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Tibet’s holiest Buddhist temple reopened Friday, state-run media reported, two months after a violent uprising in Tibetan areas throughout China led the government to close off several of the region’s most important monasteries.
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A Nepalese policewoman scuffles with a Tibetan exile during a protest against the Chinese government, in Katmandu, Nepal, Friday, May, 16, 2008.
