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The Voice of Tibet, which is based in Norway, says that more than 20 police officers took Gangkye Drubpa Kyab from his home in Serthar county's main town on Wednesday night and that he has not been released. (AP) An overseas Tibetan news service says...
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Pro-Tibet supporter Tseyang Tsering hold fake prison bars as she protests outside the China Mart offices in Los Angeles on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. The group was demonstrating against the Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping's visit to the United States. ... View Photo »
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The goal of this 14th Kashag (cabinet) is the restoration of freedom in Tibet and the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Tibet
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Tibetans and the Chinese government in the region have been caught in a cycle of protest and repression that erupted into violent protests in recent weeks. More than 20 Tibetans have separately set themselves on fire to protest controls on Buddhist...
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The UN says more than 5,400 people were killed in Syria last year and the number has risen daily. In addition, 25,000 people are estimated
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Some fear China will simply name its own successor, dividing Tibetans and leaving them following different Dalai Lamas, one in Tibet and one in exile. Robbie Barnett, a Tibet expert at Columbia University, said the Dalai Lama's death in exile would be...
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As Beijing Mayor Guo Jinlong arrives, a Tibet pro-independence activist is wrestled to the ground by security at the Taoyuan Airport in Taoyuan, Taiwan, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. Local media reported that Guo is on a six day visit to Taiwan to promote... View Photo »
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Calls to Tianjun county government offices rang unanswered. The monastery's phone number was unlisted. As many as 21 monks, nuns and ordinary Tibetans have set themselves on fire over the past year, and Free Tibet says at least 13 died from their...
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