Wednesday, November 07, 2007

November 7, 2007

News
Environment

Pollution Leaves 50,000 Villagers Without Clean Drinking Water
South China Morning Post, November 07, 2007
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Human Rights Defender - Shi Tao (师涛)
Yahoo Execs Defend Role in China Arrest
Associated Press (via YahooNews), November 06, 2007
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Media
包遵信病逝引起强烈反响 悼念文章被封杀 (Website Shut Down for 2 Days over Memorial Essay for Deceased Dissident)
Radio Free Asia, November 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/11/06
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Olympics
Closer Watch on Mental Patients During Games
South China Morning Post, November 07, 2007
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IOC 'Must Act over Limits on Media'
Reuters and Associated Press (via South China Morning), November 07, 2007
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Beijing Rules Out Car Restrictions During Olympics
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), November 06, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071106/wl_asia_afp/oly20
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Protests and Petitions
十七大之后继续抓捕访民 (Arrest of Petitioners Continues After the 17th Party Congress)
Radio Free Asia, November 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/11/06/
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简要新闻:北京访民维权人士王玲被劳动教养 (In Brief: Beijing Petitioner and Rights Defender Wang Ling Sentenced to Reeducation-Through-Labor)
Radio Free Asia, November 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/11/06/xinwen/

武汉访民邹桂兰被当局关进精神病院达五个月 (Wuhan Petitioner Zou Guilan Sent to Psychiatric Hospital for 5 Months)
Radio Free Asia, November 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/11/06/china_
petition_abuse/


Public Health
Chinese Province 'May Sue Mattel'
BBC, November 07, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7080573.stm

Toy Turns into Date-Rape Drug; Recall Issued
South China Morning Post, November 07, 2007
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China Ventures into Privatized Health
International Herald Tribune, November 06, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/11/05/business/RchL.php

Tibet
西藏万名干部下乡揭批达赖喇嘛 (10,000 Cadres Sent to Tibet Localities to "Reveal and Criticize Dalai Lama's Reactionary Nature")
Radio Free Asia, November 06, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/11/06/
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XUAR
热比娅指中国迁移维族女性引争议 (China Rebuts Rebiya Kadeer's Allegation over Planned Migration of Uyghur Women to Eastern China)
Voice of America, November 06, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-11-06-voa17.cfm