Buddhist nuns pray as they sit in a temple inside the Rongbo Monastery in the Tibet Autonomous Region May 3, 2008. The monastery is the world's highest at an altitude of over 5,100 metres (16,700 feet) and located at the foot of Mount Everest, which is also known as Qomolangma. Fence-mending talks between Chinese officials and the two aides of the Dalai Lama, the first since an eruption of Tibetan protests and deadly riots in March, were scheduled to start on Sunday in the city of Shenzhen, near Hong Kong, with China's president Hu Jintao saying he was hoping for a "positive outcome" from the talks. The unrest, the most serious challenge to Chinese rule in the mountainous region for nearly two decades, prompted anti-China protests around the world that disrupted the international leg of the Olympic torch relay and led to calls for Western leaders to boycott August's Beijing Games. Picture taken May 3, 2008. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA)
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