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A student activist, calling for Tibet's independence, locked down and was arrested inside the Metro Toronto Convention Center today, disrupting a gala dinner today organized in honour of Chinese President Hu Jintao's first official visit to Canada.

China's President Hu Jintao met with protests calling for Tibetan independence during his first ever official visit to Toronto. Members of the Tibetan community and Tibet supporters in Toronto are demonstrating amid tight security

Yellow jackets of the Falun Gong sect, green Taiwan independence flags and the multicolored banners of the Free Tibet movement appeared in Toronto on Saturday to remind China's President Hu Jintao of nagging political issues back home.

Members of Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA) from Dalai Lama’s Charitable Trust presented a colourful Tibetan cultural show, 'Dances From the Roof of the World' at Guru Nanak Dev Bhawan.

Some parents say they're concerned that Governor Dirk Kempthorne is having their children communicate with the Dalai Lama.

The Dalai Lama made his much anticipated arrival into the Wood River Valley Saturday afternoon under a cloak of secrecy.

Despite heavy downpour the 6th Himalayan Festival here at the French capital kicked off amid much fanfare

Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama would lay the foundation stone of a global training centre for monks during a three-day celebration at Bodhgaya in February next year marking the 2550th Buddha Jayanti celebrations

Some people are turning to the Hailey Post Office for souvenirs of the Dalai Lama's visit to Idaho. And the Post Office is coming through. Five-thousand commemorative envelopes, all featuring a special postmark, are for sale for five dollars each.

Chinese President Hu Jintao has arrived in Toronto amid tight security and scores of protesters. Jintao was greeted by federal Immigration Minister Joe Volpe at Pearson International Airport before meeting with Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty.