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Student's dad threatens to set self on fire - Bangkok Post
25 May 2012, 2:24 pm
Somboon Charoenchantakarn, 57, said he will self
immolate in front of Government House next Tuesday in protest at the school's decision not to accept his daughter into Matthayom 4, despite officials from the Ministry of Education informing him earlier that ...
Real’ Aarti emerges, says other woman was impostor - Times of India
24 May 2012, 7:40 pm
A woman who claimed herself as Aarti Pandey had attempted to
immolate herself on May 16, demanding corrections in her class XII mark-sheet. The incident triggered sensation at the board office. "She was in fact an impostor. The real Aarti Pandey ...
No action against in-laws despite FIR, says woman - Times of India
22 May 2012, 8:54 pm
Fed up with the police inaction, Manika has now threatened to
immolate herself and her four-year-old son. The Manchanda family, which was allegedly financially unstable, had demanded a huge sum of money from Manika's parents. Nikhil's family had ...
One on one with Hillary Rodham Clinton - USA Today
19 May 2012, 4:23 am
or a single vegetable vendor will self-
immolate and it will topple a dictator. And therefore, how could we communicate more effectively with people so it wasn't just on the government to government level? Q: A couple of things that people say ...
China TV blames Dalai Lama for Tibet immolations - YAHOO!
16 May 2012, 8:37 am
"The demands by the people who self-
immolate are always the same. It is 'We want freedom,' and 'We want the Dalai Lama to return.' These are slogans used by all those who self-
immolate," said Tashi, the exile government spokesman. "We don't incite them to do this."
The History of Self-Immolation - The New Yorker
15 May 2012, 6:54 pm
Then there are the forestry students at university in Bhubaneswa, India, who reportedly are threatening to self-
immolate if the state forestry department doesn’t reform its recruiting policies. What happened to sit-ins and hunger strikes? When did ...