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Berlin has designated Development Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul to meet the Dalai Lama on behalf of the government during his upcoming visit to Germany, a spokesman said Wednesday

US President George W. Bush and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao discussed the devastating earthquake and the situation in Tibet by telephone on Tuesday, China's foreign ministry said

Tibetans urged Han Chinese, members of the largest ethnic group in China, to recognize them culturally and politically at an event last night that aimed to foster discussion between the two groups in light of continuing violence in Tibet

Before fleeing across a mountainous border, Kusang Sonam says he hid for 12 days from Chinese forces searching for Tibetans who rioted against Beijing's rule in the Himalayan region

When I packed my sleeping bag that early morning before sunrise for this long journey, I placed a white (khatak) scarf at the alter of His Holiness and said I have decided, whatever happens, I will make my way through

Cold-shouldering Chinese Ambassador Zheng Xialing's serious dissatisfaction over the handling of Tibetan protests by Nepal at a program yesterday, over 300 Tibetans rallied in front of

The 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, left Dharamsala for New Delhi on Sunday to make his maiden visit to the US

The Dalai Lama is about to visit Germany for four days but Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has refused an offer to meet him, Chancellor Angela Merkel is in Latin America and President

A contribution of $50,000 was made to the International Red Cross Committee, Geneva by the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Dharamsala. The aid was given as a symbol of solidarity

The 100 core marchers who made their way from Dharamsala March 10 with hopes and dreams of seeing a country they long left behind felt it was perhaps the last journey they would embark upon