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The UN's Special Rapporteur on Torture, Dr Manfred Nowak, stated that 'torture remains widespread' in Tibet and China after he spoke directly to Tibetan political prisoners during visits to the three main prisons in the Tibet

‘Peoples of Himalaya’, an exhibition of Tibetan culture and religion, was one of the themes of an international trade fair which is expected to draw more than 2 million people

China has resumed repair of Norbu Linkag, the summer palace of the Dalai Lamas, after a break of over four months due to winter, a report from the remote Himalayan region said today.

He has already done it twice - to the embarrassment of the world's two most populous nations - and the frail Tibetan activist, Tenzin Tsundue, says he will stage a dramatic protest yet again.

An uninformed traveler who made his way to Taipei's Zhongxiao East Rd. yesterday would have had a hard time figuring out what was going on.

Rising from the mists of Lhasa in Tibet is a growing number of musicians and recording artistes who seem capable enough of turning the holy city into the musical capital of China, according to an International Herald Leader report on March 3.

A special collection of Buddhist relics -- the cremated remains of many Buddhist masters, saints and sages -- is on a world tour, scheduled to reach Fremont on Friday.

Government is proposing to construct a 608-km road passing through five states to develop infrastructure and trade links along the Indo-China border and raise new paramilitary units to strengthen Border Guarding Forces (BGFs).

New Aruna Colony in the Indian capital, accommodating a large number of Tibetan refugees, adds an exotic aura to the multiplicity of the city with its eating joints and an oriental setting.

A senior State Department official has spoken about the plight of Tibetans in Nepal and the efforts the United States is making to encourage an improvement in their situation.