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Opposition leader Kevin Rudd is facing accusations of hypiocrisy for not meeting the Dalai Lama when he visits Canberra next month, five years after chastising the federal Government for doing the same.

The Rajasthan chapter of the India Tibet Friendship Society (ITFS) under the leadership of Shri Amar Kishan Vyas, an Indian freedom fighter and Convener of India Tibet Friendship Society

For refusing to host a parliamentary reception for the Dalai Lama, the Howard Government has been accused of kowtowing to China. The exiled Buddhist leader of Tibet will give a series of lectures in

The Belgian foreign minister said the Dalai Lama was "perfectly free" to visit Belgium last week and decided to cancel the trip on his own, though Tibetan activists claimed that China had pressured

The spiritual leader of the Tibetan people is now 71 - and finally talking about retirement. But his successor is likely to face the same life of exile as China's persecution continues.

Chinese authorities are working on an action plan for the post-Dalai Lama scenario in Tibet. The plan involves promoting the officially ordained Panchen Lama as the supreme spiritual leader of

A huge Banner saying "Bring Tibet to the 2008 Games ­ Support Team Tibet.org" was unfurled by members of Tibet groups from the International Tibet Support Network in Bruxelles today. The

The glaciers of the Himalayas store more ice than anywhere on Earth except for the polar regions and Alaska, and the steady flow of water from their melting icepacks fills seven of the mightiest rivers of Asia.

For nearly a decade and a half, Cornell geologist Larry Brown has been leading an international seismic profiling effort in Tibet, using explosions to probe the deep earth and discover how continents formed millions of years ago.

The Dalai Lama will keep his spiritual role but wants to lessen his political burden as he moves into "retirement," an official in the Tibetan spiritual leader's office said.