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Vivid memories of the Vietnam War haunted Tucsonan Dick Vandemark for more than a quarter-century. Then, in 1993, he went on a lark to see a little Tibetan man in a robe speak in Tucson and he began to get a handle on the post-traumatic stress disorder

Whether you can feel it or not, Tucson is one of the spiritual centers of the world this week. For some time, there have been scattered signs. The Loft showed five films about Tibet last week;

A group of Tibetan protestors arrived early morning yesterday at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel and stood on the sidewalk for the greater part of the day, holding up protest banners and flags that called for a free Tibet.

On August 27th the larger issue of Tibet was discussed in a day-long symposium, In Search of Tibet: Human Rights, Religious Freedom, and Sovereignty, at the University of San Francisco.

The incumbent general secretary of the Tibetan Homes Foundation in Mussoorie has been appointed the justice commissioner of the Central Tibetan Administration.

A tense afternoon punctuated by scuffles and arguments marked Chinese leader Hu Jintao's visit to the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on Tuesday.

A Tibet Awareness Week is being organized at the Texas A&M International University [TAMIU] in Laredo, Texas, from 27 September to 2 October this year.

The Dalai Lama's stay in Idaho is nearly over, but a lasting memento from this historic visit will soon be open to the public.

Katrina Smit of Marsing experienced the chance of a lifetime Monday as the Dalai Lama wrapped a cloth around her neck and exchanged words.

Bombardier, a major international transportation company has been publicly criticised over its controversial deal with China to supply railway cars to the Qinghai -Tibet (Gormo-Lhasa) railway.