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...RALLYING BEHIND THE FLAG...
...Today, Mustafa’s room is sparsely decorated, Alon said, except for a Kurdish flag and a photograph of his father—“the only things he owns that he doesn’t let anyone touch or move...
...protests—which have at times drawn as many as 150 people—aim to “tell the world that Tibet is an independent country,” according to participant Tenzin Yangchen. “People are getting shot for holding a Tibetan flag,” she said. “It’s a shame on the Chinese government.” Tensions in Tibet between protesters and government troops have escalated over the last week, resulting in at least 16 deaths, according to Chinese government statistics cited by the Associated Press...
...wave the flag here and push it a little bit, you can say ‘just put this on people’s transcripts. What are you not patriotic? Do you not want to make life a little better for these people?’” Krahel said. “And that argument never stops, the next thing they’re back on campus and they have a barracks...
...came back and the city was still in a state of shock. People realized that something important and profound had happened but they'd gone through so many disappointments before that they couldn't really come out and celebrate. So you had all these images on television of the flag being hoisted on top of the statue, the statue being pulled down, and some people in that square celebrating, but most of the city was very quiet. It was almost eerie. The first thing I did was look for friends of mine who I had known from before...