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Dalai Lama visits region despite China protest

AFP South Asian Edition 4 hours ago

The Dalai Lama arrived in northeast India on Sunday to visit a remote, high-altitude Tibetan monastery on a trip that has infuriated China, which claims the surrounding Himalayan region as its own. Thousands of Buddhists gave the Tibetan spiritual leader, who has ...

Nepal emerges as 'poacher's paradise'

AFP South Asian Edition 4 hours ago

Forest warden Narendra Man Babu Pradhan is on the frontline of Nepal's battle against poachers and he grimaces as he recalls the recent discovery of an injured rhino whose horn had been cut off. "We found a male rhino with bullet in ...

Dalai Lama begins visit to disputed India state

Reuters US Online Report World News 4 hours ago

TAWANG, India (Reuters) - Thousands of Buddhist monks and supporters welcomed Tibet's exiled spiritual leader on Sunday to a remote Indian region also claimed by China, a trip that has renewed tensions between the Asian giants. The Dalai Lama arrived by helicopter ...

UK urges G20 to consider bank levy

Reuters US Online Report Top News 5 hours ago

ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) - Britain pressed the G20 on Saturday to come up with a plan to make banks pay for any future bailouts but one idea of imposing a global financial transactions tax was immediately shot down by the United ...

Dalai Lama visits Buddhist region despite protest

AFP South Asian Edition 5 hours ago

The Dalai Lama arrived in northeast India on Sunday to visit a remote, high-altitude Tibetan monastery on a trip that has infuriated China, which claims the surrounding Himalayan region as its own. Thousands of Buddhists gave the Tibetan spiritual leader, who has ...

Dalai Lama lands in Indian state claimed by China

AFP Global Edition 5 hours ago

The Dalai Lama arrived in northeast India on Sunday to visit a remote, high-altitude Tibetan monastery on a trip that has infuriated China, which claims the surrounding Himalayan region as its own. Thousands of Buddhists gave the Tibetan spiritual leader, who has ...

China's new Nasdaq-style board sees wild start

AFP Global Edition 6 hours ago

China's new Nasdaq-style market saw a week of wild yo-yo swings as frenzied investors sent the start-up shares to "ridiculously" high levels, analysts say, warning a correction is on the cards. The 28 stocks on the ChiNext board in the southern boomtown ...

US House backs China quake activists

AFP American Edition 11 hours ago

The US House of Representatives on Saturday threw its support behind two Chinese activists put on trial after investigating whether shoddy construction led to children's deaths in last year's Sichuan earthquake. In a nearly unanimous vote, the House approved a resolution saying ...

China's Wen seeks to boost blossoming Africa ties

Reuters US Online Report World News 11 hours ago

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao meets African leaders on Sunday, aiming to boost a relationship which politically goes back decades and is now economically booming -- to the discomfort of some in the West. All eyes will be ...

China HSBC Champions Golf

AP News 15 hours ago

Tiger Woods reacts after he missed his putt at 6th hole during the third round of the HSBC Champions golf tournament in Shanghai, China, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. The American shot a 70 on Saturday to finish at 12-under 204, two shots ...

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