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Mar 10 2009 4:49PM
Tibet 50 years on: will China face more uprisings?

It’s fifty years today since a failed uprising in Tibet led to widespread repression and the Dalai Lama fleeing the country to India. Protests have continued throughout the year, with the Chinese authorities on high alert for a repeat...

Mar 10 2009 12:04PM
50th anniversary of the uprising in Tibet

Today is the 50th anniversary of the Lhasa uprising in 1959 when the Dalai Lama fled from Tibet. Tibetans around the world and their supporters are peacefully protesting again about the Chinese occupation and the denial of the rights...

Mar 9 2009 11:45PM
Shadow of the gunman lengthens

I'm from Antrim. Born and brought up there. Eighteen years. I know it well. Including the gates of Massareene army barracks where two soldiers were shot dead and four others, squaddies and civilians alike, were left wounded on the...

Mar 9 2009 4:26PM
Is there light at the end of the tunnel?

Great news coming out from the Government this morning. For years we’ve been calling for a new integrated strategy to tackle violence against women – and now it appears it could well happen. Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, has...

Mar 9 2009 9:53AM
London March and Rally for 50 years of the Tibetan Uprising

London March and Rally for 50 years of the Tibetan Uprising video London March and Rally for 50 years of the Tibetan Uprising images