Photo: #Activists protest near the Chinese embassy against China's recent violent suppression of dissent in Tibet on March 27, 2008 in Seoul, South Korea. The protest follows recent outbreaks of violence in Tibet after Chinese security forces clashed with hundreds of Buddhist monks and others.
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Activists protest near the Chinese embassy against China's recent violent suppression of dissent in Tibet on March 27, 2008 in Seoul, South Korea. The protest follows recent outbreaks of violence in Tibet after Chinese security forces clashed with hundreds of Buddhist monks and others. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

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Tibet at crossroads


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Violence continues in Tibet. The London-based Free Tibet Campaign says several were killed, though the Chinese news service did not mention deaths. A Tibetan scholar says the Chinese government continues to underplay an uprising that has spread throughout Tibet and to surrounding provinces.

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