03-27-08

西藏喇嘛打断政府安排的境外记者采访  (Tibetan Lamas Disrupt Government Arranged Tour for Foreign Journalists)

星期四，一些西藏喇嘛打断了境外记者在首府拉萨的采访行程，指责中国当局对最近的动乱说谎。这些记者在中国当局人员陪同下参观大昭寺的时候，大约30名喇嘛打断了参访活动。身穿藏红色袈裟的喇嘛在告诉记者中国当局对最近发生的动乱撒谎时，一些人高喊，一些人哭泣。

这些喇嘛否认他们参与了暴力，并驳斥了中国有关西藏流亡精神领袖达赖喇嘛在幕后操纵最近发生的后来转变成暴力的和平抗议的指称。他们告诉记者，他们只想要自由。

这些记者报导说，在双方短暂的接触中，中国政府陪同人员试图把记者带开。

A group of Tibetan lamas disrupted a tour for foreign journalistsThursday in Tibet's capital, Lhasa, and accused Chinese authorities of lying about recent unrest. About 30 lamas interrupted the tour while reporters were visiting Jokang Temple and being escorted by Chinese authorities. Dressed in crimson robes, some lamas shouted and others wept as they told reporters that Chinese authorities were lying about the recent unrest. 

The lamas denied they were involved in the violence and refuted China's accusations that Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, was behind the recent peaceful protests that turned violent. The monks told reporters that they just want freedom. 

Reporters say their Chinese government handlers tried to pull them away during the brief encounter.

中国称维族女子承认参与袭击 (China Says Uighur Woman Confesses to Attack Attempt)

中国当局说，一名有维吾尔族背景的19岁女子承认参与对乌鲁木齐到北京一架航班的未遂恐怖袭击。中国公安部星期四说，古扎丽努尔.吐尔地对3月7号试图在飞机卫生间内点燃一个装满汽油的可乐罐供认不讳。这一阴谋被发现，没有人受伤，飞机后来改道兰州降落。

新疆维吾尔自治区党委书记王乐泉上星期说，与吐尔地一同在飞机上的一名男子也被捕，第三名嫌疑人一周后承认策划、煽动并协助上述犯罪行为。

Chinese authorities say a 19-year-old woman with an ethnic Uighur background has confessed to taking part in a failed terrorist attack on an airplane traveling from Urumqi to Beijing. The Ministry of Public Security said Thursday that Guzalinur Turdi gave a full confession of her attempt to start a fire in a plane's toilet March seventh by igniting a soda can filled with gasoline. The plot was discovered and no one was injured. The plane was diverted to the city of Lanzhou.

Wang Lequan, Xinjiang's Communist Party chief, said last week a man was arrested with Turdi on board the flight, and a third suspect a week later admitted to masterminding, instigating, and helping carry out the crime.