An international group that helps victims of torture received the world's largest humanitarian prize for its efforts on Wednesday. The winner of this year's million-dollar Conrad Hilton Humanitarian Prize is the International
Exiled Tibetan leader ends U.S. visit with speech on compassion The Dalai Lama ended a three-week visit to the United States Wednesday by urging human rights advocates to respond to suffering with compassion, and by suggesting that true happiness comes from within.
Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama says he would go to any lengths to settle the issue of Tibet, including going to China for talks with Beijing, which took control of the Himalayan region in 1951.(AFP/file/Justin Sullivan)
The spiritual leader of Tibet, the Dalai Lama, said he was willing to do almost anything to settle the issue of Tibet, even if it meant going to China personally.
Many people are not aware that it is possible for the human body to survive for years on only three pills a day. Dr. Barry Clark, an expert on the ancient Tibetan medical system, presented his lecture "Rejuvenation Methods and Essence-Extraction Techniques in the Tibetan Tradition"
The Assembly of Tibetan People's Deputies (Tibetan Parliament in Exile) in a press statement issued today expressed "deep sense of disappointment and regret" with the Russian decision to deny a visa to His Holiness the Dalai Lama
China on Thursday denied charges that it was dramatically altering Tibet's demographic pattern by encouraging immigration of other ethnic Chinese groups into the Himalayan region.
China today welcomed Russia's denial of visa to the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama as "positive.I have seen the statement of the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman in this regard and feel positive about this decision by the Russian Government,"
A day after the 9/11 horrific terrorist attacks, the Dalai Lama had urged President George Bush to ponder whether a violent response was the “the right thing to do and in the greater interest of the nation and people in the long run.”
