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US retail giant Target has become the latest company to recall Chinese-made toys because of safety fears. Target has issued a voluntary recall of 350,000 items after discovering that their paint contained excessive levels of lead

Dalai Lama is also scheduled to meet Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper next month while US President George W. Bush plans to attend a ceremony to honour him with the Congressional Gold Medal on October 17 at Capitol Hill

German Chancellor Angela Merkel received the Dalai Lama in Berlin on Sunday, knowing full well that it would infuriate Beijing. The German press welcomes her firm stance on human rights issues and plays down any long-term

European media showered German Chancellor Angela Merkel with praise after her decision to meet privately with Tibet's Dalai Lama despite the threat of objection from powerhouse China

Ask any Tibetan about how the new train will change their lives and the spontaneous response is: “More Chinese”. Though these fears are understandably not being voiced openly, Tibetans are worried the train will

Close to nine in ten Canadians support Prime Minister Stephen Harper's reported decision to meet with the Dalai Lama when he visits Ottawa next month, regardless of whether it jeopardizes

Defying harsh warnings from China, Merkel held a historic meeting with the Tibetan spiritual leader in Berlin on Sunday, during which she gave support to the Dalai Lama's quest for greater cultural autonomy for his homeland

A Chinese lawyer convicted of subversion has again been detained after writing to U.S. lawmakers asking them to help expose what he called an "ongoing human rights disaster in China," an activist friend said Tuesday.

The Nobel Peace Prize winner said he was not seeking independence for Tibet but autonomy. He said Beijing was showing the "arrogance of power". "Wherever I go, China protests. The Chinese are simply testing how far they can go."

The artist, who lives near the foothills of the Himalayas, has carefully rendered 35 wildflowers found at elevations of 11,000 to 17,000 feet in eastern Tibet. Her show, "Dream of the Turquoise Bee," opens today at the Minnesota