Tag: 2008 olympics
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August 25, 2008 01:04 PM EDT --
The final results are in: the United States came out on top with a total of 110 medals, China followed with 100, then Russia with 72. But wait a minute, is that a fair assessment of those . . .
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September 24, 2007 11:13 AM EDT --
Tibetan monks and nuns condemn China's prohibitive measures on Living Buddha's
By Phurbu Thinley, Phayul, September 21, 2007 (reprinted by permission)
Dharamsala, India -- Tibetan monasteries . . .
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September 25, 2007 11:31 AM EDT --
Welcome Lists, Lists, and More Lists members and anyone who should happen across this list.
Read A Book About Or By An Author From Each Of The Countries . . .
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August 16, 2008 11:15 PM EDT --
He did it!!!!!!! Micheal Phelps just won his 8th gold medal! 7 world records!16 total medals,14 being Gold.I am amazed and speechless....I just witnessed history.
Amazing games.Let's . . .
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March 31, 2008 11:26 AM EDT --
Today in Beijing's storied Tienanmen Square, the Olympic torch was formally passed to begin a global journey back for the summer games. But the event has been marred by the protests that have already . . .
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August 15, 2008 10:21 PM EDT --
I just got done watching the Olympics tonight and Phelps JUST won his 7th Gold medal! It was crazy close, the man just did it. Seven Gold medals and he's going to race for his 8th one tomorrow.Let's . . .
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August 08, 2007 11:40 AM EDT --
The Chinese government invaded a free and independent Tibet under Chairman Mao. His "dream" of cultural and racial genocide is nearly a reality with the recent completion of his planned rail . . .
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August 08, 2007 02:52 AM EDT --
Today the one year count down to the 2008 Olympics in China begins. It is also, the International Day of action for Tibet .
Today there will be world wide protests by supporters to FREE TIBET. . . .
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January 31, 2008 02:09 PM EST --
YTB is excited to welcome Spring Tour International , the largest domestic and outbound tour operator in China, to our growing family of suppliers. Together, we are offering YTB exclusive tour . . .
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August 23, 2007 10:25 AM EDT --
I've re-posted this article here on Gather, because it is pertinent to our discussion of "Why Save Tibet?" More than the obvious merits of Tibetan survival, . . .
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August 08, 2008 03:38 PM EDT --
As has become apparent in recent months, the athletes of the 2008 games face tough competition for the Olympic spotlight, not only with one another, but with China itself—the current leading nation in . . .
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October 09, 2007 03:33 PM EDT --
Tibet:
Lamplight Unto a
Darkened World.....
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August 08, 2007 03:26 PM EDT --
Being Christian, Jewish, or . . .
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February 20, 2008 05:42 PM EST --
Welllll, here they come..... Check this out, folks.
Tibetans are planning a march back into Tibet; and all across the world, everyone is rising up....March 10 th , 2008. . . .
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August 08, 2007 11:09 AM EDT --
BACKGROUND:
In the July 2006 issue of WIRED magazine, there was a featured article on the new train/railway to Lhasa Tibet. The train is an engineering marvel, being built on semi-frozen . . .
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January 23, 2008 01:57 PM EST --
Well, here we go .......again. As the Olympics approaches, the tension rises.....and brutal repression is stepped up ....again.
Below is an article, reprinted with permission, that was written . . .
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April 01, 2004 12:00 AM EST --
Marketplace: Thursday, April 1, 2004
A look at today's markets (closing numbers)
DOW 15.63 (.15%) ; NASDAQ 20.79 (1.04%) ; S&P 500 5.96 (.53%)
# Newscast Organizers of a conference bearing the . . .
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December 22, 2006 11:05 AM EST --
Broadcast on Friday, December 22, 2006
Listen to this story
The Phoenix-based regional carrier Mesa airlines is going into business with the China's Shenzhen Airlines in a deal that should benefit . . .
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January 23, 2008 06:24 PM EST --
Here is the link to the webcast of the entire ceremony where the Dalai Lama was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor.
See part two to hear speeches from Pres. Bush, the Speaker . . .
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March 12, 2008 08:10 PM EDT --
Below is an email from the group "Students for a Free Tibet"..... It is meant to be shared with people So, please send it out to folks..... The Tibetans are being beat up and put in prison . . .
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