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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.

A Group of Tibetans and Tibet-Supporters set off on a peace march from Zurich yesterday. The protestors braved the heavy snowfall and road blockade

The governor of Tibet said on Monday five rounds of talks between envoys of the Dalai Lama and the Chinese government had not yet resulted in substantive negotiations, but added the door was open for more dialogue.

The Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, has thrown a lifeline to India's dwindling tiger population after an emotional appeal to outlaw the trade in animal skins provoked an extraordinary reaction in his homeland.

Mark Geppert, of Oakmont, was a businessman-turned-missionary in 1998 when he found himself praying beside a monk in a Buddhist monastery in the Tibet region of China.

The longstanding American effort to preserve and promote an ancient Asian culture was thoughtfully turned back on itself during the 16th annual fundraiser staged by Tibet House Wednesday.