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Tibet: Tibetans wait for Dalai Lama, cling to culture
Chinese government policy and population trends have many Tibetans worried that their culture might be dying.
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Tibetan government fears infiltration by Chinese agents: report
The security wing of Tibetan Government-in-Exile has cautioned the Indian security and intelligence agencies of anticipated attempts by China to infiltrate its band of army trained undercover agents in the town
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Tibetan Parliament begins monsoon session
The 10th session of the 14th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile opened here this morning. The session will last for ten days, till September 17.
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Nepal Maoists sought Chinese cash to 'buy' MPs?
Nepal's opposition Maoist party has been dragged into a snowballing scandal with a leaked audio tape indicating the former guerrillas sought NRS 500 million from Chinese "friends" to buy MPs' votes ahead of Sunday's election
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Two Tibetan school teachers receive Indian national award
Two Tibetan school teachers Sunday received National Award for the year 2009 from the Indian president Smt. Pratibha Patil for their outstanding contribution in the field of education
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Tibetan professionals meet for the 1st GTP Summit
The inaugural function of the first Global Tibetan Professionals' Summit held at the auditorium of the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives today was presided over as the chief guest by Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche, the Prime Mini
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China, US meet amid tensions over trade, military
Senior US and Chinese officials met Monday to steady relations upset by disputes over currency, trade and military affairs despite calls for a tougher line on
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Dalai Lama to inaugurate educational conference in Gangtok
His Holiness the Dalai Lama is set to inaugurate a four-day educational conference to be held in Gangtok, the capital of the north-eastern Indian state of Sikkim, sometime in December this year
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Kochi Showers Love and Respect on Dalai Lama
Kochi, the city, which has been home to multiple ethnic groups from across the world, accorded a warm welcome to Dalai Lama, the apostle of peace,
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Comic book on 14th Dalai Lama to be available in 10 languages
A graphic novel on the life and personality of the Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama will now be available in 10 languages in different parts of the world
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Decades after call for reform, Tibet remains in crisis
This week the official Xinhua news agency belatedly admitted that a "stray bullet" from security forces had killed a Tibetan protester on the Tibetan plateau, in western Sichuan province, while Tibetan
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India concerned over China's Kashmir remarks
India has expressed its concern at China’s remarks about the term 'India-controlled Kashmir'. Indian External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has said China must respect New Delhi’s sen
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Shanghai Expo(sed): SFT launches "stop the attack on Tibetan culture"
The New York based Students of a Free Tibet has expresed their opposition to the “Heaven in Tibet” themed pavilion at the ongoing Shanghai Expo. The students for a free Tibet has
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India to discuss China with US later this month
New Delhi is now getting ready to engage the US on China. Indian officials, led by Gautam Bambawale, joint secretary, East Asia, in the MEA, will be in Washington lat
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Dalai Lama meets Tibetan students in Bylakuppe
“You students are the young generation of Tibet who will continue the legacy of the older generation. It is essential to grow up as a Tibetan with sound Tibetan morals,
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Tibetan nomads struggle as grasslands disappear from the roof of the world
Like generations of Tibetan nomads before him, Phuntsok Dorje makes a living raising yaks and other livestock on the vast alpine grasslands that provide a thatch on the roof of the world
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China tests its Sukhois at upgraded airfields in Tibet
Stepping up its military activities in Tibet, the Chinese PLA has carried out a major exercise there with its Air Force that for the first time saw Sukhoi-30s being pressed into action
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China adamant on Kashmir as "disputed", says stapled visa will continue
In a major setback to India, China Thursday said it will continue to issue stapled visas to Indians holding passport from the state that China recently called
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World parliamentarians' body proposes independent monitors for 2011 Tibetan polls
Members of the International Network for Parliamentarians on Tibet (INPaT) yesterday called upon the Election Commission of the Tibetan government in exile to invite independent international election monitoring entities to observe the 2011
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Amitabh Bachhan, Kiran Bedi to join Dalai Lama at World Peace Fest
Dharamsala, September 3 - His Holiness the Dalai Lama will attend 'the World Peace Fest' in the Indian city of Pune next month. The Tibetan leader will deliver a lecture on ‘Peace among
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