Tibetan monasteries empty as China jails monks to silence Olympic protests

Beijing - Chinese authorities tightened security around Tibet's main monasteries and banned visits to a sacred site on the edge of the capital, Lhasa, for fear of a fresh outburst of unrest on the Dalai Lama's birthday. Few monks remain, however, in the province's three most important monasteries. Many have disappeared, their whereabouts a mystery.

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