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Tibet / State Security
Tibet: Sentence for Tibetan Nun Confirmed
UNPO, November 09, 2006
http://www.unpo.org/article.php?id=5797
The US Congressional-Executive Commission on China reported on its Web site on November 9 that the sentence for Buddhist nun Choekyi Drolma has been officially announced by the Gannan Intermediate People's Court in Gansu Province. Choekyi Drolma was sentenced to three years' imprisonment in December 2005 for "inciting splittism." She was arrested with four other Tibetans but the sentences for the others have not yet been announced.

News

Civil Society
China Gay Group 'Gets Approval'
BBC, November 13, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6142732.stm

Corruption
Rural Graft Targeted in New Ethics Campaign
SCMP, November 14, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZQV7M47UE.html

Safety Official Jailed over Bribes
SCMP, November 14, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZEF7M47UE.html

Seventy Percent of China Relief Funds and Supplies Diverted
The Epoch Times, November 09, 2006
http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-11-9/47955.html

Death Penalty
In Brief: Internet Cafe Bombers Handed Death Sentence
SCMP, November 14, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ4AFM47UE.html

内蒙古一大学生因抢劫杀人一审被判死缓 (College Student Sentenced to Death with Two-Year Reprieve on Murder and Robbery Charges)
Xinhuanet, November 13, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-11/13/content_5323368.
htm

请人护送遭强奸杀害 “同行恶魔”被执行死刑 (Man Sentenced to Death in Anhui on Murder and Rape Charges)
Xinhuanet, November 13, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-11/13/content_5323364.h
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Environment
Environment Chief Warns of Crisis
The Standard, November 14, 2006
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&ar
t_id=31679&sid=10850967&con_type=1&d_str=20061114

Gender
Mongolia to Open Consulate in Macao over Human Trafficking Issue
Xinhuanet, November 13, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-11/13/content_5324553
.htm

Government
警方阻挠姚立法竞选人大代表 (Yao Lifa Harassed for Campaigning for Local People's Congress in Hubei)
Radio Free Asia, November 13, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/13/yao/

Labor
內地民工荒 实是技工荒 (China Lacks Technicians, Not General Workers)
Wen Wei Po, November 14, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH0611140028&
cat=002CH

10月份矿难死亡人数大幅上升 (Death Toll from Mining Accidents in China Rose by 26.1% Between September and October)
Legal Daily, November 14, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-11/14/content_451852.htm

6建议整顿煤矿 (State Administration of Work Safety Makes 6 Suggestions on Consolidation of Coal Mines)
Ming Pao, November 14, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061114/cca2.htm

Media
Chinese Official Puts Case for Improving Government-Media Relations
People's Daily, November 13, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200611/13/eng20061113_3209
80.html

Wen Urges Writers, Artists to Speak Truth
Xinhuanet, November 13, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-11/13/content_5325477
.htm

Migrant Workers
Trade Unions Play New Role as Champion of Migrant Workers' Rights
Xinhuanet, November 13, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-11/13/content_5323952
.htm

Police
亲历城管“执法” (Commentary: Witnessing the Brutal "Legal Enforcement" of City Authorities)
Nanfang City News, November 14, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/200611140544
.asp

Population
中国男人能指望到国外“淘”老婆吗 (Commentary: Can China's Bachelors Expect to Find Wives in Other Countries?)
China Youth Daily, November 14, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-11/14/content_1572436.htm

Protests and Petitions
Sichuan: Thousands Protest Against Hospital that Left Poor Boy to Die
AsiaNews.it, November 14, 2006
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=7730

Public Health
广州：救护车路边放下断腿病人掉头就走 (Victim of Car Accident in Guangzhou Abandoned by Ambulance Due to Lack of Funds)
Nanfang City News, November 14, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200611140019
.asp

Tibet
A High Profile Tibetan Activist Faces Deportation Threat if He Protests During Hu Jintao's India Visit
Phayul.com, November 14, 2006
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=14649&article=A+hi
gh+profile+Tibetan+activist+faces+deportation+threat+if+he+prot
ests+during+Hu+Jintao's+India+visit