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Bangri Chogtrul Rinpoche (also known as Jigme Tenzin Nyima), the founder and head-teacher of a children's school in Lhasa that was closed down by the authorities in 1999, has had his life sentence commuted to fixed term and reduced by one year

The works are in progress in the newly built main temple of Elista, capital city of the Russian Buddhist Republic of Kalmykia. Soon to be ready are the residence of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and rooms for important guests

His Holiness the Dalai Lama sent a congratulatory letter to Dr. Oscar Arias Sanchez for being elected the President of the Republic of Costa Rica.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama offered his condolence to the victims of the Varanasi blasts that took place yesterday evening at a railway station and a temple in Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.

Wangpo Tethong (43), a Tibetan activist from Switzerland, today called upon the Chinese leadership meeting in Beijing at the National People's Congress, to seriously review their Tibet policies and to find and implement a sincere solution to the Tibet conflict.

US House of Representatives lawmakers have begun a campaign to award the Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Congressional Gold Medal, one of the legislature's highest honors.

A Bendigo group is disappointed the Tibetan flag will not be allowed to fly from the town hall this week to mark the anniversary of Tibet's national uprising against Chinese occupation.

With elections for the Tibetan exile government set for March 18, RFA's Tibetan service has launched a series of broadcasts covering election-related issues.

Traveling along the Qinghai-Tibet Railway - the highest in the world - will be more costly than any other railroad in China, according to a State Development and Reform Commission report.

Human rights activists have appealed to the International Olympic Committee (MOV) to concentrate on the observance of human rights in China before the Summer Olympic Games that will be held in Beijing in 2008, Olympic Watch chairman Jan Ruml told CTK today.