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Beijing Olympics: Tibetans and Nepalis stage anti-China protests as Olympic Games loom

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

About 2,000 Tibetans and their Nepali supporters have staged anti-China protests in Kathmandu, just a day before the Olympic Games open in Beijing.

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Tibetan nuns detained in protests in Nepal

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

Police in Nepal have arrested more than 600 female Tibetan protesters,
including many Buddhist nuns, after demonstrations in the capital Katmandu
against China’s crackdown in Tibet.

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