2009年4月5日星期日

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China

Report: Tibet reopened to foreign tourists (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 08:43 PM PDT

Tibetan Buddhist monks of the Gelugpa sect in a traditional yellow hat attend a special prayer session  during a conference on 'The Indian View for Global Peace', attended by representatives of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism in Dharmsala, India, Sunday, April 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)AP - China has reopened Tibet to foreign tourists, state media said Sunday, almost two months after imposing a ban ahead of politically sensitive anniversaries.


Foreign tourists return to Tibet: report (AFP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 07:49 PM PDT

Jokhang Temple in Lhasa. The first group of foreign tourists had arrived in Tibet since the Himalayan region was sealed off last month for the sensitive anniversary of a failed uprising(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)AFP - The first group of foreign tourists had arrived in Tibet since the Himalayan region was sealed off last month for the sensitive anniversary of a failed uprising, state media reported.


Two dead, 14 missing in China mine flood: report (AFP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 07:31 PM PDT

File photo shows workers removing coal slag onto horse-drawn carts at a mine in Jixi in China's northeast Heilongjiang. Rescuers found the bodies of two miners and are searching for 14 others in a flooded colliery in northeast China, state media said, in the latest deadly accident to hit the country's coal industry.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - Rescuers found the bodies of two miners and are searching for 14 others in a flooded colliery in northeast China, state media said, in the latest deadly accident to hit the country's coal industry.


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