U.S. Speaker Visits Dalai Lama

U.S. Speaker Travels to Dharamsala to Meet with Dalai Lama

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will meet with the Dala Lama today at his headquarters in Dharamsala in India in an attempt to bring international pressure on China to show restraint in Tibet.

The Dala Lama is appealing to countries around the world to "tell China to settle the Tibet issue through dialogue.'' Full story here : http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=aXozib.LsGqM&refer=asia

It also appears that protests are far more widespread in China than the Chinese government will admit, including some protests in Beijing itself - see map of protests here : http://blog.studentsforafreetibet.org/2008/03/17/map-sites-of-tibetan-demonstrations/

BoingBoing meanwhile has a roundup of all the bloggers blogging about Tibet and the Chinese repression - http://www.boingboing.net/2008/03/16/tibet-china-blocks-y.html