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Protesters clash with police in Tibetan capital
By Jim Yardley
Friday, March 14, 2008

BEIJING: Violent protests erupted Friday in a busy market area of Lhasa,
the Tibetan capital, as Buddhist monks and other ethnic Tibetans clashed
with Chinese security forces. Witnesses say the protesters burned shops,
cars, military vehicles and at least one tourist bus.

The chaotic scene marked the most violent demonstrations since protests
by Buddhist monks began in Lhasa on Monday, which was the anniversary of
a failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule in 1959. The ongoing
protests have been the largest in Tibet since the late 1980s, when
Chinese security forces repeatedly used lethal force to restore order in
the region.