Tibetan exiles arrested for marching in protest begin hunger strike

Friday, March 14, 2008

DEHRA, India — More than 100 Tibetan exiles began a hunger strike Thursday after police in northern India dragged them away from a six-month march to their homeland to protest China's hosting of the Olympic Games.

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