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Malaysian Government Refuses New Permit for 'Chinese Spectacular'

Friday, March 28, 2008 9:17:00 PM

The Malaysia Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage apologized for the cancellation of the Chinese Spectacular shows in Kuala Lumpur, but would not reissue permits.   Full Story

North Korea Raises Tensions With Missile Launch

Friday, March 28, 2008 8:07:00 AM

North Korea test-fired a battery of short-range missiles on Friday in what analysts saw as a show of the reclusive state's anger at Washington and the new conservative government in Seoul.   Full Story

Sources at British Spy Agency Confirm Tibetan Claims of Staged Violence

Thursday, March 27, 2008 7:40:00 PM

LONDON—Britain's GCHQ, the government communications agency that electronically monitors half the world from space, has confirmed the claim by the Dalai Lama that agents of the Chinese People' ...   Full Story

Tibet Deaths, Arrests And Protests Shadow Olympics

Tuesday, March 25, 2008 8:18:00 AM

BEIJING—At least two people have died in fresh protests in a Tibetan part of western China, reports said on Tuesday, as authorities made arrests in Tibet's capital Lhasa in an effort to reassert c ...   Full Story

Taiwan's New President: Peace Talks with Beijing After Missiles Removed

Tuesday, March 25, 2008 8:10:00 AM

On March 22, Kuomintang (KMT) presidential and vice presidential candidates, Ma Ying-Jeou and Vincent Siew, won with 58.45 percent of the popular vote against rivals Frank Hsieh and Su Tseng-Chang.   Full Story

Protester Burns Himself at Myanmar Pagoda, Says Witnesses

Sunday, March 23, 2008 8:13:00 PM

An unidentified man apparently suffering from economic hardship in military-ruled Myanmar has set himself ablaze in the country's historic Shwedagon Pagoda, witnesses said.   Full Story

Taiwan's Ma Wins Election

Saturday, March 22, 2008 10:02:00 PM

TAIPEI—Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party won the presidential election by a landslide on Saturday, heralding improved ties with giant neighbor China which claims the self-ruled island as ...   Full Story

China's Actions Against Tibet Overshadow Taiwan Elections

Thursday, March 20, 2008 8:10:00 PM

Taiwan's 17 million voters are expected go to the polls Saturday to elect a new president. The issue of a Chinese crackdown on rioters in Tibet may alter the outcome of an increasingly close el ...   Full Story

Photos of Allegedly Murdered Tibetans Released Online (Warning: Graphic Photos)

Wednesday, March 19, 2008 8:54:00 PM

[Warning: graphic photos below]Photos of Tibetans who were supposedly shot in the Southwest area of China by Chinese security forces were posted on Peacehall.com ...   Full Story

Tibet to Stay on Olympic Torch Route Despite Unrest

Wednesday, March 19, 2008 8:40:00 PM

BEIJING—China vowed on Wednesday to take the Olympic torch to Tibet despite deadly unrest there and said it was in a "life or death struggle" over the Himalayan region with "the Dalai Lama clique". ...   Full Story

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