China issues Most Wanted list of rioters (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Sat, 03/22/2008 - 1:18am

Paramilitary police march in a street in Zhongdian, in a Tibetan area known as Shangri-La, in China's southwest Yunnan province Saturday March 22, 2008.<br /><br />Thousands of troops have moved into Tibetan areas of western China following last week's anti-government riots in Tibet's capital, Lhasa.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Greg Baker)AP - China issued a "Most Wanted" list of 21 rioters Friday — shown in grainy photos waving knives and fighting during last week's violence over Chinese rule in Tibet.

Thousands of troops continued to push into western China to contain unrest.



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