but rather it's the occupation of tibet and repressive policies of the chinese government in tibet is forcing tibetans to resort to such desperate acts there. their motivation is clear for tibet and tibetan people. the intention is not to harm anyone and the act obviously is very painful. >> as you say, a policy of nonviolence as the tibetan compile leader, what can be done and what are you doing to calm the situation? >> well, tibetan administration does not encourage protests inside tibet because we know the consequences. they will be arrested, often tortured, sometimes, you know, killed. so why should anyone encourage protests inside tibet? far from encouraging self-emulation, tibet administration has always, you know, called for nonviolence and always encouraged people to focus on education. so i've just returned from america, appealing to the u.s. government and the international community, u.n.-related, to send diplomats and fact-finding delegation tosti bet, to assess the real condition -- to tibet, to assess the real condition. to go to the area so the chinese government can h

we must utilize your wisdom. >> you fear it could make things worse for people in tibet? >> many tibetans sacrifice their lives. nobody knows how many people killed and tortured. nobody knows. many people suffered. the chinese response will be harder. >> this in the mountain town has become a little to bed. 50 years ago, the dali lama fled here but there is little chance of returning home. -- 50 years ago, the dalai lama fled here. a growing number of monks and nuns setting themselves on fire is a sign of the increasing desperation. they know that while the west has back to the arabs spring, with china the responses with a much quieter voice. that leaves tibetans with few options to keep the light on their struggle. inside tibet, there are more months preparing to make the ultimate sacrifice and set themselves ablaze. -- there are more monks preparing to make the ultimate sacrifice. >> a very disturbing development from tibet. you are watching "bbc world news america," still to come -- christchurch is still picking up the pieces month after the earthquake. it is one of ho

but tibet wasn't a conquest. he sent troops to tibet. but the significant thing was battles about tibet before the tibet was taken when lot of tibetan soldiers lost their lives and therefore they were not able to defend it when chinese troops marched in. but i think in long term historians will look at deng as i have for his role in leading a backward country into the modern world. >> rose: who inevitably will be the largest economic power in the world sooner rather than later. >> and he's the guy that did it an he set the country on that course and defined the course that they should take. >> rose: what do you think china's future is? >> i think in terms democracy and freedom we can't expect china to choose the same course we chose. they'll choose their own course and we have had experience with local elections, giving more power to legislative.. the national people's congress and local people's congress. what dengelt was h much you could do depends on the stability of the situations. and in 1978 he allowed a democracy wall to take plac

a shocking sacrifice in tibet. monks are committing suicide by fire as a sign of the growing frustration with the struggle. >> with china, talks are with a much quieter voice. >> and bat and down at the hatches. world whether could be getting worse -- world weather could be getting worse. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. tahrir square is synonymous with the arab spring, and today thousands of egyptians returned there to air their grievances. months after president mubarak was ousted, new pressure on the military to speed up the promised handover of power. parliamentary elections are later this month. from cairo, john lyon reports. >> the demonstrators are back in tahrir square, the symbolic heart of the egyptian revolution. they are worried the military that replaced mubarak do not want to give power back to the people. this is where ordinary egyptians risked their lives to get rid of hosni mubarak earlier this year. that there is growing frustration that their lives are not getting be

little chance of returning home with china's grip on tibet as tight as ever. it has condemned the immolation campaign. nuns setting themselves on fire is a sign of increasing desperation, they say. with china, it talks with a much quieter voice. that leaves tibetans with few options. from inside tibet, more monks are preparing to make the ultimate sacrifice and set themselves ablaze. >> the american president has held a surprise meeting with the chinese premier on the indonesian island of bali. they are both attending the east asian summit to discuss difficult issues affecting the region. the meeting followed weeks of sharp exchanges between officials in the united states and china over questions of finance and trade. we are joined from bali where the summit is taking place. any indication of what the leaders spoke of? >> i am afraid not. it was a closed door meeting as these things usually are. the feeling is that issues about china's currency, which the u.s. feels is grossly undervalued, playing by these rules that everybody else follows, another thing the u

his hope was that the seeds he had brought from tibet would grow into a whole grove but only one poplar survived the rigorous climate. the secret to its long life remains on. these cal making women are singing one of the world's most famous put his mantras the shade of a tree the oldest even symbol. the words are in the historical indian language of sanskrit. the count next of kept up shall manic beliefs in the spirits of nature since anxious times. their ancestors learned about buddhism all roaming mongolia steps and. i first saw the ritual of making offerings to allah homelands and our home when i was a child my parents confirm the ritual and so did their parents. it is a heathen rights but it has parallels with buddhism. and is performed each year in early spring and in autumn. in autumn we make offerings to the fire we ask for a mild winter so that nobody suffers not even the animals. and of course with a buddhist prayers to avert war and natural calamities across the world. one sacred personality of count make history is so gun. he is known by many titles the white old man the mast

