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Smothering the Flames of Revolution in Tibet - policymic.com
27 May 2012, 9:21 am
Perhaps the fact that five young monks had to self-immolate before Tibetan discontent made it into the news cycle shows just how uninterested the world has become in Tibet's plight. Moreover, on a more practical level, Tibetans simply do not have the ...
Student's dad threatens to set self on fire - Bangkok Post
25 May 2012, 2:24 pm
Somboon Charoenchantakarn, 57, said he will self immolate in front of Government House next Tuesday in protest at the school's decision not to accept his daughter into Matthayom 4, despite officials from the Ministry of Education informing him earlier that ...
One on one with Hillary Rodham Clinton - USA Today
19 May 2012, 3:40 am
or a single vegetable vendor will self-immolate and it will topple a dictator. And therefore, how could we communicate more effectively with people so it wasn't just on the government to government level? Q: A couple of things that people say ...
'The Bachelorette' Recap: War of the Roses - MSN TV
16 May 2012, 9:13 am
surprise, it is); "fitness model" Jackson; Joe; Kyle; Chris; Aaron ("I am high school biology teacher but I'm here to have chemistry with you," he says -- and his students self-immolate from hysterical laughter); Alessandro (who lists his hometowns as ...
China TV blames Dalai Lama for Tibet immolations - YAHOO!
16 May 2012, 8:37 am
"The demands by the people who self-immolate are always the same. It is 'We want freedom,' and 'We want the Dalai Lama to return.' These are slogans used by all those who self-immolate," said Tashi, the exile government spokesman. "We don't incite them to do this."
The History of Self-Immolation - The New Yorker
15 May 2012, 6:54 pm
Then there are the forestry students at university in Bhubaneswa, India, who reportedly are threatening to self-immolate if the state forestry department doesn’t reform its recruiting policies. What happened to sit-ins and hunger strikes? When did ...