The inaugural European Tibetan Youth Leadership Program (TYLP) in Europe, held in Brussels from July 5 to 9, 2003 attracted 13 Tibetans from seven countries. The Program included a visit to the European Parliament during which the participants
Detail of image at the Oglethorpe University Museum exhibit.(Photographed Image Copyright (c) 2002 Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation) Collection of Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation
The exhibit is called “The Female Buddha: Women of Enlightenment in Tibetan Mysticism.” Buddhas are those who have reached full spiritual enlightenment, or awakening. And in Tibetan Buddhism, with its roots in the shamanistic and unseen world of gods
Rescuers clear the site of a landslide on the Sichuan-Tibet Highway in Linzhi, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Friday, July 11, 2003. Nineteen people were buried in a landslide Wednesday caused by two-week-long rainfalls. Six bodies have so far been found. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Tu Deng)
Indian Foreign Minister Yashwant Sinha said Thursday that preparations were underway for the first high-level talks with China to resolve a border dispute that led the two Asian neighbours to war in 1962.
At least 17 workers were buried and are presumed dead in a landslide on the Sichuan-Tibet highway, a major road that connects southwestern China with the Himalayan plateau, state media reported on Friday.
According to a UNESCO press release on 10 July 2003, Fifteen new sites in 10 countries have been added to UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserves, including the first members of the network in Slovenia and Yemen.
One can sense the anger rising inside the hall as the green uniformed Chinese officer beats the Tibetan prisoner. The next moment, in another scene, a deafening silence prevails which was occasionally disrupted by the stifling cry of the ladies in one corner.
