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Wed 03 Mar 2009Tibetans mark 1959 rebellion against China rule
THE DALAI Lama has accused China of turning Tibet into a “hell on earth” as Tibetans mark the 50th anniversary of an uprising against Beijing rule, while President Hu Jintao has called for the construction of a “Great Wall” to protect the country against Tibetan separatism.
Speaking before some 10,000 Tibetans from around the world in the north Indian hill station of Dharamsala, the 73-year-old Dalai Lama, who is a god-king to many Tibetans, yesterday slammed China for inflicting “untold suffering and destruction” during a series of campaigns of repression in Tibet since 1959.
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