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DHARAMSHALA: Describing the situation in Tibet as a challenge to the "conscience of the world", Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi on Friday asked all freedom loving people to speak out against China's "oppression".
Arriving to a rousing welcome here, she said the US Congress will continue to meet the challenge of conscience that Tibet offers.
"Situation in Tibet is a challenge to conscience of the world...the challenge we can help meet," Pelosi said at a public reception accorded to her in this hill town of the majestic, snow-capped Dhauladhar mountain range
The Dalai Lama, the head of the Tibetan government-in-exile along with all members of the Tibetan parliament welcomed Pelosi and the nine members of the US Congress at the main Buddha temple here.
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Eighteen civilians dead in Tibet riots - Xinhua
LONDON, March 21 (Reuters) - Eighteen civilians and a police have died in anti-Chinese riots in the Tibetan capital Lhasa, Xinhua news agency quoted the Tibet regional government as saying on Friday.
"Previously, the official death toll for the innocent was 13," said Xinhua, monitored in London.
The agency reported that 241 police officers had been injured, 23 critically, and a police officer had been killed by a mob.
The regional government said the number of injured civilians had risen to 382 from 325, Xinhua reported. Fifty-eight were seriously wounded, it added.
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