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Australia’s Ambassador to China will be seeking Beijing’s permission to visit Tibet to “examine the reasons” for the ongoing wave of fiery self-immolations in Tibet.

In reports coming out of Tibet, thousands of Tibetans carried out a massive protest in Malho, eastern Tibet, calling for the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama from exile and freedom in Tibet.

The Tibetan national flag has once been raised in Tibet as more instances of arrests and mass protests are being reported from Tibetan areas. In reports coming out of Chentsa county in Malho eastern Tibet, the Lhamo Dechen monastery, the largest monastery in the region is currently reeling under a severe military

Exile Tibetans and supporters in Dharamshala, north India, hold a candle light vigil in solidarity with the recent self-immolations in Ngaba and Rebkong, Tibet. Since 2009, 30 Tibetans have set their bodies on fire demanding the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama from exile and freedom in Tibet. The vigil was organised by Tibetan Settlement Office (formally known as Tibetan Welfare Office), Dharamshala. March 17, 2012 (Phayul Photo/Norbu Wangyal)

A long awaited overhaul in the selection process and recruitment of bureaucrats for the exile Tibetan administration was announced earlier today at a press conference in Dharamshala.

Details are finally emerging on the self-immolation protest that took place in Rebkong, eastern Tibet earlier today. The 30th Tibetan to set his body on fire has been identified as Sonam Dhargey, a 44-year-old farmer.

In more disturbing news coming out of Tibet, another Tibetan set himself on fire earlier today in the Rebkong region of eastern Tibet. The person, identified as a student, self-immolated at around 9:30 am local time in an apparent protest against the Chinese regime.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s recent comments on the urgent need for "political reform," minus any concrete details, have failed to impress Chinese activists, foreign analysts, and Tibetans alike.

The clampdown on Tibetan intellectuals and activists continues in Tibet with the recent arrests of four Tibetan environmental activists in Tawu, eastern Tibet. The four arrested were members of a locally-founded environment group.

Exactly a year after monk Phuntsog set himself on fire demanding the return of the Dalai Lama from exile and freedom in Tibet, another Tibetan has set himself on fire today.