the protester is demanding independence for tibet. let's go to delhi and speak to our correspondent. this is quite a distressing case. there have been a number of these types of protests. >> yes, there have been several since march of this year. most of them are in southwest china. a number of protesters setting themselves ablaze. thursday, there were reports a nun had died after setting herself on fire. incident took place outside the chinese embassy, which is a heavily guarded area. there were a number of police there, which is probably why they were able to act as quickly as they did. the protester was on his own. he had just gotten off a public bus and doused himself with some sort of fuel. >> the message is pretty clear. >> yes, that's right. this is part of a continuing wave of protests against chinese rule in tibet. there have been protests in india, as well. on the one hand, and it is home to the dalai lama, the spiritual leader of all tibetans. at the same time, india is very wary. they're trying to put a quick lead on these

end it was unlike any prom i'd been to or heard of, and the most popular girl was a goat herder from tibet. these kids were so charming, i fell in love with them. i knew from that point on i'd only scratched the surface, and it would make a great book to go back to the high school. >> brooke hauser, were they trying to be americans through the prom? >> some were and some with respect. when you have kids coming from more than 45 different countries, you get a whole range of, you know, what it means to be american and what it means to assimilate and if people even want to assimilate. some of the students, you know, immediately started changing their dress and would wear, you know, designer jeans and converse sneakers. other kids, you know, from bangladesh, say, would continue to wear their head scarves, so it really depended on the culture how much they wanted to adjust. >> host: what was the kids' reaction to your following them around and writing their stories? >> guest: most of the kids were very open. um, you know, i found the five kids who i followed by asking their teachers when you go

the polish home to tens of thousands of tibet both or who say they will not tolerate any and see beijing protests. china has successfully launched an unmanned spacecraft from the gobi desert in the country's northwest it's expected to join another more do you will within days of some three hundred forty three kilometers above the earth's surface if successful it will be the first chinese docking in orbit but launch is considered a model stone in beijing's preparations for its own space station by the end. of the decade. massive floods have driven thousands of people to higher and drier ground in thailand's capital bangkok but the few residents who refused to leave have been suffering a lack of food and clean water for six days sandbags and other barriers have been used to try and contain the floods they've been caused by heavy monsoon rains and have killed almost four hundred people since july. russian police have arrested a giant pigeon during an unauthorised opposition march in petersburg this one couldn't fly away because he was just a man in a bird suit detained along with fifty othe

more than a hundred tibet in protest as have been arrested in the paul after staging a demonstration against chinese rule exiles gathered for a prayer meeting and began chanting slogans and demanding independence welcome back paul is home to tens of thousands of tibet yes but authorities say they will not tolerate any beijing protests. indeed it's now twenty four minutes past the hour here in the russian capital time now as promised for our business update with kareena. welcome to our business up at the south thanks for joining me global markets plunge into another round of volatile trading as uncertainty comes rushing back that's after the promise to greece unexpectedly call for a referendum on e.u. plans to bail out the country last week european leaders agreed to hand out and one hundred thirty billion euro bailout and a thirty percent write down on its enormous debt but the greek move has cast doubt on whether the deal can go through the referendum could be held as soon as next january but the t.v. from r.b.c. capital markets believes greece has played and danced a trick on its.

twenty leaders to human rights violations in tibet a head of their summit in cannes. new zealand officials flew over a cargo ship that's been stranded on a reef a nearly a month to assess its condition for the reports there was about to break apart crews have been in a race to remove oil from the vessel to avoid more environmental damage over a thousand tons of wall was removed before the halted efforts on sunday more than three hundred fifty tons of spilled into the sea affecting the coastline and devastating the region's wildlife. brings you up to date for the moment coming up a little later on live and these guys are discussing whether political turmoil in the arab world is going to have a happy day. ending instead of becoming a hollywood hora before that about with a look at the headlines in about three minutes from now stay with us in mexico. culture is that so much given to each musician minute by the market as tunisia goes so does the rest of the arab world tunisia successfully holds the first election of the arab spring with an islamic party. a very warm welco

the persecutions in tibet, the occupation, illegal and immorale. we should be sending a clear and decisive message. if these human right violations despite the economic juggernaut that china presents will not be tolerated. host: do you think there could be a duel message bobby of both chastising and also giving encouragement? caller: no, and this is what we've seen with fence sitters from bush to obama. corporate lackey's selling out for capitalism. phony, croney capitalism. we all know this, we're standing by on live your, blythely going to wal-mart and buying these goods that china is producing on the backs of people stepping on human rights. they care nothing for anything but business. and i think rational people see this. host: ok, let's hear from al, independent caller in san antonio, north carolina. good morning. caller: good morning. host: go right ahead. caller: well, i just heard the previous caller and i think it's quite naive to assume, to ignore the fact that china is a growing power and they have quite a bit of economic might. and amer

to thousands of tibetan refugees, but has come under pressure from beijing to clamp down on a pro-tibet andd rescue -- protest tibetan gatherings -- pro-tibetan gatherings. a small crowd protested en vladimir putin's likely return -- protested vladimir putin's likely return to the presidency. catastrophic flooding has affected the lives of 2 million people and left 400 dead. the worst monsoon rains in 50 years have devastated large parts of the central river basin and have displaced thousands in the capital of bangkok. >> the water is still high. the government says the situation was about. for people here, there is little sign of relief. many are becoming desperate. >> the water was stable and seemed to be going down, so we came back. today, it is rising dramatically. now it is almost too late to leave. >> some residents accused the government of sacrificing their areas in order to keep the main business district tdry. they're demanding that the sluice gates be opened. >> but how about the water condition is. -- look out bad low water condition is -- look how bad the water condition is

