Chinese government tries to stop N.J. township from raising Tibetan flag
A Belleville resident who escaped Tibet when she was 10 was elated when the mayor agreed to raise the Tibetan flag.
A Belleville resident who escaped Tibet when she was 10 was elated when the mayor agreed to raise the Tibetan flag.
This year, the Tibetan New Year falls on the same day as the Chinese Lunar New Year. Tibet has been an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China since 1950, but many Tibetan exiles say their religion and culture have been stifled under communist control. As CBS New York's Christine Sloan reports, a New Jersey mayor tried to show solidarity to the Tibetan people but claims the Chinese government tried to stop him.
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Columbia University has threatened expulsion to pro-Palestinian demonstrators who occupied Hamilton Hall overnight.
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Columbia University protesters have set up a new demonstration at Hamilton Hall, a building demonstrators occupied during 1968 anti-Vietnam war protests.
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Temperatures will be off to the races on Sunday, but there is a chance of scattered thunderstorms in the evening.
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Gruesome allegations say the suspects smashed one victim's head with a meat tenderizer, then stabbed the other and used the knife to chop up their bodies.
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Prosecutors in former President Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York called their fifth witness to the stand as proceedings continued Tuesday.
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Columbia University is limiting access to campus after pro-Palestinian demonstrators occupied Hamilton Hall overnight, in defiance of a deadline to disperse. CBS New York's Christina Fan and Lisa Rozner have team coverage.
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