Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has reiterated his support for the Beijing Olympic Games, but says authorities in China have no right to demand that critics end peaceful demonstrations against China's actions in Tibet.

Large protests against Chinese human rights policies have disrupted the Olympic torch relay in Paris, forcing police to extinguish the symbolic flame and transport it by bus for part of the route.

A group of Croatian activists, opposed to President Bush's visit, have signed a huge postcard inviting the U.S. president not to return to their country.

A U.S. official says Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will raise American concerns about China's actions in Tibet during his talks next week in Beijing.

The United States says China has invited it to send a diplomat on a Chinese-led trip to the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, the site of anti-China protests over the past several weeks.

About 20 Tibetan teenagers scaled the walls of the United Nations compound in the Nepali capital Friday, while police arrested dozens of other pro-Tibet demonstrators outside.

Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, and his administration based in India, are calling for an independent, international investigation into the protests that have gripped Tibet.

The international community is welcoming a deal between Nepal's government and ethnic Madheshi protesters, after more than two weeks of crippling strikes. The deal means an end to protests that shut down most of southern Nepal, causing a severe fuel shortage and concerns about the upcoming election in April. Liam Cochrane reports from Kathmandu.

Around 100,000 opposition supporters, more than during the 2003 'rose revolution,' are rallying in front of Tbilisi's parliament to demand early parliamentary polls, but are ruling out a new 'revolution.'

Police in Belarus today detained a group of opposition activists for staging an unlawful protest. The activists were demonstrating outside a courthouse in the town of Baranovichi to protest against the prosecution of a fellow activist, who is on trial for belonging to an unregistered group, Youth Front.

At least nine people were arrested and several injured at a protest rally Saturday during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum being held in Australia's largest city.

Millions of Nigerians are protesting as the government of the ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) suddenly declared Thursday April 12 and Friday April 13 as national public holidays in Nigeria!