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A year for self-immolations
Why did so many people light themselves on fire in 2011?
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Sara Schonhardt - Sunday, January 1, 2012 - 08:37
JAKARTA — On Dec. 10, an Indonesian student died from extensive burn wounds suffered after he set himself on fire, the latest victim of an extreme form of protest that gripped the world in 2011.   full story
N. Korea: "Human shields" to defend Kim
North Koreans told to defend their new leader to the death.
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Erin Conway-Smith - Sunday, January 1, 2012 - 07:36
A New Year's message calls on "the whole Party, the entire army and all the people" to "possess a firm conviction that they will become human bulwarks and human shields in defending Kim Jong Un unto death." full story

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