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Officials of the India-based Tibetan government in-exile say they have received reports confirming that at least 30 Tibetan demonstrators were killed by the Chinese security forces in the Tibetan capital Lhasa on Friday. They say they've had reports that more than 100 people died but cannot confirm this. China's state media has said that ten innocent ethnic Chinese civilians were burnt to death in the violence. The Chinese authorities in Tibet have meanwhile set a deadline for those involved in the rioting to surrender.
China says anyone who took part in the demonstrations must give themselves up by midnight, local time, on Monday. The authorities have set up a cordon around the old quarter where much of Friday's violence took place and there's a heavy security presence in the area. Some clashes are still taking place and the situation is extremely tense. The world is now watching and waiting to see what happens next.

There have also been anti-Chinese demonstrations by Tibetan monks in Gansu province on the edge of the Tibetan plateau. Tear gas was fired at the xxx Monastery. Our China coorespondent, James Marals, has visited the monastery and sent this report.
The xxx Monastery is high up on the Tibetan plateau. To get that, we drove for five hours past glaciers and snowcapped hills. As we got closer to the monastery, we passed a convoy of Chinese security forces, striving on an empty road. Near the monastery itself, we saw a row of riot police standing on a bridge. Beyond the riot police, the Lebrun monastery was open, Tibetan monks in scarlet robes walk(ed) in and out. They told us that there had been further demonstrations earlier in the day and that the Chinese security forces had used tear gas to break up the protest.

A powerful series of explosions has struck an army ammunitions depot near the Albanian capital, Tirana. The Albanian Prime Minister, Sali Berisha, is quoted as saying that a number of people were killed. Reports (were) speaking of at least 150 people injured. Here's our Balkan correspondent, Helen Forks.
The explosion happened as ammution was being destroyed at an Albanian military base. According to the Prime Minister's spokesman, three teams of 21 people were working in the area at the time, and it’s feared they've been killed or seriously injured. He said that several of the people were US citizens. Albanian's Health Minister said that around 150 people had been injured including many children. The depot, which was on the outskirts of the capital, is used as a location to destroy obsolete ammunition. It's reported that the blast set off ammunition and there was a series of explosions which lasted for more than two hours. The force of the blast was felt in Tirana, some 20 kilometers away. Windows of the airport in the capital were also damaged.

NOTE

set a deadline for sb. => give sb. an ultimatum
take part in => involve in
surrender => give oneself up
old quarter => old Tibet court
tense situation

break up the protest => disperse the protest

be quoted as saying ...
It's feared (that)...
on the outskirts of ...