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OAKLAND, Calif. ? The Marine Corps veteran who was struck in the head during a clash between police and Occupy Oakland protesters says he expects to recover completely but he is still having trouble speaking.

In a video interview posted on Indybay.org, Scott Olsen says he had trouble speaking at all in the days after his skull was fractured Oct. 25.

It’s the 24-year-old Iraq War veteran’s first interview since he was injured. He wears a neck brace and speaks haltingly, and his words are sometimes slurred.

Olsen says he didn’t know at the time how he was wounded. He says he’s frustrated by the pace of the police investigation into who fired the tear gas canister he believes struck him.

Messages left for Oakland police were not immediately returned.

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Online:

Scott Olsen interview: http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/11/28/18701164.php

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111128/ap_on_re_us/us_occupy_oakland_veteran_hurt

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KATMANDU, Nepal ? Nepalese police detained more than 100 Tibetan exiles on Tuesday who had gathered to pray for nine Tibetans who set themselves on fire to protest against Chinese rule.

About 400 Tibetans, including 150 monks, held a prayer meeting on the outskirts of Katmandu in honor of the monks, former monks and a nun who have immolated themselves since March in a restive Tibetan area of western China that is under martial law-type police controls. At least five died of their injuries, while the condition of the others is not known.

Nepalese police in riot gear entered the prayer meeting at the Tibetan Refugee Center and pulled down a banner of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. This angered the Tibetans at the meeting, who poured into the streets to protest. They chanted anti-China slogans calling for a free Tibet and for China to “leave our home.”

More than 100 protesters were taken in trucks to detention centers, according to a police officer at the scene who did not want to be identified because he was not authorized to talk to reporters.

The monks were not among those detained.

There have been a number of similar protests in the past in Nepal. Police generally don’t charge the protesters and they are usually released by nightfall.

Nepal’s government has said it cannot allow protests against friendly nations, including China. Nepal is also under pressure from the Chinese government to stop them.

Thousands of Tibetans live in Nepal and hundreds pass through Nepal on their way from Tibet to Dharmasala in India where the Dalai Lama lives.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111101/ap_on_re_as/as_nepal_tibetan_protest

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BAGHDAD, Iraq?? Security forces stormed a police station where gunmen were holding police and civilians hostage on Monday, leaving three people dead and bringing an end to the standoff.

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Brig. Mohammed al-Fahdawi of the Iraqi Army’s 7th Division in Anbar province said three of the hostages died in the Monday morning incident along with all of the gunmen.

The gunmen were disguised as police officers when they entered the station in the town of al-Baghdadi in western Iraq, some 125 miles west of Baghdad, and took police officers as well as civilians working there hostage.

They immediately opened fire upon entering and one of the insurgents blew himself up, provincial police officials said.

Among the hostages was the mayor of al-Baghdadi, whose office is on the second floor of the police station, according to the officials.

Around 15 people had been held inside the building, local authorities said earlier. It was not immediately clear whether the attackers had made any demands.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

The incident demonstrates the vulnerability of the Iraqi security forces at a time when American troops are swiftly drawing down their presence after more than eight years of war.

Anbar province has been a hotbed of Iraq’s insurgency for years. Sunni militants aligned with terror groups such as al-Qaida often attack the local police and military who they see as traitors and supporters of the Shiite-led government.

Under a 2008 agreement, all American forces must leave Iraq by the end of this year, although U.S. and Iraqi officials have been discussing whether to have a small U.S. military presence in Iraq into next year.

The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44753538/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/

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