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    Teenage monk self-immolates in China

    Wed, 07/18/2012 - 04:00 EDT - CNN
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    An 18-year-old Tibetan monk set himself on fire in a monastery in China's Sichuan province, according to advocacy organizations and the Tibetan government in exile.

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