Kathmandu - Nepalese police on Thursday broke up anti-China protests by Tibetan exiles in Kathmandu and arrested more than 100 demonstrators, officials said.

The protest was the latest in a series of anti-China demonstrations by Tibetan exiles who are demanding greater political autonomy for Tibet and guarantees of human rights and religious freedom.

London, Aug 26 : Tibet’s most famous woman writer and blogger was accused of taking photographs of military installations and arrested by police after she returned home briefly to Lhasa, the capital.

The detention of Woeser underscores the nervousness of the authorities in the Himalayan city, where 22 people were killed and hundreds of offices and businesses were set alight when Tibetans, restive under Beijing rule, rioted in the streets in March.

Eight policemen arrived at the home of Woeser’s mother on Thursday and presented the writer with a summons to accompany them for questioning, The Times reported.

New Delhi, Aug 26: A strong earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale hit Zhongba County, Xigaze prefecture in Tibet on Monday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.

There were no reports of casualties, it said. The quake occurred at 9:22 p. m. The epicenter was about 10 km underground at 31 degrees north and 83.6 degrees east. According to a Zhongba county government worker, the quake was strongly felt in some townships and cracks had appeared in some buildings. There were no reports of casualties.

Special personnel have already been sent to carry out relief work and assess the situation after the quake.

The tremor was also felt in Gerze and Coqen counties, the regional earthquake bureau reported.

New Delhi, August 23 : Scores of Tibetan exiles on Saturday gathered in New Delhi, to protest against violation of human rights by Chinese authorities inside Tibet.

The protesters gathered at the historical site of ''Jantar Mantar'' in the Capital.

Swaying the Tibetan flag and shouting slogans like ''Free Tibet'' and ''Long Live Dalai Lama'' they tried to motivate the fellow protestors.

The police forcibly took away the four Tibetan exiles, who were sitting on hunger strike for the past few days, to the hospital.

Beijing - Beijing's foreign ministry on Wednesday sharply criticized plans by French government ministers to meet with the Dalai Lama.

Ministry spokesman Qin Gang demanded more "consideration" for the Sino-French bilateral ties.

"We hope the French side respects China's concerns and will deal carefully with the important and sensitive issues," Quin said in Beijing.

French Human Rights Minister Rama Yade announced plans to meet with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, who is currently on a 12-day visit to France, on Friday.

President Nicolas Sarkozy declined to meet the Dalai Lama, but the monk is expected to meet with first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.