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Tibetans in Nepal defy ban on rallies KATHMANDU, Thursday (AFP) More than 5,000 Tibetans in Kathmandu publicly prayed for peace Wednesday on the 45th anniversary of the uprising that sent the Dalai Lama into exile, defying a ban on Tibetan rallies in Nepal. Monks and nuns offered prayers and held up placards reading "Free Tibet" as schoolchildren sang the anthems of both Tibet and Nepal in a predominantly Buddhist area of Kathmandu. |
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