BEIJING (AP) -- Two men engulfed themselves in towering flames outside a temple that is a popular tourist site in Lhasa, marking the first time a recent wave of self-immolations to protest Chinese rule has reached the tightly guarded Tibetan capital....
2 Tibetans Set Selves On Fire Outside Lhasa Temple
By ALEXA OLESEN, Associated Press
Mon, 05/28/2012 - 3:16am
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