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Beijing tries to assure smooth ascent of Olympic torch as Tibetan exiles plan protest
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Soldiers and police have been deployed around two Buddhist monasteries in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa where monks launched protests against Chinese rule earlier this week, witnesses and residents said Thursday. (article 11)
A man who answered the phone at the Sera monastery said monks have been confined inside its walls, shut off from outside contact, and are relying on dwindling food supplies. (article 11)
Police in India have detained more than 100 Tibetan refugees who were trying to march to the Chinese border in protest against China hosting the Olympics. (article 2)
BEIJING - China is denying mountaineers permission to climb its side of Mount Everest this spring, a move that reflects government concerns that Tibet activists may try to disrupt plans to carry the Olympic torch to the world's tallest peak. (article 9)
Chinese security officers were out in force on Thursday as an uneasy calm settled on the city after hundreds of Buddhist monks and ethnic Tibetans staged protests against Chinese rule. (article 6)
Rights groups said the demonstrations were the biggest display of opposition to Chinese rule in Tibet since 1989. (article 5)
NEW DELHI - About a hundred Tibetan exiles on a six-month protest march to their homeland defied the Indian government's orders to halt Tuesday, and could be headed for a conflict with the local police. (article 4)
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Source articles
- Indian Tibetans 'defy march ban' (BBC News, 03/11/2008, 514 words)
- Indian police halt Tibetan march (BBC News, 03/13/2008, 510 words)
- India to hold Tibetans two weeks (BBC News, 03/14/2008, 486 words)
- Tibetan protesters defy India, plan to march on (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 03/12/2008, 511 words)
- China admits Tibet monk protests (BBC News, 03/13/2008, 476 words)
- Tibet braced after monks spark protests (ft.com, 03/13/2008, 495 words)
- India detains more than 100 in Olympic protest march to Tibet (cbc.ca, 03/13/2008, 294 words)
- Beijing tries to assure smooth ascent of Olympic torch as Tibetan exiles plan protest (sfgate.com, 03/13/2008, 700 words)
- The Seattle Times: China bans Everest climbs to clear way for Olympic torch (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 03/13/2008, 409 words)
- Troops, police surround Buddhist monasteries in Tibet (cbc.ca, 03/13/2008, 476 words)
- ABC News: China Cracks Down on Tibet (ABCNews, 03/13/2008, 329 words)
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