecting individuals for important government posts from too narrow a group.

Senior members of the KMT and the party spokesperson hit back at Lien and Wu, but nothing was heard from Ma. It was only when he made a personal appearance, after the furor failed to dissipate, that everyone realized that Ma had asked senior party members and the party spokesperson to speak out on his behalf.

I will do everything to change Tibet's situation, says Japan’s former PM

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Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama presents a khatak (Tibetan scarf) to Shinzo Abe, Japan's former PM and leader of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on November 13, 2012. (Photo/AP/Itsuo Inouye)

DHARAMSHALA, November 14: In one of the strongest statements yet on the spate of self-immolation in Tibet by a political leader, senior Japanese leader Shinzo Abe promised to “do everything to change the situation in Tibet.”

Abe, former prime minister of Japan and currently head of the main opposition party was speaking to reporters Tuesday after meeting with Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Tokyo.

TSU launches bid to recall Ma

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Participants roll a red ball to knock over bowling pins representing President Ma Ying-jeou and his supporters in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: AFP

The Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) yesterday launched a signature drive to recall President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九), citing the nation’s deteriorating fiscal condition and what the party referred to as Ma’s incompetence.

“Taiwan cannot afford a president wasting another four years not doing anything,” TSU Chairman Huang Kun-huei (黃昆輝) told a press conference, calling on Taiwanese to help themselves by supporting the signature drive.

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