BEIJING: Premier Wen Jiabao said on Friday Tibet was prospering
under Chinese rule, as he hit back at the Dalai Lama who this week
said his Himalayan homeland had turned into “hell on earth.”
Wen also signaled China would maintain its
hardline stance against the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, saying
future talks rested on him dropping his bid for independence, a
charge the Nobel Peace Prize winner has long denied.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani police Friday prevented one of the country’s
top lawyers from traveling to join a major anti-government protest
due to march on the capital Islamabad.
Seoul: South Korea warned Friday of United Nations (UN)
“countermeasures” after North Korea set dates for a satellite
launch seen by Seoul and Washington as a disguised test of a missile
which could reach Alaska.
YANGON: Military-ruled Myanmar’s Prime Minister General Thein Sein
is to pay official visits to Indonesia and Singapore later this
month, state media and an official said Friday.
-- AFP
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