The Tibetan Photo Project started during the 2000 Mendocino Music Festival when Joe Mickey, a professional photographer, teacher and sports editor for The Mendocino Beacon and the Advocate-News, was introduced to a sponsorship program for monks living in exile in southern India.
A group of 14 Norwell High School students, accompanied by their principal Stephen Mahoney, were among more than 1,000 young activists to attend a demonstration in New York City Monday to protest human rights abuses.
F W DE KLERK - Former president of South Africa, co-recipient with Nelson Mandela of the Nobel peace prize in 1993. "Right from the beginning I took the view that the international community needs to take strong action against the Saddam Husseins of this world
The International Campaign for Tibet, one of the most active international organisations working for Tibet, has started its third branch in Berlin, Germany. Based in Washington, the International Campaign for Tibet is run by
The fall of Baghdad happened so quickly that no one had time to come up with an antiwar song that spoke to our doubts and fears and resentments of the military-industrial complex. No "Masters of War," not even a "Fixin' to Die Rag."
From left, "Freddy," concert organizer, Legislator Hsiao Bi-khim, Chen Sheng, singer, and Lennon Hsu, singer from Tizzy Bac, show off their Tibetan Freedom Concert tattoos on their fists during a press conference in Taipei yesterday. (Peter Mah , Taiwan News)
Squashing rumors of a possible pullout, the famous hip-hop trio Beastie Boys is set to headline the Tibetan Freedom Concert this Sunday at the Sungshan Cigarette Factory in Taipei. This year's show marks the 10th concert for the event since 1996 and its first time to be held in Taiwan.
A strong earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale struck two townships close to Delhi city in northwest China, toppling houses, seismological and local officials told AFP. "The earthquake, of 6.6 on the Richter scale, hit just before 9am this morning (0100 GMT),"
