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Oz athletes may protest China's human rights record during Beijing Olympics
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NetIndia123.com
- 5/11/2008
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PM IST Australian athletes at the Beijing Olympics will possibly protest against China's human rights record while on the medal podiums during the games.'It is a real possibility,' Australia's Olympic chief John Coates said. He said that the International Olympics Committee (IOC) doesn't want the co
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Olympic torch relay in China's Guangdong Province ends
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People's Daily Online
- 5/11/2008
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The Olympic torch relay in China's Guangdong province concluded as Shantou leg went off in spells of rain on Saturday. Shantou's relay started at 8:05 a.m. local time, marking the last stopover in Guangdong province. Shantou was one of the original Special Economic Zones of China in the 1980s. The l
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Torch relay focuses on China's human-rights record
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Miami Herald
- 5/11/2008
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-- when Chinese security forces cameto her Beijing home, asking if she planned to attend a national holiday at Tiananmen Square, where protesters would not be welcome. When she didn't answer, Zhang says, she was tossed in jail until the holiday was over. Zhang and her family are members of the spiri
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Winnipeg welcomes Human Rights Torch
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CNEWS
- 5/10/2008
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Swarms of socially conscious locals have officially joined an international effort to halt Chinese human rights violations prior to the upcoming Olympic Games in Beijing. Some 150 people rallied yesterday afternoon at the Manitoba Legislature as the Global Human Rights Torch Relay arrived in Winnipe
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China: Olympic torch raised to summit of Mount Everest
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South Florida Sun-Sentinel
- 5/10/2008
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HARARESANTIAGOBEIJING MOGADISHU KABUL - Cheering mountaineers raised the Olympic torch at the summit of the world's highest peak Thursday, producing the triumphant image that China has longed for in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics. The final ascent along Mount Everest's icy ridge was broadcast li
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Olympic Torch Relay Ends South China's Island Leg with Passion
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CRI Online
- 5/10/2008
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The Beijing Olympic torch relay in south China's Hainan province concluded in Haikou, the capital city of the Province on Tuesday amid the great passion of millions of local people. During the three-day journey in Hainan, the Olypmic torch relay was warmly welcomed with smiles, cheers and applauses
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Human Rights Torch Relay Comes to San Diego
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Epoch Times
- 5/9/2008
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SAN DIEGO, CA - Beneath the blue skies of San Diego, onlookers and supporters, gathered at the Spreckles Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park for the arrival of the Human Rights Torch Relay (HRTR). Giving voice to those silenced by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), a vast array of speakers and musicians a
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