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KATHMANDU, Nepal - A Tibetan protester doused himself with gasoline, set himself ablaze, and chanted anti-China slogans as he ran down a street in Nepal's capital Wednesday, the latest in a string of self-immolations protesting China's rule over Tibet.

The dramatic protest marked the 101st time since 2009 that a Tibetan monk, nun, or layperson has set themselves on fire, according to officials from the Tibetan exile government, based in India.

Witnesses in Nepal said a man in monk's robes entered a cafe in Kathmandu's Boudhanath district - home to many Tibetan Buddhist temples and monasteries - and asked to use the bathroom.

After spending some time there, he went into the street and lit himself on fire. He ran a few steps, covered in flames and chanting slogans against China, before collapsing in front of the mammoth Boudhanath stupa, one of the holiest Buddhist sites in the country. - AP

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran said Wednesday that it had begun installing a new generation of centrifuges at its main uranium-enrichment facility, a move that will allow it to vastly increase its pace of uranium enrichment in defiance of U.N. calls to halt such activities.

Vice President Fereidoun Abbasi told the official IRNA news agency that the machines would produce only low-level enriched uranium, which is used to make nuclear fuel, but high-level enrichment makes it suitable for use in the core of a nuclear weapon.

The announcement coincided with a new round of talks Wednesday with senior International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors over allegations that Tehran might have carried out tests on triggers for atomic weapons. State media said the talks ended late Wednesday but didn't provide any further details. It also could affect negotiations planned later this month between Iran and six world powers.

- AP

KIEV, Ukraine - A passenger plane carrying soccer fans headed for a match skidded past the landing strip and overturned in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Wednesday, killing five people, officials said.

The small, Soviet-designed AN-24 plane was carrying 44 passengers and crew from the Black Sea port of Odessa when it crash-landed shortly after 6 p.m. local time, the Emergency Situations Ministry said on its website.

A survivor and regional officials said the plane was filled mostly with fans heading for the Wednesday night Champions League soccer match between Ukraine's Shakhtar and Borussia Dortmund. The match opened with a minute of silence in memory of the dead. - AP