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Georgian soldiers run near a blazing building after a Russian bombardment in Gori, 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 9, 2008. A Russian warplane dropped a bomb on an apartment block in the Georgian town of Gori on Saturday, killing at least 5 people, a Reuters reporter said. The bomb hit the five-story building in Gori close to Georgia's embattled breakaway province of South Ossetia when Russian warplanes carried out a raid against military targets around the town.
CARSON, CA - JULY 31: Andre Villa practices in the Moto X Freestyle during the summer X Games 14 at Home Depot Center on July 31, 2008 in Carson, California.
A woman collects drinking water from a tube well at the flooded village of Godadhar in Faridpur July 27, 2008. Several areas in north and northeastern Bangladesh remain inundated with floodwaters after the embankments of the rivers Jamuna and Padma collapsed due to heavy rainfall earlier this week.
LONDON - JULY 25: Reese Hoffa of United States competes in the Men's Shot Put Final during day 1 of the Norwich Union Aviva London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace Stadium on July 25, 2008 in London, England.
Italy's Alex Schwazer reacts after winning the men's 50-kilomter walk during the athletics competitions in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Friday, Aug. 22, 2008.
Officials inspect the wreckage of a car after a bomb explosion in Thailand's largely Muslim province of Sungai Kolok, south of Bangkok, August 21, 2008. A car bomb exploded on Thursday in the town in southern Thailand that has been a target of insurgent attacks, killing a journalist and wounding 30 government officials and shoppers, security officials said.
NEW YORK - AUGUST 21: Tennis Player Andy Roddick celebrates Lacoste's 75 Anniversary at Macy's Herald Square on August 21, 2008 in New York City.
RALEIGH, NC - AUGUST 19: Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event August 19, 2008 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Democrats hold their national convention August 25-28 in Denver.
RALEIGH, NC - AUGUST 19: Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama listens to his introduction at a campaign event August 19, 2008 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Democrats hold their national convention August 25-28 in Denver.
RALEIGH, NC - AUGUST 19: Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event August 19, 2008 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Democrats hold their national convention August 25-28 in Denver.
MARTINSVILLE, VA - AUGUST 20: Presumptive Democratic Presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) waits to speak during a campaign event at the Patrick Henry Community College August 20, 2008 in Martinsville, Virginia. Obama is expected to announce his Vice Presidential candidate before the start of the Democratic National Convention on August 25th.
We have categorically rejected their position of His Holiness the Dalai Lama having instigated the present crisis. His Holiness the Dalai Lama has been supportive of the Olympics; he has taken a position that many Tibetans find uncomfortable. Recent events are symptomatic of several decades of wrong policy by the Chinese government. 
there were strong and divergent views on the nature as well as the causes of the recent tragic events in Tibet. These views were expressed in a frank and candid manner.
Hu Jintao's comments are significant, but must be set in the context of the brutal crackdown in Tibet, and the closure of Tibet to the outside world. Beyond the anti-Dalai Lama rhetoric, Beijing knows that the international community is challenging its policies on Tibet.
It is welcome that the leader of such an important nation stands in front of the world and says that China is serious about the relationship at the highest level. Not only was it a direct comment about the recent meeting that took place, but it was also in the context of a historic press conference [with Japanese PM Yasuo Fukuda].
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