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As the members of the Tibetan Youth Congress from its regional chapters in northern India announed an indefinite hunger strike from Tihar Jail in Delhi, another 50 members launched a one-day hunger strike in Mumbai city against the railway line

In July, China would accomplish three major strategic objectives, which will have profound implications in the trans-Himalayan zone. The opening of the Gulmud—Lhasa railroad, the new Nyingchi Airport near the tri-junction of Tibet, India and Myanmar and a land route access to Bay of Bengal

Tibetan activist and writer Tenzin Tsundue yesterday addressed MPs and Tibet supporters in the House of Commons, Westminster at a forum on Tibet organised by the All Party Parliamentary Group for Tibet (APPGT) and the Tibet Society

The Gormo-Lhasa railway that links Tibet to China's capital Beijing is being promoted vigorously by the Chinese government as benefiting the Tibetan people but former president of People's Republic of China, Jiang Zemin had made it clear that the railway project - touted as an economic project - was

Three women detained earlier today by Chinese police for protesting against the launch of China's Tibet Railway, were released and arrived safely in Hong Kong two hours

Three women detained earlier today by Chinese police for protesting against the launch of China's Tibet Railway, were released and arrived safely in Hong Kong two hours

In a test run tomorrow, Bombardier Transportation will see its new train cars roll on the 1,956-km Qinghai-Tibet Railway, a project that netted the Montreal-based firm $78 million (U.S.). But to some Tibetan activists

On July 1, 2006, China will launch the Gormo - Lhasa railway that will directly connect Tibetan capital Lhasa to Chinese capital Beijing. Despite the Chinese claims of the railway bringing economic prosperity and development in Tibet, Tibetans all over the world

Nortel Networks Corp.'s chief financial officer, Peter Currie, tried to assure shareholders that the light at the end of the telecom's long tunnel is not another train. Nonetheless, just like last year, the telecom-equipment firm's annual general

The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) members detained in Delhi's Tihar Jail since June 26 has begun an indefinite hunger strike from today, according to information received from TYC's Information Secretary Mr. Dhondup