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A disputed video from Tibet

Last week, Tibetan exile groups voiced outrage at a video posted on YouTube that purportedly showed militarized police beating and kicking detained Tibetans during ethnic unrest a year ago. A spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, Qin Gang, was dismissive... ...full story at Tim Johnson

from Tim Johnson on Mon, Mar 30 2009

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