2008年9月6日星期六

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China

Dalai Lama's brother dies in U.S (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 11:15 PM CDT

Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama gestures as he leaves Lilavati hospital in Mumbai September 1, 2008. (Punit Paranjpe/Reuters)Reuters - Taktser Rinpoche, the pro-independence eldest brother of the Dalai Lama, has died in his U.S. home, a family member and a Tibet advocacy group said on Saturday. He was 86.


Iran's Ahmadinejad arrives in Beijing for visit: embassy official (AFP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 10:46 PM CDT

Soldiers march past Beijing's National Aquatics Centre. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Beijing Saturday for a one-day visit, an Iranian embassy spokesman said, hours before the Paralympic Games were due to begin(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Beijing Saturday for a one-day visit, an Iranian embassy spokesman said, hours before the Paralympic Games were due to begin.


US urges NKorea to accept nuclear verification (AFP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 10:38 AM CDT

US nuclear envoy Christopher Hill, seen here in July 2008, called on North Korea Friday to accept the inspection and verification of its nuclear facilities as part of ongoing six-nation disarmament talks.(AFP/File/Samuel Kubani)AFP - US nuclear envoy Christopher Hill called on North Korea Friday to accept the inspection and verification of its nuclear facilities as part of ongoing six-nation disarmament talks.


Riot police quell two separate large protests in China (AFP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 07:07 AM CDT

Chinese riot police arrive outside the AFP - China dispatched large numbers of soldiers and armed riot police to quell two major protests, officials and a rights group said Friday, in the latest public discontent to rock the communist nation.


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