This is the second reported self-immolation this year in this restive area of Sichuan, where Tibetans bristle under Chinese rule.

The restive area was closed to foreigners.

Cẩn's central region was much more peaceful than the restive areas near Saigon and the Mekong Delta.

The center of this restive area was in the northern Dalmatian town of Knin.

Circassians were viewed as tools by the Ottoman government, and settled in restive areas whose populations had nationalist yearnings- Armenia, the Arab regions and the Balkans.

NATO said that it would also investigate the allegations and confirmed an ongoing operation in the restive area, but said as many as 36 insurgents had been killed.

Marines have been stationed in some of Iraq's most violent precincts and assigned to lead dangerous anti-insurgent sweeps in restive Sunni areas like Falluja.

The attack was in Bormol, a village that borders Waziristan, Pakistan's restive tribal area.

American commanders say they intend to bring many of the most restive areas, including Falluja, under control by the end of the year, by force if necessary.

But many of the country's population centers are in those restive areas, scaring off international aid organizations.