Nothing can prepare you for his Holiness the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, or "a simple Buddhist monk" in his own words, who walks in, warmly extending his hand, greeting you loudly.
Following the loss of the space shuttle Columbia on February 1 the Dalai Lama sent a message of condolence to U.S. President George Bush describing the tragedy as "a great loss...to the United States and the world."
Relatives of two Tibetans handed death sentences for a series of bombings in western China say that the Chinese government has banned them from discussing the case publicly.
Tibet will speed up the construction of small towns to attract herders and farmers to settle down, the chairman of the Tibetan regional government, Legqog, said Saturday, according to state media.
Prof. Samthong Rinpoche, the Prime Minister of Exile Government said that the Exile government has nothing to do with the founding of Taiwan Tibet Exchange Foundation.
A guide's traditional gift of a long white scarf, symbolic of hope for good relations, welcomes in the land isolated from the rest of the planet by the Himalayan mountains.
Thirty-two Tibetans detained in Tihar jail on January 30 for demonstrating outside the Chinese embassy were released yesterday evening. They had been on hunger strike for three consecutive days since their detention.
The European Parliament adopted a resolution on priorities and recommendations for the 59th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights on 29 January which called upon the European Union (EU) “to strongly condemn - in a resolution on