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Nepalese men carry the Maoist party flag during an election rally for Nepal's Maoist party Sunday April 6, 2008 in the outskirts of Katmandu, Nepal. Campaigning is picking up speed ahead of the important April 10 election which will pick an assembly to rewrite the constitutio
China   Communist   Nepal   Photos   Politics   		 Asia Times 
Prachanda's journey begins in Beijing
| By Dhruba Adhikary | KATHMANDU - Defying criticisms, Nepal's newly appointed Prime Minister Prachanda is embarking on a visit to China this week, breaking a tradition requiring every new head of sta... (photo: AP / Ed Wray)

China   Education   Photos   Students   		 The Press Democrat 
China hopes to attract more US college students
| But even before the 2008 Games, China was already on its way as the hot new destination for study abroad. | There are almost certainly at least 10,000 U.S. students now enrolled annually in programs... (photo: WN / Denise Yong)
 The Guardian 
It's getting harder to breathe
The Olympics have highlighted Beijing's poor air quality, but climate change is increasing pollution around the world | Concerns about the air quality in Beijing led US cyclists to step off the plane ... (photo: WN / Denise Yong)
Beijing   Climate   Olympics   Photos   Pollution  
A drama based on true story of Tibetans in Tibet  Canoe 
Human rights groups left frustrated by reaction to China during Olympics

By David Crary, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | BEIJING - The Beijing Olympics have left the world's human rights groups frustrated and angry - convinced that China has been let off the hook for serious abuses... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
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March to Tibet movement concluded The Australian
China may have killed 140 Tibetans - Dalai

| CHINESE security forces opened fire on a crowd this week in eastern Tibet and may have killed 140 people, the Dalai Lama was quoted as saying in Le Monde daily today. |... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
China   Chinese   Fire   Photos   Security   Slideshow  
Philippine Peso - US Dollar The Times of India
Asia stocks, dollar drop as oil jumps

|                 ONG KONG: Asian stocks fell on Thursday as investors worried about the ability of the region's exporters to... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)
Asia   Dollar   Economy   Market   Photos  
A drama based on true story of Tibetans in Tibet Buffalo News
Tibet needs support during festive Olympics

| It's criminal how China is using the Olympics to legitimize its brutal repression of Tibet. Journalists are being roughed up and taken away in police vans to stop them ... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
China   Olympics   Photos   Repression   Slideshow   Tibet  
Buffalo News
The real China threat
| WASHINGTON - Obsessed with rankings, Americans are bound to see the Beijing Olympics as a metaphor for a larger and more troubling question. Will China overtake the Uni... (photo: WN / Denise Yong)
Asia   Beijing   China   Photos  
March to Tibet movement concluded Canada Dot Com
Welcome to Beijing! Remove your scruples before entering

| To Beijing, or not Beijing? Not, decided our prime minister, for reasons that remain perfectly unclear, though the excuse given was "scheduling conflicts." | Perhaps he... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
Beijing   Chinese   Democratic   Doll   Photos   Slideshow  
A drama based on true story of Tibetans in Tibet Canada Dot Com
Foreign pro-Tibet advocates jailed in latest crackdown

| BEIJING -- At least eight American blogger-activists and several other foreigners have been detained in Beijing as the government intensifies a crackdown on pro-Tibetan... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
Activists   Beijing   Blogger   Photos   Slideshow   Tibet  
Malaysia - Puma - Sport Fashion - Sport Wear - Sport Shoes. (ps1) The Guardian
Sponsor Puma sees no sales sprint from Bolt win
By Michael Wei BEIJING, Aug 21 (Reuters) - German sportswear manufacturer Puma, sponsor of the fastest man in the world, is refusing to get carried away by the Olympic he... (photo: WN / patricia)
Business   Company   Photos   Puma   World  
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama speaks at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, Monday, May 19, 2008, the last day of his 5-day visit to German The Miami Herald
The censored Games

OUR OPINION: CHINA ABANDONS VOWS TO ALLOW DISSENT, FREE REPORTING | China's leaders would have the world believe that the country is just one big happy place where none o... (photo: AP / Miguel Villagran)
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Investors study stock prices as traders work at a brokerage firm in Hong Kong Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008. Hong Kong shares surged Wednesday morning, rebounding with a vengeance from the market's recent plunge as investors welcomed a hefty, surprise interest rate cut overnight by the U.S. Federal Reserve. The blue chip Hang Seng index shot up 7.45 percent, to 23,379.5 points within minutes of opening. It was up 1,179.39 points, or 5.42 percent, to 22,937.02 in midmorning. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) hg3 Asian economies meet gravity Asia Times
Loading rice onto tractor in Ban Sam Ruen, Phitsanulok, Thailand Don't cry for Doha Asia Times
Hong Kong
President Pervez Musharraf (sl1) Musharraf not the problem, or solution Asia Times
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Taiwan
KLdy1 - June08 - New Taiwan Dollars. (dy1) Taiwan dollar falls to 6-mth low on oil deals, funds The Times of India
Padeh Geriatric Rehabilitation Center, Tel Hashomer Kid from Zhejiang gets electronic ear surgery in Taipei Taipei Times
Mongolia
Tibetans Mass Peace March in India Chinese show best face for Olympics Omaha World-Herald
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