COPENHAGEN - Thousands of protesters from around the globe converged in a square here Saturday for what was expected to be the largest demonstration during two weeks of talks on a global strategy to combat climate change.

Beijing (AsiaNews) - The Chinese government "wants to use the world's concerns about the environment to justify the colonization of Tibet and forced removal of huge numbers of nomadic herders from the area in which they have lived for centuries." This is the accusation launched today by the non-governmental Free Tibet, at the International Conference on Climate Change being held in Copenhagen.

COPENHAGEN: An unofficial delegation of Tibetans, the first to attend UN climate talks, said Tuesday that global warming and China's environmental policies threatened Himalayan glaciers providing water to more than a billion Asians.