Tibet burning

Updated On Mar 29, 2012 03:51 pm IST
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Activists dressed as Chinese soldiers and a Tibetan perform a street drama depicting Tibet's uprising 53 years ago against Chinese rule, in Taipei on March 10, 2012. Reuters/Shengfa Lin expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Activists dressed as Chinese soldiers and a Tibetan perform a street drama depicting Tibet's uprising 53 years ago against Chinese rule, in Taipei on March 10, 2012. Reuters/Shengfa Lin

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Tibetan supporters march in front of the White House in Washington for Tibet's freedom from Chinese rule on January 19, 2011. Reuters/Yuri Gripas expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Tibetan supporters march in front of the White House in Washington for Tibet's freedom from Chinese rule on January 19, 2011. Reuters/Yuri Gripas

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Exile Tibetans participate in a candle light vigil in solidarity with 27-year-old Tibetan Jamphel Yeshi, who immolated himself in New Delhi, in Dharmsala on March 28, 2012. AP Photo/ Ashwini Bhatia expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Exile Tibetans participate in a candle light vigil in solidarity with 27-year-old Tibetan Jamphel Yeshi, who immolated himself in New Delhi, in Dharmsala on March 28, 2012. AP Photo/ Ashwini Bhatia

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File photo of a Tibetan in tears, in New Delhi, urging a memorial service for Gilles Blanchard, 43, a French national who self-immolated in a park in Meudon, France. Blanchard, in a note written before his step, said his act of self-immolation was to "help the Tibetans to free from the Chinese yoke and persecutions". Reuters expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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File photo of a Tibetan in tears, in New Delhi, urging a memorial service for Gilles Blanchard, 43, a French national who self-immolated in a park in Meudon, France. Blanchard, in a note written before his step, said his act of self-immolation was to "help the Tibetans to free from the Chinese yoke and persecutions". Reuters

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Police try to douse flames on a Tibetan demonstrator after he tried to self immolate himself during a protest in front of the Chinese embassy in New Delhi on November 4, 2011. Reuters/Parivartan Sharma expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Police try to douse flames on a Tibetan demonstrator after he tried to self immolate himself during a protest in front of the Chinese embassy in New Delhi on November 4, 2011. Reuters/Parivartan Sharma

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Tibetans display portraits of people who killed themselves in self-immolation take part in a candlelight vigil in Taipei on February 8, 2012. Reuters/Pichi Chuang expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Tibetans display portraits of people who killed themselves in self-immolation take part in a candlelight vigil in Taipei on February 8, 2012. Reuters/Pichi Chuang

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Tibetan Buddhist nun Palden Choetso burns on the street in Daofu, or Tawu in Tibetan, in this still image taken from video shot on November 3, 2011 and released to Reuters on November 22. Reuters/Students For A Free Tibet via Reuters TV expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Tibetan Buddhist nun Palden Choetso burns on the street in Daofu, or Tawu in Tibetan, in this still image taken from video shot on November 3, 2011 and released to Reuters on November 22. Reuters/Students For A Free Tibet via Reuters TV

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Nepalese police arrest a Tibetan woman during a protest in Kathmandu on November 1, 2011. With China's influence over Nepal increasing, the Nepalese government stands strong against Tibetans exiles whose protests in support of their homeland has increased in recent years. Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Nepalese police arrest a Tibetan woman during a protest in Kathmandu on November 1, 2011. With China's influence over Nepal increasing, the Nepalese government stands strong against Tibetans exiles whose protests in support of their homeland has increased in recent years. Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar

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A Tibetan exile is detained by police during a protest against the visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao to India, outside the hotel where Hu is staying, in New Delhi. Reuters/Adnan Abidi expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A Tibetan exile is detained by police during a protest against the visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao to India, outside the hotel where Hu is staying, in New Delhi. Reuters/Adnan Abidi

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A police officer and a protester try to extinguish the fire as a Tibetan man is engulfed in flames after self-immolating at a protest in New Delhi ahead of Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to the country on March 26, 2012. AP Photo/Manish Swarup expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A police officer and a protester try to extinguish the fire as a Tibetan man is engulfed in flames after self-immolating at a protest in New Delhi ahead of Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to the country on March 26, 2012. AP Photo/Manish Swarup

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