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 ...

Karnataka Rakshana Vedike activists protest against revised auto fare - Deccan Herald
20 May 2012, 9:01 am
Pro-Kannada outfit Karnataka Rakshana Vedike activists on Saturday attempted to self-immolate in Bangalore protesting the against the revised auto fare announced by the government. The prostestors demanded the government to revise the minimum auto fare to ...

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 ...

MotoGP: Honda's Stoner Fastest In Second Practice At Le Mans - Superbike Planet
18 May 2012, 8:13 am
Stoner going fast and ... not much else. Several CRTs did crash and at least one CRT engine did self immolate. Stoner ended the session by having an animated conversation with his crewchief in the garage, this after riding off on his final lap.

Seven pieces of advice to the graduates of 2012, from a broke, unsuccessful and underemployed graduate of 2011 - New York Daily News
16 May 2012, 1:37 pm
jump on the white-clothed table and immolate myself using a bottle of triple-malted scotch and a long-wicked match. (Photo: Athony Casale) But, somehow, I never did, and I survived on that job for many months until I found another occupation ...

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 ...

Dalai Lama Says Chinese Agents Are Training Tibetan Women To Poison Him - International Business Times
13 May 2012, 7:22 am
In the past year, more than 30 Tibetan protesters in China have immolate themselves. The Dalai Lama will be in London Monday to receive the Templeton Prize at St. Paul's Cathedral.