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Hundreds of Free Tibet and human right supporters shouted Free Tibet and Human Right slogans outside the Metro Toronto Convention Centre while Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin was giving keynote speech to the Canada China Business Council.

China, sensitive about issues of national sovereignty, has banned a computer sports game that classifies Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and Tibet as countries and has threatened to fine websites that supply the game and net cafes that let patrons download it.

Six persons were killed and several others injured when a truck overturned on the outskirts of Xigaze City's in the southern part of Tibet Autonomous Region, a report said today.

Prime Minister Paul Martin said China's economy will soon be greater than that of the United States, and urged Canada to do more business with the Asian giant.

Despite opposition from the Bush administration and human rights activists, the European Union looks set this week to signal its intention to lift a 15-year-old ban on arms sales to China.

Nepal and China began consultations on the Sino-Nepal border issue by reviewing reports on the internal inspection on border pillars.

Ngawang Sangdrol was nominated for the title "International Woman of the Year" by a panel of judges from the Autonomous Region of Valle d'Aosta in Northern Italy.

The European Union and China are set to sign a number of new agreements during their 7th annual summit on Wednesday in The Hague to further boost their strategic partnership.

Phuntsok Tsering usually spends his days helping Tibetan torture victims find some peace in their new lives in India. For the past four months, Tsering has been living in Olympia, learning new strategies from local practitioners to help do his job better.

'The Portrait of a Lama as a Nationalist'-On the 11th day of the TYC led All India Relay Hunger Strike at Dharamsala, under the banner of the Release Tulku Tenzin Delek Now campaign, students and staff from the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts lent their support to the ongoing campaign. The momentum of the hunger strike has been building up, with the active support and participation of the local residents and promises to erupt if timely and binding actions are not taken.