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Breaking: Yet another self-immolation marks a year of fiery protests

Sunday, 18 March 2012 08:14 Phayul.com

A file photo of monk Lobsang Tsultrim. (Photo/Kirti monastery)

DHARAMSHALA, March 16: Exactly a year after monk Phuntsog set himself on fire demanding the return of the Dalai Lama from exile and freedom in Tibet, another Tibetan has set himself on fire today.

Lobsang Tsultrim, a 20-year-old monk from the besieged Kirti monastery in the Ngaba region of eastern Tibet set his body on fire at around 5 pm local time.

Chen Shui-bian returns to prison after stay in hospital

Wednesday, 14 March 2012 08:42 Taipei Times

Security officers drag away a man who was lying in the road and obstructing a van taking former president Chen Shui-bian from Taoyuan General Hospital back to Taipei Prison yesterday.
Photo: CNA

Former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) was yesterday returned to Taipei Prison after receiving medical treatment at a hospital in Taoyuan County.

Chen, who is serving a 17-and-a-half-year sentence for corruption, was granted a temporary release from Taipei Prison on March 6 for a medical checkup at Taoyuan General Hospital. Chen was found to be suffering from acute coronary syndrome and underwent a cardiac catheterization on Thursday.

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Photo: CNA

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