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Two Tibetan monks,believed to be 18 or 19,set themselves on fire at the Kirti Monastery in Sichuan provinces Aba prefecture to protest Chinas tight rein over Buddhist practices.

Two Tibetan monks,believed to be 18 or 19,set themselves on fire Monday at the Kirti Monastery in Sichuan provinces Aba prefecture to protest Chinas tight rein over Buddhist practices,the London-based Free Tibet campaign group said. The monks shouted Long live the Dalai Lama before set themselves on fire,the group said. It was not clear if the monks survived.

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