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April 01, 2007

Australia: Divine Performing Arts Performs in Sydney (Photos)

(Clearwisdom.net) After eight successful shows in four cities, the Divine Performing Arts played in Sydney on March 29, 2007.

NTDTV held a pre-show reception. More than 150 politicians, media, representatives from business community, Chinese community and art community attended. Reporters from the mainstream media in Sydney, such as Channel 7 and 9, 2UE Radio Station, FM 99.3, and newspapers from the Italian and Thai communities watched and reported on the show. The first show in Sydney amazed the audience. Many Chinese people expressed that they were proud of it, and many Westerners said that it was the best show they ever saw. The sponsors of the show expressed that the show was fabulous and they would like to sponsor it every year.

United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) News Brief: Chinese Asylum Seeker and Her 8-Year-Old Daughter forcibly Deported From Russia

30 March 2007

Source: Media Relations & Public Information, UNHCR, Geneva

(Clearwisdom.net) According to credible information received by UNHCR, a Chinese asylum seeker and her 8 year-old daughter were taken by the Russian authorities from their St. Petersburg residence last Wednesday (28 March) and put on a plane departing to China via Novosibirsk. The woman and her daughter had submitted a claim for asylum in accordance with the Russian Federation Law on Refugees. Their appeal against a first negative decision was scheduled to be considered by the Dzerzhinky District court in St. Petersburg this afternoon. Both had been registered by UNHCR as persons in need of international protection.

Ottawa Citizen: Chinese diplomat's wife defects to Canada

March 31, 2007

The wife of a Chinese diplomat announced yesterday that she has defected to Canada, accusing Beijing's embassy in Ottawa of spreading "hate propaganda" about Falun Gong, a spiritual group of which she is a member.