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The downloading of music for iPod players has hit a mysterious glitch in China, stumping scores of users and raising fears the government has blocked Apple's iTunes site over pro-Tibet lyrics, analysts said on Thursday. Since Monday, more than 60 people have posted messages in an Apple Inc discussion forum complaining that they could not download songs for use on Apple's iPods. Their complaints follow the release of The Art of Peace Foundation's new album "Songs for Tibet," a compilation of tunes about the rights of ethnic Tibetans in China's mountainous southwest. Tibet, which Communist troops entered in 1950, suffered violent rioting in March, which led to anti-government demonstrations across Tibetan areas of China, deeply embarrassing Beijing just months before the Olympic Games. RELATED ARTICLES iTunes Subscription Buzz Is Back Fires Blamed on Overheating iPods Amazon Kindle: The iPod of Book Readers? Microsoft Eyes Hollywood Deals to Trump iPod For more stories on this topic: In an interview with the French newspaper Le Monde published on Thursday, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, accused Chinese troops of opening fire on protesters in eastern Tibet... [ Read more on www.internetnews.com ]

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