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Monthly Archives: February, 2011

HP govt. gives clean chit to Karmapa: report

The Himachal Pradesh government has given clean chit to the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorjee in connection with seizure of foreign currency worth Rs 7.5 crore from his

US Tibet Coordinator to review “specific challenges” faced by Tibetans

United States Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, Maria Otero, who also serves as Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues, is on a week-long visit of South Asia in an effort to review the

China activist Chen Guangcheng ‘beaten’

A prominent Chinese activist and his wife are reported to have been beaten following the release of a video showing their house arrest. Chen Guangcheng and his wife, Yuan Weijin, were badly injured by security officials, according to the group Chinese Human Rights Defenders.

The accidental Grammy nomination

WORLD music brings together the most unlikely combinations of talent. Four Buddhist monks from Tibet were performing on the north coast of NSW when they were approached by a

The Karmapa Conundrum

Anyone following the Indian media's obsession this month with a Buddhist monk would think the stories came from the pages of a cheap spy novel. Last month, India's police foun

Oil Firms Hit by Hackers From China, Report Says

Hackers who appear to be based in China have conducted a "coordinated, covert and targeted" campaign of cyber espionage against major Western energy firms, according to a report expected to be issued Thursday by cybersecurity firm McAfee Inc

Video of blind activist surfaces in China

A blind Chinese activist under house arrest since his release from prison in September has appeared in a video accusing the authorities of using "hooligan methods" to silence rights campaigners

China needs political liberalisation: Dalai Lama

JODHPUR: Terming China as a communist nation without communist ideology, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said that China urgently needs political liberalisation

The Curious Case of Karmic Disconnection!

The prevailing gloom over the interrogation and lawsuits against the Karmapa and his officials for the ‘unaccounted’ cash stash reportedly seized by the Indian police ha

Rebel Tibetan singer jailed for “subversive songs” released

China has released on Tuesday a popular Tibetan singer jailed for his songs that called for Tibetan independence, expressed nostalgia for the exiled Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama and remembered the Chinese government’s

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