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June 30, 2008

Four Bheri monks arrested
According to reliable sources, two monks of Bheri monastery in Karze county were on June 24 arbitrarily arrested for their alleged involvement in graffiti calling for Tibet’s independence, that was found written on the walls of the monastery. The monks, Kalsang Yeshi 927) and Tashi Dhondup (30) had earlier […]

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Reuters[Sunday, June 29, 2008 21:34] BEIJING - China and representatives of Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will resume talks in early July, Xinhua news agency said on Sunday.
Chinese officials met the Dalai Lama’s representatives for talks on May 4, but further discussions originally set to start in June were postponed after an […]

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AFP[Monday, June 30, 2008 17:01] BEIJING, June 30 — US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressed China’s leaders Monday on sensitive human rights issues, but said she was encouraged by their decision to hold talks with the Dalai Lama’s envoys.
In meetings with President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao in Beijing, Rice said she […]

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Phayul[Monday, June 30, 2008 12:22] By Phurbu Thinley
Dharamsala, June 30: His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Special Envoy Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari and Envoy Kelsang Gyaltsen will arrive in China today for the formal seventh round of discussion with representatives of the Chinese leadership, the office of the Dalai Lama said Monday in a press statement.

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By HOWARD W. FRENCH
Published: June 30, 2008
SHANGHAI — China said Sunday that it would soon resume talks with representatives of the Dalai Lama, weeks before the start of the Olympic Games.

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Secretary Condoleezza Rice
Beijing, China
June 29, 2008FOREIGN MINISTER YANG: (Via interpreter.) Madame Secretary, ladies and gentlemen, I’m very happy to meet (inaudible) with Madame Secretary this evening.To begin with, I would like to extend a warm welcome to Madame Secretary once again. Shortly after Secretary Rice arrived in China, she went to the quake-hit area in […]

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DHARMSALA, India (AP) — The prime minister of Tibet’s government in exile says that two envoys of the Dalai Lama will meet Chinese officials in Beijing on July 1-2.
Samdhong Rimpoche, the prime minister of the exile government in India, said Monday that “the envoys will arrive in Beijing today. This will the continuation of the […]

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BEIJING, June 29 — Chinese officials will hold a second round of meetings early next month with envoys of the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, state media reported Sunday.
The announcement of the talks follows China’s decision last week to reopen Tibet to foreign tour groups for the first time since deadly rioting in […]

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Beijing: China on Sunday announced it would hold a new round of talks with envoys of the Dalai Lama in early July, ahead of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s meetings with the top leadership here.
It will be the second time that the two sides will meet after Tibet was rocked in March by […]

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BEIJING, June 29 (RIA Novosti) - China’s authorities and representatives of Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, will resume talks in early July, the news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday.
The last meeting between Chinese officials and the Dalai Lama’s representatives was held in early May in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. Further discussions […]

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