tibet and monks from the good med monastery in india come to come here to attend an international festival. several days before the opening ceremony and begin creating a sound mandela one of the sacred traditions of put his teachings. the sandman dollar is a palace that may serve as a temporary abode for an enlightened petty. colored marble sound as applied to the canvas for a cone shaped chain this tibetan form of spiritual art is widely recognized across the world. and then after getting good they will be among dollar of thirty million one turkey day incidents i'd love to see people attending the festival being motivated by the prospect of coming face to face with them dollars i'm going to see them on dollar bill say i'm going to accumulate merits try to achieve a yemen talky state of compassion underlying sentiment and i'll try to help all living creatures in my homeland and across the world and shoot the suspect. when i was a child each time i looked at the map i thought my home and was too tiny but now i seats a vast country with endless steps. that is i think people's way of life pri

be preserved. 11 tibetans have set themselves on fire this year to protest china's policies towards tibet. prayer services have been held in india for the 11, among them a tibetan nun who died last week. the dalai lama has called their actions "a sign of deep desperation." >>> in other news, this weekend, tlc cable network is presenting its latest reality program, this one about american muslims. it's called "all-american muslim" and it features five different families living in dearborn, michigan. creators say they want to show musms as "eveday folks." the cast includes a high school football coach and a businesswoman hoping to open a nightclub. >>> also, this weekend, the national cathedral reopens for the consecration of the new episcopal bishop of washington, d.c., rev. dr. mariann edgar budde. the cathedral has been closed since august after it sustained significant damage in the earthquake that hit the washington area. the cathedral continues to try to raise funds for its repairs. damage from the quake has been estimated at $15 million. >>> now, judy valente reports on richard rohr

five and a half billion dollars they set up the oil company sit next to gather in the ninety's with tibet as also he claims he was blackmailed into selling his stake at a fraction of its true worth a mere one point two million dollars the money here is massive the case is expected to smash the record but the u.k.'s most expensive privately funded litigation is thought to be costing eighty dollars a second in here as for the legal fees mr every moment she is a router be sixteen million dollars a barrel. now they were cut out there on a no win no fee basis but pay used to be close mr b. . he gave his protege the all important leg up into the world of the super rich and we now know he was paid for his troubles but mr a says that was just protection money denying they were ever a business partners and sacré in this case writes on but there's no concrete evidence after all this was ninety's russia and none of their deals were written down by weeks in and i've counted the cost of nine billion as five russian one kazakh one is backing all israeli one british the crown prince of abu dhabi is sudd

gathered for a prayer and began chanting china's slogans and demanding independence for tibet and the pole is home to tens of thousands of the fact that authorities say they will not tolerate any beijing protests. china has successfully launched an unmanned spacecraft from the gobi desert into the country's northwest it's expected to join another module within three hundred forty three kilometers directly above the earth's surface if successful it will be the first chinese docking in orbit by the law which is considered a model stone in beijing's preparations for its own space station by the end of the decade. massive floods have driven thousands of people to high and dry aground in thailand's capital bangkok the few residents who refused to leave have been suffering a lack of food and clean water for six days sandbags and other barriers have been used to try and contain the floods they've been caused by heavy monsoon rains and have killed almost four hundred people since. that is that the news for now here in our next it's the business with korea. and welcome to business here in r.t.

organized by islamist group the muslim brotherhood now in tibet philip day. and in other stories that shaped the weekly here on r.t. clouds darken over the syrian government as the deadline set by the arab league to end the violence expires but president assad is defined in the face of growing international pressure and russia says both sides must lay down arms. and two months of anti-corporate of protests in america marked with thousands strong marches all over the u.s. hundreds are rested many beaten and pepper sprayed rallies were met with a heavy handed police response. plus the greeks and italians give an unfriendly welcome to new unelected leaders who seem committed to tackling the crisis with yet more cuts but that's amid fears the troubles states are losing sovereignty because of harsh economic measures dictated by brussels. but had more on the weekly in about fifteen minutes time next no escape with the latest in the world of sports and the news on the latest fight that just wraps up with your daughter. that's next . thank you oria thank you for join

as activists say they're trying to draw attention to twenty leaders to human rights violations in tibet head of this summit in camp. officials flew over a cargo ship that's been stranded on a reef in nearly a month now to assess its condition following reports that it was about to break apart crews have been in a race to remove oil from the vessel to avoid more environmental damage of a thousand tons of world was removed before the halt efforts on sunday the vessel was already spilled more than three hundred fifty tons into the sea effectively devastating the region's wildlife. to bring to think for the moment i'll be back with a recap of our top stories very shortly stay with us live here in moscow this is r.t. . to . compose who are fascinated with history. to those who have a sweet tooth. to those who can't live without the sky. and of course to the nature lockers this magnificent land offers its treasures. mushkin. between earth and the sky. on our. wealthy british style. sometimes the tide of. markets finance come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max

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