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The vice-chairperson of the Assembly of the Tibetan People's Deputies (ATPD), Gyari Dolma, today addressed a large gathering of foreign students at the Kalibari Hall in the capital town of Himachal Pradesh state.

The Tibet plateau, also known as "roof of the world", is moving northward and eastward at seven to 30 millimetres a year, a Chinese researcher said here Tuesday.

China plans to build one of the world's highest airports in mountainous Tibet, state media said today.

A copper mine in Qamdo, eastern Tibet Autonomous Region, will begin construction within the year and will be finished in three years, said Hao Peng, vice chairman of Tibet Autonomous Regional Government, here on Monday.

The old man remembers the date clearly: Sept. 13, 1990. That was the day when two of his captors grabbed his arms and another shoved a red-hot cattle prod into his mouth. He went numb with pain and came to later to find some of his teeth

When the Dalai Lama comes to Rutgers Stadium next month, he will not resemble most major religious figures or Western

Twenty-six men, women and children marched down Westport Avenue Wednesday afternoon, carrying signs protesting China's 46-year occupation of Tibet, a country tucked between India and

"Have you ever seen the Dalai Lama?" asks a young nun in the narrow, winding streets of the Tibetan capital's old

More than two dozen marchers made their way through Westport Wednesday afternoon, in an effort to raise awareness about the Chinese occupation of

Three men who tried to carry pictures and audio tapes of Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, into the Himalayan region were sentenced to jail terms of up to four years by a Chinese court, RFA has learned.