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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 08:38 PM
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Buddhists arrested after Kathmandu anti-China protest
Security forces in Nepal have broken up a demonstration in Kathmandu by about 2,000 Buddhists angry about China's policies in Tibet.

The protesters chanted religious mantras and accused Beijing of suppressing religious freedom in Tibet.

About 500 people were arrested after security forces moved in to disperse the crowd ...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/08/2328181.htm?section=world
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Bob Dobbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 09:37 PM
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1. And the incredibly ironic NBC Olympics advertisment clock ticks away.
And Walmart sends $100,000,000 more to China today.

And fascism grows ever stronger.
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