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As ethnic Tibetans across the globe get ready to celebrate Losar-Tibetan New Year in February 2008, Netherlands based Tibetan singer/songwriter Namgyal Lhamo gets ready for

Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama greets former President of India, Dr A P J Abdul Kalam at the formal launch of the Global Foundation for Civilisation Harmony [India] at the Chinmaya Mission Hall, Lodhi Road, in Delhi on Tuesday, January 22, 2008. The two leaders were the Chief Guests of the function. The new global initiative for conflict avoidance with Indian and Eastern perspective is being hosted by Trustees of GFCH India, including Essel Group Chairman Subhash Chandra, former Intelligence Bureau Director Ajit Doval and former Delhi Lt Governor Vijai Kapoor. His Holiness later left for Dharamsala, His exile hometown in the Northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. (Photo by Tenzin Dasel / Phayul.com)

"Our struggle is to keep alive our unique identity and cultural heritage, which may not be fulfilled in this lifetime, and the Tibetans should be prepared to continue this struggle even without

The Dalai Lama has urged his supporters to demonstrate throughout the Beijing Olympics. Speaking exclusively to ITV News, Tibet's spiritual leader has called for peaceful protests

Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy’s 2007 annual report finds cases of arbitrary arrests and detentions inside Tibet increased almost threefold compared to 2006

The Dalai Lama, the spiritual head of the Tibetans, today said he was open to the idea of his successor being a female as the "very purpose of the reincarnation, male or female, is to carry out the unfinished tasks of the previous life."

Samten, 54, knows something of the fleeting nature of human existence. In 1959, at age 5, he fled Tibet with his parents and sisters shortly after an uprising resulted in the

It was a full classroom at the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad. ''What Dalai Lama has said, he actually emphasised on practicing ethics also in the form of secular

Merkel said last week that she had no regrets about her historic meeting with the Dalai Lama, who has been branded a dangerous separatist by Beijing

Hilltown Families and the Children's Art Museum are offering an opportunity for area children to discover more about Tibetan culture by making sand mandalas and prayer flags on