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January 24, 2013

Tibetan nomad dies in self-immolation: rights group
Beijing (AFP) Jan 23, 2013
A Tibetan man has died after setting himself on fire, a Western rights group said Wednesday, the latest in a string of self-immolations carried out in protest against Chinese rule. Kunchok Kyab, a 26-year-old nomad, set himself alight Tuesday at a Buddhist monastery in a Tibetan autonomous region of western China's Gansu province, London-based Free Tibet said in a statement. US-based Radio Free Asia (RFA) also reported the death on Tuesday, describing it as the 98th case of an ethnic Tibetan sel ... read more

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