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                    2 Dead in Latest Tibetan Self-Immolation

   by VOA News

   A Tibetan rights group says two teenagers have died after setting
   themselves on fire in a Tibetan area of China, the latest in a series
   of self-immolation protests against Chinese rule.
   Britain-based Free Tibet said in a statement the double self-immolation
   occurred late Tuesday in Ngaba, or Aba in Chinese. A 17-year-old boy
   identified as Rinchen and an 18-year-old named Sonam Dhargye, died at
   the scene.
   Free Tibet director Stephanie Brigden says the self-immolations show
   that the suicide protests will likely "remain a feature of the Tibetan
   response to Chinese occupation in 2013."
   More than 100 Tibetans have self-immolated since 2009 to protest what
   they say is Chinese repression of their culture. China denies the
   charges and says the suicide protests are acts of terrorism.
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