SARS fears have caused sales of a traditional Tibetan drugs believed to strengthen of the human immune system to triple, an official at a Tibet-based pharmaceutical company revealed.
A medical worker checks body temperatures of passengers with an infrared camera at Gonggar Airport in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Thursday, May 8, 2003. Security measures have been taken in Tibet including checks for all those in or out of the autonomous region with an aim to prevent the spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). (AP Photo/ Xinhua, Jue Guo)
Even as a senior Chinese official warned Tibet against a possible onslaught by the Sars epidemic, the first infra-red fever detector has been installed at the Gongga International Airport in Lhasa in an effort to contain the
A pro-Tibet campaigner has parachuted off Nelson's Column in central London. Professional stuntman Gary Connery was one of four protesters who climbed unharnessed up the 56 metre (185ft) monument in Trafalgar Square at 0500 BST on Friday
The chairman of the Tibetan Cabinet-in-Exile, Kalon Tripa Samdhong Rinpoche, on May 9, 2003 briefed members of the German Parliament's group for Tibet about the current status of Sino-Tibetan contact.
As required by the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002, President George Bush has directed Secretary of State Colin Powell to forward to the Congress a report on action taken by the United States to encourage dialogue between the Dalai Lama and
Callers to Radio Free Asia’s Tibetan-language hotline report that Tibetans and Chinese in the Tibetan Autonomous Region are buying traditional Tibetan medicine and incense in bulk in a bid to keep the deadly SARS virus from spreading to the remote region.
The Central Tibetan Administration started the day with prayers for a more peaceful world. As announced earlier by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, a worldwide simultaneous meditation or prayer for world peace was observed today.
