Tibetan demonstrators shout anti-Chinese slogans during a protest in Siliguri on March 18, 2008. Tibet remained largely cut off from the outside world after a crackdown by China, which said violence there was backed by the Dalai Lama and aimed at undermining the Olympic Games in Beijing. With the remote region under virtual lockdown by Chinese security forces, it was not known what had happened after an overnight deadline for protesters in Tibet to turn themselves in to authorities or face serious consequences. China blamed Tibetan "mobs" for the deaths of 13 people in violent anti-Chinese rioting on Friday, while Tibetan exile groups have said around 100 people or more were killed as China quashed the protests. AFP PHOTO/Diptendu DUTTA
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