The annual ceremony, known as Zhanfo, which means Buddha worship, is held at the Gandan Temple in Dapchi, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2003.
A 39-year-old woman cycling her way around the world to help free Tibet landed in the Thunder Bay area yesterday. Karen McLinton first began her global cycle from her home on the island of Jersey, about 64 kilometres off the north coast
The Australian Parliamentary Group for Tibet (APGT) is writing to Australian Prime Minister John Howard to actively encourage the Chinese Government to begin negotiations on Tibet during his forthcoming China visit.
The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO has urged the Chinese authorities to "develop an articulated strategic programme for the conservation and rehabilitation of the historical fabric of Old Lhasa based upon an analysis of the heritage values of the historic structures."
Where traders wait to capture a market, invaders thundered to conquer a nation a century ago. In June 1903, just before the monsoon “burst”, the British India military led by adventurer Sir (Colonel) Francis Younghusband marched through
The Tibetan Welfare Office, Kullu Region, led a relief operation to help the victims of the recent flashflood at Kangni Nallah. Regional chapters of Tibetan Youth Congress and Tibetan Women's Association also took part in this benevolent programme.
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