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                     Tibetan Nomad Dies in Self-Immolation

   Tibetan sources say a 31-year-old nomad has died in remote eastern
   Tibet after setting himself on fire, in a protest against Chinese rule
   and resettlement and land policies.
   Tibetan exile sources say Tenzin Sharab, the oldest of five siblings,
   recently spoke with friends about the difficulties of living under
   Chinese rule in Qinghai`s Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. They said he
   voiced fears for the survival of Tibetan culture and religion and said
   his family had recently undergone forced resettlement.
   The May 27 immolation death -- the first reported in the Yushu area of
   China`s Qinghai province -- brings the toll of Tibetan self-immolations
   to 118 since early 2009.
   In a recent interview, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai
   Lama told India`s national television he is saddened by the rising
   number of self-immolations. He attributed the spike to the stresses of
   living in "constant fear" of Chinese authorities.
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