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Tibetans live in fear as China cracks down on protests
Updated: 29 Jan 2012 1429 hrs
 
Sitting in a teahouse in Chengdu's Tibetan quarter, a nervous young monk spoke of how police arrests of innocent people were adding to the climate of fear in China's Tibetan-inhabited regions.
 
             
   
 
 
 
 
 
       
 
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Tunisians shout slogans and wave Tunisian flags during a demonstration in Tunis to "defend freedom" after a series of incidents involving radicals from the Salafist movement (AFP PHOTO / FETHI BELAID)
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