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August 08, 2013

Tibetan exile burns himself to death in Nepal
Kathmandu (AFP) Aug 06, 2013
A Tibetan exile died after setting himself ablaze at a Buddhist monument in Nepal Tuesday in an apparent protest against Chinese rule over Tibet, a police official said. Around 120 Tibetans have set fire to themselves since February 2009, mostly in China. At least 90 have died. "A Tibetan man in his forties set himself on fire at the Bouddhanath Stupa temple in the morning. His body was badly burned," Arjun Chand, a police official in Kathmandu, told AFP. "He was taken to the Teaching Hospit ... read more

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