Some time during the sixth century BC, a wandering ascetic sat to meditate under a tree in the vast plains of northern India, resolving not to rise until he had attained the ultimate knowledge of spiritual
His Holiness the Dalai Lama today successfully concluded his three-day visit to Peru with the address to the intellectuals and opinion makers at the auditorium of National Library of Peru.
China has blamed the Dalai Lama for an outbreak of violence at a Buddhist monastery in Tibet, accusing the exiled spiritual leader of stirring up unrest.
At least four Chinese journalists and Internet writers are expected to stand trial this month just weeks after President Hu Jintao presented a softer line on human rights during a trip to the United States.
The People's Republic of China was today elected to the UN's new Human Rights Council despite calls from human rights organizations, including ICT, for UN member states to reject China's candidacy.
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With a non-existent Tibetan film industry it must have been quite the challenge to bring this project to the big screen but Dreaming Lhasa succeeds admirably on many important levels.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama concluded his four-day visit to Chile today. Early this morning, His Holiness had a 30-minute private meeting with the Chilean Minister of Transport, Mr. Sergio Espejo Jakse.
There are, by one returning exile's count, 238 dance halls and karaoke bars along the main streets of Lhasa, and 658 brothels. Plastic palm trees and mushrooms that play pop songs dot the shiny boulevards.
