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Thousands protest in Rebkong, Sonam Dhargey cremated

Phayul.com
The charred body of Sonam Dhargey covered with 'khatags' offered by thousands of gathered Tibetans at the Dolma square in Rebkong, eastern Tibet on March 17, 2012.
The charred body of Sonam Dhargey covered with 'khatags' offered by thousands of gathered Tibetans at the Dolma square in Rebkong, eastern Tibet on March 17, 2012.

DHARAMSHALA, March 17: Details are finally emerging on the self-immolation protest that took place in Rebkong, eastern Tibet earlier today.

The 30th Tibetan to set his body on fire demanding the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama from exile and freedom in Tibet since 2009, has been identified as Sonam Dhargey, a 44-year-old farmer.

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Beef ban not against WTO rules: source

Taipei Times
A researcher puts a meat sample in a machine to test if it contains a banned additive, ractopamine, at a
laboratory in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: AFP

Taiwan has neither broken any WTO rules nor breached any commitments by failing to go ahead with a plan to establish maximum residue levels for the livestock feed additive ractopamine, of which the organization was first notified in 2007, a WTO official said.

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Breaking: Yet another self-immolation marks a year of fiery protests

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A file photo of monk Lobsang Tsultrim. (Photo/Kirti monastery)
A file photo of monk Lobsang Tsultrim. (Photo/Kirti monastery)

DHARAMSHALA, March 16: Exactly a year after monk Phuntsog set himself on fire demanding the return of the Dalai Lama from exile and freedom in Tibet, another Tibetan has set himself on fire today.

Lobsang Tsultrim, a 20-year-old monk from the besieged Kirti monastery in the Ngaba region of eastern Tibet set his body on fire at around 5 pm local time.

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ROC drugging of Chen Shui-bian creates problem for Obama administration

Michael Richardson
Chen Shui-bian wants to know why he was drugged by his ROC jailors
Chen Shui-bian wants to know why he was drugged by his ROC jailors
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The recent revelation that former President of the Republic of China in-exile Chen Shui-bian was administered a psychiatric drug without his knowledge by prison doctors creates a headache for Barack Obama.  Chen returned to prison Tuesday from a week-long hospitalization for a heart condition where the drugging was discovered.

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Newsflash

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) could pressure Taiwan more aggressively and seek to terminate the country’s de facto independence at a faster pace after its transfer of power at the 18th National Congress scheduled next month, Chinese dissident writer Yuan Hongbing (袁紅冰) said yesterday in Taipei.

“After those Chinese officials who served among the radical Red Guards formed by former Chinese leader Mao Zedong (毛澤東) during the Cultural Revolution in 1966 rise to political power at the national congress, they may carry through Mao’s political volition and adopt a more aggressive approach toward Taiwan,” Yuan said at a symposium, titled “A Peek into the Future Democratic Development via China’s Current State” hosted by the Taiwan Tibetan Welfare Association.