Prayer and a haircut for Tibetan mourners

Pema Dechen sat on a folding chair outside the Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota waiting patiently for the razor to reach for scalp. She looked straight ahead, seeming not to acknowledge

Torch on China’s sovereign soil in Hong Kong

Even before the Olympic flame arrived in the bustling financial Capital of Hong Kong, officials deported at least seven people including three Danish human rights activists, two Canadians