Sunday, 6 April 2008

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Saturday, 5 April 2008

Tibet Unrest



We know this year Olympic Games will be held in China, but what is happening about this event? Learn more in BBC Words in the News
A spokesman for the Tibetan government-in-exile in northern India says demonstrations in Tibet's main city Lhasa have for the moment stopped. The spokesman, Tenzin Takhla, said he had no reports of further violence. Listen to this report from Chris Morris.
The spokesman said it was impossible for anyone to hold a demonstration in Lhasa at the moment. The city has, he said, been clamped down by Chinese security forces. There are house to house searches going on, and a number of former political prisoners are reported to have been detained again.
The spokesman, Tenzin Takhla, said protests have still been happening outside Lhasa. 'I can confirm, he said, that several thousand people have been demonstrating about four hours east of Lhasa, and the Chinese authorities have not intervened'.
China has given demonstrators in Tibet until midnight tonight local time to surrender. Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has said he is concerned about the deadline. He says up to a hundred people have been killed in protests over the past week. Chinese officials say the number is much lower, and they deny that any lethal force has been used to quell demonstrations.
Chris Morris, BBC News, Dharamsala in northern India.
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And if you have doubts about Tibet learn about its history, geography, religion and much more in Inside Tibet

Thursday, 3 April 2008

Picture Books You Can Discover, Share and Talk About

In this web page you can have a look on some very interesting books. If you click on the eyes image you can enlarge and even turn on the pages. Some of their books have got marvellous pictures so...
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