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 KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Police broke up a protest by 200 Tibetans in Nepal's capital on Saturday, beating them with bamboo batons and arresting at least 20, as Tibetan exile communities ramped up demonstrations around the world.
Hundreds gathered peacefully for a candlelight vigil in Dharmsala, India, the headquarters of Tibet's government-in-exile. But gatherings in western China, the United States, Australia and India's capital descended into violence when police tried to disperse crowds of distraught exiles.
They took to the streets a day after protests by Buddhist monks in Tibet turned deadly in the largest demonstrations in nearly two decades against Beijing's rule over Tibet. The unrest began Monday on the anniversary of a 1959 uprising.
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