China: 2 Tibetan Protesters Die

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A Tibetan man died Wednesday after setting himself on fire to protest Chinese rule, bringing the total number of Tibetans who have carried out similar protests since 2009 to 101, according to a report on Thursday by Radio Free Asia, which is financed by the United States government. The latest protest took place in Sangchu County, known in Chinese as Xiahe, in Gansu Province. The area is the home of Labrang Monastery, an important center of religious study in Tibet. Radio Free Asia reported that the man, Drukpa Khar, 26, was survived by a father, mother and three children. On Thursday, a Tibetan man who set himself on fire on Wednesday in Katmandu, Nepal, where many Tibetans in exile live, died at a hospital, according to news reports. The police are still trying to identify him, The Associated Press reported.