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Transport came to a standstill on the streets of Manila yesterday. Hundreds of drivers staged a protest against the rising of oil prices.

Out side the BBC a Demonstration against the bombing of Palestinians, Saturday's air strikes by Israel are the worst in living memory.

Israeli fighter jets fired at Gaza from morning to evening, spreading fear and chaos. Targeting of the strikes where Hamas infrastructures, government buildings and police stations, Most of the dead were policemen, The dead in Gaza include women and children. Medical sources suggested up to a third of the casualties could be civilian. Gaza is one of the most overcrowded territories in the world.

Out side the BBC a Demonstration against the bombing of Palestinians, Saturday's air strikes by Israel are the worst in living memory. Israeli fighter jets fired at Gaza from morning to evening, spreading fear and chaos. Targeting of the strikes where Hamas infrastructures, government buildings and police stations, Most of the dead were policemen, The dead in Gaza include women and children. Medical sources suggested up to a third of the casualties could be civilian. Gaza is one of the most overcrowded territories in the world.

About 300 protesters from Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney converged on the National Press Club yesterday to protest against Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama's visit. Waving placards that said ''Don't kill Tamils'' and ''Recognise our cry for freedom'', the crowd gathered from 11am. As the delegation arrived, the crowd cried, ''We need press freedom'', ''Don't kill journalists'' and ''Tamils want democracy'' at the motorcade. Although vocal, the crowd was well-behaved.

Violence spilled over from Tibet into neighbouring provinces today as Tibetan protesters defied a Chinese government crackdown while the Dalai Lama warned that the area faced "cultural genocide" and appealed to the world for help.

Supporters of the Dalai Lama said 80 people were killed during the protests in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, with at least 72 others injured. It was the latest negative publicity for China ahead of the Beijing Olympics in August.

The people in question, Tibetians dont think of themselves as Chinese. China has no moral or legal claim on Tibet except what is based on illegal military occupation, the largest imperialist land grab carried out in Twentieth Century. And these are the people - chinese communists, that talk about peace, civilisation, sensitivity and culture all of which they lack.

Culture of Chinese rulers and their fascist behavior with Tibetians seems to be as monochromatic like most Hongkong produced violent kung fu movies.

TORONTO rally that was billed as promoting "anti-violence" turned hostile on Saturday as flag-waving Chinese denounced Tibetans who they blamed for the recent turmoil in Tibet in which 100 are said to have died. Close to 1000 Chinese were in Toronto's Dundas Square for the afternoon event, many of them students. "Dalai Lama die there!" some Chinese shouted at a group of Tibetans who had gathered across the street from the square to protest. "Leave Canada!" others urged. Tibetans say the Chinese rally, which began orderly, was designed to incite hate against them. The event was promoted in Chinese-language press as a rally to tell the "truth" about Tibet and "safeguard the reunification of the motherland."

Un-noticed by a world otherwise obsessed with the threat from Islamist extremism, a 20 year old Muslim separatist struggle in South Asia has embraced non-violence.Since July this year, more than 40 protesters, all unarmed, have been gunned down by Indian security forces in the beautiful but deeply troubled Kashmir Valley.

What is Non-Violent Resistance?Non-Violence is an alternative to either armed resistance or passive acceptance of the status quo. It is both a strategy and a philosophy which rejects violence as a means to promote change, and instead aims to change power relations through assertive acts of omission (refusal to do something) or commission (actively challenging the status quo). It is a method by which to change the minds of both the oppressor and oppressed so that a new reality can be built upon different perceptions of the ‘other’.

Their weapons were no match for the frail man draped in a simple white cloth. Often facing the barrel of British guns, it was the soft-spoken voice of Mahatma Gandhi that repeatedly encouraged Indian protesters to remain calm and, above all, to remain peaceful.

1. Banner hang over the A3 (Guildford) on the eve of the opening2. Iain Thom speaks on his return from Beijing3. Vigil at the Chinese embassy on the eve of the opening4. Protest at the Chinese embassy against the Chinese government committing and supporting human rights abuses in Burma, Tibet, Darfur and Zimbabwe (day of the opening)5. Protest at the Burmese junta's embassy to mark the 20th anniversary of 8/8/886. Tibetan flag is raised opposite the Chinese embassy at the precise moment the genocide Olympics open in Beijing

'' We want the leaders to back UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in securing the release of ALL political prisoners when he visits Burma in December.

We have never had a UN Secretary General visit Burma to discuss political problems before, and we have never had European and Asian government joining forces to pressure the regime to release prisoners. They all say they want it. We must make them work to make it happen.

For too long the UN has fallen for the lies of the regime. They must secure real change. The release of political prisoners should be the minimum benchmark for progress than Ban Ki-moon aims for in December.''

Thousands of protesters have held rallies in South Korea's capital Seoul this week as they continue their campaign against the lifting of a ban on US beef imports. Street protests, sometimes involving extreme measures, are an important part of Korean culture. More than 10,000 are held every year - some with devastating consequences.

South Korea's embattled president is facing growing calls for his resignation amid a wave of public anger over a decision to resume US beef imports.

Tuesday night saw the largest protests yet, with tens of thousands taking to the streets of the South Korean capital.

Thousands of South Korean cattle farmers held a rally against the import of U.S. beef yesterday. Their agriculture ministry announced that it would relax import regulations.

STORY:South Korea's beef industry has denounced the import of U.S. beef. Thousands of stock raisers rally in front of the agricultural ministry in Gwacheon, Seoul.

They are afraid for their industry since Washington agreed to improve its safety standards by toughening animal feed regulations.

That opened the way for South Korea's agriculture ministry to relax regulations on importing U.S. beef.

The head of South Korea's beef association, Nam Ho-gyung, condemns South Koreans for willingly accepting U.S. beef.

[Nam Ho-gyung, Hanwoo Beef Association]:"The U.S. Bush administration, along with the Senate and the House, are aggressively looking for ways to sell their beef using free trade agreements, and the country succeeded. We're living in a country which is crazy about buying U.S. beef."

South Korea currently imports only boneless beef from US cattle younger than 30 months as a result of a case of mad cow disease in the United States in 2003.