Reports on the Olympic protests, Tibet, the Dalai Lama, and the Uyghurs

Reporting on conversations on the shows on Sunday 13. Spoke with Gideon Rachman of the FT in London, who said that Gordon Brown had compromised with his compromise and would now not attend the opening ceremony in Beijing. Sarkozy's intentions remain mysterious Gallic. Gideon Rachman regards he protest as unpredictable, and sees the unpreparedness of the Beijing cadre to the protests as a warning that there may be worse ahead.

Spoke to Nury Turkel, former president of the Uyghur American Association, with regard the repression in East Turkistan that parallels the repression in Tibet. The fact that East Turkistan does not receive attention does not mean that it is shy in protesting the cadre, and the Uyghur's will participate in the events going forward. East Turkistan is 15% of the so-called China, and looks to liberty just as happily as Tibet.

Tashi Wangdi spoke of reports of brutality, many dead, many many wounded in Tibet, especially in the countryside -- and reports of food and water shortages.

There were more than 50,000 at Seattle's stadium for the Dalai Lama, and HH will go on to Minnesota, Michigan and eventually Colgate University in NY.