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Chinese authorities in Rebkong (Qinghai province) have banned the burning of a stockpile of wildlife skins in the main courtyard of Rongwo monastery. The situation is said to be tense across the Rebkong region as large numbers of troops and police have been seen patrolling the streets.

As indicated by the Kalon Tripa Samdhong Rinpoche during his public talk to new arrivals from Tibet at the Amravati Kalachakara, His Holiness the Dalai Lama's envoys have begun the fifth round of talks

Chinese people can freely access the Internet and the government has never arrested anyone for expressing an opinion on the Web, an official state newspaper said on Wednesday.

Jak Nyan Jik Zing, Jak Zang Jik Thun (On a bad day we fight, on good days, we meet) is an old Ladakhi adage. On the eve of Valentine's Day, two communities are bringing back love to the rarefied Himalayan air.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama expressed disappointment over the recent communal violence between the Buddhist and Muslim communities in Ladakh and appealed for peace.

A Tibetan website based in India shut down for a day Tuesday to protest global search engine Google's decision to censor search results in China.

Thousands of Tibetans and Google users dumped the search engine in a mass "breakup" today as they boycotted Google services and protested at offices around the world.

As lovers celebrated Valentine's day worldwide on Tuesday, Internet hunk Google lost hundreds of sweethearts who broke off with the web search engine in outrage over the censoring of information related to Tibet to placate China.

Thousands of Tibetans and Google users dumped the search engine in a mass "breakup" today as they boycotted Google services and protested at offices around the world.

The Australia Tibet Council launched the campaign for a mass break-up with Google on Valentine's Day protest this afternoon.