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Monthly Archives: July, 2007

My year without ‘Made in China’

People figured we were standing up for Tibet or protesting lost American jobs, but our reason was personal, not political. It was an experiment. We wanted to test our connections

Forgiveness is not a sign of weakness, His Holiness tells Derry/Londonderry audience

Welcoming His Holiness the Dalai Lama here this evening as the keynote speaker at the International Conference on children's rights and "A Promise for the Future", Mr. Richard

International PEN Calls for Freedom of Speech in Tibet

The Tibetan Abroad PEN Centre (Pen Tibet) participated in the 73rd International PEN Congress held from 4-12th July in Dakar, Senegal. Two hundred writers from over 70

His Holiness the Dalai Lama meets his hero

THE Dalai Lama arrived in Londonderry yesterday with a powerful tribute to his host Richard Moore from Children in Crossfire – "You are my hero." The spiritual leader of

Tibetan shopkeepers injured in Amarnath blast

Tibetan shopkeepers were among those injured in a powerful grenade blast at Baltal base camp late last night according to a media

Tibetan sites imposed upon by tourists

Forty years ago, during China's Cultural Revolution, Tibet's famous Potala Palace was in danger of being destroyed by the infamous Red Guards.

Gun battle between rival Tibetan groups in Kardze leaves 6 dead

The Information Center said local Tibetan leaders were holding the county government partly responsible for the clashes because it failed on repeated occasions to meet calls to

Everest base camp a ‘wild-west town’

Drugs and prostitutes are available in the camp village that has grown up to serve mountaineers climbing the peak, according to US author and mountaineer Michael Kodas.

China’s Everest Highway: development or disaster?

Tibetans in exile allege that since 1995 the number of tourists has increased over 80 times and that most of the revenue is not reaching average Tibetans. Everest is already on the brink of an ecological disaster with climbers,

Buddhist sect celebrates 800th anniversary in Ladakh

Monks and nuns from monasteries across the Himalayas gathered in India's far northern region of Ladakh yesterday to mark 800 years of the Drukpa, or "dragon" sect of Tibetan Buddhism.

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