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>  (CNN) -- The Dalai Lama on Sunday called for an international probe
> of China's treatment of Tibet, which he said is causing "cultural
> genocide"

> of his people.
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> A video image of Chinese police carrying out door to door searches in
> Lhasa.
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> The exiled spiritual leader of Tibet spoke at a news conference Sunday
> in Dharmsala, India, two days after violent clashes between pro-
> autonomy demonstrators and Chinese security forces in the Tibetan
> capital Lhasa.
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> A spokesman for the self-declared Tibetan exile government said it has
> confirmed at least 80 deaths in Friday's violence and that protests
> were continuing outside the capital on Sunday, further undermining
> China's hopes of a smooth run-up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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> Tibet Watch, a group based in Dharamsala, India, told CNN that 34
> people have died in the Nwaga County area of Sichuan province in
> western China.
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> The dead include women and children, the group said in an e-mail,
> adding they were killed by Chinese police attempting to stop the
> protests.
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> Eight bodies were brought to the Nagaba Kirti monastery, the Tibetan
> Center for Human Rights and Democracy in Dharamsala told CNN. Of the
> eight, two are the bodies of monks, the center said.
>
> Another protest took place in Machu County in northwestern China, the
> group said. It was started by some Tibetan students distributing
> fliers.
>
> They were later joined by monks and laypeople. During the
> demonstration, several shops and a security headquarters were burned,
> Tibet Watch said. An estimated 2,000 Tibetans were using firecrackers
> in the streets, the group said.
>
> Rare live video broadcasts from Lhasa Sunday showed dozens of Chinese
> police searching a section of the capital, near the palace where the
> Dalai Lama lived before going into exile 49 years ago.
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> The Dalai Lama said China, as the world's most populous nation,
> deserves to host the Olympics but it must look seriously at repairing
> its human rights record "in order to be a good host."
>
> He laughed at suggestions that the exile government was fueling the
> anti-Chinese protests, saying it was the natural result of deep
> resentment caused by China's treatment of Tibetans as second class
> citizens in their own land.
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> The Dalai Lama -- who fled his homeland 29 years ago after a failed
> uprising, said Tibet's "ancient cultural heritage" is threatened with
> extinction by China.
>
> He said the officials in the Chinese government's local administration
> in Tibet were "very, very negative" toward the native Tibetans, which
> prevents development of a "harmonious society."
>
> Tibet, he said, is seeking autonomy necessary to safeguard its
> heritage.
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> "We are not seeking separation," he said. In fact, he said, Tibet can
> enjoy modernization through its connection to China.
>
> China was using force to gain stability and peace, but it would always
> be superficial, he said.
>
> True harmony and unity must come from the heart, the Dalai Lama said.
>
> Although Chinese authorities are keeping a tight control over
> communications out of Tibet in recent days, the world got a rare live
> glimpse Sunday inside the Tibetan capital Lhasa.
>
> Video provided live by CNN affiliate Hong Kong Cable showed armed
> Chinese police, dressed in riot gear, searching door to door through
> the Tai Yan Dao section of Lhasa -- near the Potala Palace. Video
> Watch police conduct searches. »
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> There was no sign of violence between the police or residents.
>
> CNN International's live rebroadcast of the video was not blacked out
> by the Chinese government to viewers in that country. The government
> sometimes exercises its power to censor CNN's broadcast of stories
> sensitive to China by interrupting the broadcast as it is fed into the
> country.
>
> The Hong Kong Cable camera appeared to be pointed out a window above
> the area being patrolled.
>
> A spokesman for the Tibetan government in exile told CNN Sunday it had
> confirmed from "reliable sources" inside Tibet that at least 80 people
> were killed during protests Friday in Lhasa. Many others were shot to
> death by police in other areas, but the numbers have not been
> confirmed, an exile spokesman said.
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> The exile government said Chinese authorities had effectively imposed
> martial law, although it has not been officially declared. Schools,
> shops and businesses have been closed, it said.
>
> Home telephones and cell phones have been cut off and the movement of
> people is restricted in many parts of Tibet, it said.
>
> "Monasteries have been completely sealed off by [the military] and
> remain under extremely strict surveillance," the exiles said. "Monks
> are being followed even as they try to move within the compounds of
> the monastery."
>
> Still, there were protests going on outside the Tibetan capital, the
> exiles said.
>
> More than 200 people protested in Nyangden -- near the Sera Monastery
> north of Lhasa -- Sunday, the exiles said.
>
> Police used tear gas against demonstrators who took to the streets of
> Kama Kusang, east of Lhasa, on Sunday, they said.
>
> The exile spokesman also said there were major protests at the Labrang
> Tashikyil Monastery and at least four people were taken into custody
> by Chinese soldiers.
>
> Xinhua, China's official news agency, quoted police in Tibet giving
> protesters a deadline of midnight Monday "to stop their criminal
> activities and offering leniency to those who surrender themselves."
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> "Those who surrender and provide information on other lawbreakers will
> be exempt from punishment," Xinhua reported the police notice said.
>
> Tibet is one of two provinces in China, along with Xinjiang, where the
> Chinese government places restrictions on reporters' access.
> Government permission is required for foreign media to enter Tibet and
> Xinjiang, and CNN has not received permission to go in.