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Surrender by midnight or pay the penalty, China tells rioters in Tibet
Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English
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Twenty people were arrested in the ensuing violence, the London-based Free Tibet Campaign said, and a local official said seven people were injured, as authorities scrambled to quell the worst protests against Chinese dominion over Tibet in two decades. (article 37)
The Chinese official news agency Xinhua says 10 people died in Friday's clashes, including business people it said were "burnt to death". (article 34)
The demonstrations come after protests in the Tibetan capital Lhasa escalated into violence Friday, with Buddhist monks and others torching police cars and shops in the fiercest challenge to Beijing's rule over the region in nearly two decades. (article 7)
Chinese security forces were reportedly surrounding three monasteries outside Lhasa, the Tibetan capital, on Thursday after hundreds of monks took to the streets this week in what are believed to be the largest Tibetan protests against Chinese rule in two decades. (article 23)
A radio report said two people were killed in the largest demonstrations in nearly two decades against Beijing's 57-year rule over Tibet. (article 25)
A group of Tibetan exiles in northern India who began a six-month march this week to protest China's control of their homeland were arrested early Thursday. (article 42)
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Tibet, Tibetan, Chinese, CHINA, Lhasa |
Source articles
- Tibet Protests Spread to Other Provinces (L.A. Times, 03/16/2008, 772 words)
- Dalai Lama calls for inquiry into Tibet crackdown (cbc.ca, 03/16/2008, 410 words)
- Tibet unrest spreads beyond Lhasa (BBC News, 03/17/2008, 659 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > WORLD (FOX News, 03/15/2008, 1533 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > WORLD (FOX News, 03/16/2008, 939 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > WORLD (FOX News, 03/16/2008, 1105 words)
- BEIJING - Violence in Tibet spilled over into neig... (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 03/16/2008, 943 words)
- Surrender by midnight or pay the penalty, China tells rioters in Tibet (timesonline.co.uk, 03/17/2008, 832 words)
- Fears of another Tiananmen as Tibet explodes in hatred (timesonline.co.uk, 03/16/2008, 1437 words)
- Tibetan exile group says at least 30 killed in Chinese crackdown on riots (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 03/15/2008, 967 words)
- Violence in Tibet as Monks Clash With the Police (nytimes.com, 03/15/2008, 720 words)
- Tibetans Clash With Chinese Police in Second City (nytimes.com, 03/16/2008, 677 words)
- China seals off Tibetan capital (ft.com, 03/16/2008, 464 words)
- Dalai Lama Watching Tibet 'Helpless' (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 03/16/2008, 679 words)
- Dalai Lama Won’t Stop Tibet Protests (nytimes.com, 03/16/2008, 1198 words)
- China confirms 10 dead in Tibet protests (ft.com, 03/14/2008, 589 words)
- Tibetan tensions finally spill over (ft.com, 03/16/2008, 655 words)
- Local demonstrators turn out for Tibetans (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 03/16/2008, 428 words)
- 10 reported dead in Tibet after violent protests (cbc.ca, 03/15/2008, 481 words)
- ABC News: Chinese Security Forces Swarm Tibet (ABCNews, 03/15/2008, 317 words)
- China clamps down on Tibet after protests (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 03/16/2008, 671 words)
- US Asks China for Restraint in Tibet (Washington Post, 03/14/2008, 435 words)
- Monk Protests in Tibet Draw Chinese Security (nytimes.com, 03/14/2008, 877 words)
- ABC News: Monks' March Sparks Riots in Tibet (ABCNews, 03/14/2008, 327 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)
- ABC News: Tibetans in Exile Say: Time to Go Home (ABCNews, 03/15/2008, 343 words)
- Q&A: the Himalayan conflict (timesonline.co.uk, 03/14/2008, 254 words)
- Trouble in Tibet (ft.com, 03/16/2008, 405 words)
- Q&A: China and Tibet (BBC News, 03/16/2008, 504 words)
- Dalai Lama: China deserves to host Olympics (timesonline.co.uk, 03/16/2008, 284 words)
- Readers weigh in (L.A. Times, 03/16/2008, 653 words)
- Long-suffering pawn at mercy of the great powers (timesonline.co.uk, 03/16/2008, 323 words)
- Dalai Lama's Tibet bloodshed fear (BBC News, 03/16/2008, 222 words)
- Dalai Lama: China deserves to host Olympics (timesonline.co.uk, 03/16/2008, 311 words)
- Pressure grows around world for Beijing to avoid another Tiananmen Square (timesonline.co.uk, 03/17/2008, 424 words)
- China cracks down in Tibet and beyond as protests spread (L.A. Times, 03/16/2008, 1207 words)
- Defiant people yearn for the ‘political monk in Gucci shoes’ (timesonline.co.uk, 03/17/2008, 412 words)
- Dalai Lama: China causing 'cultural genocide' (CNN, 03/16/2008, 27 words)
- Beijing boycott not the answer: Rogge (cbc.ca, 03/15/2008, 292 words)
- IOC: Don't Boycott Olympics Over Tibet (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 03/15/2008, 277 words)
- Tibetan Marchers Arrested in India (nytimes.com, 03/14/2008, 443 words)
- Nepal Puts Everest Off Limits During China’s Olympic Torch Relay in May (nytimes.com, 03/15/2008, 600 words)
- Nepal agrees to China Everest ban (BBC News, 03/14/2008, 613 words)
- China urges Nepal to ban Everest climbs amid fear of Olympics protests (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 03/14/2008, 242 words)
- Everest Climbers Prepare for Ban (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 03/16/2008, 890 words)
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