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TIBETAN MAN IN HIS 50S SETS HIMSELF ON FIRE
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_CHINA_TIBET?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-10-22-06-43-56BEIJING (AP) -- A Tibetan man in his 50s is believed to have died after setting himself on fire Monday in the latest protest against Chinese rule over the Himalayan region, a London-based rights group said.
Free Tibet said the man identified as Dhondup set fire to himself near the prayer hall at the remote Labrang Monastery in China's northwestern Gansu province.
The monastery is one of the most important outside of Tibet and was the site of numerous protests by monks following deadly ethnic riots in Tibet in 2008 that were the most sustained Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule in decades.
Free Tibet said Monday's self-immolation was the first to take place there, and that there have been heavy restrictions in place in the area in recent months.
