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Tibet exile government says 130 killed in protests

DHARAMSALA, India
Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:39am EDT

DHARAMSALA, India (Reuters) - The Tibetan government-in-exile has raised its confirmed death toll from clashes between Chinese authorities and Tibetan protesters to 130, a spokesman said on Monday.

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"It's 130, mainly from eastern and northeastern parts of Tibet," Thubten Samphel, a spokesman for the government-in-exile, told Reuters.

(Reporting by Jonathan Allen; Editing by Alistair Scrutton)



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