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Tibetan parliament shelves bill to increase MPs

Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-exile Penpa Tsering, right, and Duputy Speaker Dolma Gyari, during a press conference in Dharamshala, India, on 20 March 2010.

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DHARAMSHALA, India, 21 March 2010 (Tibet Sun) — The Tibetan parliament-in-exile failed to pass a bill which would have increased the number of the Tibetan members of parliament by two due to differences of opinion on how the new plan would be implemented. The new proposal hopes to increase the number of representatives from North America from one to two.

Two former prime ministers of the Tibetan government-in-exile Kelsang Yeshi, left, and Sonam Topgyal, chats before attending a special meeting to discuss the Memorandum on Genuine Autonomy for the Tibetan People, in Dharamshala, India, 19 March 2010. Memorandum has full support of exile parliament

DHARAMSHALA, India, 19 March 2010 (Tibet Sun) — The Tibetan parliament-in-exile expressed full support to the proposal for future of the Tibetan plateau presented to the Chinese leaders.

Chinese people ride their bicycles close to Tiananmen gate as a Chinese flag is seen before the opening session of the National People's Congress in Beijing's Great Hall of the People early Friday morning, 5 March 2010. Google 'may shut down China operations next month'

ON THE WEB, 19 March 2010 (Telegraph) — China Business News cites a source close to Google China as saying the company may pull out of the country on 10 April.

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  • Robert Thurman at Tsugla Khang Temple in Mcleod Ganj, India, on 10 March 2010. China is attempting to wipe out Buddhism
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