Tibetans begin cremating China quake victims

New Zealand Herald Saturday 17th April, 2010

JIEGU, China - Hundreds of victims of an earthquake that struck western China were cremated Saturday as necessity forced local Tibetans to break with centuries-old "sky burial" traditions. About 1,00...

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