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The results of the preliminary polls of the Assembly of the Tibetan People's Deputies will be declared on 8 November, according to the Election Commission of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA).

The Middle-Way Approach is being tossed around the Assembly of the Tibetan People's Deputies one more time. But the zeitgeist this time is to compliment not supplant, as the 46-member highest legislative organ of the CTA

Prof. Jacob Doek, the Chairperson of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) this morning asked the Chinese authorities to receive an independent body to verify the current status of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the Eleventh Panchen Lama of Tibet.

As the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) met today to review the Second Periodic Report of the People's Republic of China, staff of ICT Europe, President of the Tibetan Women's Association (B. Tsering)

The 70-year-old Dalai Lama slipped off his red tennis shoes and got comfortable in the lotus position in front of thousands who came to hear him discuss the virtues of compassion.

The Tibetan community of Italy in association with Italy Tibet association and campagna di solidarieta con popolo tibetana protested against the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the constitution of the so called Tibetan Autonomous Region under China.

They said it was impossible to build a railway to Tibet. There were 5,000m-high mountains to climb, 12km-wide valleys to bridge, hundreds of kilometres of ice and slush that could never support tracks and trains.

The top environment watchdog will begin environmental impact assessment on the Qinghai-Tibet railway this week.

Aspen Filmfest patrons may be surprised to see security guards with wands and night-vision goggles checking out the crowd in the darkened theater early next month.

Huaneng Group, parent of China's top independent power producer, has signed an agreement with the Tibetan regional government to build hydroelectric power plants in the area, the company said on Monday.