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Late Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong is set to cast a huge shadow over Tibet once again with a giant stone statue of the Great Helmsman on its way to the Himalayan region, a newspaper said on Wednesday.

In what has been unprecedented in the 47 years of the Tibetan governance, the government-in-exile forecast a surplus income of nearly three million rupees for the fiscal 2006-07.

The Australia Tibet Council (ATC) has asked Foreign Minister Alexander Downer to raise the issue of Tibet when he meets with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during his visit to Australia, which begins this weekend.

The Assembly of the Tibetan People's Deputies today passed an official resolution as an appreciation for the overall financial standing and financial performance of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) by the incumbent Kashag.

In Western cultures, sacred art is cherished, declared invaluable and preserved by any means possible. Meanwhile, sacred Buddhist mandalas, complex symbolic representational paintings of the universe

Organisers of the Ms Tibet contest are hoping that more women will be brave enough to participate in the event this year, overcoming disapproval from the conservative Tibetan Buddhist society.

This morning 3-member delegation of the South African Tibet Friendship Group (SATFG), which consists of South African members of parliament arrived Dharamshala.

For the first time since the Communists took power in 1949 China is to host an international religious meeting - hoping to use the Buddhist forum to counter fears it is a threat to the world.

The Tibetan Medical and Astro Institute (TMAI) celebrated its 45th founding anniversary on 23 March 2006. The chief guest for the occasion was Mr. Tenpa C. Samkhar, Secretary for the Health Department of the Central Tibetan Administration.

Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon is to leave for Dharamsala, India, on Monday to visit Tibet’s Buddhist spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, the party said on Monday.