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February 7, 2012 09:05 pm PST
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Three Tibetan herders burn themselves alive in protest
The crisis among ethnic Tibetans in Sichuan Province continues: "three livestock herders set themselves on fire to protest what they saw as political and religious repression at the hands of the Chinese authorities," reports the New York Times, bringing the total number of such self-immolations over the past year to 19, "an unprecedented wave of [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/W5Co2cSZA3Q/three-tibetan-herders-burn-the.html
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