WEN'S COMPLAINT: The Chinese premier said there was proof the Tibetan Buddhist leader had masterminded the recent unrest in Lhasa. The Dalai Lama denied the charge
China accused the Dalai Lama yesterday of orchestrating Tibetan riots to wreck Beijing's Olympic Games, but the exiled spiritual leader denied the charge.

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By Mo Yan-chih and Ko Shu-ling
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) yesterday reiterated his call for China to end its suppression of Tibet, and said that, if elected, he would not rule out boycotting the Beijing Olympics if the situation in Tibet deteriorated.

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ECONOMIC GLOOM: A `USA Today'/Gallup Poll released yesterday found more than three in four Americans think the US is already in a recession
US President George W. Bush said on Monday he expects the economy to ride out a financial storm that is roiling markets, with the help of his administration and the Federal Reserve.

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The Dalai Lama threatened yesterday to step down as leader of Tibet's government-in-exile if violence committed by Tibetans in his homeland spirals out of control.

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●Dozens of Ethnic Tibetan students staged a candle-lit vigil inside the Central University for Nationalities in Beijing on Monday, saying it was to pray for the dead. Police kept reporters well away from the peaceful protest.

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