Tibet in the news

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AUGUST 2008

TELEGRAPH: Gordon Brown should boycott Olympics
OBSERVER: China lifts ban on Tiananmen sites
AFP: 300 Tibetans detained in Nepal
TIMES: Beijing Olympics: the Spying Games
GUARDIAN: German Olympians protest
BBC: Hu speaks out on Olympics
CBS SPORTS: IOC to discuss net censorship
AFP: Hu appeals to keep politics out of the Games
THE AGE: China bows to pressure on internet 

JULY 2008

GUARDIAN: China seeks "absolute security" in Tibet for Olympics
AFP: Few foreigners in Tibet despite opening-up
TELEGRAPH: China plans sweeping purges of Tibetan monasteries
TELEGRAPH: China sets up 'protest pens'
NEW STATESMAN: Tibetan crackdown in Nepal
TIMES: China imposes blackout over new monk deaths
GUARDIAN NEWS & MAIL: Athletes find symbols of protest for Olympics
HERALD TRIBUNE:
Britain hoping for pollution-free games
REUTERS: Chinese Olympic security undermines freedoms
REUTERS: Australian athletes offered Olympics 'rights' pack
TIMES: Athletes urged to show hands for Tibet
THAINDIAN TIMES: Athletes urged to use T sign for Tibet
GUARDIAN: China eyes better relations with France after Sarkozy's Olympic 'yes'
NEW STATESMAN: Beijing prepares for 'no fun' Olympics
AFP: Tibetan group to expand genocide suit against China
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED (CNN): IOC say its time for Beijing to deliver on pollution and free press
HERALD TRIBUNE: A month to go, with unfinished Olympic business
REUTERS: China presses the Dalai Lama ahead of the Games
HERALD TRIBUNE: Obama would not go to Olympic ceremony without progress on Tibet
GUARDIAN: China media clamps slammed a month before Olympics
AFP: China warns Dalai Lama ahead of Olympics
GUARDIAN: China presses Dalai Lama in approach to Games
TELEGRAPH: Tibet tours back as Olympics approach
MERCURY NEWS: Bush defends Olympic decision
TIMES: China jails monks to silence Olympic protests
AFP: Canada welcomes Dalai Lama talks
CANADA.COM: Olympics haven't helped China's human rights
AFP: Dalai Lama marks his 73rd birthday
FINANCIAL TIMES: Tibet envoys doubt China's sincerity on talks
HERALD TRIBUNE: China, Dalai Lama's envoys resume talks
HERALD SUN: China says Tibet not an Olympic issue
M&C: Nepalese police detain Tibetan protesters attempting to cross border
PHAYUL: Tibet supporters sign petition to invite Dalai Lama to G8 summit

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