Chinese geologists have discovered silicified wood fossils of the Cretaceous period in areas near Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
Archeologists have discovered a site used by New Stone Age nomadic people at an altitude of 4,234 meters in Tibet. The site, the first of such discovery at such a high altitude, is located three kilometers to the north of Yangbajain County in Damxung County.
Eric Engman/News-Miner TURBULENT TIMES--Tibetan Lama Palden Gyatso uses a watch as a prop as he describes methods of torture he endured while a prisoner of the Chinese to a group of Monroe Catholic High School students Tuesday.
Tibet.Net Spoke with Mr. Thubten Samphel, Secretary, Department of Information and International Relations of the Central Tibetan Administration, upon his return to Dharamsala from Prague, the Czech Republic
Draping the length of his unfastened watch over the microphone in imitation of a dangling body, Tibetan Lama Palden Gyatso spoke of brutal episodes of horrific torture to the high school students filling the chapel at Monroe Catholic High School Tuesday morning.
Beijing's plan to pacify this restive Himalayan province involves a $3.2-billion railroad that will connect the rest of China to the frozen Tibetan plateau known as the roof of the world.
