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Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has begun a 10 day stay in Washington.

China executes about 10,000 people a year. Amnesty International says that in any three-month period, it kills more of its people than the rest of the world does over three

U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair plans to discuss trade and security with President Hu Jintao as the Chinese leader begins a three-nation European

Although Tony Blair yesterday insisted that demonstrators would be free to protest against the Chinese president, Hu Jintao, when he arrives in London today, the only precedent suggests

Hu Jintao is arriving in Britain amid tight security for a thee-day state visit which includes banquets, trade talks and cultural events. However, opponents of the Chinese government's human rights record are pledging to dog Mr Hu's trip, beginning with a vigil outside

After discussing the intricacies of the mind with students and scientists at Stanford, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, on Sunday focused on the importance of culture and religion in a speech to

Chinese President Hu Jintao arrives in London on Tuesday at the start of a visit to the UK, Germany and Spain, as part of an initiative by China to try to establish itself as a diplomatic as well as an economic player on the

Opponents of Chinese rule in Tibet said they intend to protest at every turnout when Chinese President Hu Jintao pays a state visit to Britain this week. Free Tibet Campaign said on Sunday it plans to be out on The Mall leading to Buckingham Palace, waving Tibetan

Tibetans are "threatened with a loss of identity," said Lodi Gyari, the special envoy of the 14th Dalai Lama, at a press conference Wednesday, five days before the Dalai Lama is to arrive for a 10-day visit

Activists demanding that China end its half-century occupation of Tibet said on Monday they would demonstrate at every stage of this week's state visit by Chinese President Hu