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  • In one of the pictures, Runggye Adak is looking directly at the tough-looking guy in the white shirt (his black armband on his upper right sleeve indicates that he could be a citizen monitor of some sort who helps to maintain public order), who is perhaps translating for a Chinese plain clothes security official.

    Kate Saunders: Pictures From Tibet That Tell a Story of Courage Kate Saunders 2010

  • In the first image, Runggye Adak is pictured looking down at the ground, leaning towards a maroon-robed monk, his bearing still dignified, before he is taken away.

    Kate Saunders: Pictures From Tibet That Tell a Story of Courage Kate Saunders 2010

  • In one of the pictures, Runggye Adak is looking directly at the tough-looking guy in the white shirt (his black armband on his upper right sleeve indicates that he could be a citizen monitor of some sort who helps to maintain public order), who is perhaps translating for a Chinese plain clothes security official.

    Kate Saunders: Pictures From Tibet That Tell a Story of Courage Kate Saunders 2010

  • In the first image, Runggye Adak is pictured looking down at the ground, leaning towards a maroon-robed monk, his bearing still dignified, before he is taken away.

    Kate Saunders: Pictures From Tibet That Tell a Story of Courage Kate Saunders 2010

  • In one of the pictures, Runggye Adak is looking directly at the tough-looking guy in the white shirt (his black armband on his upper right sleeve indicates that he could be a citizen monitor of some sort who helps to maintain public order), who is perhaps translating for a Chinese plain clothes security official.

    Kate Saunders: Pictures From Tibet That Tell a Story of Courage Kate Saunders 2010

  • In the first image, Runggye Adak is pictured looking down at the ground, leaning towards a maroon-robed monk, his bearing still dignified, before he is taken away.

    Kate Saunders: Pictures From Tibet That Tell a Story of Courage Kate Saunders 2010

  • On February 10, the villagers called Adak and informed him that they had got hold of Tapan and would hand him over to the local police.

    Analysis 2010

  • A 740-foot cargo ship was disabled and floating adrift in high winds about 540 miles southwest of Adak on Sunday.

    POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: December 21, 2009 2009

  • Anchorage Daily News: Cargo ship adrift south of Adak in heavy seas

    POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: December 21, 2009 2009

  • During the opening ceremony, 56-year old Runggye Adak, a respected senior of the nomadic community, strode onstage -- an unexpected presence among Chinese military guests and dignitaries in attendance.

    Kate Saunders: Pictures From Tibet That Tell a Story of Courage Kate Saunders 2010

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