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rest of the story hereBEIJING - Protests led by Buddhist monks against Chinese rule in Tibet turned violent Friday, with shops and vehicles torched and gunshots echoing through the streets of the ancient capital, Lhasa. A radio report said two people had been killed.
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The biggest demonstrations in nearly two decades against Beijing's 57-year control of the Himalayan territory come at a critically sensitive time for China as it attempts to portray a unified and prosperous nation ahead of the Olympic Games in August.
China blamed the disturbances on a plot by followers of the Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled Buddhist leader whom the communist regime has accused of trying to sabotage the Beijing Olympics.
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