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West urges Chinese restraint on Tibet
Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English
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China's official Xinhua News Agency reported that most of the victims were business people, killed after protests led by Buddhist monks against Chinese rule in Tibet turned violent Friday. (article 18)
Chinese state media acknowledged the protests for the first time on Friday, with Xinhua, the government news agency, reporting that shops had been set on fire in Lhasa and many businesses forced to close. (article 12)
Angry Tibetan crowds in the remote mountain city attacked government offices, burned vehicles and shops and threw stones at police on Friday in bloody confrontations that left many injured, according to Chinese state media reports. (article 19)
There have been violent clashes between protesters and security forces in Tibet's main city of Lhasa as rallies against Chinese rule, said to be the largest in 20 years, continue. (article 29)
BEIJING - Soldiers and police have been deployed around two Buddhist monasteries in Tibet's capital where monks launched protests against Chinese rule earlier this week, witnesses and residents said Thursday. (article 21)
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 4)
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Source articles
- 'They stopped attacking the boy when I rushed forward' (timesonline.co.uk, 03/15/2008, 643 words)
- some travel companies canceling tours over violence (travel.latimes.com, 03/14/2008, 470 words)
- Monks Injured at Tibet Protest in Nepal (Washington Post, 03/14/2008, 189 words)
- Tibet braced after monks spark protests (ft.com, 03/13/2008, 495 words)
- Dalai Lama: Stop the Violence in Tibet (Washington Post, 03/14/2008, 407 words)
- India holds Tibetans for 14 days (BBC News, 03/14/2008, 521 words)
- Indian police halt Tibetan march (BBC News, 03/13/2008, 510 words)
- Protesters in Tibet burn cars and shops; 2 reported killed - (baltimoresun.com, 03/14/2008, 1075 words)
- MSNBC Wire Services (msnbc.msn.com, 03/14/2008, 1541 words)
- body {background:#FFFFFF} (L.A. Times, 03/14/2008, 806 words)
- Tibet poses dilemma for Beijing (BBC News, 03/14/2008, 529 words)
- Chaos in Tibet as protests spread (ft.com, 03/14/2008, 341 words)
- Call for Chinese restraint on Tibet (ft.com, 03/15/2008, 309 words)
- West urges Chinese restraint on Tibet (ft.com, 03/15/2008, 312 words)
- Tibet: Fire on the Roof -Times Online (timesonline.co.uk, 03/15/2008, 686 words)
- Deaths reported in Tibet protests (BBC News, 03/15/2008, 722 words)
- China warning on Tibet protests (BBC News, 03/15/2008, 631 words)
- 10 reported dead in Tibet after violent protests (cbc.ca, 03/15/2008, 461 words)
- Tibet braces for test of Chinese power after protests (Washington Post, 03/14/2008, 294 words)
- ABC News: Monks' March Sparks Riots in Tibet (ABCNews, 03/14/2008, 327 words)
- Tibetan monks 'surrounded' (msnbc.msn.com, 03/13/2008, 635 words)
- Tibet Monks Angered by China's Controls (Washington Post, 03/14/2008, 513 words)
- Tibetans Keeping Marching, Defying Ban (Washington Post, 03/14/2008, 367 words)
- Nepal agrees to China Everest ban (BBC News, 03/14/2008, 613 words)
- ABC News: Everest's Newest Obstacle: China (ABCNews, 03/13/2008, 296 words)
- Tibetans Keeping Marching, Defying Ban (Washington Post, 03/14/2008, 293 words)
- Tibetan exile marchers arrested in India (dallasnews.com, 03/14/2008, 272 words)
- U.S. Delisting of China Upsets Rights Activists (Washington Post, 03/14/2008, 225 words)
- Eyewitness accounts: Tibet clashes (BBC News, 03/14/2008, 522 words)
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