At least 50 people, including 16 army personnel, were reported missing in a landslide that buried settlements and an army post last night near the Nepal-Tibet border, a newspaper report said today.
As India celebrated its 56th year of independence with much enthusiasm and festivity, the Central Tibetan Administration yesterday held a small gathering in front of the Kashag Secretariat courtyard to greet the host country on its Independence Day.
The Potala Palace, a tourist destination in the capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, is enjoying a quieter busy season thanks to a restriction on the number of its visitors.
The search for new and interesting natural fibres has zoned in on the Tibetan yak, which features in a new sweater collection from UK sportswear specialist William Evans. The range uses the fine guard hair which grows in the area beneath the animal’s chin.
A satellite communication network, with an investment of 200 million yuan (about US$24.1 million) from the China Telecom Group, is being built in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, dubbed as the "roof of the world".
The Australian Parliamentary Group for Tibet (APGT) is writing to Australian Prime Minister John Howard to actively encourage the Chinese Government to begin negotiations on Tibet during his forthcoming China visit.
A 39-year-old woman cycling her way around the world to help free Tibet landed in the Thunder Bay area yesterday. Karen McLinton first began her global cycle from her home on the island of Jersey, about 64 kilometres off the north coast
The annual ceremony, known as Zhanfo, which means Buddha worship, is held at the Gandan Temple in Dapchi, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2003.
On his first night in America, Lobsang Tsering, a Tibetan monk, sat by his tent on a hilltop and looked out over the Napa Valley. A string of Tibetan prayer flags, which are said to disperse prayers and blessing to the wind, flew above him.
