Police close Muslim quarter in Lhasa (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Fri, 03/28/2008 - 3:53am

Tibetan Buddhist monks walk back to their quarters after talking to foreign journalists at the Jokhang Temple, one of Tibet's holiest temples in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Thursday, March 27, 2008.<br /><br />A government-managed visit by foreign reporters to Tibet's capital backfired Thursday when Buddhist monks disrupted the tour, screaming that there was no religious freedom and that the Dalai Lama was not to blame for Lhasa's recent violence.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - Police closed off Lhasa's Muslim quarter on Friday, two weeks after Tibetan rioters burned down the city's mosque amid the largest anti-Chinese protests in nearly two decades.



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