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China Cracks Down on Tibetan Rioters

Security forces begin house-by-house searches and arrests in Lhasa

By Caroline Zimmerman, Newser User

Posted Mar 17, 2008 12:29 PM CDT

(Newser) – Chinese authorities cracked down on Tibetan rioters today, conducting house-to-house searches in Lhasa ahead of the midnight deadline for rioters to turn themselves in. A convoy of four Chinese trucks marched 40 handcuffed prisoners through the city. The participants in the riots, the worst the... Read full story »

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