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New official confirmation has been obtained of a life sentence imposed on a senior monk whose case has been scarcely publicised, Choeying Khedrub, who was imprisoned in 2001 for 'splittism'.

Researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have received a $2.4 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to study the effects of Tibetan yoga in women with breast cancer who are undergoing chemotherapy.

China's biggest Internet search site, Baidu.com, has launched a Chinese-language encyclopedia inspired by the cooperative reference site Wikipedia, which the communist government bars China's

The Dalai Lama will be in the hometown of Tibet’s old friend Heinrich Harrer, who passed away this January. The newly formed Tibetan Centre and province of

Dreaming Lhasa won prestigious Audience Prize at the Trento Film Festival, Italy which concluded May 7, 2006. The film festival in Italy that began on April 29

Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA) and Senator Craig Thomas (R-WY) introduced the 14th Dalai Lama Congressional Gold Medal Act today, as part of a campaign to award the Dalai Lama, Tibet's leader in exile, the Congressional

China on Thursday opposed Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama's visit to Latin American countries and asked foreign governments to be on "high alert" against his political activities and bid for "Tibetan independence"

The newly elected 43 members of the 14th Assembly of the Tibetan People's Deputies (ATPD) will report here on 29 May for the swearing in ceremony and to attend the first session.

Some time during the sixth century BC, a wandering ascetic sat to meditate under a tree in the vast plains of northern India, resolving not to rise until he had attained the ultimate knowledge of spiritual

His Holiness the Dalai Lama today successfully concluded his three-day visit to Peru with the address to the intellectuals and opinion makers at the auditorium of National Library of Peru.