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ellisonz

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7. Another teen Tibetan self-immolates in China

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Mon Mar 5, 2012, 09:50 PM

Mar 2012

Associated Press – 1 hr 22 mins ago

BEIJING (AP) — A U.S.-funded broadcaster says a Tibetan teenager in Sichuan province has died in a fiery protest against Chinese oppression in Tibet, marking the third self-immolation in three days.

Washington-based Radio Free Asia said in an emailed statement Tuesday that an 18-year-old identified as Dorje set himself ablaze Monday in Sichuan province's Aba prefecture.

It quoted a Tibetan monk exiled in India, Kanyag Tsering, as saying he shouted "slogans against Chinese policies in Tibet" before immolating and died on the spot.

This is an addition to the previous report: http://news.yahoo.com/another-teen-tibetan-self-immolates-china-012642341.html

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