China celebrates Olympic flame, amid protest concerns
China celebrated the Olympic flame's arrival on
Monday but a thick blanket of security highlighted concerns that
protests over Tibet, human rights and other issues may tarnish the
historic torch relay.
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Sonia Gandhi optimistic on Kashmir
India's ruling party chief Sonia Gandhi on
Saturday said she prayed peace would return to insurgency-hit Indian
Kashmir as she opened Asia's largest tulip garden in the Himalayan
foothills.
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Bird flu kills two in Indonesia, bringing country's death toll
to 107
Two more people have died of bird flu in
Indonesia, bringing the death toll in the country worst hit by the
virus to 107, the health ministry said Monday.
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